Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across Crossword Clue

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Happy chance, as illustrated by the four invention stories at 17-, 24-, 36- and 44-Across Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries

Hint 2: Clue Definition

INVENTION (noun)
1. a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation
2. the creation of something in the mind

More NYT Crossword (3/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. Clause separator

6. Channel showing committee hearings

11. Request

14. Winning, for the moment

15. "Don Giovanni" genre

16. Container for sardines

17. In 1968, Spencer Silver at 3M Corporation was attempting to develop a superstrong adhesive ...

19. Musician Yoko

20. One in a hundred

21. Alternative to fries, maybe

22. __-color pasta

24. In 1928, Alexander Fleming at St. Mary's Hospital in London found mold in his cultures of staphylococcus bacteria ...

27. Vulgar

30. Answer to the riddle ending "How many are going to St. Ives?"

31. "Olympia" painter

32. Ran out, as time

36. In 1945, Percy Spencer at the Raytheon Manufacturing Company noticed the chocolate bar in his pocket had melted close to a magnetron ...

39. Language in which "computer" is made up of the characters for "electric" and "brain"

40. Take one's foot off the gas

42. Kwik-E-Mart proprietor on “The Simpsons”

43. Attacks

44. In 1943, James Wright at General Electric was attempting to develop synthetic rubber for the war effort ...

50. Inits. on a police forensic van

51. Racetrack shape

52. Like Mercury among all the planets vis-à-vis the sun

55. One to build on

60. Singer Garfunkel

61. Update, as the Constitution

62. Vaudeville show

63. Deli bread option

64. ___-turvy

65. Paradises

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Down

1. Upper limit

2. 'Well, that's a surprise'

3. Marked by a religious zeal

4. Join

5. Tennis score after deuce

6. Old French tale

7. With whom the dish ran away in "Hey Diddle Diddle"

8. __ dish

9. Exist

10. Rapper Lil ___ X

11. Part of Micronesia

12. Mount associated with Moses

13. Recognized

18. Wrap for an athlete's injury

21. Things a vest lacks

22. Channel for old westerns

23. Wander

25. Deal (with)

26. Shoe part

28. Community center for games and activities

29. Having streaks

32. Producer of milk for Roquefort cheese

33. "___ Culturistas" (popular podcast)

34. Street sign abbr.

35. Clue examiner

37. "Movin' ___" ("The Jeffersons" theme song)

38. McAuliffe's one-word reply to a German commander's demand of surrender

41. Tire inflation meas.

43. Polar explorer Richard

44. Certain renewable energy

45. Shade of off-white

46. Milky coffee drink

47. General Assembly participant, for short

48. Many first-time smartphone owners

49. Jessica who won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy"

53. Ireland to the Irish

54. Hightailed it

56. Exam for college applicants

57. Angsty

58. Large cask

59. For sure!

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