Hard to grasp Crossword Clue

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Hard to grasp Crossword Answer

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ARCANE

(6 letters)

OPAQUE

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
2. having spines

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HARD (adjective)
1. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
2. unfortunate or hard to bear
HARD (adverb)
1. with firmness
2. slowly and with difficulty
GRASP (verb)
1. hold firmly
2. get the meaning of something
GRASP (noun)
1. the limit of capability
2. an intellectual hold or understanding

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ARCANE
(6 letters)
OPAQUE
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
PYINS

More Newsday Crossword (6/13/2026) Answers

Across

1. Changing places

8. Rain report

14. Industry leader

16. Trip starter

17. Guaranteed

18. Resident hopeful

19. Start to squirm

20. Conch cousin

22. Pinch

23. Ring-ding things

25. __ named

26. Spring wind

27. "Little old driver" of a 19th-century verse

29. Small ball

30. Cruise pathway to Roman ruins

31. Warning signal

33. Job with net income

34. Little lightweights

38. Road hog?

39. Entered in

40. Put on

41. Colorant for faux-antique paper

42. Word from the Latin for "little book"

46. Short, long races

47. Its euros have eight-tipped crosses

49. Lunch wrapper

50. "Nontraditional" starter

51. It's not occidental

53. Round figure?

54. They loom large

56. All

58. Funny stuff

59. Limited

60. Turn red?

61. Discard

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Down

1. "Dirty snowballs"

2. Where a thinning glacier has revealed a growing island

3. Goes for competitively

4. New ___

5. Partner in current SST development

6. Zee-surrounded getaway

7. Belligerent sort

9. Macon breakfast

10. Fired up

11. Small tie

12. Sedimentology device

13. Star guides

15. Disorderly

21. Informal extension

24. Basic stuff?

26. Party regular

28. Energized

30. Turn away

32. Mezzo-soprano superstar nickname

33. Final word

34. Hilarious

35. Recession indicator?

36. Turn red?

37. Got straight

41. Source of course corrections

43. Stand-up sorts

44. More that lessens

45. Noise maker

47. Multitude, in a phrase

48. He's enthralled by Cartier

51. Carve out

52. Word sung four times in a popular carol

55. Minor demurral

57. Speak for

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