Have the first shift Crossword Clue

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Have the first shift Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
2. not defended or capable of being defended
(verb)
1. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
2. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
(noun)
1. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
2. where the air is unconfined

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHIFT (verb)
1. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
2. move sideways or in an unsteady way
SHIFT (noun)
1. the act of changing one thing or position for another
2. the time period during which you are at work
FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else

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More New Yorker Crossword (12/1/2025) Answers

Across

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12. Traveller's tech

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16. “The Righteous Gemstones” patriarch

17. Bottoms that run quite small

18. Union whose members include school custodians: Abbr.

19. Title for a century of officials, briefly

20. Ruler in the time of “Anna Karenina”

21. Fall guy

22. ___ lily

24. “My Brilliant Friend” city

26. “The Princess and the Frog” priestess Mama ___

29. Gives a thumbs-up

31. Father in una iglesia

32. Invitation to imagine

35. South American spirit

37. Fair ___

38. Something assumed for a performance

40. Palindromic exclamation

41. Peddlers’ successes

43. Netflix series whose protagonist is Player 456

45. Spoke sheepishly?

47. Mo. when Germany observes the anniversary of its reunification

49. Upper part of an arch

51. 12/24 e.g.

53. Ren faire adjective

54. ___ cannon (weapon popular with beginners, in video-game slang)

56. Record

58. Golf champion Michelle ___ West

59. One who adheres to an Ital diet

63. More than just a short fling: Abbr.

64. Friendly farewell

65. 12-Across part, for short

66. Computation platform created by Stephen Wolfram

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Down

1. "Mr. Robot" creator Esmail

2. Sch. whose state’s motto is “Hope”

3. Brand-name lighters

4. “Not for us, thanks”

5. In a synchronized way

6. Abridged sign-off

7. Some modern short-form artists

8. Unchanged

9. Desai who wrote the 2025 novel “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny”

10. Manage to snare

11. Michael Jordan and Klay Thompson, positionally: Abbr.

12. Put a woman in the lead, perhaps

13. Request for presence

14. Only Asian territory that connects to Indonesia, in the original Risk

21. Lidl competitor

23. ___-Tex

25. Thin cracker served with chutneys

26. Serious piece of work

27. Reason for a workplace accommodation, maybe

28. Residents of Höfuðborgarsvæðið

30. "Thong Song" singer

33. Bracketologist’s prediction

34. Make contact

36. Justice Smith’s role in “I Saw the TV Glow”

39. Rock guitarist Strauss

42. Absence of trials

44. “Don’t let me stop you”

46. Response to 'Gracias'

50. Offer, in a way

52. Guanaco’s domestic descendant

53. Elf ___ (tiny raptors)

55. “Having said that,” in a text

57. Model Hadid

59. Creature with spiral horns

60. Close ones, casually

61. Rep. associated with the Green New Deal

62. Counterintelligence org.

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