Head-scratching problem Crossword Clue

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Head-scratching problem Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SCRATCHING (noun)
1. a harsh noise made by scraping
PROBLEM (noun)
1. a source of difficulty
2. a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

Hint 2: Anagram

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

More Apple+ Crossword (5/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. Mislead

7. Relaxing places named after a Belgian town

11. Pet that can't taste sweetness

14. Like all-gender restrooms

15. Total fraud

16. Midwestern interjection

17. Domestic-science class, for short

18. Question to a potential participant

20. Some sorority-recruitment outfits

22. Carmaker based in Dearborn, MI

26. Average

28. Soup and salad, for example

30. Make ___ about it (be forthright)

33. Fabric from India

34. Birds that can grow more than six feet tall

35. Type of teleconference that saw a boom in 2020

39. Place to make a splash

40. Strange thing

43. *Folds?

47. "Unfortunately, that might be the case"

48. Native people in the Great Basin region

49. Grain holder

51. Barbecue side

52. They might be used to break a chain

56. Ropes in

57. Bit of medication information

62. Understand?

63. Lead-in to "space" or "sol"

64. Chopin wrote 27 of them

65. Winter time zone in Denver

66. Protect yourself against airborne diseases

67. "My Adidas" hip-hop group, whose name is a hint to the circled letters

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Down

1. 'Obviously'

2. Hammock brand

3. Joy Ride director Adele

4. '___ it or lose it'

5. Mammal with a white-tailed species

6. Polite French phrase

7. Persian rulers

8. English translation of 6-Down

9. Computer brand

10. Apt-sounding name for a pilot

11. Relative who might be once removed

12. Each

13. Becomes tight

19. Dr. Awkward & Olson in ___: A Palindromic Novel

21. Palindromic plea

22. Government agency dealing with airwaves

23. Wow

24. Longtime Phillies catcher Carlos

25. First James Bond film

29. Places to get on and off

31. Not working

32. Back track?

34. Slim, slimy fish

36. Scary creatures

37. Confidentiality documents

38. The ___ With the Dragon Tattoo (2005 novel)

41. Government agency dealing with airports

42. 'Ouch!'

43. Picasso's art movement

44. Makes things right

45. Underground start in the music industry?

46. This, in Spanish

47. ___ de France

50. Reassuring phrase

53. Chowder mollusk

54. Eye part

55. Annual presidential address (Abbr.)

58. Source of vitamin D

59. Sum up

60. Turquoise or emerald

61. Top-left key on a keyboard

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