Heavy hitter Crossword Clue

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MAUL

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(verb)
1. beat with a sledgehammer
2. ride in or travel with a sledge
(noun)
1. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
2. a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HITTER (noun)
1. someone who hits
2. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
HEAVY (adverb)
1. slowly as if burdened by much weight
HEAVY (adjective)
1. lacking lightness or liveliness
2. slow and laborious because of weight
HEAVY (noun)
1. an actor who plays villainous roles
2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MAUL
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (4/16/2025) Answers

Across

1. Like some colors or Zoom users

6. ___ it go!

10. Matterhorn, for one

13. Drink with ground nutmeg

15. Like most TV broadcasts, now

16. Mauna ___

18. Flying Cloud and Royale, for two

19. Threw one's hat in the ring

20. Sight next to a barn, often

21. General Mills brand

23. Damage, so to speak

24. Goes to hell

26. Strengthens, as a relationship

28. Gag costume

31. Skier's transport

32. Exercised authority over

34. Form of solitaire won when only the four highest cards remain

38. ___ rage (risk of certain drugs)

39. N.B.A. coach Popovich

41. First razor to feature a pivoting head

42. Workers' rights grp.

44. Delicacy in France and China

46. Word before tight or time

48. Structures commonly seen at ski resorts

49. Conspirator

52. Spittoon sound

53. Essence

54. Meal in which a cup of wine is poured for the prophet Elijah

56. Have bottled-up anger

60. "Nelson's blood"

61. 'Sure'

62. Files taxes in June, perhaps

64. Ballyhoo

65. Like Solomon, famously

66. Former Nissan S.U.V.

67. ___ diem

68. Old flames

69. Old long-haul hwy. from Detroit to Seattle

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Down

1. Rat's nest

2. Lumpy fruit

3. Neutrogena shampoo with a slash in its name

4. Came out in favor of a certain breakfast product?

5. Follow relentlessly

6. Grammy-winning trumpeter Al

7. Like Ionesco's play "The Bald Soprano"

8. Sugary bulk breakfast purchase?

9. Certain calculus expert, for short

10. Home of minor-league baseball's RubberDucks

11. Merest?

12. Is nearly out of breath

14. Doing some shopping for breakfast?

22. Big name in blenders

23. Places to find the items at the ends of 4-, 8- and 14-Down

25. Not just my

27. Fella

28. Indian tourist destination

29. Sound in a disappearing act

30. Morally contemptible

33. For sure!, for short

35. One might be cut at an angle

36. Craving

37. "Nah, I'm good"

40. "You did a ___ job raisin me!" (punny Mother's Day card line)

43. Words of affirmation?

45. Softhearted supervillain of "Despicable Me"

47. Common stove residue to be cleaned up

49. Doggie bag morsel

50. Coarse

51. ___ me!

55. Products with peak sales before Easter, say

57. Lip-puckering

58. Raison d'___

59. Move to solid food, say

61. Be in debt

63. "The Fifth Beatle" Sutcliffe

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