Help out a crook Crossword Clue

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Help out a crook Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CROOK (noun)
1. a circular segment of a curve
2. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
CROOK (verb)
1. bend or cause to bend
OUT (adverb)
1. from one’s possession
OUT (adjective)
1. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
2. excluded from use or mention
OUT (verb)
1. to state openly and publicly one’s homosexuality
2. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
OUT (noun)
1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More USA Today Crossword (8/13/2025) Answers

Across

1. Pleased as punch

6. Actress Sheryl Lee ___

11. Drug also known as acid

14. "It matters to me"

15. Cat With Tears of Joy, e.g.

16. Country's ___ Young Band

17. Bette Midler's nickname

19. Bill add-on

20. Garden with forbidden fruit

21. Some T-ball coaches

22. Asparagus part

23. Guided excursion

25. Front porch

27. Casual conversation

29. "The Year She Left Us" author

33. Tool storage sites

34. Kermit's greeting

35. Doechii's genre

36. Fish often served with tare sauce

39. "Kids __ days!"

41. Item right outside a front door

45. Trees used to make barrels

46. "I can't catch a break!"

47. People who may not have a fixed address

49. Horrible stench

50. Cereal with a Berry Berry variety

51. Mammal with a blowhole

54. Prime number between five and 11

57. AOL alternative

60. Blade pulled when sculling

61. Partner on a political ticket

64. “___ Possible”

65. Show strong feeling

66. Aims to trap

67. Sneakily clever

68. Applies lightly

69. Country once ruled by Cleopatra

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Down

1. Stay out of sight

2. Etching liquid

3. Cover with asphalt

4. Magazine promotion

5. Bill from a Tokyo ATM

6. Offhand comment

7. In the thick of

8. Figure in red ink

9. Slumber party attire

10. That dude

11. Spurned using a cellphone

12. Eye covers for long flights

13. Per ___ (daily stipend)

18. www.uchicago.___

22. Bean in natto

24. Extra NBA periods

25. "Keep it down!"

26. Prancing horse's pace

27. Baby bird's call

28. 'Is this thing on?'

30. "Uh, I'm right here"

31. Industry magnate

32. Primates without tails

33. Fix a loose hem, maybe

37. Snowballs or paintballs

38. Person who eschews certain brews

40. Elaborate deception

42. "That's neat!"

43. Picked from a menu

44. Coin in a claw machine

48. Socialize at a party

51. Pans for making pepper steak

52. Frozen precipitation

53. BTS’s fan base

55. Docs treating tinnitus

56. Compete

57. "Book Club" actress Steenburgen

58. ___ down (resign)

59. Raven's home

62. Kill Bill actress Thurman

63. Clown for the camera

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