Helps with a crime Crossword Clue

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Helps with a crime Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

CRIME (noun)
1. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
2. an evil act not necessarily punishable by law

Hint 2: Anagram

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More Daily Pop Crossword (10/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Brewpub brew, for short

4. Thoroughly cooked

8. Webb who was the shortest player to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest

12. Take into custody

13. Theater with a giant movie screen

14. "Smallville" character Lang

15. Former NFL coach who coached the University of South Carolina football team from 2005 to 2015 (2 wds.)

18. Musician Puente known as the "Mambo King"

19. Ginger ___ (Seagram's product)

20. "American Fiction" actress Issa

21. "80's Ladies" country singer K.T. ___

24. Warm-weather top (Hyph.)

26. Hall of Fame pitcher Randy "The Big ___" Johnson

28. Arizona's __ National Forest

29. NFL coach who coached the University of Michigan football team between 2015 and 2023 (2 wds.)

32. Recipient of a charitable gift

33. "The Longest ___" (Adam Sandler/Burt Reynolds football film)

34. The Cars lead singer Ric

36. "In the ___ of the Night" (classic song by the Five Satins)

39. Gives the go-ahead, briefly

40. "The Grand Budapest Hotel" actor Jude

42. Bygone hair-removal product

44. Former NFL coach who coached the University of Alabama football team from 1990 to 1996 (2 wds.)

48. Start and end of Popeye's credo (2 wds.)

49. 1970s tennis star Nastase

50. Brief swim

51. Hockey Hall of Famer Phil familiarly

52. Jazz great Fitzgerald

53. NFL linemen, for short

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Down

1. The "I" of MIT, abbr

2. Outdoor party area

4. Stop working as batteries

5. Chanted yoga class syllables

6. California wine county bordering Sonoma

7. Jump for joy

8. 35mm camera type, for short

9. Wine that goes well with a dish, say

10. Find after much digging

11. ___ dream (have aspirations) (2 wds.)

16. Encyclopedia books

17. Result of a racer jumping the gun

22. Wearing stilettos, e.g. (2 wds.)

23. "Empire" actress Long

25. Escape artist Harry played by Adrien Brody in a 2014 History Channel miniseries

27. Field goal attempt

29. Kentucky Derby riders

30. Right away (3 wds.)

31. ___-relief (sculpture style)

32. TV doctor Howser played by Neil Patrick Harris

35. Nine-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ledecky

37. Tennis great Ivan who appeared in eight consecutive US Open finals

38. Absolutely fair, in slang

41. Fenway Park's Green Monster, e.g.

43. Recipe amounts (Abbr.)

45. My Chemical Romance rock genre

46. "___ Folks" (original name of "Peanuts")

47. Actress Thompson of "Back to the Future"

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