Hit the buffet Crossword Clue

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EAT

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. take in food; used of animals only
2. use up (resources or materials)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BUFFET (noun)
1. usually inexpensive bar
2. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
BUFFET (verb)
1. strike, beat repeatedly
2. strike against forcefully
HIT (verb)
1. drive something violently into a location
2. kill intentionally and with premeditation
HIT (noun)
1. a conspicuous success
2. (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

Eat
(3 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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ATE

More WSJ Crossword (7/20/2026) Answers

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15. Bar mitzvah dance

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19. Declare confidently

20. Play another song!

22. Sprawling property

24. Lowest soccer score

26. Fridge feature handy for parties

32. Ready for a nap, maybe

35. Mai ___ (tiki bar drink)

36. Store event

37. By way of

38. Produced from scratch

42. Passing craze

43. Lot measure

45. Georgia airport code

46. Unsettling signs

48. “Haven’t you heard enough already?”

52. Summer mo

53. Fleet of warships

56. Extra NBA periods: Abbr.

58. Tea with dim sum

62. Worried sound

64. Settings for shipwreck stories

67. Sketched

68. Pegs on a course

69. Trees with cones

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71. Gives the go-ahead to

72. Dismissive sound

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Down

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2. Painkiller brand

3. They rise and fall at the beach

4. Ponytail holder

5. Twisty road curve

6. DEA operative

7. The deets

8. Shoes purchase

9. Quiet please!

10. Spot for a traveler’s valuables

11. Lot measure

12. Convenience store

14. Like highways and Olympic pools

17. Head, in Haiti

18. Chromosome part

23. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap band

25. Connections

27. 2026 Winter Games host nation

28. Plopped down

29. Kind of crust or chart

30. Enthusiastic spirit

31. Merlot and Malbec

32. "Terrible" czar

33. Pleasant

34. Completely unclothed

39. 41-Down figures, for short

40. Greek letter that looks like an H

41. Frosh housing

44. Frosh address ender

47. “Guess who’s back!”

49. Composer Stravinsky

50. Filing jobs, for short

51. CIA and FBI, for two

54. 'No idea'

55. Tree in the birch family

56. Casino calculation

57. Garr of “Tootsie”

59. Prussia's ___ von Bismarck

60. Vichyssoise veggie

61. Celebratory poems

63. "Hey, you there!"

65. She sheep

66. DJ’s platters

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