Hits below the belt? Crossword Clue

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KNEES

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BELT (noun)
1. a vigorous blow
2. the act of hitting vigorously
BELT (verb)
1. sing loudly and forcefully
2. deliver a blow to
BELOW (adverb)
1. further down
2. on a floor below

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

KNEES
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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (4/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. Reduce something's intensity, so to speak

11. Words before suggesting an idea

15. Preferring one's own company

16. Early word for most babies

17. Hot-pink fashion aesthetic that surged in popularity in 2023

18. Common bills in a tip jar

19. Snooping sorts

20. Flowery garlands

22. Prefix that means three

23. Black, gooey stuff in a pit

24. "Does that really describe me?"

26. "The injustice!"

28. Powdery mineral

30. One of 23 in a spine

31. Act like something's no big deal

37. U.S. territory in Micronesia

39. Bold bet at a casino

41. Up the ___ (make things interesting)

42. What some say you need to "hit" before turning your life around

43. Toy from American Girl

45. Long time stretches

46. Pursue

48. Yiddish exclamations

49. Beaver's construction project

52. 'I'll take that as ___'

53. Undergarments that offer support

55. "You cannot reason with a ___ when your head is in its mouth!" (Winston Churchill line in "Darkest Hour")

57. Onetime Russian ruler

59. 'Hit the gas!'

62. Morrison with a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize

63. Kind of pass in football

64. Mediocre

65. "Oh, what the hell"

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Down

1. Pats, as a mouth with a napkin

2. Not very suitable

3. Heart chambers

4. Broken Philadelphia landmark that's unlikely to be fixed

5. Egyptian goddess of healing

6. Wiggler on a foot

7. Secretly loop in on an email

8. Garlicky condiment in Mediterranean cuisine

9. Give a darn

10. Calvin of underwear fame

11. "To me …" in a text

12. Outfit for a certain seasonal worker at the mall

13. Diluted espresso

14. Arafat of the P.L.O.

21. Section of grass-covered dirt

24. Change the hemline of, maybe

25. 1960s-'70s R&B singer Marilyn

29. Suffer poor health

31. Kissing by the lockers, e.g., for short

32. Wildlife park that's three miles from Buckingham Palace

33. Financing options for buying a car

34. "Lord of the Rings" baddie

35. In tune

36. University of New Mexico team

38. Film studio with a lion mascot

40. Whole bunch

44. Throw in a high arc

46. "___ matter" (words on a protest sign)

47. Burrito-like sandwiches

48. Prestigious acting award

50. Not for the first time

51. Same here

54. Grp. fighting for freedom of speech

55. Silicon Valley industry, familiarly

56. Monthly payment for an apartment

58. Brazilian city that hosted the Olympics in 2016, familiarly

60. Cyclops has one

61. The 'L' of LSAT

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