Honest-to-goodness Crossword Clue

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Honest-to-goodness Crossword Answer

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ACTUAL

(6 letters)

TRULY

(5 letters)

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(adjective)
1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
2. capable of being treated as fact
(adverb)
1. used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal
(noun)
1. any rational or irrational number
2. an old small silver Spanish coin

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GOODNESS (noun)
1. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
2. moral excellence or admirableness
HONEST (adjective)
1. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
2. not forged

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ACTUAL
(6 letters)
TRULY
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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EARL

More NYT Crossword (11/23/2025) Answers

Across

1. Departed unceremoniously?

7. Contained

11. Tries to get a rise out of

16. Seeing someone, say

17. Couldn't agree more!

18. Couldn't agree more!

20. Certain vacation booking in Madrid?

22. Things from a distant land

23. Samwise ___, companion of Frodo Baggins

24. Number of ancient kings in pre-Republic Rome

25. Look for

26. Play one's part

27. Pants, in slang

28. Billions and billions of boutique items?

34. One may keep a watch on you

37. Programming pioneer Lovelace

38. Snooped (around)

39. Exceed

41. Put out

43. Actress Conn who played Frenchy in "Grease"

44. What Wile E. Coyote thinks before his new purchase backfires?

49. Indiana pro athlete

50. Nest egg inits.

51. Nashville-to-Asheville dir.

52. Big name in kitchenware

53. San Francisco's ___ Valley

55. Summer hours in L.A.

56. Tiny stinger

58. Pretty please?

60. Bedamn

63. Activity for a nimble-footed noble in Imperial Russia?

67. Cocktails with curaçao

68. #1, say

69. Like the set of single-digit integers

71. Suffix with 75-Down

73. Meeting of the minds

74. Many a Yeshiva student

75. Kiss ___

76. Olive of old cartoons

77. Little reminders

79. Figure who might say "Look at me on the cover of all these fashion magazines!"?

85. Many a university benefactor, informally

86. Mouth-puckering

87. Sport

88. Observes Ramadan, in a way

90. Sugar suffix

91. One might have a "How's My Driving?" bumper sticker

92. Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains

96. What bridesmaids might point out as the inferior choice while shopping?

101. Bananas

102. Naked ___ jaybird

103. Contrarian in a nursery rhyme

104. Jedi trained by Luke Skywalker

105. Country singer Yearwood

107. Tight fit

109. Contents of a murky cauldron? (twice!)

113. Tight formations

114. Parking spot?

115. Stop to a sailor

116. Sargasso Sea quartet

117. Corner of a diamond

118. Buries

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Down

1. Fill with love

2. Love __

3. Canine frenemy of Garfield

4. Leisurely evening walk

5. Addis Ababa's country: Abbr.

6. German article

7. Mark who portrayed Luke Skywalker

8. It may come with attachments

9. Shepherded

10. Part of what makes you you

11. Ring master?

12. Up now

13. Cousin of Gomez Addams

14. When the first mammals and dinosaurs appeared

15. Made it big?

16. Dizzying designs

18. Mind

19. Grovels

20. Police dept. members

21. Do the Wright thing?

25. Big fiasco

29. Jalopy

30. John in the Radio Hall of Fame

31. Indignant retort

32. Like many of Horace's works

33. Float component

35. Strengths

40. Little reminders

42. Metaphorical place of indecision

44. Word with gauge or guitar

45. Standing on the street

46. It opened in 1835 with a Chamber of Horrors

47. Rice-A-___

48. Charge to redeem mutual funds

49. The national fruit of Japan, the kaki, is a variety of it

54. Stare down

57. Japan's largest carrier

58. Some sci-fi film effects, in brief

59. Utterances of disappointment

60. 4x4, for one

61. "Evita" narrator

62. Start of many a Latin American city name

64. Scruffs

65. Goldie who won a 1969 Oscar for "Cactus Flower"

66. Reason to see an ophthalmologist

70. 90° bend

71. Very fast

72. Reminiscent of a certain French author’s work

74. Banana Republic competitor

75. Like some suits

78. Experts in CPR

80. Comically ridiculous

81. Send packing

82. A dirty look

83. Actor Malek of "The Amateur"

84. Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces

89. Mortal mother of Dionysus

91. Lithe

93. Puts forward

94. It may elicit a blessing

95. Advance

97. Tears down

98. Bonanza discoveries

99. Aquatic apex predators

100. Legendary snake exterminator, familiarly

106. Emulate a vagabond

108. Newsroom V.I.P.s

109. Kind of PC port

110. Museum-funding org

111. Tuna often served tartare

112. Stimpy's cartoon pal

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