Hotshot pilot Crossword Clue

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AIRACE

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
2. proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
(verb)
1. succeed at easily
2. play (a hole) in one stroke
(adjective)
1. of the highest quality

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HOTSHOT (noun)
1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
PILOT (noun)
1. something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
2. a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to attract sponsors
PILOT (verb)
1. operate an airplane
2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

AIRACE
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More Newsday Crossword (10/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. Nautical "Halt!"

6. Bring blushes to

14. Instrument of India

15. A la __ menu

16. '70s war zone

17. *Whirly Olympic event

19. Hotshot celebrity, for short

20. Ponce de __

21. Lamentation

23. Rude bus rider

27. Mary who wrote Frankenstein

28. Necessitate

29. __ acid (vinegar component)

30. Leaves port

31. Maze marking

32. Includes

35. Horse's dad

36. Pilfered

37. French author Emile

38. Goof up

39. Young puppy

40. Sing "Deck the Halls"

41. Imaginary

43. Kids' pellet dispensers

44. Understand speaking without hearing

46. Antarctic water

47. Flung skyward

48. Utah national park

49. Letter after sigma

50. Site suggested by the answers to the starred clues

56. Supposed sixth sense

57. Has a tilt

58. Hockey great Gretzky

59. Air-leak sound

60. Coax forth

61. Pay out

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Down

1. Fire residue

2. Through, on an itinerary

3. Casino $$$ source

4. Walton of Walmart

5. Rack for roses

6. Cast member

7. German highway

8. Incoming LAX flight

9. Instruction to a cabbie

10. Packard's high-tech partner

11. *Noisy Verdi piece

12. Michael of Interstellar

13. Containing nothing

18. Stagger

22. Arabian Nights name

23. Reverend Jackson

24. Walking __ (blissful)

25. *Before-the-foxhunt drinks

26. Bit of folklore

27. Head covering

29. Oceanic ring

31. In its __ (replacing it)

33. Unaccompanied

34. Spicy dip

36. Snugly contained

37. Turns sharply

39. Grapple in a ring

40. Cronkite's longtime employer

42. FDR-era agency

43. Big help

44. Minstrels' instruments

45. Bridge non-bid

46. Washer cycle

48. __ oxide ointment

51. French water

52. Grammy category since 1989

53. See 55-Down

54. __ Arbor, MI

55. With 53-Down, late-night flight

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