"How did ___ thing like that happen?" Crossword Clue

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"How did ___ thing like that happen?" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

HAPPEN (verb)
1. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
2. come into being; become reality
LIKE (verb)
1. prefer or wish to do something
2. feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
LIKE (adjective)
1. resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
2. conforming in every respect
LIKE (noun)
1. a similar kind
2. a kind of person

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More Missing Letter Crossword (9/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. ADJECTIVE: "guided by or indicative of base or materialistic values"

6. Casual greeting

10. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "islands in the southwestern Pacific east of Vanuatu constituting (with Rotuma Island) an independent dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations"

14. ___ alphabet (ancient writing system of Europe)

15. INTERJECTION: "used to indicate negation"

16. "References available ___ request"

17. ___-Saxon

18. NOUN: "a grant of government funds to the unemployed"

19. Scrubbed, as a mission

20. NOUN: "[joking] that makes fun of a life-threatening, disastrous, or terrifying situation"

23. Sault ___ Marie, Mich.

24. Pair

25. COMBINING FORM: "more than two"

29. ADJECTIVE: "occurring or being done every five years"

33. Tear into shreds

36. Tangelo type

37. Lamb's mom

38. Opera tune

39. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "state of the northwestern U.S."

41. Cut that out!

42. VERB: "to move, act, or function with speed"

43. Prefix with haus or garten

44. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "republic in eastern Africa bordering on the Indian Ocean to the east and Lake Victoria to the west"

45. NOUN: "[a person] that is skilled in only [a single] area"

49. Spokes on a wheel, e.g.

50. Prior to

51. Movie medium, often

54. NOUN: "a fly in baseball that falls too far out to be caught by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder"

59. INTERJECTION: "used to express joy, approval, or excited enthusiasm"

62. Just plain bad

63. McLain with two Cy Young Awards

64. Possessing the power

65. NOUN: "the vertebrate olfactory organ"

66. VERB: "to take place afterward or as a result"

67. Forest runner

68. "I'll take care of that right now"

69. Put off

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1. Rocky peaks

2. PHRASAL VERB: "to have as a price; to cost"

3. Pool player's concern

4. NOUN: "the horizontal member at the base of a window"

5. Get closer to the storyteller, say

6. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "river 306 miles (492 kilometers) long in eastern New York flowing from the Adirondack Mountains south into New York Bay between New Jersey and New York City"

7. "Call on me, teacher!"

8. NOUN: "one that is remarkable or wonderful"

9. INTERJECTION: "used especially to attract attention"

10. 5k for charity, say

11. It may make a CEO wealthy

12. VERB: "to run or ride at a slow trot"

13. Suffix with Filip or concert

21. "The Lost Battalion" setting, briefly

22. Prefix meaning 'all'

26. Use as a bed

27. Brownish-orange color used to describe some port and bourbon

29. Sine ___ non (necessary component)

30. Subatomic particle

31. 'This is so irritating!'

32. "Livin' Thing" band, 1976

33. Mustache remover

34. Shayk or Slutskaya

35. ___ up (said something)

39. Number in some movie titles

40. Jan. preceder

41. Susan in "The Partridge Family"

43. NOUN: "a soft surface-ripened cheese"

44. Made some dough at work, say

46. Nervous little laugh

47. NOUN: "a usually small rounded, spherical, or cylindrical body (as of food or medicine)"

48. Mining find

51. Kirsten in 2024's "Civil War"

52. NOUN: "a place where events of a specific type are held"

53. Washer's counterpart

55. COMBINING FORM: "foreigner"

56. Stratford's river

57. Enthusiastic agreement, in Rome

58. Wilder who played Willy Wonka

59. Big roll, as of cash

60. U.K. honor

61. Well done!

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