"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 (4/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "a member of...the generation of people born in the 1960s and 1970s"

4. ADJECTIVE: "having or showing qualities such as meditative calmness and an attitude of acceptance"

7. Wearer of sheep's clothing, in a fable

11. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country in southwestern Asia in Mesopotamia that has a small border on the Persian Gulf"

13. Chaotic situation

15. Just plain bad

16. Not socially acceptable, to Brits

18. Condor or Turner

19. Started pestering (someone) about

21. NOUN: "a color whose hue resembles that of ripe lemons"

23. "Who ___?" (New Orleans Saints cheer)

24. Middle Eastern big shot

26. Lacks

30. Finished

34. Shankar who was Norah Jones's father

35. Actor Slater or Suplee

37. Davidson of "SNL" fame

38. Not just "whenever you can"

39. NOUN: "a unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through a distance of one meter"

40. Latin for "three"

41. Actress Suvari

42. VERB: "to behave in an unruly, recalcitrant, or capricious manner"

43. Potato container

44. Genre for the Arctic Monkeys

46. Pre-euro money, in Spain

48. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city in southeastern Honshu...the capital of Japan"

50. NOUN: "a...likeness obtained by photography"

51. Pinch pennies

54. Part of the mind, to Freud

59. NOUN: "a shrub...[whose] leaves and buds...are the source of a habituating stimulant when chewed or used as a tea"

60. Egg-shaped

62. Level

63. "Say Anything ... " actress Skye

64. Risk-___ (gambler)

65. Shelter near a campfire

66. ADJECTIVE: "of, relating to, or being the characteristic style of 1960s British youth culture"

67. VERB: "to sleep briefly especially during the day"

68. ABBREVIATION: "a member of the clergy"

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Down

1. Word on a sign at a crosswalk

2. Ending for switch

3. Give everyone a piece of your mind

4. Jewelry store founder Morris or William

5. Tinker to ___ to Chance (famed triple-play turners)

6. Word that can totally invert the meaning of a sentence

7. NOUN: "[information] that has not been told to people"

8. Shape of some mirrors

9. NOUN: "a floor covering made by laying on a burlap or canvas backing a mixture of solidified linseed oil with gums, cork dust or wood flour or both, and usually pigments"

10. NOUN: "a defect in physical structure or form"

12. ADJECTIVE: "consisting of or divided into four [sections]"

13. PHRASE: "to become notably and unexpectedly successful"

14. NOUN: "a pungent condiment"

20. Chew the ___ (gab)

22. NOUN: "either of two Islamic festivals"

25. Get better

26. NOUN: "a play, movie, or television production with a serious tone or subject"

27. Painting-in-progress holder

28. ___-garde (stylistically edgy)

29. ADJECTIVE: "compact, sturdy, and relatively thick in build"

31. Remove the vermin from

32. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "ancient city in northern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea coast northwest of Carthage"

33. High points

36. Simple shelter

45. ___-pah band

47. German for "she" or "you"

49. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city and port...in southern Honshu, Japan population 2,665,314"

51. Read over very quickly

52. Jimmy of footwear fame

53. ___ McNally (atlas name)

55. Sch. on the American-Mexican border

56. At any time

57. NOUN: "a specific sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is located usually on a chromosome"

58. Being broadcast

61. NOUN: "a usually enclosed wagon or motortruck used for transportation of goods or animals"

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