"How was ___ know?" (2 wds.) Crossword Clue

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"How was ___ know?" (2 wds.) Crossword Answer

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MONOSYLLABLE (noun)
1. a word or utterance of one syllable
EXPURGATED (adjective)
1. having material deleted

More Daily Themed Crossword (8/13/2026) Answers

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1. "Love ___ neighbor" (biblical directive)

4. Wise nocturnal birds

8. Use a straw

11. XXX counterpart, in a paper-and-pencil game

12. Crack from dryness, as lips

13. Twinkling light in the night sky

14. Flightless bird from Down Under

15. "___, meeny, miney, moe..."

16. Square of glass in a window

17. Minor task to "run"

19. Sleep like a ___ (sleep soundly)

20. ___ and outs (all the little details)

21. Prefix with "natal" for a hospital unit

22. Looks through a keyhole, say

25. "The ___," 1980 horror film starring Jack Nicholson as an alcoholic isolated at the haunted Overlook Hotel with his family

29. Country 14a comes from, for short

30. "The Producers" director Brooks

31. "Burnt ___ crisp": 2 wds.

32. Put on one's Sunday best: 2 wds.

35. Dalmatian features

37. It may have come before the chicken?

38. "___ sells seashells by the seashore"

39. Shopping icon on Amazon's site

41. "___ Woman," 1990 romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts as an escort who gets swept up in a whirlwind romance at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel

45. Something you might strike for the cameras?

46. Length times width, for a rectangle

48. Kanga's baby in "Winnie-the-Pooh"

49. "___ Wick," 2014 action film starring Keanu Reeves as a retired assassin operating from the underworld safehouse that is Continental Hotel

50. Actor James ___ of "Rebel Without a Cause"

51. Castor ___, Olive's older brother

52. Arcade game, with "Ball"

53. Uncool sort, slangily

54. General with a namesake dish

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1. Tic-tac-___

2. "___ Alone 2: Lost in New York," 1992 holiday sequel starring Macaulay Culkin as a kid outwitting crooks at the famous Plaza Hotel

3. "How I Met ___ Mother" (popular sitcom)

4. "___ Eleven," 2001 heist film starring George Clooney as a thief who assembles an elite crew to rob the Bellagio and two other Vegas hotels

5. They might go with whys, whats, and hows

6. Touch down, like an airplane

7. James Bond, for one

8. Go ___ (what someone without a prom date might do)

9. Sir ___ McKellen, actor who played Gandalf

10. ___-school (school for tots)

13. Fork's partner

18. Tombstone letters

19. Hawaiian welcome garland

21. Stanley Cup organization Abbr.

22. When used with "lily," a resting spot for frogs

23. France's continent, for short

24. WNW's opposite, on a compass: Abbr.

25. August follower, briefly

27. "To be, or ___ to be" (Hamlet's dilemma)

28. Driver’s need

30. Hot chocolate holder

33. Blissfully calm

34. Corporal's superior, briefly

35. Got smaller in the dryer, say

36. Sound of the letter before "Q," say

38. Pointy weapon used by early hunters

39. Boil, fry, or saute

40. Wimbledon champion Arthur ___

42. Turkey ___ (Thanksgiving footrace)

43. McDonald's Happy Meal freebies

44. Modern "carpe diem" in Internet slang: Abbr.

45. Slumber party attire for short

46. Throw into the mix

47. "Take It on the Run" band ___ Speedwagon

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