"I can't catch a break!" Crossword Clue

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"I can't catch a break!" Crossword Answer

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POORME

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BREAK (noun)
1. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
2. breaking of hard tissue such as bone
BREAK (verb)
1. enter someone’s (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
2. be released or become known; of news
CATCH (verb)
1. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
2. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
CATCH (noun)
1. the act of catching an object with the hands
2. a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident

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More NYT Crossword (9/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Made chitchat

10. Underground rock?

15. "Slow down a second!"

16. What you might hear when you get someone's goat?

17. Nay sayers

19. Actor Nick of "The Prince of Tides"

20. One way to stand

21. Hang time, for short?

22. Important

23. Journey, so to speak

25. Access, as to an elite network

27. "___ ME" (humorous "sign")

29. European landmark whose name begins with an "A" in classical literature

31. Reduced price?

32. Revered one

34. "Keep on going!"

36. Word in a Tibetan leader's title

38. "Infection" common among schoolkids

40. California city bisected by Interstate 5

42. Not continue beyond

43. Stunner

45. Cette femme

46. Toy popularized by Queen Victoria, familiarly

47. ___ dance (Lunar New Year tradition)

49. Shiny material

51. Annular reefs

53. Stock market option

55. TV drama whose past guest stars have included Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber

58. Its license plate might read "FOR HIRE"

59. Land, marked

61. Held the elevator door for, say

63. Sarcastic response to boasting

66. Carnival line?

67. Score sneakily

68. The door’s open!

69. Conclude an agreement, say

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1. Ritzy

2. Luxury fashion house based in Paris

3. Incident so dramatic it feels like a movie

4. Apt name for a yoga instructor

5. "Our best thought came from ___": Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. "Found you!"

7. Cracker alternative to Ritz

8. Mobile library?

9. Cope

10. Future manager's goal, for short

11. Most-celebrated celebrities

12. Primary follower

13. Thing you may regret hitting "Reply All" to

14. When it happened

18. Valley with gentle slopes

26. Bubkes

28. 20-Across, en español

30. Green-winged water bird

32. Stunning attraction at a winter festival, maybe

33. Clothing tag warning

35. Seat of one European monarchy

37. Tongue-in-cheek interjection akin to "Told ya …"

39. "___ turn out fine"

41. Like the 18th Amendment, nowadays

44. Boorish

48. Game on a car trip

50. Form of a gene

52. The sound that concludes "The Sound and the Fury"

54. Befuddled

56. "We're alike in that way"

57. Cove

60. Stock market woe

62. Diminishing return?

64. Waterproofing material for a sail, once

65. Lahore is here: Abbr.

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