"I wish it were so" Crossword Clue

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"I wish it were so" Crossword Answer

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WISH (verb)
1. prefer or wish to do something
2. feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or fortune of
WISH (noun)
1. (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone’s welfare
2. an expression of some desire or inclination

More NYT Crossword (2/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. Indian megacity of 16+ million

6. Talks too much

11. Text initialism that's the name of a 2010 Usher hit

14. Like some walls at Harvard and Dartmouth

15. "Casablanca" actor's nickname

16. Actress Long or Peeples

17. Native American rite of passage

19. Explosive item for Wile E. Coyote

21. Behavioral quirk

22. Clarified butter

23. Roof type with removable panels

25. Girl encouraged to wake up, in a 1957 #1 Everly Brothers hit

27. Heartbeat tests, in brief

30. Jewish rite of passage

34. L.L. Bean competitor

35. ___ of Dogs (2018 Film)

36. Occurring at an appropriate moment

37. N.F.L. player in a purple uniform

39. What might help someone be loud and clear?

41. Strong point

42. "I'll be right with you"

44. Screw up

46. Lead-in to X, Y or Z

47. Amish rite of passage

49. More than giga-, less than peta-

50. Really plague

51. Each "point" of Taurus's horns, e.g.

53. Stand up to?

55. Prof's aides

57. Beethoven work originally titled "Bonaparte," after Napoleon

61. Kimono sash

62. "Seinfeld" catchphrase ... or, when parsed as three words, how a participant of 17-, 30- or 47-Across might be greeted?

64. Dallas baller

65. Kind of pipe or patch

66. Like an Islay single malt, to Scotch enthusiasts

67. Ball one or ball two?

68. Great Plains nation

69. Pittsburgh-based industrial giant

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1. Melodramatic sort

2. Like Cinderella's stepmother

3. Rapper in K-pop's Blackpink

4. Jobs in "Heat" and "Ocean's Eleven"

5. Lead-in to know or care

6. Potato chip flavor, informally

7. Ruffian

8. Workplace concern for seniors

9. British cookie

10. 10 squats at the gym, perhaps

11. Facing an imminent prospect (of)

12. "None for you!"

13. Right out of the ___

18. Rookies, to gamers

22. Doohickey

24. Sources of lines for a reading, maybe

26. Like some upper lips and drinks

27. Unforced ___ (athlete's concern)

28. Reeves of "Hardball"

29. "Up top!"

31. Ruler's length?

32. Cuff or hem, say

33. Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King"

35. Unfit for the job

38. Bar exam component

40. Gear parts

43. Completely collapses

45. Like some Quaker products

48. Where you are when in Roma

49. Cement spreader

52. Snack similar to a gordita

53. Noggin

54. Site for online bids

56. Foundry waste

58. Part of a line at an Apple Store

59. Adversary of Julius Caesar

60. Actress Taylor-Joy of "The Gorge"

62. "The Penguin" airer

63. Foundry material

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