Ill-prepared Crossword Clue

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Ill-prepared Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. not informed through reading

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PREPARED (adjective)
1. having made preparations
2. equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources
ILL (adjective)
1. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
2. presaging ill fortune
ILL (noun)
1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining
ILL (adverb)
1. (`ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
2. unfavorably or with disapproval

More NYT Crossword (7/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. More than just a disapproving look

10. Scruff of the neck

13. Fondita offerings

15. Three-time A.L. M.V.P. of the 2000s, familiarly

16. "The Devil's radio"

17. Pollution portmanteau

18. Really peeved

19. What a pointless game has?

21. Outfitted

25. Password preceder

26. Former Toyota sports cars named for a Latin prefix

27. Passover month

29. ___-turvy

30. Sprint, e.g.

31. Home-run hitter's gait

35. Downed

36. Part in a play

37. "That's the spot!"

38. "Tyrone" singer Erykah

40. Not much

41. Will you let me?

43. Desert for which an African country is named

45. Like obsidian rock, once

46. Symbol of rebirth in ancient Egypt

49. Last hurrah

51. Trials by fire

53. Wholly, but not holey or holy, e.g.: Abbr.

54. Helen of Troy’s mother

55. Ignominious outcome

61. Tech product discontinued in 2022

62. Proposed cosmological phenomenon that could make up 70% of the universe - and six squares in this puzzle's grid?

63. Not admit

64. Pottery so named for its hardness

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1. Agnus __

2. Word after tight or defensive

3. Knee stabilizer, in brief

4. Not just any

5. Attractive feature of a job

6. Single-masted vessels

7. Sweet or sour

8. Podcast interruptions

9. Frequent forecast in Seattle

10. Strong suit

11. Unleavened South Asian flatbread

12. Follower of double or gilt

14. Champion, as a cause

15. Budding

20. Org. with a list of popular baby names

21. Minimum, in a way

22. Increased

23. Letters before ".gov"

24. Forensic facilities

26. Sign abbr. meaning "founded in"

28. Coffee or tea specification

30. Unleavened South Asian flatbread

32. Sought comfort from, say

33. Like granola

34. Unnamed article

40. Didn’t stay on topic

41. Come together

42. Lou Gehrig's disease, for short

44. One level below the majors

45. Infuriate

46. Sphere, e.g.

47. Crinkly fabric

48. Extension

50. Totally bizarre

52. Places to get masks

56. Original N.Y.C. subway line

57. Handful

58. Long stretch

59. Cabinet dept. since 1889

60. Gospel musician Tribbett

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