Inner circle Crossword Clue

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Inner circle Crossword Answer

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COTERIE

(7 letters)

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(noun)
1. a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
2. a nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CIRCLE (noun)
1. an unofficial association of people or groups
2. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
CIRCLE (verb)
1. form or draw a circle around
2. move in a circular path above (someone or something)
INNER (adjective)
1. confined to an exclusive group
2. located inward

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

COTERIE
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ACRED

More LA Times Crossword (9/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. Dot-__: online businesses

5. Capital of South Korea

10. Clever remark

14. Shape of many a car logo

16. Caterer's coffee servers

17. "Just act naturally!"

19. AirPods holders

20. Chocolaty treats that may have walnuts

21. Portable device with a touchscreen

23. Baby bear

24. ___ farewell (said goodbye)

25. Vietnam War film directed by Stanley Kubrick

33. Between ports

34. Second-string players

35. Lamb's mother

36. Sow's opposite

37. Renewable energy option

38. Safari park roarer

39. Gloomy __: pessimistic sort

40. Comedian Wyatt

41. Annoys

42. Quickly resolved legal matter

46. Finishes up

47. Part of FTW and BTW

48. Talks back to

51. Morton who plays Circe in "The Odyssey"

56. Help in wrongdoing

57. Do the same, and what the ends of 17-, 25-, and 42-Across can do

59. Genuine

60. Face-to-face exams

61. Prefix with skeleton

62. Like a couch potato

63. Move, as a root-bound houseplant

64. Consider to be

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Down

1. Salad with bacon and eggs

2. "Back to you," in radio lingo

3. BLT spread

4. Insincere round of applause

5. Book copier of old

6. Loosen up

7. Poems of praise

8. Address that often starts with "www"

9. Not quite closed

10. Montréal's province

11. Eurasian border river

12. Memo heading

13. Soft Hey you!

18. E pluribus ___

22. Singer Lambert

24. Laundry whitener

25. North Dakota city

26. Spend all of

27. Rental contract

28. Govt.-issued investments

29. Book of maps

30. Knightley of Bend It Like Beckham

31. Furry 'Star Wars' creatures

32. Uptight

37. Summons

38. Officially permitted to drive, say

40. Walking stick

43. Big name in milk chocolate

44. Ultimate

45. Melt

48. South Asian silk dress

49. Tucked in for the night

50. Barking marine mammal

51. Smack

52. French greeting

53. Song

54. Keep out of sight

55. Tiny particle

58. Mine yield

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