Instance of stretching the truth Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a trivial lie
(verb)
1. tell a relatively insignificant lie

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STRETCHING (noun)
1. exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
2. act of expanding by lengthening or widening
INSTANCE (noun)
1. an occurrence of something
2. an item of information that is typical of a class or group
INSTANCE (verb)
1. clarify by giving an example of

More Missing Letter Crossword (2/14/2025) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "animal tissue consisting chiefly of cells distended with greasy or oily matter"

4. NOUN: "frothy matter on liquids"

9. Beautiful climber

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11. NOUN: " jazz characterized by harmonic complexity, convoluted melodic lines, and constant shifting of accent"

12. NOUN: "brilliant or conspicuous success"

13. NOUN: "a soft white, gray, or buff limestone composed chiefly of the shells of foraminifers"

15. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "landlocked country in southeastern Asia; a republic, until 1975 a kingdom"

16. Kept tabs on

20. NOUN: "an object of extreme devotion"

21. ADJECTIVE: "seldom occurring or found"

22. Throwing Daddy's wallet into the trash can, e.g.

23. Middle layer of the eye

24. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "landlocked country in Asia on the northeast border of India in the Himalayas; capital Kathmandu"

26. ADJECTIVE: "tending to [evaluate] others harshly or critically"

29. Perspective, briefly

31. Lend ___ (listen)

32. Ms. DiFranco

33. ADJECTIVE: "more unfavorable"

34. Tennis star Swiatek

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Down

2. Guacamole basis

3. NOUN: "a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea"

4. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" poet Silverstein

5. IDIOM: "to squeeze one's lips together in the way people do when they are going to kiss someone"

6. NOUN: "the address of a resource (such as a document or website) on the Internet"

7. NOUN: "any of various usually very large extinct flightless birds of New Zealand"

8. Suffix with "persist"

14. CONJUNCTION: "provided that"

15. Jeremy of basketball fame

17. NOUN: "an Indian people of central Arizona"

18. In the near future, poetically

19. ABBREVIATION: [federal anti-narcotics grp.]

25. Bronte heroine

26. Converse, casually

27. 1, in Oaxaca

28. ___ Spiegel (German newsmagazine)

30. PREPOSITION: "by way of"

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