It's not an option Crossword Clue

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It's not an option Crossword Answer

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NEED

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(noun)
1. the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy
2. a necessary or essential thing
(adjective)
1. highly recommended

Hint 2: Clue Definition

OPTION (noun)
1. the act of choosing or selecting
2. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

NEED
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More The Atlantic Crossword (8/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Let me handle this"

11. Hundred ___ Wood (home of Winnie-the-Pooh)

15. "I'll pay anything!"

16. The ___ ("Over My Head" band)

17. They've got an answer for everything

18. Winter Olympics event panned in a Saturday Night Live skit

19. 'You betcha!'

20. Breakaway group

21. They might be served with clotted cream

23. Lift

24. Spreadsheet shortcut

25. Just your average guy

26. Extended character study?

30. Like some truths

32. Go head-to-head

33. ___ kha kai (spicy Thai soup)

34. Like grass at sunrise, maybe

35. Show off a voluminous skirt, maybe

37. Fruit that's key to some desserts?

38. Eye, poetically

39. Typical Bluey watcher

40. Crops

42. Technical jargon, playfully

46. Sight in the Seine

47. You might hear it from a little birdie

48. No sweat

50. Ready for a show to begin

52. Utter disarray

53. Vehicle for Valerie Frizzle

56. Opinion

57. "It's certainly possible"

60. Get a lode of them!

61. "And that's final!"

62. Frisky

63. Cry for a scoop?

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Down

1. One of Clyde's partners

2. Prop for Mr. Peanut

3. Mission Bell folk singer Lee

4. Just dropped, perhaps

5. Links in a chain?

6. Got off the fence

7. Inquiry for a lost package

8. Epee handle

9. Target for a knee MRI

10. Hero who opined, "What every woman says, some women may feel"

11. Great way to stay

12. Period that might be fueled by panic and caffeine

13. Places to have a smashing good time?

14. "Focus up!"

22. Org. that awarded Song of the Year to Tracy Chapman in 2023

23. "Gilmore Girls" role for Alexis Bledel

25. Treat that's hard to eat

27. "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" musical

28. Broadcast, as grievances

29. Shoulder muscle briefly

30. What you might say with a sigh after a long journey

31. Start of an address

34. "Please tell me what happens next!"

36. Lugubriousness

37. The Unknown Country actor Gladstone

41. Croquette cousin

43. Really, really, really dislike

44. Sault ___ Marie, Mich.

45. One full of green flags, maybe

49. Adoption-advocacy org.

51. Monopoly requirement

53. Creme de la creme

54. One downloading an app

55. Olipop, e.g.

58. "Yakety ___" (Benny Hill Show tune)

59. Word in two MLB team names

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