Jacob Riis subject Crossword Clue

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Jacob Riis subject Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
(verb)
1. spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one’s own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

JACOB (noun)
1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
2. (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God’)
SUBJECT (noun)
1. a branch of knowledge
2. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
SUBJECT (adjective)
1. possibly accepting or permitting
2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
SUBJECT (verb)
1. make subservient; force to submit or subdue
2. cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

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More WSJ Crossword (12/26/2025) Answers

Across

1. Do some simple math

4. Long island resident?

10. Target of an Apple Pencil

14. Bill adjective

15. Yard task

16. Cartoonist Goldberg

17. Seeing the world, perhaps

19. Klutzy move

20. Watchdog warning

21. Be decisive

23. Letters before pitch or mo

24. Borscht base

25. Feuding family of Verona

28. New Yorker co-founder Harold

29. Gift-wrapping need

30. Worth of the theater

31. Wee worker

32. Gift from Mom, say

33. Not oblivious

34. December 26 observance in Britain (but probably not in France, Germany, Spain or the Czech Republic)

36. Artisan’s activity

38. Zest

39. Dominican address

42. It has a bit part

43. Senior moment?

44. Small singer

45. Cutter with a blade suspended on an arm

47. Onion-topped roll

48. Check out

49. Many a Christmas gift

50. Mellow-voiced Mel

51. Mediocre

53. Jubilee in the Catholic church

58. Not a single person

59. Summer Olympics powerhouse

60. Sharp barks

61. Leopard features

62. Zest

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1. Bother

2. Role-playing game location

3. Love letter salutation

4. Murder makeup

5. Fidel’s brother

6. Pres. Zelensky’s nation

7. Envy, e.g.

8. Common soccer tie

9. Nation whose flag depicts the Eagle of Saladin

10. NYC’s first subway line

11. “It,” in a game

12. Eisenhower Library setting

13. Take testimony from

18. Makes notes

22. Most populous country not in the United Nations

24. Intimate apparel item

25. Nail treatment, for short

26. It began in 1968, in tennis

27. Suggesting snow, maybe

29. Contact, in a way

32. Lose fizz

33. Sistine ceiling figure

34. Indonesian resort island

35. Healthy look

36. Silly Putty maker

37. Becomes uncomfortable, in a way

39. Wrongful conviction cause, perhaps

40. Free

41. Nonspecific amount

42. Formal

43. Military propaganda efforts, for short

44. Tough and lean

46. Cabin components

47. Enterprise nickname

50. Battery part

52. Meditation chants

54. Sever

55. Many a comedy team

56. Young Thug’s field

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