"Just about there!" Crossword Clue

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"Just about there!" Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

JUST (adverb)
1. (used for emphasis) absolutely
2. indicating exactness or preciseness
JUST (adjective)
1. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
2. of moral excellence
ABOUT (adverb)
1. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
2. in or to a reversed position or direction
ABOUT (adjective)
1. on the move

Hint 3: Anagram

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More USA Today Crossword (10/21/2026) Answers

Across

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9. "Cool!"

12. Lone

13. Puff up

14. The "A" in UAE

16. Traditional Thanksgiving dessert

18. "Present!"

19. Emerged

20. Like high prices

22. Wanda Maximoff ___ Scarlet Witch

23. Treats, like a violin bow

25. Family member who enjoys chasing a red dot of light

27. Tolkien's "Shepherds of the Trees"

28. Stab of hunger

32. Japanese game similar to chess

33. Funny business?

34. Military trainee

35. Fudgelike Southern confections with nuts

39. Surgery beam

40. Horse feature

41. Caribou feature

43. Cloak-and-___

49. Word following "quilting" or "spelling"

50. Artemis I org.

54. Lying face-down

55. Dish containing fruits simmered in spiced wine, perhaps

58. Indiana basketball player

61. "Don't trip on the ___ root" (lyric on the "Moana" soundtrack)

62. ___ vera

63. Make ecstatic

64. Title for a Kuwaiti leader

65. Spot for a 16-Across or a 25-Across

66. Hereditary units

67. Consider

68. SPEAK LIKE THIS

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Down

1. Get the ick from, perhaps

3. Some soft drinks in "Cola War" ads

4. Forensics franchise

5. Holds

6. Held

7. Designer Saab

8. Be out, but not about

9. Cheerleader's word

10. Local figure?

11. Era before the Renaissance

12. Tire in the trunk

15. "Scram!"

17. Ryan Gosling's "Barbie" role

21. Fish-related surname

24. Created, like a web

26. "Better late ___ never"

29. Clock radio toggle

30. Writer Ephron

31. Nickname for Mom's mom

33. Rabbit's relative

35. No ___, No Gain (punny name for a window company)

36. East, in Spanish

37. Cartoon frame

38. Was ahead

39. Chocolate dog

42. Messenger ___

44. Lex, e.g.

45. ___ spoon (unpretentious restaurant)

46. Soccer player who uses their hands

47. Sign up

48. List on eBay, say

51. Played a part

52. "That's a ___"

53. Eagle's nest

55. "___ the Cat" (children's book series)

56. Mining targets

57. Campus quarters

58. String instrument's tuning pin

59. Pub staple

60. Campbell's Soup container

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