Keep busy Crossword Clue

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AMUSE

(5 letters)

OCCUPY

(6 letters)

PASSTHETIME

(11 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

KEEP (noun)
1. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
2. the financial means whereby one lives
KEEP (verb)
1. maintain by writing regular records
2. conform one’s action or practice to
BUSY (adjective)
1. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
2. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
BUSY (verb)
1. keep busy with

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

AMUSE
(5 letters)
OCCUPY
(6 letters)
PASSTHETIME
(11 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (3/16/2026) Answers

Across

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19. Ingredient in red ale

22. Gel generator

23. Frequent flier

24. Periodic function

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27. Tried to unseat

29. Don Giovanni and Rigoletto, for two

30. Like some Christmas lights

32. Saturated

35. Skull cavity

36. EGOT winner Menken

37. Cleaner scent

38. In olden days

39. City near Des Moines

40. Cut up finely

41. Lying fallow

43. Betray, in a way

44. Where to see people in a museum

48. Customer-oriented business motto

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Down

1. Trailblazing reggae group, with “the”

2. Highway divider

3. Genuine

4. What rotten luck!

5. To the point

6. Stocking tip

7. Au courant

8. Put on the books

9. Successor to the Trac II razor

10. Learns skills for a new role, say

11. Diamond rarities

12. Man known for playing House

13. Doggedly finish

14. Striped pet

15. Flight unit

19. Surveillance-system component, familiarly

20. France who was born in Paris

21. Character who appears in two of the “Hobbit” films but not the book

24. Dhoti relative

25. Rank

27. Animals feared by musophobes

28. Presently

29. Rigel, for example

30. Slight catch?

31. Adjective on some salami packages

32. Zero-and-something

33. Additional number

34. Minute

35. Hot starter, maybe

37. Architectural post

39. President who appointed the so-called midnight judges

40. Ruckus

42. Pennsylvania’s Flagship City

43. Coöperate with the police

45. “Maybe ___ Time” (song from 2018’s “A Star Is Born”)

46. Waits at the piano

47. Honor-roll stat

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