"Keep your eyes wide open before ___, half shut afterwards": Benjamin Franklin Crossword Clue

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"Keep your eyes wide open before ___, half shut afterwards": Benjamin Franklin Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. two people who are married to each other
2. the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AFTERWARDS (adverb)
1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
BENJAMIN (noun)
1. gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation
2. (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (3/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Decorative rather than serving a practical use

12. Swiatek who won Wimbledon in 2025

15. Not now, but someday

16. Counterpart of "dah," in Morse code

17. Feeling you might get from eating ice cream too quickly

18. … ___ lack thereof

19. Things on Now Hiring notices

20. Japanese electronics company that's now a subsidiary of Panasonic

21. Farm animal often pictured with a ring in its nose

22. "Everything's good!"

24. ___ Angeles

25. "Forrest Gump" character who calls shrimp "the fruit of the sea"

26. Mixes, as a smoothie

28. Anjelica ___, "The Royal Tenenbaums" actress

29. Painter of provocative pieces, say

33. "Ew, wish I hadn't heard that!"

36. Sort of strange

37. Airport org. that first appeared in the New York Times crossword in 2007

38. Some meaty egg dishes

41. Martial arts hold using an upper limb

42. Going off of some intel

46. Oaks and elms

47. Apple computer

50. Gooey treat by a campfire

51. Well-ventilated, say

52. Small, sharp kitchen knife

54. Rhyming partner of 'groan'

55. Is, but in the past

56. "Geez, that was painful enough already!"

58. 101, for Verdun Hayes, when he broke the record for oldest skydiver

59. Performed lawyerly duties

60. Agree

61. Needing to wear glasses while driving, say

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Down

1. E-card business with a reduplicative name

2. Pull open, as scroll

3. Spot for a horse

4. "The thing I'm holding right here"

5. Marshland

6. Send-__: farewells

7. Opposite of urban

8. Shorthand pro in a courtroom

9. Tennessee-based burger chain

10. Ricelike pasta

11. Itty-bitty, to a Brit

12. "Pshh, probably not"

13. Woman in charge, slangily

14. Huntress in Greek mythology whose name looks almost like the capital of Georgia

21. Boom or ___

23. Some TV shows set in Seoul

25. Onuses

27. Not under the influence of drugs or alcohol

28. Was given no choice

30. ___ death do us part

31. Suffix with Manhattan or Brooklyn

32. Collapsible bed

33. "… in the direction over there!"

35. Submerges

39. Bark on command, say

40. Common lunch order, informally

43. Acknowledge with a horn

44. [My hand is even better]

45. Authored

47. Japanese graphic novel format

48. Pianist Rubinstein or boxer Beterbiev

49. Dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter

52. Target of a facial cleanser

53. Fashion designer Gernreich

56. Actor Aykroyd

57. Tote or backpack

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