Key for getting out Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

GETTING (noun)
1. the act of acquiring something
KEY (noun)
1. a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
KEY (verb)
1. identify as in botany or biology, for example
2. harmonize with or adjust to
KEY (adjective)
1. serving as an essential component

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More NYT Crossword (8/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. Leader in a robe called a kasaya

5. Some malty offerings

14. Jejune

15. Coupling rings?

17. Come together

18. One sharing gold

19. Remy's brother in Ratatouille

21. High tea treat

22. Mathematician Terence, winner of the 2006 Fields Medal

23. ___ Ball, 2021 N.B.A. Rookie of the Year

26. Gave temporarily

27. One-named pop star with Monkey Puzzle Records

28. ___ tov (Jewish festival)

30. Advantageous

32. Losing control emotionally, in slang

36. Drama club enthusiast

38. Italian hero?

40. Bold

42. Étendue bleue

43. Hindi for "reign"

45. Focus of a concussion protocol

46. N.L. East team, on scoreboards

49. Especially ornate

51. Mass. summer setting

52. Jack up

54. School units

55. IN place?

58. Stuff in shakers

59. "Aww!"

60. Target of a search party

61. Is canned

62. Word repeated before "against the dying of the light" in a Dylan Thomas poem

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Down

1. Names

2. Language spoken by Jesus

3. Place for a quick stop

4. Puzzle

5. La ti do, musically

6. Bovine sounds

7. Sport similar to pétanque

8. Character

9. "Sinners" director, 2025

10. Apogee

11. Where a serviette is laid

12. Haut monde

13. ___ Crosley, author of 2008's "I Was Told There'd Be Cake"

16. Impudent sort

20. Paris's Champs-___

24. Grand Canyon lookout whose name suggests visitors' reactions

26. Some baroque instruments

29. Diamond wear

31. Metal tube in a nuclear reactor

33. Jazz musician Jamal

34. Neighbor of Colo.

35. Mass unit

37. First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan

39. Unprocessed inventory

40. One might leave you unprotected at night

41. What kid-friendly games typically are

44. What big crowds do

45. Fells

47. Hang up?

48. Something raised in a meeting

50. Julio ___ Chávez (boxing legend)

52. Possessive pronoun

53. 'Cheerio!'

56. Snitch

57. Neighbor of Ark.

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