Kilmer of "Top Gun" Crossword Clue

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Kilmer of "Top Gun" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

GUN (noun)
1. a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
2. large but transportable armament
GUN (verb)
1. shoot with a gun
TOP (verb)
1. be the culminating event
2. pass by, over, or under without making contact
TOP (noun)
1. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
2. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
TOP (adjective)
1. situated at the top or highest position

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (1/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. Barely sufficient

6. Like the sky on a cloudy day

10. Pollution portmanteau

14. "Co-o-o-me ON!"

16. ___ de gallo (fresh salsa)

17. Drinking establishment that might have a pink-and-orange pride flag outside

18. Voice lower than a soprano

19. Dr. ___ (Grammy-winning rapper)

20. Like candy and cookies

21. Arrange one's feathers

22. "To All the ___ I've Loved Before" (Y.A. novel-turned-TV series)

23. Hardest to find, as a Pokémon card

25. Fashion designer Geoffrey

27. Choose

28. More difficult

29. Footwear for Shirley Temple or Ginger Rogers

32. People downloading an app

33. ___ King Cole

34. Capital of Yemen

35. Motorized two-wheeler used while standing up

37. Truthful

38. Spot for taste buds

39. Feeling of dread

40. Pledge (to)

41. Melody

42. Person who's been brought on board

43. Kagan on the Supreme Court

45. Kind of code on an envelope

48. Not at all difficult

49. Trait for an artist or a novelist

51. Sign on a couch on the curb, perhaps

52. After much time has passed

53. Bits of ink, casually

54. Does some basic arithmetic

55. Green, goopy stuff associated with Nickelodeon

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Down

1. Sign a realtor might happily put up on a front lawn

2. To whom Sonny sang "I got flowers in the spring, I got you to wear my ring"

3. Part of a church that's often seen in crosswords

4. Small lump

5. "You paid last time, my turn now!"

6. Heredity carriers

7. Broccoli ___ (bitter vegetable)

8. Just for the pleasure of it

9. "___ out!" (ump's cry)

10. Coins that might end up in the washing machine if you forget to empty your pockets

11. Sitting up and crawling, for babies

12. Group of eight

13. "Continue"

15. Attorney

21. Set of ten in a home manicure kit

22. Source of a sultry gaze, colloquially

24. Mont Blanc e.g.

25. Kind of fish whose name shares its spelling with a kind of guitar

26. STEM toy since 1913

27. Look (at) for a long time

28. Color

30. Direction of a sunrise

31. Took a chair

33. Unable to sire puppies

36. ___ Fridays (restaurant chain)

37. Visits, ghost-style

40. One-named singer of "Goodies"

41. Droplets that may stain an emotional letter

42. Substantial weight

44. Take charge?

45. Kind of pasta whose name has a high point value in Scrabble

46. Couple in a tabloid

47. Flammable heap

49. Texter's goodbye

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