Lead-in to bones or bucks Crossword Clue

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Lead-in to bones or bucks Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a power tool for cutting wood
2. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
(verb)
1. cut with a saw

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LEAD-IN (noun)
1. the introductory section of a story
2. wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
BONES (noun)
1. (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

Hint 3: Anagram

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WAS

More NYT Crossword (5/31/2026) Answers

Across

1. Sacsayhuamán fortress builders

6. Literary forerunner of Captain Hook

10. Many an Alpha Beta in "Revenge of the Nerds"

14. "Help wanted" letters

17. Fermented vegan protein

19. Wrestler/actor John

20. Coin with 12 stars around the border

21. Align

22. Home of the legendary folk hero at 116-Across

24. One involved with checks and balances

26. Without

27. Green spaces

29. Hero of Arabian tales

30. In the past

31. ___ Mahal

32. Expertise demonstrated by 116-Across in a fabled feat of precision

34. Home Run ___ (annual M.L.B. event)

36. D.O.J. agency

39. Fuel-efficient Toyota

40. Main ideas

41. Athletic skill mastered by 116-Across

44. W-9 fig.

45. Banned substance, in sports lingo

46. Diego Rivera project

48. Apt name for a lawyer

49. Laughed loudly

52. N.C.A.A. hoops powerhouse

53. Like the Statue of Liberty at night

55. Beatle who sang "Yellow Submarine"

57. Sailor’s septet

60. Go-getter's opposite

62. Through

63. "Drat!," in Dortmund

65. "The Situation Room" airer

66. Chirruping bird

67. Pat (down)

69. City sobriquet that might describe the target for 116-Across, as depicted in this puzzle

71. Stuff in a puff

72. She-ep?

73. Home to the Burj Khalifa, in brief

74. Appointments that may lead to better contacts

76. Dampens

78. 'Whoa, ___!'

80. Bel ___ cheese

81. Instinctive

82. Religious dissent

84. $5 bill, slangily

85. Actress Spacek

87. Negative logic gate in electrical engineering

88. Cartesian conclusion

91. Composer of an overture dedicated to 116-Across

93. Gets lost

96. Came to a conclusion

98. "Doctor ___"

99. Start of an encrypted URL

103. Streaker in the night sky … or a punny description of 116-Across

106. Acid

108. Unprocessed, as data

109. Inspiration for many seasonal festivals

110. Oscar-winning 2019 film directed by Bong Joon Ho

113. Smoke, perhaps

114. What may begin at the end

116. Legendary figure who's the subject of this puzzle

118. Orchard selection

119. Lot calculation

120. "All's well with me"

121. Human

122. Masthead figs.

123. Timid

124. Quibbles

125. Ruses

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Down

1. "What a bummer!"

2. À la Enya

3. Key with three flats

4. Studios and penthouses: Abbr.

5. ___ me!

6. Knee parts, for short

7. Part of a track meet

8. Per ___ (accounting term)

9. Undeserved condemnation

10. Watercraft that leave "rooster tails" in their wakes

11. "___ home and native land!"

12. Absolutely whomps, in sports lingo

13. "Bear" that's not a bear

14. Some red wines

15. Smallest quantity of digital data

16. Abandons, as a project

18. Purifying filter acronym

21. Eases

23. Jasmine's tiger companion in "Aladdin"

25. Big name in sewing machines

28. Messes up

31. TV host Banks

33. Longtime jazz bandleader with an Egyptian-inspired name

35. Where Cary Grant orders a Gibson in a classic scene from "North by Northwest"

37. Magnetic unit named for an inventor

38. Productive … or a punny description of the feat performed by 116-Across?

42. Many a liquor license applicant

43. As of now

45. Board game with ancient origins

46. Gooey chocolate dessert

47. Discover

50. Holds forth

51. Tenth, in Latin

54. Small flycatchers named for their call, not their size

55. Bro kin

56. What 116-Across did before and after this puzzle's feat?

58. Dread-full?

59. Popular beverage brand

61. Dr. ___

62. Compete

64. Bad spelling?

68. Sunbeam

70. Abandons a project, slangily

75. "Oy —!"

77. Forwarded

79. Full of tall tales

80. It's better than a bogey

83. Team lineup

86. Like most modern TV broadcasts

89. "Money-back guarantee" and "Limited-time offer"

90. Self-referential

92. Conductor Georg

93. Snaky double curve

94. Really irritated

95. Main lines

96. Full

97. Australian city named for a scientist

100. Closely following

101. Gambler's combo bet

102. Waves sought by surfers

104. Five Pillars religion

105. "Spider-Man" director Sam

107. Stitcher's line

111. Tee time or airtime, e.g.

112. Sorts

113. Corner key

115. Toll

117. Bucket list item?

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