Lead-in to cake in Southern cuisine Crossword Clue

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Lead-in to cake in Southern cuisine Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
(verb)
1. dig with a hoe

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
SOUTHERN (adjective)
1. from the south; used especially of wind
2. situated in or oriented toward the south

More NYT Crossword (2/21/2025) Answers

Across

1. Bachelorette party activity

11. Sea of ___, body of water at one end of the Kerch Strait

15. Classic milk accompaniment

16. Rarest of all state birds

17. A few hours for doing whatever

18. Sue at Chicago's Field Museum, e.g.

19. For instance

20. Made an impression?

21. Jewelry designer Picasso

23. State

24. Bold bit of ink

25. Utterly defeated, as n00bs

27. Elbows for a chef?

28. Appearances

29. Comedian Glaser

30. Pioneer in subscription TV

31. Chip in, in a way

32. Villeneuve who directed "Dune"

33. Suggest

34. "Fortunate Son" subject, informally

35. Word with actor or mail

36. Tips off

37. Dumpster-dive, for example

39. Gun support

40. Ancient Greek city known for its ornate columns

41. Caves

42. Curiously strong mint

43. Love letters

44. 50 Cent piece

47. Toy shovel holder

48. Where stars are born

51. ___ Lewis, first recipient of the James Beard Living Legend Award

52. "Help me get the answer"

53. Politician's platform

54. Some October lawn decorations

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Down

1. Amazon nuisances

2. Mozart's "Der Hölle Rache," for one

3. Pixar character described as "nothing less than the finest chef in France"

5. Musical units

6. Spent

7. Pot grower's activity?

8. "Just yankin' your chain, that's all"

9. Donut, in soccer

10. Frozen, flexible first-aid items

11. Part of a rack

12. Rhyming trajectory for success

13. Sort who might go for all the bells and whistles?

14. Annoyances

22. Berry in a Playa Bowl

23. Claudia Harrison's role on "The Crown"

24. Going backward, in skateboarding slang

25. Cocktail served with an umbrella

26. Cocktail served with an olive

27. 'Chop chop!'

28. Did some personal grooming

29. Negative vote in a stable?

32. "Stop! Think of the consequences!"

33. Explorers' aids

35. Part of a Caesarean boast

36. Subtly flirts with

38. Instruments whose players read alto clef

39. What pogonophobia is the fear of

41. Square

43. Stalk

44. Its name in Botswana is the same as the word for "money"

45. Teen trouble

46. Four-footed friends

49. Game with numbered cards

50. Soup with rice noodles

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