Less cockamamie Crossword Clue

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Less cockamamie Crossword Answer

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WISER

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

COCKAMAMIE (adjective)
1. informal term for ridiculous and implausible
LESS (adverb)
1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
LESS (adjective)
1. (comparative of `little’ usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
2. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

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WISER
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More LA Times Crossword (4/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. Have a sudden inspiration?

10. Hydropower sources

14. __ sing America: Hughes

15. Scent

16. Rapper who plays Fin on "Law & Order: SVU"

17. "Pay attention, "Listen up," and "Eyes on the prize"

19. Whiskey mixer

20. Place for post-debate interviews

21. Bug experts, for short

23. Work in a cast

24. "Unbelievable!," "That's crazy!," and "What a coincidence!"

26. Implore

28. "That a fact?"

29. Tampa Bay team, familiarly

30. Like folk tales

33. Settle, as a debt

37. Hospital dept.

38. "Gee whiz!," "Golly!," and "Holy cow!"

40. Modeled on

41. Down source

43. Art ___

44. Former quarterback Aikman

45. Winery purchase

47. Pettiness

49. "Sleep tight," "Sweet dreams," and "Don't let the bedbugs bite"

54. Dusk, poetically

55. Catch

56. Low-cal drink

60. Singer Lambert

61. "Check this out," "I'll demonstrate," and "Eyes on me"

63. Ceremonial event

64. Responded to an alarm

65. Viking character

66. Lip

67. Detect

68. Getaway spots

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1. Motion pictures?

2. Sitting on

3. Nonverbal signal

4. Mimics a cat, perhaps

5. Starchy palm product

6. One-way symbol

7. Swedish actress Rapace who plays Lisbeth Salander

8. Bird in the bush

9. Word after Grand and Cedar, in city names

10. Row

11. Part of a squirrel's diet

12. French red wine

13. Hoard

18. Sp. miss

22. Classic car, informally

25. Light purple

26. Dark purple

27. Scooby-___

29. Well-known

31. Winona of "Stranger Things"

32. Actor Vigoda

34. Work together

35. Skin soother

36. Happy cry

38. Heart throbs

39. Figs.

42. Plots

44. Haberdashery accessories

46. Both sides of America?

48. Tiny sound

49. Gets warmer

50. Birthplace of novelist Kiran Desai

51. Exams for future MBAs

52. John with an EGOT

53. Threads in tea lights

57. You, once

58. Peak near Catania

59. Whiskeys that are typically more dry than bourbons

62. Speechless feeling

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