Less ridiculous Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

RIDICULOUS (adjective)
1. inspiring scornful pity
2. broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
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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More LA Times Crossword (10/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. "__ Supreme"

6. Hebrew name that means "who is like God"

11. Folks who are often recognized

12. One who is recognized

14. Like many John Cage compositions

15. Piece of crude machinery

17. Drambuie cocktail

18. Whole lot

19. Caresses

20. Plum kin

21. Pretend

22. Spanish dairy animal

23. Journalist Cabrera

25. Smart, in a way

31. Ankylosaurus, for one

32. "That's not so outrageous"

33. "Au revoir, __ amis"

34. Farm unit that may be round or square

35. Sigur __: ethereal Icelandic band

36. Zoë of "The Afterparty"

39. Need for some pan sauces

40. Grand piano trio

41. Starts to look really cold

44. Hasbro toy that tests reaction speed

45. Looping

46. Traditional Chinese dumplings

47. Giving nightmares, maybe

48. Spotless?

49. "Be more here" hotel chain

50. Licks

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Down

1. Hybrid genre

2. Chance to recharge one's social battery

3. Commit to another year, say

4. Lift option

5. Couture initials

6. Drop down?

7. Fedora-sporting hero, familiarly

8. Mix with kernels

9. No-frills type

10. Trope starter

11. Plants used to make tapioca

12. Sibilant warning

13. Vogue rival

15. Not home

17. Deal with bugs, say

19. Some harness horses

22. Frost bit?

23. "Frog and Toad" series writer Lobel

24. "... said __ ever"

26. Modern dating phrase

27. Herbal infusion

28. Solution pages?

29. Shares passing thoughts?

30. Ascot alternative

36. Some A.I. execs

37. Suspicion

38. Assortment

39. Icon in a World Cup score

40. Doesn't work

42. One taking turns cooking?

43. Kinked

44. __ one's time

46. Vaccination, to a Brit

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