Less risky Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

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
RISKY (adjective)
1. involving risk or danger
2. not financially safe or secure

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More New Yorker Crossword (10/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. Tear (apart)

4. How many it takes to tango, it’s said

7. Hunk of concrete

11. Previously owned

13. “Enough already!”

16. Richard of “Pretty Woman”

17. 2000 mockumentary starring Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy as dog handlers

18. Puts back at zero, say

20. Golfing pegs

21. Tailless primate

22. 2024 film for which Mikey Madison and Sean Baker earned Oscars

23. Target of a disinfectant

24. Middle East ruler

25. Unit equivalent to two thousand pounds

26. The “T” in L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+, briefly

28. Utter rubbish

29. “Nicely done!”

31. Enjoys a book

32. Bird that can symbolize a heavy burden

34. Variations of color or sound

36. “Blazing Saddles” or “Lonesome Dove,” for example

39. They go between feet and sneakers

41. “Someone’s in trouble!”

43. Chooses

44. Moral misdeeds

45. Forty-fourth U.S. President

47. “Eureka!”

48. Editing mark meaning “never mind”

49. “Yes, captain!”

50. Book you just can’t put down

53. Sicilian volcano

54. Strapped for cash and then some

55. Charges

56. Welcome forecast for a ski resort

57. Gobbled up

58. ___ Moines, Iowa

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Down

1. Little tyke

2. “Oh, gotcha!”

3. Public image

4. Word often ignored when alphabetizing

5. Frugal person’s maxim

6. Aquatic mammals known to hold each other as they float

7. William and Harry, to Charles III

8. “___ Misérables”

9. Feeling guilty

10. Movies portraying life stories

12. Graceful woodland creatures

13. “Impractical Jokers” network

14. Latin word after carpe or per

15. Do a booty-shaking dance

19. Snitches (on)

23. Lady ___ (“Abracadabra” singer)

24. Wipe clean

27. Steals from

28. Completely ruin

30. Tugs

31. Flower often given on Valentine’s Day

33. Soccer officials, informally

34. Tall headwear for formal occasions

35. Stop sign, for one

37. Honored by making fun of

38. Political party’s candidate

39. Decorative items in some fancy bathrooms

40. ___ Mist (soda brand name that was a play on Mountain Dew)

42. More than just bother

44. Remnant from an old concert ticket

46. Meat in a hamburger

48. Seethe (over)

49. “___ you sure?”

51. Musician Brian who produced the Talking Heads song “Life During Wartime”

52. ___ out a living

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