Less rough Crossword Clue

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GENTLER

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

ROUGH (adjective)
1. unpleasantly stern
2. violently agitated and turbulent
ROUGH (adverb)
1. with roughness or violence (`rough’ is an informal variant for `roughly’)
2. with rough motion as over a rough surface
ROUGH (verb)
1. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
ROUGH (noun)
1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
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

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

GENTLER
(7 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
FETORS

More USA Today Crossword (3/30/2026) Answers

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1. Observe Ramadan or Yom Kippur

5. Recedes

9. Theater ticket remnant

13. Fe, on the periodic table

14. Sarcastic "Fantastic"

15. Lots and lots

16. "Black national anthem," informally

19. Bit of ink

20. "If I Ain't ___ You" (Alicia Keys song)

21. Part of a relay race

22. Amaze

24. The "E" in Einstein's special relativity equation

26. Cup for coffee

27. Guitar neck part

28. Not as cooked

29. Now where __ I?

30. Makes an effort

31. Back tooth

33. Irritable

34. Fitness class with climbs and spins

36. Hold protectively

38. Diamond measure

39. __ the deal

40. Treasure hunter's aid

41. Performs in a choir

45. Racetrack shape

46. "NFL To Move All 32 Teams To ___ Angeles" (The Onion headline)

47. Go with

48. Guitar tuning piece

49. Neither's partner

50. Single Lady comedian Wong

51. Golfer Saigo

52. Kill time to preserve a lead

56. Drains

57. Final word in some prayers

58. Great Lake near Niagara Falls

59. "Jane ___" (1847 novel)

60. Peru’s capital

61. Property owner's document

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1. Instagram effect

2. "Wicked" star Grande

4. Minecraft explosive

5. Diplomatic messenger

6. Red as a ___

7. Word after "chocolate" or "salad"

8. Pen used on a touch screen

9. Air pollution

10. '___ Chi Master' (Jet Li film)

11. Lacking sympathy

12. Period in which a sports team doesn't play a game

17. Deep-fried Chinese appetizers

18. Chillax

23. Online crafts marketplace

25. Do a kitchen makeover, say

26. Shaken instruments

27. Chaotic

29. Bundle of cash

30. Period when dinosaurs first appeared

32. "Past Lives" star Greta

33. Fortunate Son band for short

34. Country whose official domain extension is .PY

35. Short snooze

36. Use an axe

37. Uno card that switches the order of play

40. ___ Kombat

42. Enough already!

43. "That's So True" singer Abrams

44. Fired up

46. R&B singer Rawls

47. Justice Kagan

49. "___ goes" ("Not it")

50. Excuse me ...

53. All Things Considered network

54. “Didn’t need to know that”

55. Guided

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