Light brown shade Crossword Clue

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ECRU

(4 letters)

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(noun)
1. ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
2. a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
(verb)
1. get a tan, from wind or sun
2. treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
(adjective)
1. of a light yellowish-brown color

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BROWN (noun)
1. a university in Rhode Island
2. an orange of low brightness and saturation
BROWN (adjective)
1. (of skin) deeply suntanned
2. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
BROWN (verb)
1. make brown in color
2. fry in a pan until it changes color
LIGHT (noun)
1. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
2. having abundant light or illumination
LIGHT (adjective)
1. weak and likely to lose consciousness
2. marked by temperance in indulgence
LIGHT (verb)
1. fall to somebody by assignment or lot
2. cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
LIGHT (adverb)
1. with few burdens

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ECRU
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Hint 4: Anagram

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (5/23/2025) Answers

Across

1. Restaurant format for Chipotle or Panera

11. Hand-held gaming console since 2004

14. Civil rights figure who described herself as "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet"

15. "So funny 😂"

16. Words to someone who snagged the last ticket to a sold-out show

18. Blowout game

19. Month, in Spanish

20. Gather together for a quick discussion

21. Sound from a snake or a teapot

23. Type of dog originally bred to hunt vermin

24. Anticipate

27. Public sch. in the Peach State

30. Was extra nice to a boss, perhaps

33. Where recess might be held on a rainy day

36. Large deer seen in the Rocky Mountains

37. Minty cocktails with rum

39. ___ the line

40. Santa's helper

41. Keep talking

43. Clumsy sort

46. Third multiple-choice option, spelled out

47. Impressionist Claude with over 250 paintings of water lilies

48. Place on a political scale occupied by the very liberal

51. Mattress size smaller than a double

53. Like someone who worked out for an hour compared to someone who worked out for a minute, presumably

54. When repeated, "So funny 🙄"

55. Work laboriously

59. Artistic freedom taken by someone adapting a work

62. Ursula's minions in "The Little Mermaid"

63. Road taken when you're trying to avoid traffic

64. Sm. amount in a recipe

65. Taps of laptop buttons

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Down

1. Place to see some 4-H projects

2. Lead-in to correct, complete or -crat

3. California sch. near the Mexico border

4. Cook's words accompanying an outstretched spoon

5. Company's head honcho

6. Homecoming attendees, informally

7. Topic that's a little sensitive

8. They might be underlined in blue in an email

9. Freddy ___, athlete who was drafted for Major League Soccer at age 14

10. Arroz con ___ (Mexican rice pudding)

11. Fictional bear named after a London train station

12. Rock that breaks easily

13. One putting money down

15. Many-headed water snake of Greek mythology

17. Vonnegut who said "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be"

22. Thing on an agenda

23. Kids who snitch

24. Fruit that's related to a lychee

25. "I can and I ___"

26. Request assistance

28. Trickery

31. "Cross your t's and ___ your i's"

32. Male turkey or cat

34. Days of ___ (times past)

35. Get together

38. Many a truck on a freeway

42. "___ (Call Me By Your Name)," Lil Nas X song

44. Moniker

45. Stocking stuffers

48. Surface of a gem

49. Measurements for farmland

50. Body-search

52. Body part that might be metaphorically slapped

54. ___ Lamarr, old Hollywood actress

56. Length of a family-friendly run

57. Ah gotcha

58. Allows

60. Compete (for)

61. Abbreviation that means "middle"

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