Light that goes up when things are going down? Crossword Clue

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Light that goes up when things are going down? Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. erupt or intensify suddenly
2. burn brightly
(noun)
1. a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines
2. a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GOING (noun)
1. the act of departing
2. euphemistic expressions for death
GOING (adjective)
1. in full operation
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: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (10/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally

8. Bubbles

13. Sauce in Italian-American cuisine

14. Knocked out

15. It's in right now

16. Was worthy of

17. Having a single purpose

20. Snatch

21. Crank cases?

23. Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short

25. Home to the Arco di Constantino

26. Present a chance to get ahead

29. Spaniards roll them

30. Was really moving, in slang

31. "Uh ... I guess"

32. Sources of 24/7 support

33. Many an attachment

36. Ones catching waves?

37. Longtime name in Cuban politics

38. Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"

39. Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans

41. Easily removed locks

42. Limited assignment

45. Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)

46. Appropriately change course

48. Spirals out of control?

50. Panhellenic Games venue

51. Can't cool off

52. Gifted

53. Culinary concurrence

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Down

1. Understands

2. Site of some piercings

3. "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer

4. Fangorn resident

5. Sweet doings at a county fair

6. ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster

7. Cry that might be made with a bow

8. Responders to cruise ship emergencies

9. It works in translation

10. Crunchy snacks

11. Fine-tunes

12. Divider of lots

13. Really into

15. 21st-century first lady

19. Attire for many a flamenco dancer

22. Upright bar

24. Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"

27. Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet

28. Colorful swimmers in the Amazon

30. Energy device that reflects sunlight

31. Rings up

32. Can hold one's own, in modern lingo

33. Bread purchase in the U.K.

34. Like a building's central air conditioning

35. Dogbane?

36. Like drug dens, sometimes

37. FAQ heading

38. East African honorific

40. Reduce to a pulp

43. Minute

44. Pay attention to

47. Zip

49. Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short

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