Like a befitting reply Crossword Clue

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Like a befitting reply Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
2. (usually followed by `to’) naturally disposed toward

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BEFITTING (adjective)
1. appropriate to
REPLY (verb)
1. react verbally
REPLY (noun)
1. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
2. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

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More Daily Themed Crossword (10/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. Historical period

4. Mississippi ___ pie (chocolate-based dessert)

7. It's smaller than a city

11. Pen ___ (long-distance friend)

12. Suspicious and on guard (rhymes with "fairy")

13. "___-hoo!" (rhyming cry of delight)

14. Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent": 2 wds.

15. Teenager's skin trouble

16. Flapjack breakfast chain: Abbr.

17. (1/7) *Triiing* You reach to snooze your phone alarm, but instead there's an alarm ___ rattling you awake. Something's wrong.

19. Nitrous ___ (laughing gas)

20. Animal that goes "pop!" in a nursery rhyme

24. Coleslaw condiment, for short

27. (2/7) This isn't your room. Panic sets in. You need the date, but there is no phone in sight. You spot a ___ on the wall and gasp: it's 1985!

32. "Are you vegan ___ meat-eater?": 2 wds.

33. "___ be okay!" ("Don't worry!")

34. "I shouldn't have done that!" exclamation

35. (3/7) You run into the hallway, desperate to find where you are. Rummaging in drawers, you find a crumpled paper ___. You're in New Jersey!

36. "___ man walks into the bar..." 2 wds.

37. Chooses, with 'for'

38. (4/7) Hands shaking, you hunt for a phone. Finally, you find one, but it's a rotary ___, heavy and fixed to the wall with a spiral cord.

41. Supermodel ___ Carangi

42. "It's of no ___!" ("This is pointless!")

43. Justin Timberlake's boy band

45. Reply to a question, for short

46. Stack of cash

49. (5/7) You hear a ___ drifting from another room. Expecting a speaker, you find a dusty, old record player, its tune hauntingly familiar.

50. Prefix with puncture

51. Inflated sense of self

52. "Peek-___!" (game with a toddler): Hyph.

53. "___ Loves You," hit single by The Beatles

54. Arrow's partner:

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Down

1. Heroic narrative like "The Odyssey," e.g.

2. Tram track part

3. "One more thing…"

4. McDonald's Big ___ (burger)

5. Vessel used to hold ashes

6. Colorant that can turn your hair purple

7. Caramel-coated Mars bar

8. "___! I wasn't expecting you!": 2 wds.

9. (6/7) You shiver, instinctively searching for a thermostat. Instead, you find an empty fireplace with a pile of ___ and a box of matches.

10. "Yep" counterpart

12. (7/7) You hear a faint ringing. You chase it from room to room, until ... you ___ up to your phone blaring by your bed, back to the present!

18. U.S. Navy rank (anagram of "cow"): Abbr.

19. The Grand __ Opry

21. "Lawyers ___ behalf of their clients": 2 wds.

22. Something that might be tossed and dressed

23. Right-angled Tetris shape

24. Mother, affectionately

25. Palindromic constellation name

26. Talk non-stop (rhymes with "tap")

28. "In space, ___ can hear you scream" (advertising tagline for "Alien"): 2 wds.

29. Pretty cool, slangily (rhymes with "rope")

31. Blog feed format: Abbr.

33. Newton who discovered gravity

38. Local dialect or jargon

39. Midday meal where you might have a 22d

40. Comic book series installment

41. Women's health specialist, informally

43. U.S. surveillance group: Abbr.

44. Kind of story

45. Small-size batteries

46. Fly catcher

47. In the bygone days

48. ___ Jones & Company (publishing firm)

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