Like a poor excuse Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
(noun)
1. someone who doesn’t understand what is going on
2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
(adjective)
1. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
2. disabled in the feet or legs

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EXCUSE (noun)
1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
2. a poor example
EXCUSE (verb)
1. excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with
2. ask for permission to be released from an engagement
POOR (adjective)
1. of insufficient quantity to meet a need
2. deserving or inciting pity
POOR (noun)
1. people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Daily Themed Crossword (2/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Corn on the ___

4. Her pronoun

7. Horse's gait (rhymes with "plot")

11. ___, dos, tres, ... (Spanish numbers)

12. Most common website address ending

13. Pink Floyd hit "Wish You ___ Here"

14. Portable shelter for a camper

16. Grand ___ Opry, Nashville (live music venue)

17. Ancient civilization from Peru

18. One who possesses land, say

20. "___ Wars," movie franchise set in space, where the Jedi and the Sith use opposite sides of the "Force"

21. Walk stealthily, with one's heels raised

24. Take a chair

26. Sci-fi action movie franchise starring Sigourney Weaver that's largely set in space, where "no one can hear you scream"

27. Brought the medal home

28. Neither agree ___ disagree

31. Ping-pong table divider

32. Daybreaks

34. "Sorry, it's ___ from me" ("I refuse"): 2 wds.

35. Piglet's playpen

36. "Wee" spelled backward

37. Yearly sports awards named after a TV network

39. Commit a blunder

40. "Guardians of the ___," Marvel movie set in space where they save the universe to a soundtrack from the '60s and '70s

41. ___ Roy, Sarah Snook's character on "Succession"

44. Former First Lady Michelle ___

47. ___-Air (L.A. neighborhood)

48. "___-E," animated sci-fi movie where a robot follows its love to space

52. ___ Scrivello, "Little Shop of Horrors" dentist

53. "You're one ___ million": 2 wds.

54. Spelling ___ (competition)

55. Hard-shelled quartet who fight crime: Abbr.

56. Audio units that came after cassettes: Abbr.

57. ___ Flags Over Texas (amusement park)

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Down

1. Snip something with scissors

2. ___ Direction (popular boy band)

3. Livin' on a Prayer band ___ Jovi

4. Baked good at a British tea party (anagram of "cones")

5. "The Black ___," sci-fi Disney movie where a spaceship wanders too far into deep space

6. Transcendentalist Ralph Waldo ___

7. Unexpected plot turn

8. ___-a-car (temporarily hired car)

9. Black and white sea predator

10. Droplet from the eye

15. ___ bag (large bag for a farmer's market)

19. ___ Woman (DC superhero)

21. Catches some rays, say

22. "Will you be quiet if ___ you in?": 2 wds.

23. "I ___ the Fool" (Mr. T's reality show)

25. Trouser leg measurement

27. Internet address letters

28. ___ Valley, wine-tasting region in California

29. Black and banded gemstone

30. Like cheeks after a cold day out

33. Like some high-energy exercises

38. "Cole" follower for a dish that is often served with fried chicken

39. "___ Horizon," sci-fi horror movie that's set in a haunted spaceship, in infinite space with infinite terror

40. Fancy parties

41. Opening for a coin

42. No ___, no foul

43. "___ love with you" (romantic declaration): 2 wds.

45. Perform a yoga move, perhaps

49. Washboard ___ (gym goer's goal)

50. Flowery souvenir from Hawaii

51. Superman villain ___ Luthor

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