Like a win-win situation Crossword Clue

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Like a win-win situation Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SITUATION (noun)
1. a condition or position in which you find yourself
2. a job in an organization
LIKE (verb)
1. prefer or wish to do something
2. feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard
LIKE (adjective)
1. resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination
2. conforming in every respect
LIKE (noun)
1. a similar kind
2. a kind of person

Hint 2: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (9/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. Caveat ___ ("Buyer beware")

7. Spice that's characteristic of Hungarian cooking

14. Marvel Comics mutant who can freeze his own body

20. Arizona county or Indigenous people

21. Tries some water, say

23. ___ law, concept in computing technology

24. Alternative to a nanny

25. Fire starters

26. Contents of a flagon

27. Ole Miss athletes, to fans

29. X

30. ___ Scott, who the Supreme Court said was not free to sue for his freedom

32. Org. not getting many happy returns?

33. Remove surgically, as tissue

35. "They tell me …"

37. Beethoven symphony originally intended to honor Napoleon

39. Class that might cause some high schoolers to blush

40. Sprawling Indian metropolis

41. Like some bridges

42. "Let me check on that"

44. Expiates, with "for"

46. Man's name that's 49-Across plus a letter

49. Woman's name that's the first three letters of 46-Across

50. Rap battle participants

53. Tampa Bay athlete, in brief

54. Twists off course, as a ship

58. Witch

59. Exploited

60. "Weekend Update" co-host Michael

61. All over again

63. ___Guessr, hit online game whose players deduce locations from Google Street View images

64. Where a hurricane forms

66. Wish someone "Happy Birthday," perhaps

69. At dawn, say

71. Mammal with long whiskers

73. Extra

74. They stand for art

75. Called

77. ___ Day, Billie Holiday's portrayer in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

78. Celebrity chef Ina

79. Demanding entertainer

80. X

82. He was né Clay

83. Watchdog's warning

84. Words of understanding

86. Outback baby

87. Familiar initialism coined by a U.S. Air Force captain

88. Do-over at Wimbledon

89. Kind of sauce at a sushi bar

90. Sewer in American history

91. Weekend Update show for short

92. Zipped

93. Like some alcohol … or places that prohibit alcohol

94. Not present and not excused, for short

96. Foreign policy grp.

97. Brezhnev of the Soviet Union

99. Cherokee and Cheyenne

101. Relationship featuring casual intimacy … or a hint to six pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle

108. Starbucks competitor

109. Spot for an ornament

110. Giants in California and New York

112. Beat it!

115. Actor Wilson of "The Office"

116. Rye, e.g.

118. "Wouldn't miss it for the world!"

119. Like slow filers and fast drivers, at times

120. Furniture retailer owned by Williams-Sonoma

121. Lives (in)

122. Iditarod transports

123. Involves

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Down

1. Title heroine described as "handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition"

2. Dough

3. Fly-catching bird with a name derived from Greek

4. Driveway goo

5. As a whole

6. Moves elsewhere

7. Tenured profs, often

8. Small battery … or an org. that might help with a battery

9. Its all in your head

10. Mother of Joseph and Benjamin, in the Bible

11. Book after Song of Solomon

12. French cocktail made with crème de cassis

13. Mirrored

14. Reasoned conclusion

15. Brewski

16. Bulldog fan in Connecticut

17. Santa ___

18. Stellar

19. Van ___ Avenue, thoroughfare in San Francisco

28. Minds one's P's and Q's

31. Contribute (to), as one's reputation

34. Been asleep, say

35. Texter's "Beats me"

36. Small inlet

38. Lil

43. One-named singer born in Nigeria

45. Skier's conveyance

46. Online site for D.I.Y.ers

47. Time out, perhaps

48. Info commonly shown on a board game box

50. Clown around with food?

51. City SE of Phoenix

52. Purpose of some cameras

55. Reaches a shared opinion about

56. Holistic contentment

57. Some beans or sauces

59. E pluribus ___

62. Sport

65. Matrix

67. Sun bloc?

68. Pretty ___ picture

70. Moving around

72. Attack

74. You can put a ring on it

76. Back

78. Came back, as hair

79. Music's Fatboy Slim and David Guetta, informally

81. Error message on a Blu-ray device

83. Targeted (to)

85. Key for a quick exit

92. Boils with rage

95. Liberal-leaning

97. Chinese "nut" that's really a fruit

98. Makes small in comparison

99. Government debt obligations, familiarly

100. 40 winks

101. ___ fatale

102. Gets 40 winks

103. Letter-shaped train track piece

104. "To ___ own self be true"

105. Sharpened

106. George of “Star Trek”

107. Bad thing to discover in the pantry

108. AA or JJ, e.g.

111. Jazz singer Sylvia ___

113. Come to

114. For sure!

116. Org. that merged with the U.F.C. in 2023

117. Kind of party

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