Major setback Crossword Clue

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Major setback Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
2. be in motion due to some air or water current
(noun)
1. an impact (as from a collision)
2. a strong current of air

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SETBACK (noun)
1. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
MAJOR (noun)
1. British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
2. a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
MAJOR (adjective)
1. greater in number or size or amount
2. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
MAJOR (verb)
1. have as one’s principal field of study

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (11/6/2024) Answers

Across

1. Gobi Desert grazer

4. Green roll

7. Domain suffix that most people can't register

10. Tailor's line

13. Bit of fried finger food, casually

14. Silvery element

17. Band initials missing from their hit song "_vi_ W_man"

18. Possible response to a question that begins "Est-ce que …"

19. Northernmost city in North America with over one million people

20. Inspiration for Toblerone's shape

21. Channel with Steve Kornacki's election day "Big Board"

23. Gucci played by Al Pacino in 2021's "House of Gucci"

24. Hop on board?

26. Shot dropped into a glass of beer, in a popular cocktail

27. Dress shirt fit option

28. Site for crafts

29. Band in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

34. Spacecraft that docked with the Soyuz in 1975

36. Croak

39. African country

41. Sweetened beverage

42. Container for sour cream

43. Snack brand from the Spanish word for "fried"

46. Make go "Vroom!"

47. "Go-o-oal!"

50. Object of adoration

51. Brazilian jazz subgenre, informally

53. Bird with a distinctive call

56. Spinning one's wheels?

59. Puff pieces?

63. General idea … or a hint to the clue/answer pairings at 14-, 29-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across

68. Conversely, in a text

69. Second-smallest of seven

70. Like many granola bars

71. Unit of power

72. Performs brilliantly

73. Dave Bautista's role in "Guardians of the Galaxy"

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Down

1. Subjects of quantum mechanics

2. Composer with a namesake horn

3. Foul-smelling prank items

4. Required word count for a freelance article, e.g.

5. Like food you should probably smell before eating

6. Patterned fabric named for a Mideast capital

7. Lay to rest

8. Hip-hop's Madvillain or Mobb Deep

9. "Yeah, don't even think about it"

10. Indicators of remaining energy for video game characters

11. Actress Tracee ___ Ross of "American Fiction"

12. Sullen

15. Avoid ___ (Google Maps option)

16. World's most populous country as of 2023

22. ___ Baxter, "Poor Things" protagonist

25. Leave undisturbed

30. A-game, so to speak

31. Elaborate hairdo

32. Jewish rite

33. Target

34. Italian wine region

35. Look sullen

37. Middle-of-the-month time

38. Big name in athletic sandals

40. Like Antarctica's climate

41. Hang out

44. Swearing-in words

45. Drag on the road

48. "My plans aren't set in stone"

49. 99 Luftballons singer

51. Liverpudlian or Mancunian

52. "Oh, phew!"

54. ___ Varda, director with an honorary Palme d'Or and Oscar

55. Plot units

57. Three-syllable letter

58. Something a rock climber might make with one hand

60. In the distance

61. Multitalented Moreno

62. River in which Achilles was dipped

64. "Tell me something I don't know!"

65. ___ Lanka

66. Sweetie

67. Midwesterner's embarrassed interjection

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