Make a case for Crossword Clue

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DEFEND

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. present reasons and arguments
2. have an argument about something

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CASE (noun)
1. a specific size and style of type within a type family
2. an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
CASE (verb)
1. enclose in, or as if in, a case
2. look over, usually with the intention to rob
MAKE (verb)
1. put in order or neaten
2. eliminate urine
MAKE (noun)
1. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
2. a recognizable kind

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DEFEND
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (12/30/2025) Answers

Across

1. Scoundrels

5. Pointed end of a pen

8. Parts not filled in

12. Cookies with their name embossed on them

14. Prefix with "metric"

15. Attracts

17. Something to wave with pride?

19. Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians

20. "Absolument!"

21. Fizzled out completely

23. "Nothing but ___!" (reaction to a swish)

24. In the style of

26. Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast

27. Play loudly, as from a speaker

29. Break away (from)

33. [That looks delicious …]

36. Flashy cycling maneuvers

38. Shared by us

39. What a new hire might learn, with "the"

40. Thats not good!

41. "Sunday Night Football" producer

43. Floating markers

44. Wet floor?

45. Thats not good!

47. Opera excerpt

49. Casual turndown

50. Psychic's alleged ability, for short

53. They're pulled to garner media attention, informally

57. Music's Run the Jewels or Rae Sremmurd, e.g.

59. Sudden shocks

60. Spend money on "Wheel of Fortune" ... which won't help much for solving 17-, 21-, 36-, 41- and 53-Across!

62. Upside-down frown

63. Exist

64. Skip over in speech

65. Mimicked

66. Perfect score, in Olympic diving

67. Many bills in tip jars

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Down

1. The eyes of an emoticon, typically

3. Opposite of credit

4. "And ___ bed"

5. Nothing

6. Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street"

7. 4 on a par 3, e.g.

8. Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff

9. Like good omens

10. College instructor, for short

11. “To thine own ___ be true”

13. Sudden, powerful gust of wind

16. Used a stool, say

18. Athleisure brand originally from Italy

22. Homes on branches

25. ___ Day (April observance)

27. Climactic fight in a video game

28. 0% filled

30. Fun word to shout into a canyon

31. Fashion inits. in Manhattan

32. Those, en español

33. Puts on, as a jacket

34. Yokel

35. Apex predator of the ocean

37. Marks, as a ballot square

39. The Thinker sculptor

42. Pored over

43. Not act up

46. ___ Sea (arm of the Arctic Ocean)

48. Making a plate appearance

50. Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him

51. Fuzzy-feeling leather

52. Extremes of the earth

53. Nightwear, informally

54. Oblong tomato type

55. Lose traction

56. "OK, go ahead"

58. Casual collared shirt

61. Desire

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