Make reference (to) Crossword Clue

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Make reference (to) Crossword Answer

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ALLUDE

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(verb)
1. refer to for illustration or proof
2. advance evidence for
(noun)
1. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REFERENCE (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
REFERENCE (verb)
1. refer to
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

ALLUDE
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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ETIC

More NYT Crossword (2/3/2025) Answers

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14. Onetime "Jeopardy!" host Trebek

15. Stared creepily

16. Dorito, e.g.

17. Obsolescent classroom wall fixture

19. Give a makeover

20. Gone up

21. Drink of choice for Captain Jack Sparrow

22. Martial art that uses bamboo swords

23. Chilly treat

25. Hopscotch locale

27. Slimeball

29. Rather warm, as a firelit room

30. U.F.O. crew

31. Mouse's bigger cousin

33. Burden

34. Achieved, as a victory ... or how you might describe 17-, 25-, 47 and 55-Across

37. Stadium chants

38. Wise bird

39. Brand of motor oil

42. Frog sounds

44. Name on dictionaries

47. Need for playing pool

49. Overthrow

50. Slender instruments

51. Female name that's a body part spelled backward

53. Strategically taps the ball into the infield

54. Slimming surgery, for short

55. Recreational rock climbers

57. “Q ___ queen”

58. "Remember the ___"

59. "___ dat"

60. Captain Hook's right-hand man

61. Poet whose first two initials stand for "Thomas" and "Stearns"

62. IDs written on applications, for short

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Down

1. Trip in a taxi

2. Not allowed

3. Enticing ad promotions

4. Besides

5. Weep loudly

6. Lab assistant often depicted with a hunched back

7. Name on a mailbox at the North Pole

8. ___ the Frog

9. Abnormal

10. Makes an oopsie

11. Washington's M.L.B. team, informally

12. ___-squat (a whole lot of nothing)

13. Give the heebie-jeebies

18. Door opener

22. Reeves of "The Matrix"

24. Go down the slopes with a chute

26. Drew funny little pictures

28. Lass

32. One end to a boxing match, for short

34. Phew!

35. Warms up

36. "Gro-o-oss!"

37. Black-and-white dessert that's sliced

39. Pot smokers

40. Experimental effort

41. Pushes down, as with the thumb

42. Style for Picasso

43. Use TikTok, say

45. Spanish newborn

46. Small gushes

47. Coke and Pepsi, but not Sprite

48. Oahu neighbor

52. Tickle Me ___

55. Sweetie

56. One of three in an ellipsis

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