MAPLE LEAFS / LIONS / HEAT / ORIOLES link Crossword Clue

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MAPLE LEAFS / LIONS / HEAT / ORIOLES link Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

MAPLE (noun)
1. any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
2. wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring

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MATES

More Apple+ Crossword (5/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. MAPLE LEAF / TEA / CHRISTMAS / ROOTS link

6. Frasier's producer on Frasier

9. HEAT / HOLES / ELF / SPINAL TAP link

14. Navajo superhero American ___

15. Direction opposite WSW

16. City in ancient Carthage or present-day New York

17. One-named singer with two diamond-certified albums

18. Behaves like fog

20. Eeyore's usual condition

22. Children's author portrayed in the play Giant

23. Explosive that's less powerful than dynamite

24. Uses a chair

25. Stopped using a chair

27. Video-game company that owns Puyo Puyo

28. Flat-bottomed boat

29. It might be contagious

31. "Honcho" synonym taken from a Hawaiian title for a highly respected expert

36. Vehicle near Venice

39. Points in the right direction

40. Like Khadija "Bunny" Shaw's shoes

42. Eisenhower's middle name

43. Starchy hot-dish ingredient

45. Abridged history of the word?

47. D.C. MLB squad, for short

48. Boring

50. Come to a halt

52. Moby-Dick captain

56. Young fellow

57. Close Encounters star Teri

58. Chicken tikka __

60. Data process

63. Offer a statement against

64. Ricocheting pool shot

65. Illinois city with two MLB ballparks (Abbr.)

66. Winning

67. LIONS / CHESS PIECES / GIFT-BEARING / QUEENS link

68. Author Rand

69. ORIOLES / CROWS / FLYING / WINGS link

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Down

2. Diameter halves

3. Discharge from the body

4. Third-person plural pronoun in French

5. Oracle

6. Restaurant booking, for short

7. "Two to go" lead-in

8. Spanish Z's

9. Come ___ circle

10. Suffix for a resident

11. Doesn't tune out

12. Element of hip-hop

13. CHRISTMAS / GIFT-BEARING / ELF / FLYING link

19. That person

21. Jeff Bezos has a $500 million one

26. Awaken ungently

27. React to very spicy food

28. Like Waikiki

30. Declares with certainty

31. Physique, for short

32. 401(k) alternative

33. Care in the slightest

34. Richards who wrote the riff for "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in his sleep

35. Take up the role of

37. Lassie or Garfield

38. Settings for a talking gecko and a sunglasses-wearing emu

41. "I don't care if they do," informally

44. Movement symbolized by the circle-A

46. Admissions requirement for most U.S. medical schools

48. TEA / CHESS PIECES / HOLES / CROWS link

49. Hawaiian-style patio

51. Chenoweth who originated the "3.5% rule"

52. Japanese company with a headquarters resembling a beer glass

53. Detractor

54. 'Get ___ of this guy!'

55. ROOTS / QUEEN / SPINAL TAP / WINGS link

57. Spots for spotters

59. ___ Spring

61. Calculator button

62. Calculator button

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