Marked down Crossword Clue

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Marked down Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

MARKED (adjective)
1. strongly marked; easily noticeable
2. having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination
DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

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More USA Today Crossword (4/28/2026) Answers

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14. Seething

16. Book that covers a lot of ground?

17. "Oh, ___ on now!"

18. ___ acids

19. Opposite of heaping

20. Pluto, Orcus or Haumea

23. Forte, for one

24. Place to store corn

25. “Norwegian Wood” instrument

26. Subdivision of a musical

27. "Je t'aime," in Spanish

30. Slob's abode

31. "Avatar" star Saldana

32. Turn in

35. Beavers' constructions

36. Bacterial ecosystem that plays a role in affecting mood

40. Eye part

41. Topping for a lox bagel

42. Social activist and singer DiFranco

43. One ___ time!

45. Sports squads

48. Chest muscle, for short

49. Tattletales

52. Departs

54. Self-contained realm like Superman's Phantom Zone

58. Sacred text of Judaism

59. Hurl

60. Buddy

61. Expresses road rage, maybe

62. "Oof, that's bad"

63. Let me think

64. Other than this

65. Squirrel's home

66. Sargasso ___

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Down

1. What crossword solvers complete

2. Defeat with brains alone

4. Summer-loving snowman

5. Chicken —

6. Lesser of two ___

7. Peninsula linking Africa and Asia

8. Bear claw, e.g.

9. Yadda yadda yadda

10. Pokemon that's the final form of Abra and Kadabra

11. "Is there space for me, too?"

12. Hearst Castle and Graceland, for two

15. "Keep it going!"

21. Honors with insults

22. Take down a hero?

28. Tight-lipped

29. Kimono sash

33. "Spy" star Melissa

34. 401(k) alternative

35. Two tablets twice a day, say

36. Collection that benefits a species when it's large

37. Mythical animals sought in a Peter S. Beagle novel

38. Make a wager

39. Rage

40. Race unit

43. Egyptian crosses that have a loop

44. ___ Bo (Fitness System)

46. Shapeshifts

47. Type of seeds in tahini

50. Make aware

51. Game popularized by Nokia

53. Starting city in a 1965 march to Montgomery

55. Common birthday dessert

56. “Central Park in the Dark” composer

57. Sleeveless top

58. Word often ignored when alphabetizing

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