Mean to be Crossword Clue

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Mean to be Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree
2. appoint to a clerical posts

Hint 2: Clue Definition

MEAN (adjective)
1. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
2. marked by poverty befitting a beggar
MEAN (verb)
1. intend to refer to
2. denote or connote
MEAN (noun)
1. an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More Newsday Crossword (4/26/2025) Answers

Across

1. On a leash, perhaps

6. Much less than umpteen

10. Face lift?

14. Virginia bridegroom of 1614

15. Director of Meryl as Julia and Meg as Sally

16. Head down

17. Sussex smooches

18. Revival venue

19. Magic: The Gathering menaces

20. Conversely, quickly

21. Dunked on

23. Metaphorical retaliation

24. What the Sioux once were

26. Ran most of a square path

28. Marketing not mainstream

30. "Placid" prename

31. Made in the shade

33. Custodial concern

34. They need body work

36. Key component of vinegar

37. Whom Souter succeeded

39. Feels sore from

43. Miz-leading word

44. Does pizza prep

46. Hot ___

47. Came down

49. Woman of drinking age

50. Concise concurrence

51. They have millions of bits

52. City southwest of Wichita

53. Put back

54. First name related to the first place

55. First American Doctor Who licensee, at present

56. Funk producers

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Down

1. Tort of a sort

2. Pidgin English speaker of Westerns

3. Achieve healthful beauty

4. Crossroads of Central and South Asia

5. Concise concurrence

6. Sinophobic

7. Sides in a face-off

8. Chagall pal

9. Daughters of the Greek "Old Man of the Sea"

10. Note redone for 1976

11. It first included Rowling in 2003

12. Venerable people

13. Gym rat's respite

21. Making them is "dull work," per Samuel Johnson

22. Pronunciation aids

25. Oral repetition

27. Made to last, as concrete

29. "__ guillemets [sideways double-chevrons]" (French for "quote unquote")

31. Stage specialty

32. Warms up

33. Tore along

34. Liable

38. Minor assistance?

40. Copacetic

41. Not so hot

42. Comes to

45. How many spell "We made it!"

48. Frisky bunch?

50. Show about nothing?

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