Mess up Crossword Clue

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Mess up Crossword Answer

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FLUB

(4 letters)

BOTCH

(5 letters)

SLIP

(4 letters)

TOUSLE

(6 letters)

RUFFLE

(6 letters)

BLOWIT

(6 letters)

MAR

(3 letters)

SCREW

(5 letters)

GOOF

(4 letters)

RUIN

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. wander from a direct course or at random
2. to make a mistake or be incorrect

Hint 2: Clue Definition

MESS (noun)
1. informal terms for a difficult situation
2. a state of confusion and disorderliness
MESS (verb)
1. make a mess of or create disorder in
2. eat in a mess hall

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

FLUB
(4 letters)
BOTCH
(5 letters)
SLIP
(4 letters)
TOUSLE
(6 letters)
RUFFLE
(6 letters)
BLOWIT
(6 letters)
MAR
(3 letters)
SCREW
(5 letters)
GOOF
(4 letters)
RUIN
(4 letters)

More Apple+ Crossword (5/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Aries symbol

4. Pisces symbol

8. Breaks down

14. Monty Python member who cowrote Spamalot

16. Breaks down

17. Like an acting gig that doesn't require a SAG-AFTRA card

18. Having an excellent track record

19. Was expressive

20. Neither's partner

22. Allows

23. Merchandise

24. Batter receptacle

26. Mix, like batter

28. Like some markers and candles

31. Layer of paint

34. Homer Simpson catchphrase

36. Bring into harmony

37. Possess

38. Pours from a bottle into another vessel

40. Reuben bread

41. Vitamin B3

43. "Blue (Da Ba ___)"

44. Clothes line

45. Common exceptions to the rule "Sharing is caring"

47. Breakfast cake made with rice and black lentils

49. Like a certain Freudian complex

51. Brick of metal

55. What some straws do

57. Groupie, for example

58. Renewable ___

59. Outlier

61. The Rocky Horror Picture Show song and dance, and a hint to the circled letters

63. Banded stone

64. Tournament buy-in

65. "Sorry to Bother You" actress Thompson

66. Get fresh with

67. Employer of air marshals

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Down

1. Continue a subscription

2. Pleasant smell

3. Like some chords

4. "Admittedly not my ___ hour"

5. Two-word confession

6. ___-mo

7. Temporary tattoo dye

8. Belittled

10. Fluid that regulates an engine's temperature

11. Atari game that inspired the term "Easter egg"

12. Toss, in slang

13. Numbers often starred out when entered on websites (Abbr.)

15. Most adorable

21. Approves

24. Gator relative

25. Some parrots and puppies

27. Put a name to

29. Orinoco Flow singer

30. Judge

31. Expos, for short

32. Boo-boo

33. Green ___ (heaviest snakes)

35. Possessed

38. Ran out of charge

39. Astronaut Armstrong

42. They play after films but not plays

44. Like tough meat

46. Pampering place

48. Cruise ships

50. Forced bets in poker

52. Plant transplant

53. Shrek and Fiona, for example

54. Ambitious personality

55. Vessel for gravy

56. Brink

58. Some ambulance workers

60. Tieguanyin, for one

62. Cookbook author Garten

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