Metaphor for a bad goalie Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles
(verb)
1. distinguish and separate out
2. examine in order to test suitability

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

METAPHOR (noun)
1. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
GOALIE (noun)
1. the defensive position on an ice hockey or soccer or lacrosse team who stands in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players from scoring
2. the soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal

More NYT Crossword (11/4/2025) Answers

Across

1. Skill needed for bocce

4. World's most commonly cultivated coffee species

11. Genre for Jimmy Eat World

14. Commercial lead-in to Caps or Balls

15. Like the number "i"

16. ___-top (hairstyle associated with the Beatles)

17. Folk-rock pair featured in the documentary "Wordplay"

19. George Washington bill

20. Repellent ingredient

21. Queens ballplayer

22. Spun platters for a party, informally

23. Isn't perfect

24. Half of a standard deck of cards

28. Part of N.B

30. Greeting from Kermit the 47-Across

31. 17-syllable poem

33. Like slavery per the 13th Amendment

38. Wood-cutting tool

39. 1950s entertainment innovation ... or a hint to the first and second halves of 17-, 24-, 48- and 60-Across

41. It can be blonde or brown

42. Shadow government, according to conspiracy theories

44. Bert's roommate

46. 2010 best-selling Emma Donoghue novel

47. See 30-Across

48. Place for plants to flourish

53. Inquires

56. "___ Shaker" (1992 Wreckx-N-Effect hit)

57. Diarist Anaïs

58. What you eat

59. As easy as ___

60. Fast-food chain with the slogan "The Crave is a powerful thing"

64. As easy as ___

65. Experienced again

66. The Dream Team

67. Squeeze (by)

68. People who overuse Caps Lock, so to speak

69. ___ Wonderful, fruit juice brand

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Down

1. The half with the hit song, typically

2. Word with city or peace

3. Update

4. 'Brokeback Mountain' director Lee

5. Roving floor cleaner

6. Perfectly behaved child

7. Water filter brand

8. Suffix with front or cash

9. Name seen in cursive on a cap in Berkeley

10. Singers Green and Jardine

11. Laughing head or a thumbs up, e.g.

12. French Impressionist Claude

13. Some newspaper pieces that aren't news

18. Empathetic response to an apology

22. Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello

25. Slog, say

26. Garb that's typically plaid

27. [I'm scared!]

29. City situated between the split halves of Saguaro National Park

31. Possessed

32. Common beverage suffix

33. Rental car option

34. ChatGPT, for one

35. Throws in the towel

36. QB Manning

37. Syllable doubled after "fiddle"

40. 'However,' in a text

43. __ school

45. "Where we're going we don't need ___" ("Back to the Future" quote)

47. Épéeist, e.g.

48. One of Jolly Rancher's "Original Flavors"

49. Eponym of a popular puzzle

50. Host

51. Up to

54. Ashton Kutcher's role on "That '70s Show"

55. What a hot iron may give off

60. Like some humor

61. Start of a bray

62. Ailing

63. Highlights of the Super Bowl, for some

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