Milky Way's nearest major galaxy Crossword Clue

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Milky Way's nearest major galaxy Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
2. a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NEAREST (adverb)
1. (superlative of `near’ or `close’) within the shortest distance
MILKY (adjective)
1. resembling milk in color; not clear

More NYT Crossword (7/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. Bar fight?

10. Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name

15. Expansive marine exhibits

16. Really fancy

17. 1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage"

18. Fax predecessor

19. Grand Tour, e.g.

20. Buyer

21. Like ideal arrivals

23. "___ pics!"

24. Conceptual framework

28. Follower of X or G

29. Peacock's home

30. Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed

31. "Gotcha," to a beatnik

33. Piece of cartoon memorabilia

34. Steamed

35. 'Golden goal' periods, for short

36. "Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen

38. Certain Ivy Leaguer

39. Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum

41. Passes out

42. Bracketed disclaimer

43. Lover of sugar

44. Results of swiping

45. Lend, informally

47. Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people)

49. Animals with prehensile proboscises

51. "The One"

56. First name in cosmetics

57. Pioneering P.D.A.

58. Ship back?

59. Soft drink originally made with egg whites

60. Short

61. Rock instrument

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Down

1. One of the Starks on "Game of Thrones"

2. Berry spelled with a cedilla

3. Small smack

4. Brown, in a way

6. #MeToo movement activist Burke

7. Expanse

8. Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity

9. Mangia!

10. Not 21-Across

11. Elysia

12. False idol in the Old Testament

13. Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname

14. Where students learn about congress

20. "___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn)

22. Things often refilled, informally

24. Cardiac exam on a treadmill

25. Gochujang, e.g.

26. Blade runner?

27. Before, in olden times

32. "Lord, have mercy!"

35. One attracted to all gender identities, for short

37. Tilling aid

40. The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them

44. President who married one of his kindergarten classmates

46. Membership categories

48. Loggers' competition

50. Former French president ___ Coty

52. Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening

53. Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)

54. List header

55. List ender

57. Some notebooks, in brief

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