More close-fitting Crossword Clue

We have the 7-letter answer for More close-fitting crossword clue, last seen in the Boston Globe Mini Crossword August 16, 2026 puzzle. Sometimes we all need some help finding the answer!

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

CLOSE-FITTING (adjective)
1. fitting closely but comfortably
CLOSE (verb)
1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
2. come to a close
CLOSE (adjective)
1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
2. of textiles
CLOSE (adverb)
1. near in time or place or relationship
2. in an attentive manner
CLOSE (noun)
1. the last section of a communication
2. the temporal end; the concluding time

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
GRUNGES

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Rumor has it ..."

8. Curacao neighbor

13. Mountain top

19. Where you might "drive" someone (when the wall isn't available)

20. Egg container

21. 'Present!'

22. "Bye, __!" ("Get lost!")

23. Heaviness measured before bedtime?

25. Pen's liquid

26. Rear

28. Acting nudge

29. AARP founder __ Percy Andrus

30. Hag that smells awful?

34. Throw in

36. “Pachinko” author Min Jin ___

37. R&B singer Janelle

38. BBC : UK :: __ : Italy

39. With 55-Down, "Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room)" painter

41. Slick

42. Actor Ed __ Jr.

45. Group consent phrase

46. Vocalized

48. "Adorbs!"

51. When la lune shines

52. Subsidiary: Abbr.

53. Very little resistance?

56. Arab League nation

58. Sumida River city

60. Big CD-ROM producer of the '90s

61. Make lace

63. Get situated

64. Asian berry "superfood"

65. Iberian river

67. Srsly?!

68. Very pretentious

69. Blessing

72. "Pet" that grows

73. Beluga eggs

74. Pizza leftover

75. Opinion column

76. Like best friends

78. Parties

79. Leatherworker's tool

80. Hot coal

82. Unmoved

83. Became a new person?

86. Muscles targeted in planks

87. Chuck's Public Enemy sidekick

88. Soccer star Messi, to fans

89. It's done in France

90. Grand Ole ___

92. 2016 UK referendum vote

94. Not good, but not bad

96. Delicate

98. Just like

99. Went out

103. March sound

104. Movie grp. with an annual Top 100 list

105. Massive underwater-traveling mammal?

109. Landed property

111. Indiana Jones quest

113. Midland neighbor

114. Bagel fish

115. Critical examination of a kitchen implement?

118. Sign me up!

121. Like some windows

122. Linux variety

123. ___ place

124. Quaint oath

125. Car bomb?

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Down

1. Islamic faith

2. Game for (anything)

3. Conservative commentator Michelle

4. Prefix with Pen and cure

5. Liberal arts maj.

6. Out lines?

7. Have a yen for

8. DJ with the hit "Wake Me Up"

9. "Correctamundo!"

10. Seat, slangily

11. Brought together, as a cluster

12. First Amendment defender: Abbr.

13. Boar's mate

14. Injured below the belt

15. "Let me guess ..."

16. Big-moment spinner?

17. Closely behind

18. Tea name

20. Kind of street

24. Four seasons

27. Wading bird

31. Capture

32. Tool singer Maynard James __

33. Chase in the movies

35. Cheap vinyl?

40. ___ de guerre

41. Acorns for Peace artist

43. Failure on a Les Paul?

44. "F9" director Justin

45. User-edited site about a London copper?

47. Some addresses

48. On the train

49. Command center?

50. Wines enjoyed in April and May?

52. Martial arts place

54. "Aladdin" parrot

55. See 39-Across

57. Curious George creator

58. Rich German dessert

59. Cousin of a mink

62. 'Oh really?'

64. Provider of a direct line?

66. Word with foreign or visual

70. Whine and whimper

71. Mocks by imitating

72. ___-de-sac

74. Bos'n's boss

77. Critical piece

81. "The Wire" druglord Stanfield

82. Hefeweizen alternative

84. Brazilian city, familiarly

85. ER pronouncement

87. Brother’s home

91. Like jangajji

92. Most melancholy

93. "If we're keeping it real," in a text

94. Attractive young woman, in AAVE

95. Boo-boo

97. Knives Out director Johnson

98. It ranges from 520 to 1710 kHz

100. Middle-earth demon

101. Kay Thompson girl

102. TV serial killer with the last name Morgan

104. Appealed

106. Israel's Dayan

107. Digital markers built directly in one's cellphone

108. Japanese noodles

110. “___ Perpetua” (Idaho’s motto)

112. Endangered, perhaps

116. Athletes do them for money

117. Patriot gains: Abbr.

119. Wintertime bug

120. Nonprofit domain

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