More desperate Crossword Clue

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DESPERATE (adjective)
1. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
2. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
DESPERATE (noun)
1. a person who is frightened and in need of help
MORE (adjective)
1. (comparative of `much’ used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
2. (comparative of `many’ used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number
MORE (noun)
1. English statesman who opposed Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
MORE (adverb)
1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

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More Missing Letter Crossword (3/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "a lever pressed by the foot in the playing of a musical instrument (such as an organ or piano)"

6. Be a blot on

9. QB protectors

10. "There Will Be Blood" role

11. NOUN: "a white crystalline compound that... occurs as a mineral or is prepared from other minerals, and that is used especially as a flux, cleansing agent, and water softener, as a preservative, and as a fireproofing agent"

12. NOUN: "a small round mark"

13. ABBREVIATION: "[Vienna-based energy group]"

14. 2005 births, and cohorts

15. NOUN: "the strictest Christian fast which is observed chiefly in the Eastern churches during Lent or especially Holy Week and in which only bread, salt, water, and vegetables may be eaten"

17. COMBINING FORM: "recent"

18. NOUN: "an animal having four feet"

24. Letters on packs of ground beef

25. NOUN: "to adulterate with a substance"

26. SUFFIX: "adherent; follower"

27. ADJECTIVE: "periodically rising and falling or flowing and ebbing"

28. ABBREVIATION: "a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking...below a brigadier general"

29. VERB: "to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right"

30. NOUN: "fine-grained red wood of [a Hawaiian tree] used especially for furniture"

31. ADJECTIVE: "disreputable"

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1. Words before a number

2. VERB: "to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent"

4. NOUN: "a large semiaquatic constricting snake (Eunectes murinus) of the boa family of tropical South America that may reach a length of 30 feet (9.1 meters)"

5. Evil Luthor

6. NOUN: "an enchantress noted in Greek mythology for helping Jason gain the Golden Fleece and for repeatedly resorting to murder to gain her ends"

7. Go __ for the ride

8. ADJECTIVE: "impressively or ostentatiously fancy or stylish"

14. ADJECTIVE: "relating to, dealing with, or morbidly delighting in things considered shocking or gruesome"

16. Apiece

18. “Hurry it up!”

19. We feel the same way

20. Mexican actress Noriega

21. City where "The Taming of the Shrew" is set

22. Clickable birthday wish

23. "Before Sunset" actress Julie

27. Your, in the Yucatán

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