More like Tempe than Tampa Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. an appliance that removes moisture
2. a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TAMPA (noun)
1. a resort city in western Florida; located on Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico
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

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More WSJ Crossword (10/14/2025) Answers

Across

1. Harbor hauler

5. “The Premium Beer at a Popular Price”

10. "Fernando" band

14. Music’s Salt-N-___

15. 'We __ please!'

16. Gas station buy

17. “Law & Order: SVU” co-star with a Grammy

18. Pam of “Foxy Brown” and “Jackie Brown”

19. League member

20. Gets bored with

22. Hall of Fame inductees, e.g.

24. City on the Rio Grande

25. Scottish tennis great Andy

26. Dress in

27. Ron’s role in Mayberry

28. Middle Great Lake

31. “Elsbeth” network

33. Cheesy chip

37. Best Picture winner in 2025

38. Staffer in a North Pole toy factory

40. Cockpit array

41. Paris accord?

42. Hackneyed

43. Mary Lincoln’s maiden name

44. Nonreactive

46. Ring of light

47. Stop ___ dime

48. Hwy

49. End-of-Ramadan festival

51. Texting inits.

52. Chases away

54. Thompson of “Thor” movies

56. Bruce Willis and Milla Jovovich’s chemistry makes this 1997 film the perfect finale for a movie marathon with 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-Down

61. Speckled steed

62. Linguist's concern

63. Sicilian Peak

64. High hairstyle

65. Some iPods

66. Shell Canada competitor

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Down

1. Rotisserie part

2. Two-time American League home run leader Fielder

3. “La Traviata” e.g.

4. Kevin Costner sails a trimaran in search of land (1995)

5. Tiered temple

6. Harrison Ford fights off Kazakh hijackers (1997)

7. Outdated obesity meas.

8. Brat Pack members attempt adulting with mixed results (1985)

9. Shredded

10. Will and Jaden Smith crash-land on an unforgiving (but familiar) planet (2013)

11. ___ Vista Social Club

12. Like a rat's eyes

13. Money for the poor

21. Considered to be

23. Puts through a coffee mill

28. Couldn't not

29. Business whose workers join the local

30. What comes next, figuratively

32. Sad

34. Some confidential informants

35. Mayonnaise brand since 1913

36. McFlurry mix-ins

44. “You’ll really enjoy this!”

45. Dame and Doctor, e.g.

48. Monarch at Versailles

50. "Cee" follower

53. The point ___ return

55. Captain Hook’s first mate

56. Capote-based show

57. Bag-screening org.

58. Friend of Luke and Leia

59. It might be bruised or inflated

60. “The way,” in Chinese philosophy

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