More than just sprinkles Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SPRINKLES (noun)
1. bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
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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AIRNS

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (12/5/2025) Answers

Across

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11. A devoted fan might purchase them to save money on good seats

14. Words of caution to someone looking to pick a fight

16. Word after "Christmas" or "New Year's"

17. Intertwines

18. Narrow inlet

19. Like bread dough after proofing (hopefully!)

21. Greek god of love

22. Home of L.A. and San Francisco, informally

23. Dutch artist Jan van der ___

24. Trunk : tree :: ___ : flower

25. Item passed in a relay race

26. Commercial in a smear campaign

28. Some outsiders

29. Narrow opening

30. Word on some Halloween candy bar wrappers

31. React to something terrifying, maybe

34. "Hah! So there!"

38. Wake-up call, in a way

39. Price per hour

40. "Why not ___?" ("Do we have to pick one or the other?")

41. Potato chip brand

42. Heap of football players, e.g.

43. Sauce often made with basil and pine nuts

44. Boat for loading animals two-by-two

45. Calgary's province

47. Number of legs for a crab

48. "OK, might as well give it a shot!'

51. "Age" at which you discovered something you perhaps should have known already, in online lingo

52. Use a four-letter word

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Down

1. Collection studied by a DNA specialist

2. Knitting project often made "in the round"

3. "Quaking" tree

4. 12:00 PM

5. Bit of ink peeking out above a tiny sock, say

6. "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" or "Hot in Cleveland"

7. ___ and pains

8. Some small stringed instruments, casually

9. Belle of the ball, informally

10. Perform repeatedly

11. One "S" of U.S.S.R.

12. Got moist-eyed, with "up"

13. Seafarer

14. Skin-related prefix

20. Helpful tools when solving crosswords on paper, perhaps

22. "Is that really true?!"

24. Fat-free milk

25. "Handle" for a turkey drumstick

27. Kind of chowder

28. Give a thumbs-up on social media

30. Like the instincts of some parents

31. Mohamed ___, soccer player known as the "Egyptian King"

32. Red wine from Bordeaux

33. Businessman who franchised McDonald's

34. Gay ___, author of "Thy Neighbor's Wife"

35. Antagonistic

36. Go to, as a party

37. Revealing underwear

39. Tender cut of beef

42. Ruses

43. "Walkin' After Midnight" singer Cline

45. Jellylike stuff in a petri dish

46. Ripped

49. Ending of an academic email address

50. "___ Ones," YouTube series where interviewees eat spicy wings

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