Most intelligent Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

INTELLIGENT (adjective)
1. possessing sound knowledge
2. endowed with the capacity to reason
MOST (adverb)
1. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
2. used to form the superlative
MOST (adjective)
1. (superlative of `many’ used with count nouns and often preceded by `the’) quantifier meaning the greatest in number
2. the superlative of `much’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the’; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree

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More USA Today Crossword (1/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Duds

5. "gimme a min"

8. Move like a happy dog's tail

11. Violinist Stern

13. "Wish of a Lifetime" org.

15. Number of pitches in an immaculate inning

16. Contouring makeup tools with bristles

18. Quaint descriptor for a "shoppe"

19. Part of NYC

20. More risky

22. Tour de France vehicles

26. Cookies with a Blueberry Pie variety

28. Currency in Germany

29. Swarms

32. Espionage org

33. Nike rival

36. 500 sheets of paper

37. Peculiar

38. Boston or Salem, e.g.

41. Comic strip exclamation

43. Dang it!

44. Group of fish

47. Wrath

48. New worker

50. Roti flour

51. Drink sometimes topped with foam art

56. Annoys downstairs neighbors, perhaps

59. "About me" sections

60. “Divergent” actor James

61. The Iron Maidens and Dread Zeppelin, for two

66. Make warmer

67. Fell in the standings

68. Egyptian peninsula

69. Genre played at raves (Abbr.)

70. Showrunners, for short

71. Money owed

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1. File type for some memes

2. Free ___ bird

3. Participated in a 10K, perhaps

4. Nickname for "The Mandalorian" character Grogu

5. Laundry holder, often

6. Cheerleader's cheer

7. Born and ___

8. Road Runner's nemesis, in "Looney Tunes"

9. Mobile operating system with a robot logo

10. Wow

12. Shoe with holes in it

14. It comes between chi and omega

15. Pinot ___

17. Web address

21. ___ Crisp (apple variety)

22. 'The Golden Girls' star Arthur

23. Birth control option: Abbr.

24. Squad with spinners and seamers

25. Colorful shawls

27. Feeling gloomy

30. Snakelike fish

31. Apple computers

34. H.S. science class

35. iPhone assistant

39. Roofing material

40. "Even still ... "

41. Feel crummy

42. Attended uninvited

45. NFL tiebreakers

46. Muscle targeted by a pullup

49. Places deeply

52. Palindromic sound

54. Ben Affleck film about Michael Jordan's Nike deal

55. Steals from

57. Alternatives to 31-Down

58. Foot bottom

60. In ___ know

62. A-lister

63. U-turn from SSW

64. Tiny amount of wasabi

65. Eager word from someone who's placed a whoopee cushion

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