Mother-of-pearl Crossword Clue

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Mother-of-pearl Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MOTHER-OF-PEARL (noun)
1. the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
PEARL (noun)
1. a shape that is spherical and small
2. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
PEARL (verb)
1. gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

Hint 3: Anagram

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CANER

More New Yorker Crossword (4/13/2026) Answers

Across

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16. Napoleon’s relative

17. Encounters

18. Company for which Jessye Norman débuted as Cassandra in “Les Troyens,” in 1983

19. Polymath from Königsberg

20. Buckle

22. Not even worth discussing

23. Weapon depicted in Manet’s “Child with Sword, Turned to the Left”

25. “Andor” actor Diego —

27. Air

30. Gut reaction?

31. Still cold, maybe

34. High schoolers often put them on

36. “O patria mia” singer

37. Straitlaced middle manager?

39. Lead-in to -phobia or ‑polis

40. Latecomer’s admission

41. ___-haw

42. Aware of

43. Most-wanted groups

44. Get the ball rolling, in a way

45. “Ugh, seriously!?”

46. Character flaws?

49. ___ Spring

51. Small inheritance?

55. Peppers with zingers

57. Make a mess

59. Goes along

60. Remain dry?

61. French physicist and chemist Curie

62. Subj. of the Seventeenth Amendment

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Down

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2. Water color

3. Brooks’s singing partner

4. Heeds

5. "The Misfits" actor Wallach

6. Personal impression?

7. Loosen

8. Byzantine emperor with a seven-year reign

9. Dino, to the Flintstone family

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11. “___ of Avalor” (Disney series)

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13. House-sale complication

14. Contents of the Museo del Prado

21. Brooklyn-born comedian Boosler

24. Cuban currency

26. Breaks, as a code

27. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean

28. Pulitzer-winning author Walker

30. Conductor Järvi

31. Small hills

32. Capable

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35. Sinatra’s portrayer in the 1998 TV movie “The Rat Pack”

36. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier site

38. City whose Frogner Park is home to more than two hundred sculptures by Gustav Vigeland

42. Expulsion

44. Wannabe

45. Promontories

46. Capture

47. Ranger Smith’s foil, in cartoons

48. Cut

50. Tetrad after “Q”

52. Bluesy James

53. Fun

54. “House of Frankenstein” director ___ C. Kenton

56. Dallas-to-Houston dir.

58. Took courses from a chef?

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