Musical lead-in to beat Crossword Clue

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Musical lead-in to beat Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a rounded thickly curled hairdo

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LEAD-IN (noun)
1. the introductory section of a story
2. wire connecting an antenna to a receiver or a transmitter to a transmission line
MUSICAL (adjective)
1. containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
2. characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
MUSICAL (noun)
1. a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing

Hint 3: Anagram

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FARO

More NYT Crossword (9/5/2025) Answers

Across

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15. Manscapes, perhaps

16. Money wasted on poor decision-making, jocularly

17. Destroyed emotionally

18. Greg ___, author of the 1994 science fiction novel "Permutation City"

19. Ones who might be looking toward careers at museums

21. Elated

22. Goal of a squeeze bunt, for short

23. : (

25. Pro whose work might be shocking

28. Alley-___

30. Sched. placeholder

31. Small semiaquatic mammal with 22 tentacles on its snout

35. Condiment at an Asian fusion restaurant

36. Ground-breaking invention

37. Big N.Y.S.E. news

38. Formal duds

39. Kyrgyz city on the ancient Silk Road

40. What the "sans" refers to in Comic Sans

43. Bang into

49. "OK, don't accept my apology then!"

52. Bird that can build tools and remember human faces

53. Not family-friendly, in a way

54. Logical inconsistency in a story

56. Game with a 32-card deck

57. Refreshers that can be served with green wedges

58. 'Present!'

59. Gently presses, as a gas pedal

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1. Skirt

2. Water brand whose logo shows the Alps

3. Colorful fish with iridescent stripes

4. Need for a demo, maybe

5. Really small amount

6. Belle ___, real-life 19th-century outlaw celebrated in film and TV

7. Paragon

8. "___ bien!" ("All right!," in Spanish)

9. Sliding screen in a Japanese tearoom

10. Bounce

11. Excess of inventory

12. Like canvas grocery bags

13. Cookbook qty.

14. Does some stretching?

20. Constriction of the pupils

24. Daniel ___ Kim of "Hawaii Five-0"

26. Seriously harm

27. "Come on, just once!"

29. Topping dolloped on fresh Italian tomatoes, maybe

31. Misses watching a bullfight?

32. Word with human or second

33. Spot for a speaker

34. Young 31-Down

35. Bold choice, perhaps?

36. Lead-in to integration

41. Not going anywhere

42. Provided with, as anonymous tips

44. Obama family member with credits as a TV writer

46. Noted ring bearer

47. Slugger Scott with eight Gold Gloves

48. Has an unsettled Venmo request, say

50. "Cold one"

51. Monks' honorifics

53. Jewish honorific

55. Bit of concert merch

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