Near-failing grade Crossword Clue

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Near-failing grade Crossword Answer

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DEE

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FAILING (noun)
1. failure to reach a minimum required performance
2. a flaw or weak point
FAILING (adjective)
1. below acceptable in performance
GRADE (verb)
1. assign a rank or rating to
2. assign a grade or rank to, according to one’s evaluation
GRADE (noun)
1. the height of the ground on which something stands
2. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student’s performance)

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

DEE
(3 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (5/5/2025) Answers

Across

1. Searches for prey

6. Auto fuel

9. Elegant celebration

13. Underway to Sherlock

14. Living-room seating

15. Fiendish

16. Spicy yellow topping for franks

18. Christmas carol

19. China's continent

20. Canary or hamster

23. __ and hearty (in good shape)

25. Be untruthful

26. Topping for leafy greens

32. Inexperienced with

33. Corrosion of iron

34. Cow comment

35. Stare awkwardly

36. Very long time period

37. Complete a plane flight

38. "Drink" suffix for lemon

39. Wise __ owl

41. Overcharge greatly

43. Tangy topping for ribs

46. Historical period

47. Corncob covering

48. Humorous TV series

51. Begin to droop

52. Meditative exercise

56. Creative notion

57. Sweet topping for pancakes

60. Stylishly flashy, for short

61. Revise one's writing

62. Hen's perch

63. At this place

64. Mark above a "j"

65. Dad's sisters

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Down

1. 'Very funny!'

2. Sci-fi vehicles, for short

3. It wasn't me

4. Native American ax

5. Letters after R

6. 'Billy' farm animal

7. The Sahara's continent: Abbr.

8. Jockeys' seats

9. Magic lamp residents

10. Shakespeare's river

11. In ___ of (instead of)

12. ___ Well That Ends Well

14. Cavalry horse

17. Dropped-egg sound

22. Light fog

24. Pie ___ mode

26. Underground drain system

27. Plane without a pilot

28. Go jogging

29. Mirror's reflection

30. __ of the above ('other' choice)

31. "IN __ WE TRUST" (motto on money)

32. Nothing, in Spain

35. Yak it up

36. __ de Cologne

37. Compliment to a raffle winner

39. Aviation prefix for dynamic

40. Defrauded

41. Tire pressure-checking device

42. Adjective ending for danger

44. Evolved into

45. Ten Commandments verb

48. Sound of relief

49. Doing nothing

50. Rip (apart)

51. Rotisserie rod

53. "Straight __ the rocks?"

54. Sudden burst of wind

55. Building's rental units: Abbr.

58. "Without further ___..."

59. Mrs., in Mexico

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