Not exactly choice words? Crossword Clue

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Not exactly choice words? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
2. a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
(verb)
1. assign a rank or rating to
2. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EXACTLY (adverb)
1. indicating exactness or preciseness
2. in a precise manner
WORDS (noun)
1. an angry dispute
2. words making up the dialogue of a play

More Newsday Crossword (10/24/2026) Answers

Across

1. Grey's Anatomy production company

11. Cant

15. World Series events

16. Make glacial progress

17. Item in ads with Lucky the Leprechaun

18. Land with a harp on its coat of arms

19. Aim-endorsing org.

20. Functions properly

21. Sight on a trip down the Bosporus

23. Superhero concealer

24. Place to chill, ironically

25. The Road to Wealth author

28. Ham hobby

30. Doesn't curb one's enthusiasm

33. Calendar watch letters

34. Sandbags, essentially

35. Frankenstein inspiration, possibly

36. Serengeti weapon

37. Space Needle's midpoint

38. Copenhagen premiere of 1879

40. Movie-serial recurring roles

42. Work sites for stained-glass installers

43. Turns down

44. Spartan

46. Pete's conqueror in the 1992 US Open

47. Headed downward

48. Brown-bag staple

51. Have no industry

52. Band on the soundtrack of The Hunger Games

55. As soon as

56. Himalayan ancestor

57. Winnow (out)

58. Free Soil Party issue

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Down

1. Org. finding places for unwanted toys

2. Did groundbreaking work

3. Tempura candidate

4. Early word in Sarandon's Wikipedia article

5. Game of Thrones hatchlings

6. Refulgent

7. Care __

8. Former operator of cookiekahuna.com

9. Untried

10. Network purchases

11. Blows smoke at

12. Marked by turpitude

13. Perioperative occupation

14. What Ahab called the whale

22. Daily mover of many millions

23. Military rainwear

24. Light golden-brown

26. Bit of paste

27. Succeeds at mediation

28. Shallow channels

29. Character makeup

31. Coiner of "sellyfish" and "nectacled"

32. They're essential to some exit strategies

36. Dickinson's percher "in the soul"

38. Paranormal field

39. The ultimate in knots

41. No longer a threat, perhaps

44. Something shifted in debate

45. Adjuncts

46. Lose momentum

47. Hustle

48. Layout measure

49. Floorboard fixer

50. Fighters, for instance

53. Agua que fluye

54. Word in the etymology of "fief"

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