Not on firm ground? Crossword Clue

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Not on firm ground? Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. in the direction of the sea

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GROUND (noun)
1. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
2. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
GROUND (verb)
1. hit or reach the ground
2. cover with a primer; apply a primer to
FIRM (adjective)
1. not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
2. unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
FIRM (noun)
1. the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
FIRM (adverb)
1. with resolute determination
FIRM (verb)
1. make taut or tauter
2. become taut or tauter

More NYT Crossword (4/15/2025) Answers

Across

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6. Beer pong locale

10. Tight-lipped

13. Figure once marketed as "America's movable fighting man"

14. Tempt

15. ___ for sore eyes (www.optometrists.com?)

16. Like a film that's both sad and funny

18. Cactus ___ (Arizona's state bird)

19. Lisa Simpson's musical instrument

20. "Go on now, git!"

21. Wild pigs

22. Ben & Jerry's flavor honoring a jam band legend

25. Seem

28. Potter : wheel :: painter : ___

29. ___-chic (fashion style)

30. Cant you get someone else?

32. Water-testing org.

35. Not quite right ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters

39. Moviemaking backdrop

40. D.E.A. agent, informally

41. Lit ___

42. Smells

44. Herculean tasks

46. Genre for Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

50. Start of the Hebrew alphabet

51. Dum-dum

52. Anatomical pouch

55. Skirt with a high hemline

56. Online marketplace with a "barter" category

59. Similar to

60. Six-time French Open champ Björn

61. Fuel ship

62. Just a __

63. Moore of "The Substance"

64. Prenatal

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Down

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2. Old Italian money

3. Cleaning product with a mythical name

4. Yuletide drink

5. Performer at ozashiki parties

6. Lower limit

7. Something heard through the grapevine

8. News anchor Melber

9. Private eye, in old crime novels

10. Big name in fertilizers

11. Wombs

12. High-I.Q. society

15. Said

17. The so-called "Goddess of Pop"

21. Fundamental

22. Co. heads

23. Like the questions asked in Guess Who?

24. Feline, to Felipe

25. Fundamentals

26. Fire station fixture

27. Camera-friendly

30. Container for keys, wallet, razor, etc., in a modern portmanteau

31. World clock std.

33. Unexciting holding in poker

34. Lincoln Center focus

36. Son of Cain

37. Former attorney general Bill

38. Warhead weapon, in brief

43. Take out a small part of one's savings, say

44. Suffix with duck or suck

45. Requests from

46. Some bedtime story readers

47. The same

48. Worry greatly

49. Video game character in a green hat

52. River residue

54. ___+C ("copy" on a PC)

56. Ingredient in some trendy gummies, for short

57. Fish eggs

58. "It's not you, it's me," often

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