Not quite perfect Crossword Clue

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Not quite perfect Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PERFECT (adjective)
1. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
2. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
PERFECT (verb)
1. make perfect or complete
PERFECT (noun)
1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
QUITE (adverb)
1. of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)
2. to a degree (not used with a negative)

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More Newsday Crossword (9/5/2026) Answers

Across

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25. Selfie stick, e.g.

26. It's extraordinary

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30. Figurative escape artist

31. Home and away?

32. Legendary flier

37. Walt's early name for Disneyland

40. Common day-care offerer

41. Two-legged rat

42. Big fan

43. His songs are seen by many musicians as a badge of honor

45. Movable mural

49. One of the first domains

50. Far from spicy

51. Elation exclamation

52. Prepared quickly, in a way

54. Metaphorical payback

55. Show times

58. Emphatic rejection

60. Personal concern

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62. Overmuch

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Down

1. Summer place near an Alabama Flight Center

2. Sicilian kin

3. Erstwhile circus staple

4. French-born self-chronicler

5. Name from the Greek for "Sky Father"

6. Collect, as condensation

7. Turn

8. Heavy duty

9. PVC collectibles

10. Not a long-lasting rage

11. Something to believe in

12. It's southeast of Lima

13. Fancy lots

14. Romanov royal

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29. Active UNESCO World Heritage Site

30. L'essence des reservoirs

32. Beast that sounds like bucks

33. Left on board?

34. Flattering

35. Ancient navigation aid

36. Halloween hangups

38. Self starter?

39. Actor once a bodyguard for Ali and Spinks

43. Poacher, at times

44. History, essentially

45. "All good things __ Him who cares not to be great": Tennyson

46. Peace treaty signer in the Babar books

47. Princess cake, e.g.

48. Scroll successor

49. Big blows

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53. Capital on the Persian Gulf

56. Don't go straight

57. __ shot

59. After all

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