Not-so-clever comeback Crossword Clue

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Not-so-clever comeback Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

COMEBACK (noun)
1. a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
2. return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity
CLEVER (adjective)
1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
2. showing inventiveness and skill

Hint 2: Anagram

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AROSE

More Newsday Crossword (10/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. Earliest leader of Thebes

6. Takes a back seat, say

12. Went for the gold, perhaps

13. Flurry of phraseology

14. Beyond budding

15. They're "wet" with sauce and melted cheese

16. TMI opposite

18. Something positioned above a plate

19. Four before O

20. They're sweet

21. Napoleon, for example

24. Common late-spring mag recommendation

26. Nickname of a mound or music great

28. Put right

29. Shame!

32. Room __

33. No-win situations?

35. Modern wrinkle remover

39. They may be mistaken for agaves

41. ___ steak

42. Hand holdings

44. "I can be viewed without special formatting"

45. Off the ___ (top-of-mind, not surprisingly)

46. "...the preservation and __ of their own liberties": Lincoln

48. Pizzeria purchase

50. Expected

51. What 46-Across is

52. It's 70 miles south of Salem

53. Combo with an ice scoop

54. Pry away

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Down

1. Pitching impediments

2. Somewhat stronger "Right on!"

3. Motorcycle Hall of Fame name

4. Steelers' healers

5. What a spot check takes care of

6. Legendary ridiculing racer

7. Olympic flag bearer at the Vancouver opening ceremony

8. Kind of soup as a starter?

9. Swift production of the 18th century

10. "Can't resist!"

11. Fit together nicely

12. US city with the Russian Bishop's House

13. Pedagogic payees

15. Utterly exhaust

17. One of the Uranian Shakespearean moons

21. Swift production of the 21st century

23. What many American flags depict

25. Given the go-ahead

27. PowerPoint's F1

30. Canvas constructions

31. Multiply

34. GPS ancestor

35. Trip-taking need

36. Social media slang evoking old-timey car horns

37. Put on low

38. Disrespect metaphor

40. Individuality

43. Roll over

46. Share on the Gram

47. Word from the Latin for "drive"

49. Rugby plastic accessory

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