"Not to be __ ..." Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

DISTRIBUTER (noun)
1. someone who markets merchandise
2. electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
ROADSTEAD (noun)
1. a partly sheltered anchorage

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More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (11/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Part of USPS

7. With no loose ends

14. See 47-Down

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21. Low-level entry?

22. Hard-headed figure?

23. Patron of New York hockey gear?

25. Tiered temple

26. "Should I not be joking about that yet?"

27. Inflection

28. Ran easily

29. Bro or sis

30. Amherst sch.

32. Moving day vehicle

35. "The Phoenician Scheme" director Anderson

36. Stock identifier

39. Hanukkah symbol

41. Bawl

44. Actress Jovovich

46. Patron of people who are gullible about precipitation?

50. Instructs

52. Toffee bar brand

53. Black mark

54. "Notorious" justice's initials

55. Comedian Noah

57. "I'm impressed!"

59. Chilling, in a way

60. __ Brothers (bank that failed in 2008)

62. Decree

65. Sows' mates

67. Caesarean rebuke

68. Patron of shows about juicing citrus?

71. Org. that provides content warnings for video games

75. "Blue Bloods" star Will

77. "Crossword Mysteries" star Chabert

78. Sheen

80. Blue Ribbon brewer

83. Fair-hiring inits.

85. Heartless Ozian

87. Singer __ Max

88. Ranch alternative

90. Switch from paper to plastic, say

93. "Much __"

95. Patron of binders and shower curtains?

98. US soccer star Fox

99. Formicary resident

100. Main address

101. "The Seven Storey Mountain" author Thomas

103. Color

104. CSI material

105. São __, Brazil

107. Talk on

110. Fop's tie

113. Nu metal band that sounds like a crop

115. Situation when an app might be helpful

118. Sundial's "hand"

120. Patron of a flat, smooth cosmos?

123. "Why you little ..."

124. Criminal mastermind in "The Great Mouse Detective"

125. Skier Gu

126. Anyone's guess

128. Empathize

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1. They may be checkered

2. 10th-century Holy Roman Emperor called "the Great"

3. Patron of flashy judges' garments?

4. Aunts, in Spanish

5. River through Tuscany

6. Achieve through speed, as an infield hit

7. Lifeguard's procedure

8. Actor/playwright Tracy

9. Prevailing values

10. Server's edge

11. Big nothingburger

12. Record book

13. Decade divs.

14. Xfinity or RCN

15. Patron of jokes about beer?

16. Nigerian metropolis

17. On

18. Unsuited?

19. Out of battery

24. As a big group

31. NBC competition show, for short

33. Dried poblano

34. And also not

35. Get one's feet wet, perhaps

37. Sitcom character from Melmac

38. Yogurt-based side

39. "Frankenstein" actress Goth

40. On a serious roll

41. IPhone assistant

42. Ear-related

43. 8 bits

44. Country legend Haggard

45. "Seems to me ..."

47. With 14-Across, Pawtucket's state

48. Overhead

49. Frame fillers

51. Surrealist Max

56. Song section

58. Doc who delivers

61. Breakfast bowlful

63. Nashville honor, for short

64. Breath mint

66. Film club's meeting room

69. Itty-bitty

70. Word from the horse's mouth?

72. Patron of gerontology?

73. Party hearty

74. "80 for __" (2023 comedy about Pats fans)

76. Patron of black soy curd?

79. Like vacant storefronts

80. Town on the 5-Down

81. Envelope-routing letters

82. Springfield prankster

84. Wrestler Randy

86. HS club for aspiring diplomats

89. Screenwriter James

91. Comic strip teen with good manners

92. Honey

94. "if u ask me"

96. Plus

97. Bird in Liberty Mutual ads

102. More promising

103. Bygone birds of Mauritius

105. Ragu competitor

106. Secretary-general Kofi

108. Plus

109. Designer Geoffrey

110. Helper: Abbr.

111. "Git!"

112. Paint containers

114. "Metamorphoses" poet

116. Name that sounds like a rechargeable car

117. Mobile phone

119. #1 hit for Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

120. _tanding _oom _nly

121. Greek T

122. French article

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