Noun or verb … or a description of 20-, 30-, or 46-Across? Crossword Clue

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Noun or verb … or a description of 20-, 30-, or 46-Across? Crossword Answer

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DESCRIPTION (noun)
1. a statement that represents something in words
2. sort or variety
ACROSS (adverb)
1. transversely

More NYT Crossword (5/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. He's always hard to find

6. State tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota

9. Popular pub pastime

14. Superman is one, notably

15. O Sole ___

16. Best effort

17. Perfect

18. Red flag for a mortgage applicant

20. November 19, 1863

22. Things exchanged at an altar

23. Univ. in Troy, N.Y.

24. Includes in an email

27. Sorcerer

30. January 20, 1961

33. Lennon's mate … and onetime bandmate

34. Low-lying landform

35. Filming location for the archaeological dig in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

36. Musical piece with repeated themes

38. Delhi lentil stew

40. Not one for company

41. Worship, in a way

43. Osso buco meat

45. See

46. August 28, 1963

48. Numbers that aren't entered on bowling scorecards

49. Hit way up in the air, as a baseball

50. “Li’l ol’ me?!”

51. Gossip

58. Engineering competition with two "battling" devices

61. Round house

62. Multiple-choice choices, maybe

63. 'Feliz ___ novo!'

64. Rocky actress Shire

65. Walk-off inning, usually

66. Ignited

67. Big name in shapewear

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1. Dickens's Oliver Twist, for one

2. Style magnate Gucci

3. Stead

4. Honey alternative

5. Tripping, perhaps

6. Decorated with a raised design

7. One with a fake account?

8. "The ___ Prometheus," Mary Shelley's subtitle to "Frankenstein"

9. Fiddlesticks!

10. Like many wines and cheeses

11. "Far out!"

12. "Please, no more!"

13. Fine just the way things are

19. Pitch-altering clamps on guitars

21. Steam engine need

24. Nickels and dimes

25. Veer this way and that

26. Gets going

27. Transforms (into)

28. All-powerful avatar in "Ready Player One"

29. College chant accompanying "Beat Army!"

31. Rapscallion

32. "Sorry, do I know them?"

34. Question from one smoker to another

37. Salon supply

39. Speedy driver, slangily

42. Locker room emanations

44. Friends in Cannes

47. Something you do every day, say

48. Sister outlet to Banana Republic

52. Rotisserie rods

53. Word with wine or city

54. All-encompassing prefix

55. 2004's "___ Enchanted"

56. Nickel or dime

57. Elaborate trick

58. Sought a seat

59. Japanese sash

60. When doubled, a chocolaty treat

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