“OK, here’s the thing …” Crossword Clue

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“OK, here’s the thing …” Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

THING (noun)
1. a vaguely specified concern
2. an action

More Apple+ Crossword (8/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. Any of several characters in The Sheep Detectives

5. Design detail, for short

9. Bit of leftover metal or paper

14. ___ code (part of a phone number)

15. Payment method accepted at fewer and fewer businesses

16. Airport previously known as Orchard Field (hence the ORD airport code)

17. Type in a phone number

18. Ready for picking

19. Feline hybrid that’s Napoleon Dynamite’s favorite animal

20. Portmanteau term for nonmainstream country music

23. Counterparts of columns

24. Get ready for your close-up

25. Comic-strip character who served a short stint as Head Beagle

28. Impressive accomplishment

29. “One Sweet ___” (Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men megahit)

32. Title for a list of tasks

33. Vampire-hunting Marvel hero

34. Music related to pop punk and hardcore

35. “… don’t dillydally, either!”

39. Sketch show with a “Weekend Update” segment

40. Commonly poached fruits

41. Track and bobsled athlete ___ Jones

42. It’s pitched with a pitchfork

43. Ice cream amount

44. Doesn't use wisely

46. H-less version of a common first name

47. Building seen when driving through farmland

48. ’70s NHL team named in tribute to Sherman’s March to the Sea

53. Ordinary

55. Annika Sörenstam’s sport

56. What flows out of a volcano during an effusive eruption

57. Horror or romance

58. Abbreviation standing in for multiple authors’ names in an academic citation

59. “The chances of that are ___ to none”

60. Loathed

61. Beginning of an article, in journalism jargon

62. Greases up

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Down

1. Princess Diana’s title before getting married

2. “Summertime” from the opera Porgy and Bess, for example

3. Brunch or supper

4. Black and Latine queer subculture associated with drag

5. Eccentric

6. Duos

7. WNBA on ___ (broadcast that debuted in 1997)

8. Food from restaurants that have only one dollar sign on Yelp

10. Baked potato herb

11. 🤬 emotion

12. ___ You the One? (reality dating show)

13. '___ my last email . . .'

21. Spinning toy

22. Bumpier relatives of frogs

25. Fitting rhyme for “cache”

26. Grandma, in Italian

27. "Strangely enough ... "

28. Send a meme of cuddling animals and say, “This could be us,” for example

29. Home ___ (chain that sells tools)

30. More than enough

31. Toys that have their ups and downs

33. “If you could do me a favor, dear …”

36. Flabbergasted in a bad way

37. Pride & Prejudice (2005) star Knightley

38. “P.P.S…”

44. ___ ball (baseball variant with a perforated plastic ball)

45. 100%

46. Lingering look

47. Dish served with dressing

48. Cousin's mom

49. Boat and ___ (rhyming L.L.Bean bag)

50. Country where Bambara is spoken

51. Like Mandark or Mojo Jojo

52. ___ Club (competitor of Costco)

53. 'Not this again . . .'

54. The Sargasso or the Mediterranean

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