One of the five basic tastes Crossword Clue

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One of the five basic tastes Crossword Answer

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SALTY

(5 letters)

SOUR

(4 letters)

BITTER

(6 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FIVE (noun)
1. a team that plays basketball
2. a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
FIVE (adjective)
1. being one more than four
BASIC (adjective)
1. reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
2. serving as a base or starting point
BASIC (noun)
1. (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
2. a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner’s all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

SALTY
(5 letters)
SOUR
(4 letters)
BITTER
(6 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

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IMAUM

More USA Today Crossword (5/25/2026) Answers

Across

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5. One might result in a red card

9. Luxury vessel

14. Fe, in chemistry

15. Initial poker payment

16. Brownish-yellow tone

17. Ran low on energy

20. Win every game in a series

21. "___ let the dogs out? (___? ___? ___? ___? ___?)"

22. Bears' homes

23. EGOT winner Moreno

25. Grabs

27. "I'm one angry dog!"

30. Item in Santa’s sack

31. Day after Mon.

32. Place for a sleeve tattoo

35. Leaves an emoji on an online post, say

37. Highway stop

39. "Can I sit here?"

41. Flowers related to tobacco

42. Hold out against

43. Place to go hog wild?

44. Wildebeest

45. 2023 Ben Affleck film about Nike

46. Org. for teachers

47. Happy dances

48. Window piece

50. Prefix with "scrolling"

52. Rock concert equipment

54. "La Cenerentola," e.g.

58. Social ___

59. TV actor who doesn't have a regular role

61. Surrounded by

62. Pizzazz

63. A single time

64. Layered cake

65. Buy low, ___ high (investment strategy)

66. Dissenting votes

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Down

1. Feels sick

2. Bird similar to a raven

3. It might wind up in your backyard

4. PC key above "shift"

5. ___ Tuesday (Mardi Gras)

6. Like some streets

7. Salt Lake City's state

8. Citrusy beverage that might soothe a sore throat

9. "I'd avoid that, personally!"

10. Highest points

11. "Shanghai Noon" actor Jackie

12. Garment edges

13. Prefix meaning 'three'

18. Doppelgänger

24. ___ and turning

26. Homeland for Hans and Franz, in a 60-Down sketch

27. Grasps tightly

28. Put back to zero

29. Shabby

32. "Argo" actor Alan

33. "Legally Blonde" star Witherspoon

34. Large ray

36. "Wicked: For Good" director Jon

37. Lo-___ image

38. Small power sources

40. Knackwursts and bratwursts

45. Allure

47. Elbow or knee

49. Printer brand

50. Sample version

51. Emanation from a laundry heap, perhaps

53. "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" animal

55. Sicilian volcano

56. Suggestive

57. Greek war god

58. Place to strike a pose?

60. NBC sketch show since 1975

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