Origin Crossword Clue

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Origin Crossword Answer

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SOURCE

(6 letters)

SEED

(4 letters)

ROOTS

(5 letters)

PEDIGREE

(8 letters)

BIRTH

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
(verb)
1. become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style
2. dig with the snout

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ORIGIN (noun)
1. the descendants of one individual
2. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SOURCE
(6 letters)
SEED
(4 letters)
ROOTS
(5 letters)
PEDIGREE
(8 letters)
BIRTH
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ROTO

More NYT Crossword (10/20/2024) Answers

Across

1. "Yikes!"

5. Italian sauce whose name sounds like a French stew

9. Last word?

14. It can bust one's bracket

19. Island west of Komodo National Park

20. Privy to

21. Call to mind

22. 10th of 24

23. Marquee at the Tri-Plex mistaken as a promo for ... "Godzilla"?

26. ___ Island, designated historic site for both New York and New Jersey

27. Fantasy football fodder

28. Something seen framed in a Zoom background, perhaps

29. Honors for David Beckham and Leona Lewis: Abbr.

31. Bandmate of Keith for 60+ years

32. Hasten, old-style

34. Rival of Forbes

35. Futuristic microscopic machine

37. ... "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial"?

43. Essen exclamations

45. Bile

46. Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B

47. Grave words

48. "While I nodded nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping" poet

49. __ alai

50. Sam who directed "Spider-Man"

52. D-Day craft: Abbr.

53. With 112-Down, a small laugh

54. ... "Independence Day"?

59. Having had a few bites, say

60. What this is

61. Mediterranean condiment

62. Mon __!

63. Liturgical vestment

65. Center

67. At sea

71. Suitor of Christine in "The Phantom of the Opera"

73. Kind of shell that's easily broken

74. Novelist whose name is synonymous with nightmarish absurdity

75. ... "Rush Hour"?

81. "Devilish" cartoon character

82. Publishing V.I.P.s

83. Like golden eagles vis-à-vis bald eagles, in the United States

84. Unsafe

85. Modern H.R. initiative

86. Bryn Mawr grad, e.g.

88. Nag

89. Connections

90. One in a line at a grocery store

91. ... "Insomnia"?

96. Person with attachment issues, perhaps

97. "The Strife is ___, the Battle Done" (hymn)

98. Detergent brand

99. Baja resort town, familiarly

101. ___ Sidle, longtime role on "C.S.I."

102. Moving day leftovers

104. Overseas refusals

108. Holding nothing back

110. ... "Sex and the City"?

113. "Welcome" introduction?

114. Texas A&M athlete

115. Girl's name that sounds like two adjacent letters

116. Singer Horne

117. Mount

118. Detritus at the bottom of a bag of bagels

119. Variety

120. Novelist Johnson who won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for fiction

All Answers

Down

1. Subsides

2. Walk way?

3. Aquarium growth

4. "Check it out, man!"

5. Narrow inlet

6. Antonio López de Santa ___, three-time president of Mexico

7. Finally saw through a deception

8. Emasculates

9. Ward (off)

10. E.R. lines

11. 0°

12. Japanese art of flower arrangement

13. Star in Venus's orbit?

14. Island strings

15. Ingredient in some lipsticks, pizza dough and biodiesel

16. Cause of a hung jury

17. Larger-than-life

18. Assignment

24. "Really?!"

25. Marine menace

30. Sensitive subject

33. Pioneering computer

36. Harsh

37. From what place

38. Actor-turned-policeman Estrada

39. Jazz singer Cleo

40. Some old PCs

41. Ending with teen

42. "That's a ___!" (chemist's punny observation)

43. Garden invader

44. Raccoon relative

49. Partner of pride

50. Small brook

51. Illness with chills

52. Island rings

55. Roil

56. Give a lecture, say

57. Sported

58. Seasoned rice dish

63. Listing agent's condition

64. Voting day (Abbr.)

65. Feature of some English gardens

66. “Happy Birthday” writer, sometimes

68. Athlete's out-of-character performance, say

69. Lift ticket purchaser

70. Unspoken

72. Word after hidden or political

73. Calorie-rich cake

74. Apt name for a veterinarian

75. Ankle bones

76. Sky shade

77. Claim on an egg carton

78. Woodworking tool

79. Tennille of Captain & Tennille

80. Charlotte ___ (dessert)

81. Shooting marble

87. Aide-__ (mnemonic device)

88. Nobility

89. Let's do this thing!

90. Creator of colorful crafts

92. Woolly pack animals

94. Hexad

95. Rubik of puzzle cube fame

99. Coral islets

100. Quite often

102. Sweeties, informally

103. Barbershop sound

105. Barely made, with "out"

106. Poke bowl ingredient

107. Overcommunicate, say

109. ___ Low, famed English pirate

111. Secreted

112. See 53-Across

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