Paper clip alternative Crossword Clue

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Paper clip alternative Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
2. a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn
(adjective)
1. necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities
(verb)
1. secure or fasten with a staple or staples

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
PAPER (noun)
1. the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher
2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
PAPER (verb)
1. cover with wallpaper
2. cover with paper

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More LA Times Crossword (11/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. Open-handed hit

5. Saudi neighbor

10. Reasons to cry "April Fools!"

14. Bull, in Spanish

15. Former One Direction member Niall

16. Actor Morales

17. Upper limbs

18. "April Fools!"

19. Epistles: Abbr.

20. Marshy source of organic fuel

22. Attempt to hit

24. Touched down on a runway

25. Come out

26. "Middlemarch" novelist George

27. Unfortunate

30. Word before beauty or peace

31. Budget-friendly fare

34. __ tai: cocktail

37. Squeeze water from

38. Show hosts, for short

41. Slip by unnoticed

46. Eighth Greek letter

47. "Science Guy" Bill

48. "Live at the Acropolis" musician

49. Appear that way

51. Pass along, as an unwanted present

52. Rare championship sequences, or what can be found in this puzzle's circles

56. Acid counterpart

59. Auction warning

60. Somewhat open

64. Run in place

65. Opposite of double

66. Zero, in tennis

67. Planner pages

68. Long shots, in hoops lingo

69. Black-__ Susan

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Down

2. "Because you're worth it" cosmetics brand

3. Italian fashion house

4. Scholar pursuing an advanced deg.

5. "Good Lord!"

6. Big name in synthesizers

7. Museum display

8. Votes against

9. At a loss for words, perhaps

10. Felt-tip alternatives

11. Toward the back of a boat

12. Parking structure

13. Sorority member

21. Word in many temple names

23. "You found the one and only"

27. Kitchen wrap brand

28. Unfortunate

29. Al __: pasta specification

32. Female sheep

33. Mature

34. Queens baseball players

35. Queens tennis stadium namesake

36. Slushy drink

38. Pocket-size

39. NCAA div.

40. Irritable state

42. Some convenience store inconveniences

43. El __, Texas

44. Russian denial

45. Neighborhood event with good deals

50. "This __ to be good"

51. Rants and raves

53. Lion's sound

54. Mound that grows until laundry day

55. "Inside Out 2" emotion voiced by Ayo Edebiri

56. Auction action

57. Tooth care org.

58. __ as a fox

61. "Inside Out 2" emotion voiced by Amy Poehler

62. "__ Maria"

63. Like Clifford of kid lit

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