Part of a piano or loom Crossword Clue

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Part of a piano or loom Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a lever that is operated with the foot
2. a sustained bass note
(verb)
1. ride a bicycle
2. operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LOOM (verb)
1. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
2. hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing
LOOM (noun)
1. a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
PIANO (noun)
1. (music) low loudness
2. a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
PIANO (adjective)
1. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) soft; in a quiet, subdued tone
PIANO (adverb)
1. used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly

Hint 3: Anagram

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PADLE

More NYT Crossword (4/28/2026) Answers

Across

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8. Some cantina fare

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17. Handles a few unresolved issues

19. Like tears

20. Site to build on

21. Gossip, slangily

22. Build on

24. Welcome at the door, say

27. Linguist's concern

30. Serious in manner

31. Bagel topping

32. Not perfect, but acceptable

36. Bickering

38. Blade that's pulled

39. Casual farewell often used outside its language of origin

40. Station set up in a kitchen

45. Bit of intel

46. Coins of Cuba

47. Ingredients in some tropical smoothies

49. Foreign Service assignments

50. Madrid mister

51. Church seat

52. Promise to pay

54. Journalist, informally

58. Like children, ideally, in an old adage … or a hint to a four-letter word hidden in 17-, 32- and 40-Across

62. Rigorous

63. Astronomer Carl

64. Irritable

65. [As written]

66. Civil rights activist Parks

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Down

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4. Emphatic confirmation

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6. Painter Veronese

7. Langston Hughes Poem

8. ''Due'' + 1

9. Mimic

10. Script supervisor's concern

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23. Boots on the ground

25. Rep.’s counterpart

26. Ray of McDonald's

27. Genre for Ziggy Stardust, informally

28. Naan alternative

29. Coalition that opposed the Allies in W.W. II

30. Mexican wrap

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34. Greek goddess of the Earth.

35. Brewing need

37. They help you drive farther

41. Ballpark fig

42. Snooping (around)

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44. Significant periods

48. Overdue debt

49. Golfer Calvin or QB Rodney

50. Islam’s largest branch

51. Alternative to a tap on the shoulder

53. Works of praise

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56. Some supports

57. ___ Lewis, the "Grande Dame of Southern Cooking"

59. Minor complaint

60. Unspecified amount

61. Not Rx

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