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ANTEUP

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(verb)
1. place one’s stake
(noun)
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PLAY (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
PLAY (noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
PAY (verb)
1. cancel or discharge a debt
2. dedicate
PAY (noun)
1. something that remunerates

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ANTEUP
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More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (9/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. Siri's company

6. Position

9. Muffles, as a piano string

14. Noodle

15. Be in the red

16. Arctic Indigenous group

17. What the queen might be doing around the hive?

19. Take the wheel:

20. Winter hrs. in Pittsburgh

21. One might liken it to lichen

22. Deliberately misleads

23. Withdrawn

24. So far

25. Cozy room

26. Hamilton creator __-Manuel Miranda

27. Puts down a new lawn

29. Castaway's means of escape?

31. Fishing spot

33. More equitable

34. The pages about pod veggies in the Farmer's Almanac?

37. "Of all the nerve!"

38. There's no i in it

40. Summer shirt's frills?

43. Antlered deer

45. Western Hemisphere grp. headquartered in D.C.

46. Show, as a show

47. Vote of support

50. Investment vehicle for one's golden years: Abbr.

51. Film featuring Diana Ross and "Be a Lion"

53. Fashion designer Lagerfeld

54. Gamer's setup

55. Fiery enthusiasm

56. Accolades for a female sheep?

58. Hanukkah potato pancake

59. Silently agree

60. Stand for a painter

61. Clogs or flats

62. Photo ___ (PR events)

63. ___ Dame

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Down

1. Sister in charge

2. Place for improving one's driving?

3. Queso or guacamole

4. Pot cover

5. Foe

6. Supporter of the construction industry?

7. Has possession of

8. Plead

9. Cleanse of bacteria

11. Crunchy cereal mixture

12. It can be found below a crust

13. Like a dark and bitter cup of coffee, perhaps

18. Spherical sushi topper

22. Get a new skill

25. Less rainy

28. Flourish seen in Georgia and Garamond

29. Gives a hoot

30. Components of a rainforest

32. Venues for jousting and giant turkey legs

33. Indiana's WNBA 38-Across

35. "___ Navidad" (Jose Feliciano hit)

36. Writer specializing in spoofs

39. Seattle baseballer

40. Sums

41. Enthusiastic, and then some

42. Familiar with

44. Flock of geese

47. Areas that might be surrounded by white picket fences

48. Stretch of history

49. E.T. or ALF

52. Came to

53. Seoul music

56. One, in Honduras

57. ___ Paulo Brazil

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