Pie-in-the-face sound Crossword Clue

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Pie-in-the-face sound Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a single splash
2. a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
(verb)
1. flatten on impact
2. give off the sound of a bullet flattening on impact

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FACE (noun)
1. a contorted facial expression
2. a specific size and style of type within a type family
FACE (verb)
1. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
2. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
SOUND (noun)
1. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
2. the subjective sensation of hearing something
SOUND (adjective)
1. logically valid
2. having legal efficacy or force
SOUND (verb)
1. measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
2. make a certain noise or sound

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More NYT Crossword (9/30/2026) Answers

Across

1. Much-used pencil

5. Composed

9. A bit off

14. Isle that's the traditional burial site of Scottish kings

15. Mayberry kid on old TV

16. Sharp increase

17. Market

19. Walked while fraught with worry, say

20. Like a moon that is not full but is more than half visible

21. Administrative role

23. Sign up

24. Ticket

27. Nottingham-to-London dir.

28. It was you

30. Attributed writer of the third Gospel

31. Culinary connoisseur

33. GPS's guesses

34. Planet

38. Desert landform

39. San Francisco team, informally

40. Best and most awesome, in slang

43. Times Sq. squad

44. Humanities degs.

47. Packet!

49. Person's bidding

51. Need for a greedy Swede?

52. Great flair

53. Nail a test

55. Locket!

58. Sized up

59. Hightailed it

60. How a trickster might behave

61. Group in a gym routine

62. Margarine

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Down

1. Drawn-out attacks

2. Things to be cleansed from the body

3. Powerless

4. Movie with the record for the longest time between its release and the release of its sequel (63 years)

5. Writing partner?

6. Many tech start-up ideas

7. Trust eroder

8. Some concert gear, informally

9. Feature

10. They might get lit at a birthday celebration

11. Be super-successful, in slang

12. Scrape by.

13. Give a ring, say

18. Surgery recovery period, in brief

22. "___ Troyens" (five-hour French opera)

24. Collection of dishes?

25. Up to snuff

26. Treasure map markings

29. God whose name has one "I," fittingly

31. Offer from many a streaming service

32. Start of a counting rhyme

34. Star Trek helmsman

35. Doubtful

36. Musical promoters of school spirit

37. Impassioned

38. Insult

41. "Star Trek" engineer

42. Trig function that can output every real number

44. "Don't freak out, dude"

45. Where landlubbers are at home

46. It often features panels with speakers

48. Targets of some heists

50. Was out of other options

52. Word found at the start of "Poe, to name one"

53. Burro

54. Rank below sgt.

56. Bread choice

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