Pique Crossword Clue

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Pique Crossword Answer

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IRE

(3 letters)

ANNOY

(5 letters)

SPLEEN

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
2. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PIQUE (noun)
1. a sudden outburst of anger
2. tightly woven fabric with raised cords
PIQUE (verb)
1. cause to feel resentment or indignation

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

IRE
(3 letters)
ANNOY
(5 letters)
SPLEEN
(6 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (9/22/2026) Answers

Across

1. Piece of patio furniture with fabric stretched across a solid frame

11. Container of condensed milk

14. Neighbor of Indonesia

15. Sped

16. Not well done

17. ___-nosed kid

18. Crunchy, caramelized confection

19. Abrupt transition in a movie

21. Dropping books off at the library, e.g.

22. Take up, as a cause or a theory

23. Go-between

25. Antipathy

26. “One Night in Miami” actor Kingsley Ben-___

27. Snakes in the viper family

30. Married

31. Magazine with channel listings

33. Steph Curry’s team, on sports tickers

36. “That does indeed seem to be the case”

37. Fly

38. Completely ridiculous

41. Series of lines scanned at a checkout counter, redundantly

44. Body of water so named because its salinity makes it inhospitable to plant and animal life

46. Characters in spy movies

47. Entryways designed for felines

49. Tries to shred

50. Dog drawn by Jim Davis

51. Out of the fray

53. Southernmost Ivy League school, informally

54. Actress who wrote the novels “The Idea of You” and “Crash Into Me”

55. N.F.L. distances: Abbr.

56. Commit a sin

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Down

1. What a governor’s signature turns a bill into

2. Chauffeured drive to prom, say

3. 'Sorry to say . . .'

4. “How come he gets to and I don’t!?”

5. Collard ___

6. British name of a classic murder-mystery board game

7. She/___

8. In its current condition

9. Response to "Who's there?"

10. Got into again, as an argument

11. Have the same opinion

13. Earned after taxes

15. Regimen in some gender transitions, for short

20. Extra

24. Reminds and reminds and reminds

28. __ date

29. God in French

31. Abdomen's place

32. Film-based works such as Bouchra Khalili’s “The Mapping Journey Project”

33. Hit the shelves

34. Sob stories

35. Takes part in a gripping match?

36. Coming out of nowhere

37. Royal staff

38. Text on a billboard or in a commercial

39. Like some Native-made jewelry

40. “In the Still of the Night” group The Five ___

42. ( and ), for short

43. Doing some VFX work

45. Ann ___, Mich.

48. Japanese buckwheat noodles

52. Bordeaux ou bourgogne

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