Plain __ (obvious) Crossword Clue

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Plain __ (obvious) Crossword Answer

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OBVIOUS (adjective)
1. easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
PLAIN (adjective)
1. not mixed with extraneous elements
2. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
PLAIN (verb)
1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
PLAIN (adverb)
1. unmistakably (`plain’ is often used informally for `plainly’)
PLAIN (noun)
1. extensive tract of level open land
2. a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

More WSJ Crossword (2/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. Court figure

4. Sly sort

7. Behind in a way

13. “Okay, you’ve got my interest”

15. Siren on the Rhine

16. Butcher's tool

17. Crop-duster feature, maybe

18. Catherine of “Get Out”

19. Pop-up waffles

20. Corp. name ender

21. Golden Globe winner Elba

23. Retiring

26. Clothes line

29. Like terra incognita

32. Green sauce

34. Eurasian willows

35. Like some horse stalls

37. Flammable gas

38. Prepare for transmission, perhaps

39. Plains grazers

40. Winner of gold at the 1968 Olympics for a record jump

42. HHH

45. Delivery possibility

48. City rtes.

50. “Naw”

52. Started, as a hobby

55. Tribe of the northern Dominican Republic

58. Communion cup

59. Mentor’s charge

60. Roman comic playwright

61. Philly team

62. Some come to Penn Sta.

63. Mars or Mercury

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Down

1. Lake of “Hairspray”

2. Burstyn and Barkin, for two

3. Jason’s quest

4. Bill in a till

5. Cheri of “SNL”

6. Boomer’s kid, maybe

7. Winners in upsets, sometimes

8. Popular cookie

9. Cong. meeting

10. Land in la mer

11. Funder of some PBS shows

12. "Shoo!"

14. Outlaw

15. Vulcan’s strength

19. Hungarian composer Dohnányi

22. Military assignment

23. Resistance weapon of WWII

24. Roll call response

25. NFL rush units

27. “Not ___!” (“Happy to help!”)

28. Victor at Gettysburg

30. “...old woman who lived in ___”

31. Cheerful, quaintly

33. Kotter’s class

35. Reddit's alien mascot

36. Soft-serve chain

37. “___ Nacht in Venedig” (Johann Strauss II operetta)

38. Flow out

39. Nonsense

41. Cat’s quarry

43. Being inquisitive

44. Cinder block hider

47. Old anesthetic

49. Ignore the limit

50. Strong emotion

51. Cab alternative

53. Crew members

54. Bullfight cry

55. Some printers

56. Canton bordering Lake Lucerne

57. Go a round

58. Lincoln in NYC, e.g.

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