Playful back-and-forth Crossword Clue

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Playful back-and-forth Crossword Answer

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BANTER

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PLAYFUL (adjective)
1. full of fun and high spirits
FORTH (adverb)
1. forward in time or order or degree
2. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
FORTH (noun)
1. a river in southern Scotland that flows eastward to the Firth of Forth

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

BANTER
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More LA Times Crossword (10/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Tiny trims

6. "Tár" Oscar nominee Blanchett

10. Jar topper

13. Art studio stand

14. Chocolate-flavored latte

15. Fuss

18. Church seating

19. Messy person

20. Word with ocean or eye

21. Skim through

22. Wear away

24. Sprawling property

26. Workstation option since the 1980s

30. Rainbow maker

31. Attempted

32. Bath rug

33. Old hoops org.

36. Genetic material

37. Polo shirt, e.g.

40. Power strip switch

42. Not exactly, informally

44. Ticket pickup location

49. Battery terminals

50. Punchiness

51. See 58-Across

52. Crown for a prom queen

54. Wanes

58. With 51-Across, dance accessory for Fred Astaire

59. Time off that may coincide with a new calendar year, or what can be found in 16-, 26-, and 44-Across

61. Connecticut Ivy Leaguer

62. Derive

63. Possibly dangerous

64. Cozy burrow

65. Composer Stravinsky

66. River mammal

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Down

1. Does some alterations

2. Place for cuticle oil

3. Analogy words

4. Spots where dogs may sit, lie down, and roll over

5. Clever

6. Meet over coffee, perhaps

7. Entr'__

8. Eerie electronic instrument

9. Musical proclivity

10. Affectionate feline

11. Brainstorm

12. Wet blanket

14. Some hotel employees

17. Move like the wind

21. Small earring

23. Fiction subgenre

25. "I didn't quite catch that"

26. Typing speed: Abbr.

27. 401(k) alternative

28. Minor quibble

29. Chicago airport code

34. Not-so-humble bragging

35. Old gridiron org.

37. Feature of many a Wile E. Coyote trap, for short

38. "__ to Joy": highlight of Beethoven's Ninth

39. Golf course standard

40. Ye __ Shoppe

41. Pool raft, e.g.

43. Receive, as a bequest

44. Squandered

45. Take a deep breath

46. Copy on an email reply

47. Apple pie-making tool

48. Minnesota representative Ilhan

53. Deets

55. Triumph over

56. Make a cake, say

57. Icelandic dairy product similar to yogurt

59. Nintendo console released in 2006

60. Certain sib

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