Playful prank Crossword Clue

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ANTIC

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(noun)
1. a crime (especially a robbery)
2. a playful leap or hop
(verb)
1. jump about playfully

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PLAYFUL (adjective)
1. full of fun and high spirits
PRANK (noun)
1. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
2. acting like a clown or buffoon
PRANK (verb)
1. dress or decorate showily or gaudily
2. dress up showily

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ANTIC
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Hint 4: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (11/19/2025) Answers

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18. Foreboding signs

19. Poet Pound

20. Topaz and turquoise

21. Spanish island with a lively club scene

22. Holland in Hollywood

23. Some loud dogs … or food critics

25. Fiddle (with)

26. Fancy spirals in calligraphy

28. Place to say "I do"

31. Does something about it

32. Crave, with "for"

36. Straight-shooting … or a punny title for this puzzle?

38. Sexually excite … or another punny title for this puzzle?

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41. Kindergarten basics

45. Watch an entire season in one day, say

46. Increases in pricing

49. "Man, I tell ya!"

52. Set up panels for renewable energy, informally

53. Fish for fish sticks

56. Conductor Seiji of the Boston Symphony

58. Three-point shot, in slang

59. Rice lookalike

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Down

1. It's a good thing

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3. Nap interrupter, maybe

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5. Wrap (up)

6. Chocolaty spread

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8. Cut up in a lab, perhaps

9. Something shown in a sonogram

10. Fell down hard, in slang

11. Finito or kaput

12. Lit class assignment

15. Squeak or squeal

17. Golden ___ (many a retiree)

23. Space race cosmonaut Gagarin

24. Fall into disrepair over time

27. Some outfits for Bollywood films

28. __ news?

29. Potty, to Potter

30. "Naughty, naughty!"

33. "Inside Politics" channel

34. Monopolize

35. Austin-to-Boston dir.

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42. Toast giver at a wedding, often

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44. Intro to writing?

47. "Encore!"

48. Big hit in the ring

49. ___ buddy

50. Layer wrapping Earth

51. "Get me?," to beatniks

53. Center of the ancient Minoan civilization

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55. Some stadium toppers

57. Showers with flowers and sweets, say

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