Possible habitat for a 16-Down Crossword Clue

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Possible habitat for a 16-Down Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HABITAT (noun)
1. the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
POSSIBLE (adjective)
1. existing in possibility
2. capable of happening or existing
POSSIBLE (noun)
1. an applicant who might be suitable
2. something that can be done

More The Atlantic Crossword (5/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. Spot for a soak

5. __ she blows!

9. The first L of LLM

14. Smart

15. Ziegfeld Follies, e.g.

17. Winner of the 2024 Palme d'Or and the 2025 Best Picture Oscar

18. Sparkling and scintillating

20. H-1B and J, for two

21. Language in the Algonquian family

22. Put into words

24. Fish that have a pointed face

25. Mens ___

26. Flotsam or Jetsam, in "The Little Mermaid"

27. Thoroughly screw

28. Paper cone worn on the head

32. It might be treated with a CPAP machine

34. "The Hurting Kind" poet Limón

35. "That really hurt, Charlie. And it's still hurting."

38. 2025 film whose soundtrack became the first to produce four simultaneous top-10 Billboard Hot 100 songs

41. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies, vis-à-vis the New York Mets

42. Airport in the "Research Triangle": abbr.

43. Simple ___ (cocktail ingredient)

44. One who might help trim your tree?

46. Unctuous

47. Not just mid

49. MS NOW host Psaki

50. Pinkish-purple hue

52. Popular revolts

56. "___ ou n'___ pas, voilà la question"

57. Title role for Jessie Buckley in a 2026 Gothic romance

58. Consequences

62. Namesake of five gymnastics elements

63. Oglala Lakota poet Long Soldier

64. Sheesh!

65. Being invoked in the shahada

66. Create a cozy home

67. Humorist Bombeck who advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment

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Down

1. Nab

2. Site of a pre-Olympics injury for Lindsey Vonn

3. 🚨🚨🚨

4. Potentially facetious assessment of a friend's new partner

5. Bikes that tend to use Bontrager components

6. Feathery layer?

7. Tel __

8. Adult, in Millennial-speak

9. Hazard in many Super Mario games

10. Bollywood star Kapoor

11. Icon of the women's-empowerment movement

12. Nosh throughout the day

13. Plein-air prop

16. Long-legged wader

19. Mon. follower

24. "Big ___" (first rap-chart No. 1 for the Notorious B.I.G.)

27. Traditional Maori dance

28. Nonstick spray whose name is an acronym

29. Little Monster or Lamb, say

30. "Let's get down to business, to defeat the ___" (Mulan lyric)

31. "Don't be such a child"

33. Not much sour cream, say

36. Taunt that might be paired with "You drool!"

37. Award won twice by 62-Across in 2025

39. 🚨, for example

40. Rough housing

45. Kidney-related

47. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Chandler

48. The cruellest month per T.S. Eliot

50. Worth

51. Where you might drop a PIN

53. Product of a brainstorm

54. Meeting, informally

55. Eye affliction

59. Some Chicago trains

60. Low-end clothing line?

61. "Ctrl" artist

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