Preparatory period Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PREPARATORY (adjective)
1. preceding and preparing for something
PERIOD (noun)
1. an amount of time
2. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

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More WSJ Crossword (11/6/2025) Answers

Across

1. Not keep current?

4. Worker in a field, perhaps

7. Frost relative

10. Gum glob

13. Broody music

14. Selma director DuVernay

15. Nest egg letters

16. Stop running

17. Frat dudes

19. Remove the outer layer of

21. Destroy financially

22. Boat backbones

24. Racial justice initials since 2013

25. Travelers' stops

26. “Sesame Street” resident with a pet goldfish

27. Travel guide pioneer Eugene

29. Respectably proper

31. Music’s Paul and Carly

33. Negroni ingredient

35. Sails force?

36. Court divider?

37. Bobbies

41. Luau goo

42. River through Rugby

43. Caustic stuff

44. Hypnotic state

47. More conservative

51. Track collection

52. Clockwork piece

54. Judi Dench or Helen Mirren

55. Train unit

56. California’s ___ Mesa

57. "Exodus" author

58. Two in the hand, e.g.

60. Slalomer’s stick, or (if broken after the fourth letter) a hint to six Across answers

62. Ear: Prefix

63. Say further

64. ___ Lingus

65. Bass part

66. Web portal with a Bing search field

67. For sure!

68. Feats for RBs

69. Diet concern

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Down

1. Quake byproduct

2. Quantity

3. Alfred of “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

4. Trivia night setting

5. Conjure up

6. Canvas holders

7. Person with a mission

8. Historic stretches

9. Field for Mars

10. “Nice job!”

11. Buttercup family flowers

12. 34th POTUS

18. Chief warrant officer’s superior

20. Tubular wind

23. Cardinals and the like

27. Maneuvers by the Thunderbirds

28. Queue after Q

30. Remove the fuse from, say

32. Track shape

34. Stellar burst

37. Hipsters

38. Rockefeller or Getty, e.g.

39. A million to one, e.g.

41. Sch. group

45. Continental currency

46. Bothers

48. Remote

49. Clarke of Game of Thrones

50. Feel bitter about

53. Did a yard job

56. Hand over

58. URL finish

59. Put down

61. Org. with schedules

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