Prepare for the title match Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer
2. any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
(verb)
1. box lightly
2. fight verbally

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PREPARE (verb)
1. create by training and teaching
2. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
MATCH (noun)
1. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
2. lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
MATCH (verb)
1. set into opposition or rivalry
2. be equal to in quality or ability

Hint 3: Anagram

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PARS

More WSJ Crossword (5/31/2025) Answers

Across

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6. Food grinder

11. Many a three-hour movie

19. Aerial coverage provider

20. Speedskater ___ Ohno

21. One liking a night light?

22. Corduroy ridge

23. Interrogation of the housekeeper about available in-room beverages?

25. Haunted doll in a horror franchise

27. Characters making a face?

28. Like a student who thinks a B and a C are the same?

30. Neither companion

31. Avenger from Asgard

32. "Borderlands" director Roth

33. Many many moons

34. “For Your Eyes Only” singer Easton

36. Future curator, perhaps

40. Trifled (with)

42. Briefest bit of respite on a sweltering day?

48. Teeny-tiny

49. You may be pulled over for doing it

51. In demand

52. Joint stock?

53. More than suspend

54. Cartoon feline who was one of the first images shown on television

57. Flits (about)

58. Toms’ counterparts

60. English county

62. Question of method

64. Showcase of images of historical newspapers?

69. “1st of ___ Month” (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)

70. Inner self, in Jungian psychology

71. First lady after Martha

74. Cause for quaking

77. Failed to

79. Pungent

81. Frat fellow

82. Uninspired

84. Made three three-pointers in a row, say

86. Moralistic sort

87. Cleaning wipe provided at a shore diner?

91. “Not interested, thanks”

92. Move like Nightcrawler, in the X-Men universe

93. Coated with goo

96. Loon's cousin

100. Up to, informally

101. Reaction to a cad

102. Reaction of a cad to a 101-Across

105. Trickle off an icicle?

110. Not just sleeping

112. 1970s song by the Velvet Underground

113. Auspicious start to a day on the links?

115. Dispatched

116. Fairly matched

117. Netanyahu’s party

118. Held the throne

119. Scraps for Spot

120. Talk smack

121. Mess makers

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Down

1. Fellows with campaigns

2. Top-notch

3. Self-checkout policy

4. Still having a shot to win

5. Taken out of account

6. Strand

7. Fenceless grazing spot

8. Bagel shop option

9. Word accompanying a sigh

10. Apple Variety

11. “Shoot over the deets”

12. Ottawa chief

13. Pay ___ mind

14. Gemma of Crazy Rich Asians

15. Celsius, e.g.

16. Diet banning grains and processed foods

17. Detective Pinkerton

18. Snorkeling sites

24. Need icing, maybe

26. Crumb catchers, at times

29. MLB team with a suspension bridge in its logo

35. Casual greeting

36. Crumb carrier, at times

37. Brett’s “Ted Lasso” role

38. Writer Picoult

39. Hung in a gallery, say

40. Pointers

41. Conversely, in a text

43. Developmental org. with teams in Canada and the U.S.

44. Move back and forth

45. S&L option

46. Friendly Springfield resident

47. License to drill?

49. Turn over, in a way

50. ___ facto

53. A pop

54. Org. with a Golden Boot award

55. Poetic palindrome

56. Arles article

59. Lemony, say

60. Thin cut

61. "Let me think about it..."

63. Ars Amatoria poet

65. Craze

66. Overnight stop

67. Staple in Polynesian cuisine

68. Canine cross

72. Pupil surrounder

73. Fireplace fodder

74. Small stretch

75. Hydrocarbon suffix

76. Simile connector

78. Fan favorite

79. Legal pro, for short

80. Group overseeing school boards?

83. Pool water evaluation

84. Leipzig lang.

85. Mel in Cooperstown

86. Med. gear to help stop the spread

88. Sloppy smooches

89. Adrenaline injectors

90. Lounge lazily

91. Harms

94. London insurer since 1688

95. Foot for Frost

96. Painting base

97. Less experienced

98. Catering job

99. Borscht base

103. Willow shoot

104. Flows into

106. Worked a rave, perhaps

107. Sitar legend Shankar

108. Serpentine fish

109. Follow

111. Faithful

114. "King Kong" studio

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