Prestigious prize with six categories Crossword Clue

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Prestigious prize with six categories Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. Swedish chemist remembered for his invention of dynamite and for the bequest that created the Nobel prizes (1833-1896)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PRESTIGIOUS (adjective)
1. having an illustrious reputation; respected
2. exerting influence by reason of high status or prestige
PRIZE (noun)
1. goods or money obtained illegally
2. something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
PRIZE (verb)
1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
2. regard highly; think much of
PRIZE (adjective)
1. of superior grade

Hint 3: Anagram

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BELON

More LA Times Crossword (2/17/2026) Answers

Across

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15. Rumored Roswell visitor

16. Courage

17. Egg cells

18. *Celebration of Mexico's victory in the Battle of Puebla

20. Swab again, as a deck

22. Cold War rival of the KGB

23. Jr.'s practice exam

24. *Only woman to serve as prime minister of India

28. Going solo

29. Sobbing

33. Refute

35. Big bang letters

37. Alabama civil rights march city

38. UVA's athletic org.

39. Evaluates

42. Special ___

43. Litter member

45. Part of a semicolon

46. One of a deadly septet

47. "That's 100% true"

50. "__, Macduff": Shakespeare

52. *Punxsutawney Phil's big moment

56. Green curry cuisine

59. Maker of small kitchen gadgets

60. Witherspoon of 'Legally Blonde'

61. "So glad you've returned!," or a feature of the answer to each starred clue?

65. Male sheep

66. Trojan War tale

67. City whose airport is named for 24-Across

68. Stockholm-to-Helsinki dir.

69. Book identifier

70. Basic skateboard jump

71. Aykroyd of "Ghostbusters"

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Down

1. Native New Zealander

2. Torn asunder

3. Joined a mosh pit

4. Apple on a teacher's desk, perhaps?

5. Boxer Muhammad

6. Gimlet liquor

7. Muslim pilgrim's destination

8. Name as a successor

9. Michigan in Chicago, e.g.: Abbr.

10. One who's long in the tooth?

11. Pitiful interjection

12. High-protein bean

13. Bouncy gait

19. Miami-__ County

21. Like an otter's fur

25. Not on board with

26. Gp. after millennials

27. Door fastener

30. Struggled to gain traction

31. Pros who cry "out" loud?

32. __-in first-out

33. Start of the day

34. Sound return

36. Actor Danson

39. Stimulus

40. Marketed

41. Snowbird ski resort state

44. Coherent

46. Premier seating area

48. Rapid growth period

49. Union suit?

51. Little terrier

54. Lotus pose, for one

55. Southernmost nation on the Arabian Peninsula

56. Ninny

57. Prefix with pad

58. Settled on a perch

62. Poem of homage

63. Bailiff's first word

64. Greek letter X

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