Prevent from succeeding Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
2. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’s good qualities
(verb)
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
2. cover or back with foil

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUCCEEDING (adjective)
1. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
2. coming after or following
PREVENT (verb)
1. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Hint 3: Anagram

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FILO

More Universal Crossword (12/26/2025) Answers

Across

1. Sea star's limb

4. French fashion inits.

7. Testing phase for an app

11. "___ am I to judge?"

12. Gave the green light

14. Noted fable writer

15. Pantomimed instrument

18. "Smiley face breakfast" lips, maybe

19. ___ coin here (words on an arcade game)

20. "There Will Come Soft Rains" poet Sara

22. Wobble

23. Classic Diana Ross hairstyle

24. Informational ad

25. Chili powder or coriander seeds

27. If all ___ fails...

29. Have the rights to

32. Ivy in Philly

34. Cried Foul perhaps

37. Cozy wrapped garments

39. Doctors Without Borders, e.g., briefly

40. "Just hear ___ sleigh bells jingling ..."

41. Seashore

42. "Uplifting Words," for this puzzle

44. ___ Jones

47. Sister's daughter

49. NPR host Shapiro

51. Intersection point

53. Seen

57. Like a thing of the distant past

59. Intertwine

60. NFL wide receiver Cooper

61. One might include some color commentary!

63. Ignited again

64. Appear

65. Explosive letters

66. Nearly all

67. Toothbrush approval org.

68. Dawn goddess

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Down

1. Anticipate

2. River through Cologne

3. Type of code with dits and dahs

4. "OK, that's over the line!" (In this clue's answer, note letters 8-4)

5. Winter excursion

6. "___ the chips fall where they may"

7. Friendship bracelet piece

8. Sci-fi evacuation vessel (... letters 9-6)

9. Pliers and tweezers

10. Sleep disorder

13. Certain tech professionals (... letters 6-3)

14. "Best movie ever!" (... letters 11-8)

16. Understands

17. NFL official

21. "Where ___ we?"

26. Penny

28. Texter's "I'm disappointed"

29. Crystal ball, e.g.

30. Misery

31. Annual championship series held in May-June (... letters 4-2)

33. Formal denial

35. That in Tijuana

36. Drops on the lawn

38. ___-friendly

43. Made equal

46. British lav

48. Snaky fish

49. What a snooze button pauses

50. One of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers

52. Double-helix molecule

54. Squander

55. Budget-friendly prefix

56. Makes an impression?

58. Mental toughness

62. Oolong or rooibos

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