Protection for a messy eater Crossword Clue

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Protection for a messy eater Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. drink moderately but regularly
(noun)
1. a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating
2. top part of an apron; covering the chest

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PROTECTION (noun)
1. payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence
2. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
MESSY (adjective)
1. dirty and disorderly

More Apple+ Crossword (10/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. High-school math class for college credit, for short

7. Vessels for lab liquids

13. Shower sponge

14. Take back

16. “I’d love to know …”

17. Makes bigger

19. MLB All-Star Lopez

20. Air-quality problem

22. Solar ___ (roof installation)

23. Opposites of presents in an attendance record

26. “Ciao!”

27. Cavity fixer

30. Big pig

32. NBA and TPBL champion Jeremy

33. Suffix that forms an adject___

34. Past participle of “be”

36. Affectionate

38. The Y in tyvm

39. In addition

40. ___ Island, New York

41. Elevator brand

44. Surname that’s a color plus a sound

47. Fish eggs

48. Carrie Fisher’s Star Wars character

49. ___ jokes

52. Mercury, Venus, etc.

56. “Absolutely, thanks for the invite!”

58. Cooking liquid

59. Home ___ (hardware-store chain)

61. Safe place

62. Leave out

64. Supreme Court justice Sotomayor

66. Nabisco cracker brand

67. Cabaret star Minnelli

68. Reusable bags

69. Dull pain

70. Part of a recipe

71. Wade noisily

72. Output of a recipe

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Down

1. Singer below a soprano

2. Laura Tohe or Mosab Abu Toha, for example

3. Young male horse

4. Not sinking

5. On the ___ (fleeing)

6. It consists of 32 pieces and a board

7. Refrigerant banned in the U.S. in 2020

8. Stat measured in inches or minutes

9. Part of the knee

10. Sound of a high five

11. 24-___ gold

12. Buzzer on a game show

15. Event on an office worker’s calendar

18. Words that might not make it across a generation gap

21. Shooting star

25. Spanish for “sun”

27. Initials for a project done without the help of professionals

28. Kitchen abbreviation whose last letter stands for 58-Across

29. Remove as a threat

31. David’s opponent

35. Nemesis actor Y’lan

37. Marvel villain Victor ___ Doom

42. Lithium-___ battery

43. Watermelon bit

45. Gods

46. Sparsely lit

50. “Respect” singer Franklin

51. Malcolm X star Washington

52. Places for swimming lessons

53. Restriction

54. Exams

55. Thread holder

57. Not halal

60. “You might be ___ something!”

63. Loud style of dance

65. ___ Wednesday

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