Provoke Crossword Clue

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Provoke Crossword Answer

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INCITE

(6 letters)

GOAD

(4 letters)

RILE

(4 letters)

IRK

(3 letters)

INSTIGATE

(9 letters)

STIRUP

(6 letters)

NEEDLE

(6 letters)

IRE

(3 letters)

ROUSE

(5 letters)

INCUR

(5 letters)

RILEUP

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

Hint 1: Clue Definition

PROVOKE (verb)
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

INCITE
(6 letters)
GOAD
(4 letters)
RILE
(4 letters)
IRK
(3 letters)
Instigate
(9 letters)
STIRUP
(6 letters)
NEEDLE
(6 letters)
IRE
(3 letters)
ROUSE
(5 letters)
INCUR
(5 letters)
RILEUP
(6 letters)

More USA Today Crossword (5/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. Quick boxing moves

5. Actor's comment to the audience

10. Some nonstick cookware

14. Very often

15. Boring and predictable

16. Totally destroy

17. Instagram's parent company

18. Removes wrinkles from

19. "___ the Woods"

20. Thought experiment involving a feline in a closed box

23. Uno + uno + uno

24. Warning signs

25. Goes against

28. Assists with a crime

31. Oodles

32. ___ Lodge (motel chain)

33. "I'm flabbergasted" feeling

36. Couldn't agree more!

40. "Weekend Update" show

41. Fan publications, for short

42. Corp. big shots

43. Digital ___ (person who travels freely while working remotely)

44. Like a white-tie event

46. 76ers general manager Brand

49. Where insults are said to stick

50. Noodles made from legumes, e.g.

57. Elegant party

58. Cheese from the Netherlands

59. Ripped apart

60. Fail to mention

61. Had the title to

62. Biblical garden

63. Back of the neck

64. Vehicles pulled by huskies

65. Do a fall chore

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Down

1. Traffic problems

2. "Star Wars" actor Guinness

3. "Why not __?"

4. ___ fresh (beginning anew)

5. Tolerates

6. Draped garments

7. Aware of

8. 'Darn it!'

9. Who __ is coming?

10. They refract light

11. Eighth of a cup

12. Adversary in the "Percy Jackson" series

13. Unpleasant people

21. Miner's find

22. Helicopter blade

25. Calendar blocks

26. English prep school

27. Fair's opposite

28. Needed an aspirin, say

29. Squeezing snakes

30. Doc who treats rhinitis

32. Sicilian volcano with two ski resorts

33. A long while

34. Look ___ talking!

35. Online marketplace for artisans

37. Atmospheric layer

38. ___ Hortons (coffee chain mentioned in "Come From Away")

39. Cold drink

43. Represent as sheet music

44. Isn't looking forward to

45. Knock loudly

47. Andean animal

48. Dutch flower

49. Formally handed over

51. Grps. like the World Economic Forum

52. Turkeys and ducks, e.g.

53. Ancient letter

54. Ingredient in 7-Up Biscuits

55. Long journey

56. “Interview with the Vampire” author Rice

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