Provokes Crossword Clue

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Provokes Crossword Answer

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EGGSON

(6 letters)

STIRS

(5 letters)

RILES

(5 letters)

GOADS

(5 letters)

INCITES

(7 letters)

AROUSES

(7 letters)

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EGGSON
(6 letters)
STIRS
(5 letters)
RILES
(5 letters)
GOADS
(5 letters)
INCITES
(7 letters)
AROUSES
(7 letters)

More Missing Letter Crossword (4/29/2024) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "a usually 3-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with long overhanging bow and stern"

6. Mini-test

10. Did some laps, say

14. Wear away, as a shoreline

15. 'Do __ others . . .'

16. Sigh of resignation

17. NOUN: "a large bamboo or wooden trumpet of the Australian aborigines"

19. Aussie hoppers

20. Science Guy Bill

21. Platonic identity, casually

22. Part of GM

24. Expert, humorously

26. Eat loudly, as soup

27. NOUN: "a smooth paste of sesame seeds"

30. Watched surreptitiously

33. VERB: "to entertain or occupy in a light, playful, or pleasant manner"

34. Shows disinterest, as during a movie

35. Before, to bards

36. NOUN: "a wind from 32 to 63 miles per hour"

37. Trio in Greek mythology, with "the"

38. Certain game point, in tennis

39. Address on the Web

40. Gave a preventative shot to

41. Neighbor of a Slovenian and a Hungarian

42. NOUN: "an opponent of war; specifically : one who participates in antiwar demonstrations"

44. NOUN: "something that serves as a check—usually used in the phrase 'put the [redacted] on'"

46. IDIOM: "used to say that a number, amount, etc., is not exact"

47. Gaines of the home renovation show "Fixer Upper"

49. Classic Pontiac

50. Did a 40-yard dash, say

53. Word on many street signs

54. NOUN: "a surprising variation; reversal"

58. “Was ___ harsh?”

59. NOUN: "a small...tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent"

60. John Logie ___ (one of several people credited with inventing the television)

61. 12:00, half the time

62. Not quite shut, as a door

63. Tune from way back

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1. Marked, as a ballot

2. "___ Brockovich" (Julia Roberts drama)

3. NOUN: "the organized physical substance of an animal or plant either living or dead"

4. ADVERB: "barely—usually used in the phrase 'get a word in [redacted]'"

5. Letter after "bee"

6. NOUN: "a peculiar trait : idiosyncrasy"

7. VERB: "to open or loose by releasing a fastening"

8. How was __ know?

9. NOUN: "a [part]...of a camera or projector...in which the image size can be varied continuously while the image remains in focus"

10. "No Exit" playwright Jean-Paul

11. NOUN: "noisy and exuberant or attention-getting activity (as at a social affair or in a political campaign)"

12. Love, in Latin

13. NOUN: "a disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant state or condition"

18. NOUN: "a Hindu queen : a raja's wife"

23. Owned by you and me

25. "First of all..."

26. Kept 'em in stitches?

27. Get ready to score on a fly ball

28. Stoudemire who was NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003

29. NOUN: "a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance"

30. ___ Philippe (watch brand)

31. Opera songs

32. Like the letter J, in the alphabet

34. NOUN: "the [line] of a plane Cartesian coordinate system parallel to which ordinates are measured"

37. NOUN: "a free usually instrumental composition not in strict form"

38. Pertaining to trees

40. NOUN: "any of the vascular bundles forming the framework of a leaf"

41. Prefix with gender or Alpine

43. NOUN: "a deep narrow valley with steep sides and often with a stream flowing through it"

44. McDonald's pioneer Ray

46. Playful animal

47. VERB: "to put or bring together so as to form a unit"

48. "Let's move ___ another topic..."

49. ___ monster (Southwest critter)

51. Hot and dry

52. NOUN: "dried laver seaweed pressed into thin sheets and used especially as a seasoning or as a wrapper for sushi"

55. NYT and WP rival

56. Succession network

57. Poem of praise

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