Pull some strings? Crossword Clue

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STRUM

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STRINGS (noun)
1. the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
2. (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
PULL (verb)
1. strip of feathers
2. perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
PULL (noun)
1. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments
2. special advantage or influence

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

STRUM
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More NYT Crossword (3/9/2025) Answers

Across

1. First lady McKinley

4. Common saltwater baitfish

8. Letters before Q?

12. Become crunchy in the oven

19. Image of Mickey, maybe

20. ___ Nostra

21. Lake that's largely fed by the Detroit River

22. "Red telephone," historically

23. Breakfast order request

25. [London Herald, 4/16/1912]

27. [The New York Times, 8/9/1974]

29. "Scarface"

30. Schedule

31. Drives off

32. 'Catch ya later!'

33. Wee one

34. Frankincense or myrrh

36. T-E-A-M doesn't have one, so they say

37. Plantain lily, by another name

39. [Chicago Daily Tribune, 11/3/1948]

47. Company once called the California Perfume Company

48. Wrap one's head around

49. Popular Hawaiian dish

50. Driest country in sub-Saharan Africa

54. They're below par

56. Choice words

57. Footwear for a sharp dresser?

59. "___ Mouse," Chick Corea jazz standard of 1972

60. Toward the opposing goal, in hockey

62. Geometry calculation: Abbr.

63. How Ya Doin'?

64. [Variety, 10/30/1929]

70. ___ Dhabi

73. Alliance since 1948, in brief

74. Golf's Slammin' Sammy

75. Bouquet

79. Seer cursed by Apollo so that her prophecies would not be believed

83. Poorly

84. Headwear that's stereotypically red

86. Breakout performer?

87. It's blowin' in the wind

89. ___ thruster (physics lab device)

90. Corrin of "Nosferatu"

91. [New York Daily News, 10/30/1975]

95. "The rubber people," in Nahuatl

98. "Biting" characteristic

99. Big name in health care

100. Trouble

101. Fleet

104. Where people typically go to the mat?

106. Attempt to tear

111. Fool around

113. With 115-Across, [New York Post, 4/15/1983]

115. See 113-Across

117. "Jeez Louise!"

118. Boils

119. Latin "Look"

120. Filmmaker Johnson

121. Degree held by only one U.S. president (George W. Bush)

122. Drink after a race, say

123. Signaled

124. Wraps up

125. The Second vis-à-vis the First, say

All Answers

Down

1. Cher and Madonna, e.g.

2. Old Scratch, with "the"

3. Baby name whose popularity plummeted after 2015

4. It might be chewed in a theater

5. Frost

6. Taxpayers

7. 9-to-5, e.g.

8. Release

9. Beams

10. Parts of comedy routines

11. Serving at a Chinese restaurant

12. Carolina Reaper, for one

13. Good name for a geologist?

14. "How sad!"

15. Lapse

16. Some red or white wines

18. Old Spanish coin

24. Waste (away)

26. Bottom

28. Actress Skye

32. Payments made at a table

35. Leg up

36. Query

38. "I'll get to work right now!"

39. Dollops

40. ___ Woods, best-selling author of 2023's "The Lost Bookshop"

41. Threadbare

42. Fund, as a college

43. They're known to open with some jokes

44. Longtime music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra

45. The "U" of 60-Down

46. "Damage" director Louis

51. K-pop septet

52. Short note?

53. Creature in the final scene of "Cleopatra"

55. Long-term deposit, in brief

56. Go (for)

58. Certain spot

60. It once shared a land border with 16 countries

61. Drawstring place

65. Hardly the social butterfly

66. Stowed

67. ___ soda

68. Needlefish

69. Monopolist's trait

70. One-pointer in cribbage

71. Some undergrad degs.

72. Trojans' sch.

76. "Jeez, I can't catch a break"

77. Call from a crib

78. Slightly

80. Umpire's ruling

81. Writings of dubious authenticity

82. Eschew

84. "Victory is mine!," in modern lingo

85. Privy to

88. Make a scene?

89. My heavens!

92. They can support a nest egg

93. 48-oz. beer glass

94. Service providers

95. Wise-appearing

96. __ Tunes

97. Like the cheese in a grilled cheese

102. Protective tip on a lace

103. Bel ___ cheese

104. Informal goodbye

105. Made some waves?

107. Tech giant whose initials are its N.Y.S.E. symbol

108. Some have meters

109. Mexican marinade

110. "The Seduction of Joe ___" (1979 Alan Alda film)

112. Tolkien trilogy, for short

113. Morehouse or Howard, in brief

114. Whole bunch

116. Instant

All Answers