**Purpose Crossword Clue

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**Purpose Crossword Answer

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AIM

(3 letters)

INTENT

(6 letters)

INTENT

(6 letters)

END

(3 letters)

CAUSE

(5 letters)

POINT

(5 letters)

INTENTION

(9 letters)

SAKE

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one’s own advantage
2. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
(verb)
1. use up, consume fully
2. avail oneself to

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PURPOSE (verb)
1. reach a decision
2. propose or intend
PURPOSE (noun)
1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
2. what something is used for

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

AIM
(3 letters)
Intent
(6 letters)
INTENT
(6 letters)
END
(3 letters)
CAUSE
(5 letters)
POINT
(5 letters)
INTENTION
(9 letters)
SAKE
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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14. Mystical glow

15. Paquin of "The Piano"

16. Palindromic hour

17. *Way to run or ski

20. Person who's frequently spotted, say?

22. Spill the ___

23. Amphitheater level

24. Like the Ivy League

26. "To conclude ..."

28. Black ___ (Africa's longest venomous snake)

31. Tap dancer Gregory

33. Soothing succulents

34. **Comedy about Delta Tau Chi

39. Book ID

40. ___ coding (AI-driven programming)

41. Bird-shaped Easter candies

42. "I haven't the vaguest"

44. 2010 health law inits.

46. You're reading one

47. Droopy

48. Polite email sign-off

50. Aromatic

53. What tree rings denote

54. Free soloist's handhold

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63. Chimney buildup

64. Guitar music blaster

65. Layered vegetables that ogres are like, per Shrek

66. YouTuber Chamberlain or actress Stone

67. "Live ___" (Taco Bell slogan)

68. "Don't you agree?"

69. Color akin to aqua

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Down

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2. Guy in a Gen Z subculture

3. Enough space

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5. Prickly pears, e.g.

6. Your and my

7. Rectangular snack for a 20-Across

8. Simplicity

9. Biological pouch

10. Garlic ___ (pizzeria appetizer)

11. Greenlandic people

12. Comic strip unit

18. "The Crucible" town

19. *Have a go at

21. "What a shame!"

25. Word after "pad" or "Muay"

27. "By yesterday"

28. Entree

29. Part of aka

30. Samsung Galaxy Store downloads

32. Dorothy, to Auntie Em

35. Cookware company whose name means "the crucible"

36. Had in hand

37. Musical composition

40. Alternatives to joints

43. Defib pro

45. Cards ___ Humanity (party game)

49. Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address

50. "Go away!"

51. Tangy Mexican condiment

52. Sink, as a putt

56. Showbiz feat that Obama is halfway to achieving

57. "Will you let me?"

58. "___ Like It Hot"

59. NYC home of "Campbell's Soup Cans"

60. ***List-ending abbr.

62. King, in Quebec

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