Purpose Crossword Clue

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Purpose Crossword Answer

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INTENT

(6 letters)

INTENT

(6 letters)

USE

(3 letters)

END

(3 letters)

CAUSE

(5 letters)

POINT

(5 letters)

INTENTION

(9 letters)

SAKE

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
2. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
(verb)
1. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
2. have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

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

Intent
(6 letters)
INTENT
(6 letters)
USE
(3 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.
AMI

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (10/21/2026) Answers

Across

1. Sleep on it!

4. Yousafzai who won the Nobel Peace Prize at 17

10. Mouth-related

14. Place for a piercing

15. Wore away

16. Walk nervously

17. Upholstering tools (In this answer, unscramble letters 5-9)

19. Grew older

20. Oz dog

21. "You've Got Mail" co.

22. Doing nothing

24. Uses a straw

26. Current state of affairs (... letters 3-7)

30. To each ___ own

32. Golf tee, e.g.

33. "I can't with that"

34. Create, as an architectural plan

37. Venus de ___

38. Goal of a PR stunt (... letters 2-7)

42. Elaborate prank

43. Appeared

44. Mo. to enjoy pumpkin spice

45. Speedometer stat

47. Toboggans, e.g.

50. Certain platonic admiration (... letters 4-7)

54. Rain delay covers

56. "One other thing ..."

59. Indian wrap

60. Great white shark predator

62. Gym playlist ... or a theme hint

65. "Excuse me?"

66. Crisp beers

67. Marvel's ___-Man

68. Civil Rights pioneer Parks

69. Two-channel sound system

70. Filthy room

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Down

1. Defeats

2. Eschew cooking, say

3. Debbie Downer portrayer Rachel

4. Centenarian Brooks

5. Vicinity

6. Brand symbols

7. Do grown-up tasks, in slang

8. Male name hidden in this clue

9. It's full of pop-ups

10. Iridescent gems

11. Angrily leave a game

12. Card worth 1 or 11 in blackjack

13. Was ahead

18. Bulbasaur and Charizard can be found in it

23. Made a hole

25. Address for a king

27. ___ of one's eye

28. Not pretty

29. Cry of amused surprise

31. Genre for Lil Baby

35. Jet Li's martial arts specialty

36. Yam used to flavor desserts

37. Iraq's region

38. An ellipse has two of them

39. Exhausting lifestyles

40. WhatsApp chats, briefly

41. Boston NBAer

42. Person who doesn't share

45. Roast hosts, for short

46. Searches for prey

48. "Squid Game" and "The White Lotus"

49. Run like Usain Bolt

51. Sacred animal in Inca culture

52. Boot camp nickname

53. Person on the Appalachian Trail

55. Youngest sexagenarian's age

58. Cry from an unsatisfied toddler

60. Rower's need

61. Letter after pi

63. Granola grain

64. Bob Hope's group, once: Abbr.

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