Purpose Crossword Clue

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Purpose Crossword Answer

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AIM

(3 letters)

INTENT

(6 letters)

INTENT

(6 letters)

USE

(3 letters)

END

(3 letters)

CAUSE

(5 letters)

POINT

(5 letters)

INTENTION

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
2. a reason for wanting something done

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)
USE
(3 letters)
END
(3 letters)
CAUSE
(5 letters)
POINT
(5 letters)
INTENTION
(9 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
KAES

More NYT Crossword (9/10/2025) Answers

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19. San Francisco/Oakland separator

20. Otis's love interest on Netflix's "Sex Education"

21. Some dressing in an operating room

23. One of Daniel Radcliffe's paparazzi, say

26. Billy Joel's "___ From an Italian Restaurant"

28. Glass in a frame

29. Opening on a stage?

30. Certain tennis shot

32. Ave. crossers

35. Heinz bottle blueprint, say

39. Ice cream maker Joseph

40. Remark to the audience

41. Prefix in aviation

42. Place to wear a mitt

43. With skepticism

45. The biggest and most loving of hugs, say

50. Pack animal related to camels

51. Trailing behind

52. "After ___ …"

53. Idahoan, say

59. God in Italian

60. Hallmark of a typical Greek tragedy

61. Something gotten by a scapegoat

62. Currency whose symbol resembles a "Y"

63. Nerve-racking

64. "Get what I'm sayin'?"

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2. Pal in Paris

3. Intensify, with 'up'

4. "Richard of York gave battle in vain," for the colors of the rainbow

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6. Have a cow?

7. Willow whose twigs are used in basketry

8. Dallas baller

9. Suffix with sulf-

10. Mesh for securing items in transport

11. When a star is first seen

12. Knock over

13. Retailer's counterpart

18. Women's professional tennis matches have three of them

22. Had a nosh

23. Small-minded

24. Certain volleyball hit

25. Engage in a bit of back-and-forth?

27. Included in correspondence, in a way

30. Feeling of dizziness, with "the"

31. Alternative to mushrooms

32. ___ Madness, punny name for a barbershop

33. Bad thing to try to do from the middle lane

34. Stereotypical name for a Dalmatian

36. "You try!"

37. Password creator

38. Absurdly easy task

42. Physicist who built upon Volta's work

43. Many characters in "Better Call Saul": Abbr.

44. Flew past

45. Quaint term of address for a noblewoman

46. Skateboard jump

47. Raven claw

48. Demeanors

49. Like corned beef in a Reuben sandwich

54. There you ___!

55. Boatload

56. Color akin to caramel

57. Genre that punk rock paved the way for

58. FF's opposite

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