React to a blow Crossword Clue

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React to a blow Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
2. a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
(verb)
1. revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis
2. walk as if unable to control one’s movements

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REACT (verb)
1. show a response or a reaction to something
2. act against or in opposition to
BLOW (verb)
1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
2. be in motion due to some air or water current
BLOW (noun)
1. an impact (as from a collision)
2. a strong current of air

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More WSJ Crossword (1/24/2026) Answers

Across

1. Big name in men’s fashion

7. It’s parallel to the radius

11. Decorate with acid

15. Ladies’ undergarment, casually

19. Bit of buckshot

20. Ends of pens

21. Ancestral knowledge

22. Amo amas __

23. Bottom line? (Sir Mix-a-Lot)

25. “I before E...” and “Every good boy does fine,” e.g.

27. Lindsay of “Freaky Friday”

28. Boo-boo

29. Islands porch

30. Asteroids source

34. Punchline? (Chumbawamba)

38. Prioritizes for treatment

40. Commotion

41. “Riverdale” star KJ

42. Rids of suds

43. Guest room couch, perhaps

45. Bali product

46. Unfortunate

49. Fault line? (Taylor Swift)

51. Guideline? (Uncle Kracker)

53. ___ live and breathe!

54. Sushi chef’s supply

55. About 5% of the world’s population

57. Name on “The Big Lebowski” posters

58. Bit of salon artistry

60. Low bills

61. Devoid of sympathy

62. Dateline? (The Beatles)

69. 1986 Turner memoir

70. Slasher film offering

72. Edit menu option

73. Increased the workforce

75. Grander than grand

77. “Deck the Halls” word

80. Hotline? (Bruce Springsteen)

82. Lifeline? (Gloria Gaynor)

87. Away from NNE

88. Language akin to Comanche

89. Rudely sarcastic

90. ___ Beanies (1990s toys)

91. Argentinian gold

92. Swift-swimming shark

93. Ancient Jewish ascetics

94. Help line? (The Police)

101. Romantic rendezvous

102. Change “captain” to “cap’n,” e.g.

103. Carefree life

104. In spite of that, in a text

106. “King Richard” star

108. Streamline? (Justin Timberlake)

114. Site of King Harald V’s palace

115. Slushy drink brand

116. Hamlet or Ophelia, e.g.

117. Straight

118. Organized

119. Put in the trash

120. Bonbon, briefly

121. Sum thing

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Down

1. “Be on the lookout” letters

2. Stephen of "V for Vendetta"

3. Rangers’ org.

4. Raisman with three Olympic gold medals

5. It might make you pretty late

6. Langston Hughes Poem

7. Put away, as groceries

8. "Big Little Lies" novelist Moriarty

9. Tom Llamas’s network

10. Answer on “Jeopardy!”

11. Berkeley neighborhood

12. Bar mixer

13. Golf course hazard

14. Finish in fashion, in a way

15. About 6% of Earth’s land

16. Acid in proteins

17. Bird in many Mayan sculptures

18. “Your order has arrived”

24. What are you looking at?

26. Longtime chum

28. How some films are available

30. Parts of hearts

31. Barbershop offerings

32. “___ a Woman?” (Sojourner Truth speech)

33. Ill-considered

35. "Bye for now," in a text

36. Honshu city noted for its beef

37. Some nobles

39. Vivacious wit

43. Infirmary nickname

44. Fiver

45. Shilling, in slang

46. React to a teen idol, maybe

47. Formally modify

48. Repudiate

50. Friendship ender

51. Burkina ___ (African nation)

52. Base eight

56. King, in Castile

58. Name in cameras and copiers

59. Turn ___ dime

60. “Good job, señor!”

61. Pronoun for some

62. Agenda makeup

63. Extra set of cards dealt to the table

64. Cruel brute

65. Weed whacker

66. It’s measured along the y-axis

67. "Exodus" author

68. Makes a director’s version, perhaps

69. Bearded bloom

73. Be flirty with

74. Blood pressure raiser, maybe

75. Animal of the Yukon

76. Tissue layer

77. Cheap-sounding

78. Wall climbers

79. “___ thou this sweet sight?”: Oberon, in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

81. Goddesses of vengeance

83. Maori canoe

84. Anemic’s need

85. Made good as new

86. Change course abruptly

89. Compresses, informally

91. 90 shares, e.g.

93. Direction of a Seville sunrise

94. Affix, as a button

95. Beethoven's Fur ___

96. Wafers brand

97. Brand with a reptilian mascot

98. Hall’s musical partner

99. Decline a request

100. Ancient Mexican native

105. 'Funny!'

107. Cambridge sch

108. Atlanta-based inst.

109. Call from the fans

110. "___ be a pleasure!"

111. Geese formation

112. Directional suffix

113. Retina cell

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