Read "pay" as "P" "A" "Y," say Crossword Clue

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Read "pay" as "P" "A" "Y," say Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. indicate or signify
2. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
(noun)
1. a verbal formula believed to have magical force
2. a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

READ (verb)
1. have or contain a certain wording or form
2. make sense of a language
READ (noun)
1. something that is read
SAY (verb)
1. have or contain a certain wording or form
2. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
SAY (noun)
1. the chance to speak

More Daily Themed Crossword (7/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Ready, ___, go!" (phrase before you get cracking on this puzzle!)

4. Tofu base

7. ___ Angeles, aka the City of Angels

10. Up to ___ (acceptable)

11. Apple or pumpkin dessert

12. Acorn producer

13. "A's," in a card deck

15. Part of a cash register (rhymes with "sill")

16. Prefix with "angle" or "dent"

17. ___ butter (ingredient in some moisturizers)

18. "That's ___ present than last year!" (grumble from someone who received 19 gifts instead of 20): 2 wds.

20. "___ Day Afternoon," 1975 Al Pacino film about a Brooklyn bank robbery gone wrong on a blistering August day

22. Spanish for two

23. Command to get a pooch on its haunches

26. Police officer, slangily

28. "It's all in the ___ now" ("Let's put this behind us")

32. "Do the ___ Thing," 1989 Spike Lee movie that unfolds during a heat wave and leads to tragedy

34. "And the list keeps going," for short

37. "When is the book report ___?" (student's ask about a deadline)

38. "I found a music box with a doll ___": 2 wds.

39. ___ good to be true (suspiciously good)

40. Forensic evidence: Abbr.

41. Screens to watch "American Idol" and "Survivor" on, for short

44. Floor wiper

48. Young boy from Glasgow

50. Speed unit on a car's dashboard display: Abbr.

52. "___ Window," 1954 Hitchcock thriller where a heat wave keeps Greenwich Village windows wide open

54. Ticked off

57. Suni of USA Gymnastics

58. Bigfoot's Himalayan cousin

59. Mars or Snickers alternative

60. "The Good, the ___ and the Ugly," 1966 Clint Eastwood Western film that is set in the scorching deserts of the Southwest

61. 15% of a restaurant bill, perhaps

62. Math : Pluses :: English : ___

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1. Massage parlors, at resorts

2. "To ___ their own ..." ("You are entitled to your opinion")

3. Leaf-grower in the forest

4. Rotate like a top

5. Greased a pan for frying, perhaps

6. Mello ___ (drink featured in "Days of Thunder")

7. "___ of love!" (what "LOL" once meant)

8. Boating sticks

9. Footwear for gliding on snow

14. Feeling blue

15. "Is that my ___ order?" (take-out meal): Hyph.

19. Psychic power: Abbr.

21. Month when most Libras are born, for short

23. Indian title of respect

24. "Am ___ this car or that one?" (words from one choosing between car pool options): 2 wds.

25. ___ Fridays (restaurant chain): Abbr.

27. Tarantula, to some

29. Put two and two together

30. Mercury's neighbor

31. Cuppa, to a Brit

33. Internet address starter: Abbr.

35. Actor ___ Hanks of "Saving Private Ryan"

36. "___ Hand Luke," 1967 Paul Newman film where prison convicts sweat under Florida's punishing heat

42. The "V" in VIP

43. Partly frozen rain

45. Shells out for dinner, say

46. Place for tools

47. "Do, re, mi, fa, so, ___, do ...": 2 wds.

49. "Falling ___," 1993 Michael Douglas film where the LA heat triggers a rampage

50. Babe Ruth's organization: Abbr.

51. What made a princess lose sleep

53. "Let it ___!" (catchphrase before launching a Beyblade)

55. "Get ___ of it!" ("Dispose of it!")

56. Old flames

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