Real humdinger Crossword Clue

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Real humdinger Crossword Answer

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LULU

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(noun)
1. an outstanding example of its kind

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HUMDINGER (noun)
1. someone of remarkable excellence
REAL (adjective)
1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
2. capable of being treated as fact
REAL (adverb)
1. used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal
REAL (noun)
1. any rational or irrational number
2. an old small silver Spanish coin

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

LULU
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Hint 4: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (12/31/2024) Answers

Across

1. Cynically callous

6. Missouri or Mississippi

11. Do some garment work

14. Unaided

15. Kind of terrier or wolfhound

16. That's disgusting!

17. Winter ailments

18. *Long story, of a sort

20. Hold, as a door

22. 'Glengarry Glen Ross' playwright

23. Finished off

24. Fires from Amazon, e.g.

26. *Mammal that can fold its nostrils shut when submerged

31. Does nothing

32. Shoes with swooshes

33. Filming location

36. Relentlessly gloomy

37. Cattle ranch critter

38. Bangkok language

39. Tree with serrated leaves

41. Imprecise, as a translation

42. *Deep red spice used in Middle Eastern cuisine

44. Milk sugar

47. Megan Thee Stallion’s music

48. Blessing preceder, perhaps

49. *State of uncontrollable anger

54. New Year’s Eve libation whose uncorking sound can be found in the starred answers

57. Hayek of “Dogma”

58. Jennings of "Jeopardy!"

59. Creme de la creme

60. Happy as __

61. Speedy plane of the past

62. Wild party

63. Chilly temperatures

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Down

1. Poker face?

2. Lotion ingredient

3. Big name in pineapples

4. Leaf inside a book’s cover

5. Cars of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s

6. Get high

7. Magnetic material

8. Through

9. Questionable skill

10. Diamond shape, in geometry

11. Sarcastic retort to a complaint

12. Heron with white feathers

13. Word before “up?” or “new?”

19. Buds

21. Energy

24. Form a liking for

25. From the U.S

26. Stow (away)

27. Revered sort

28. Professor who might use a rope

29. Like some Watergate evidence

30. Detain

33. Mall business

34. Move cautiously

35. Level

37. Spots

38. Coveted position in the standings

40. Extra during the credits, sometimes

41. Accepts eagerly

42. Physics focus

43. Debate Side

44. Is without

45. Needs a massage

46. Monk music

49. Pay to play

50. Jury member

51. Paris-based fashion magazine

52. Cyclops or Wolverine, e.g.

53. Starchy tubers

55. In the manner of

56. Combo’s job

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