Reason to take a painkiller Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. feel physical pain
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present
(noun)
1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PAINKILLER (noun)
1. a medicine used to relieve pain
REASON (verb)
1. present reasons and arguments
2. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
REASON (noun)
1. a rational motive for a belief or action
2. the state of having good sense and sound judgment

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (2/25/2026) Answers

Across

1. [Taps casino table]

6. Signs of treble?

11. ___ hair (edgy 2000s trend)

14. Longtime "Inside the NBA" analyst opposite Barkley

15. Deck in divination

16. Mil. authority

17. Failing to pay bills on time may affect this

19. Possessed

20. Lotto-like casino game

21. Summer treats in small cups

22. Sounds of sudden vanishing

24. Zero

26. Inverse of kilo-

27. "Self-Portrait With Bandaged Ear" painter, 1889

32. Pair of cymbals in a drum kit

33. Tribal home, maybe, informally

35. So-called "melting pot," in brief

36. E-bike alternative

40. One ___ time!

41. Bubbles in a bubble bath

43. A QR code might access one

44. Purplish perennial

46. Villain ranked #1 on A.F.I.'s "100 Years … 100 Heroes & Villains" list

50. Ransacks

51. Retail chain with ready-to-assemble products

52. Stays in line, say

53. Hawaiian goose

55. Thumbs-down votes

59. Buried

60. Emulates the three figures in this puzzle ... or what the figures do within the answers to 17-, 27- and 46-Across?

63. Fruit drink

64. On a higher level

65. Second-chance show

66. Org. with metal detectors

67. Supped

68. Paradises

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Down

1. Pawn

2. Concerning

3. One subject to a curfew, maybe

4. So-called "Queen of Pop"

5. Former Giant Manning

6. Healthy self-image?

7. Tie up

8. God depicted with a bow

9. Word between "word" and "word"

10. Intervene

11. Sound track?

12. Combatant in an octagon-shaped cage

13. Calculated ratios

18. Era competitor

23. Gymnast Korbut dubbed the "Sparrow from Minsk"

25. Behaves

26. Where you might lose your way

27. Demo graphics, maybe

28. "This is news to me!"

29. Cyber punk?

30. Tick doc

31. When repeated, "Preach!"

32. When repeated, secret

37. Bear's heirs?

38. 60 minuti

39. Pulse quickly, as the heart

42. Bratty kid

45. Was a fangirl of, say

47. Really awful

48. Connected

49. Scraped (by)

52. "Huh?'

53. Like the sign for Radio City Music Hall

54. Roof projection

56. Farming area

57. Actor Steven of "Beef" and "Nope"

58. Tax IDs

61. Result of a solo homer, for short

62. There you ___!

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