Red ___ (state of emergency) Crossword Clue

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Red ___ (state of emergency) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. condition of heightened watchfulness or preparation for action
2. a warning serves to make you more alert to danger
(verb)
1. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
(adjective)
1. engaged in or accustomed to close observation
2. mentally perceptive and responsive

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EMERGENCY (noun)
1. a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage
2. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
STATE (verb)
1. indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
2. put before
STATE (noun)
1. the territory occupied by a nation
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government

Hint 3: Anagram

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ALTER

More Daily Themed Crossword (8/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. "___ audible?" ("Can you hear me?"): 2 wds.

4. "Young fellow," in Scotland

7. "Who Wants to ___ Millionaire?": 2 wds.

10. Ignited, as a fire

11. Singer and former Disney star Lovato

12. Tailor's line (rhymes with "team")

13. "Bravo!" at a bullfight

14. ___ -peasy

15. Online market for crafts

16. "I'm sorry that I lost my ___" (got angry)

18. "Stand the ___ of time"

19. Richly decorated

22. Many tic-tac-toe results

25. "___ Feet Under," drama series about a family-run funeral home, where the titular number equals the count of faces on a standard die

26. Santa ___, California

29. 100-___ light bulb

30. "Something ___ wrong. Please try again!" (error message on an app)

31. Lie ___ (stay hidden)

32. Add-___ (optional extra features)

33. Snap, briefly

34. "Hawaii ___-O," police procedural set in Honolulu, where the titular number equals the count of fingers on a hand

35. Letter on Superman's chest, phonetically

36. What an attorney practices

38. Words of comparison before "a fiddle": 2 wds.

41. "It's an ___ but a goodie"

44. Snail without a home?

45. Number repeated twice after "Brooklyn" in the title of a police comedy starring Andy Samberg, that equals a cat's fabled count of lives

47. Thumbs down vote

49. ___ pit (area at a rock concert)

50. Maker of Aspire laptops

51. Uno, due, ___ (numbers in Italian)

52. "And as they say, the ___ is history..."

53. "Boogie Nights" actor Reynolds

54. "___ Tree Hill," teen drama set in a small North Carolina town, where the titular number equals the count of wheels on a unicycle

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Down

1. "It's beginning to look ___ like Christmas ...": 2 wds.

2. Highway distance unit

3. Single entry in a list

4. Pick up, as a new language

5. Morning hours: Abbr.

6. Like most Ikea furniture: Abbr.

7. Casino actions

8. Where the sun rises

9. Actress Poehler of "Parks and Recreation"

11. Bambi, for one

12. ___-Saw (playground fixture)

17. Upload to Instagram, say

18. Smartphone message

20. "Hang on ___ ..." ("Wait ..."): 2 wds.

21. ___ foil (food wrap)

22. "___ and a Half Men," sitcom starring Charlie Sheen, where the titular number equals the count of halves that make up a whole

23. Actor Somerhalder who's "Lost"?

24. Visitors from afar, in sci-fi: Abbr.

26. Legendary boxer known as "The Greatest"

27. Thanksgiving month, for short

28. Flabbergasted feeling

30. Milwaukee's state, briefly

33. Los Angeles clock setting: Abbr.

34. Letters in the subject line of a chain email, perhaps

35. "___ Is Enough," family sitcom starring Dick Van Patten, where the titular number equals the count of legs an octopus has

36. Solitary one

38. Whispery, relaxing videos on the internet: Abbr.

39. ___ gin fizz (cocktail)

40. "What's all the ___ about?"

42. Burst ___ tears

43. Bring home the bacon

45. Apt rhyme for grab

46. Critical hospital ward: Abbr.

48. ___-haw! (cowboy's yell)

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