Reference Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. refer to for illustration or proof
2. advance evidence for
(noun)
1. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

Hint 2: Clue Definition

REFERENCE (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
REFERENCE (verb)
1. refer to

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

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Hint 4: Anagram

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More Boston Globe Crossword (7/13/2024) Answers

Across

1. Trade punches

5. Morehouse or Morris Brown: Abbr.

9. Handhold for a rock climber

13. Mythological Himalayan creatures

15. Knitter's need

16. Water balloon filler

17. High dive?

19. Apt word to shout into a canyon

20. Meditation goal

21. Alias letters

22. “Yes, matey!”

23. Lawyer (Abbr.)

24. "When I Have Fears" poet John

26. Pointed part of a church

28. Persisted

31. Horror movie technique that might make you shriek

35. "For ___!" ("Tsk, tsk!")

36. "Hello, matey!"

37. "This American Life" host Glass

38. Environmental activist Brockovich

39. Move a little

41. Hackathons and Warhammer 40,000 marathons, stereotypically

44. Turtles' "homes"

46. Lived in

47. Takes care of the fall leaves, say

49. Apple pie ___ mode

50. Transcript fig.

53. Career connections

54. Don't overthink them!

57. Taylor Swift's "Lover" and "Red," for two

58. Double agents often cross them

59. Tiny skin opening

61. Ending for micro- or stetho-

62. Most populous insects on Earth

63. Taiwanese tech giant

64. Sunrise direction

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1. Iraq neighbor

2. Flower common in Chinese art

3. Right past wrongs

4. Teeming (with)

5. Group overly excited about something

6. ___ ghanoush

7. Succumb to pressure

8. Let out, as fishing line

9. Secret aid in test-taking

10. Some musical icons

11. "Wish" heroine whose name is hidden in "vanilla shake"

12. Nat ___ Wild

14. Watch fasteners

18. Vision-related

25. Smallish batteries

26. Small handheld telescopes

27. Goofed up

29. Radiate

30. Hibernation stations for bears

31. Short punches

32. “Nope”

33. Creative work produced between the 1860s and 1970s

34. Fuzzy headband, perhaps

40. Caribou cousin

42. Stoppage, in baseball

43. Flops like a fish

45. ___ Falls Convention (first women's rights conference in the U.S.)

48. Blue hedgehog of video games

50. Type of salami

51. Peels or chops, e.g.

52. Positive quality

53. De-crease?

55. ___ noire (pet peeve)

56. Good one

57. Clean energy org.

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