River past Memphis Crossword Clue

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River past Memphis Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the world’s longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world’s first great civilization

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MEMPHIS (noun)
1. an ancient city of Egypt on the Nile (south of Cairo)
2. largest city of Tennessee; located in southwestern Tennessee on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River
RIVER (noun)
1. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
LIEN

More WSJ Crossword (2/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. Address with an apostrophe

5. Play that gets booed

9. ___ out (make a hard copy of)

14. Therefore

15. Falling off the tree, perhaps

16. Cockpit need

17. Collide with

19. In the past

20. The C of CRT

21. Snugly ensconced

23. Answer to an admiral

24. ___ out (exile)

26. Groovy music collection?

27. Where contrails are seen

28. Up to it

30. Brewery tank

33. Birthday card inclusion, sometimes

36. Julep ingredient

38. Orchestra section near the flutes

40. Mining find

41. Good for picnicking

42. Fail to pay, as a loan

44. ___ out (distribute)

45. In the style of

46. Cuban coin

47. Wee bit

49. Hound sound

50. Cattle calls?

52. Word in many superhero names

55. Head cases?

59. Whom the Forty Thieves plotted to kill

61. Established rule

62. Like many vacation houses

64. Future fern

65. Venerable

66. Flooring measurement

67. Perfects

68. Singer who co-founded the ONE Campaign

69. Delivery possibility

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Down

1. City off-limits to non-Muslims

2. Wide variety

3. Banded gemstone

4. Dance to some thrash metal

5. Occasion for casual dress, maybe

6. Rarities for extras

7. Choose

8. Nobody at work

9. Grows strong

10. Emergency items on ships

11. Fan favorite

13. Mrs. Lincoln’s maiden name

18. Take to a pawnshop

22. Jazzy Fitzgerald

25. Place with cold drafts

27. Stadium supplanted by Citi Field

29. Existed

30. Horticultural climber

31. Fashion’s Wintour

32. Texter's sign-off

33. Best Picture winner with an acronymic title

34. Ill-fated shepherd

35. Makeshift bed for a guest

36. Lushes

37. Longtime TV journalist Roger

39. Powerhouse Motown trio, with “the”

43. ___ out (omitted)

47. Big city in Ohio

48. In your dreams!

49. Casanova’s love

51. Like whiskey barrels

52. One of New Zealand's official languages

53. Daisy Mae’s sweetheart

54. From birth

55. Greasy spoon entree

56. Trade show

57. Animal sought on safari

58. Big slice

60. Feed your own ego

63. In the past

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