Root for a fall Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
2. edible tuber of any of several yams

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FALL (verb)
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
2. come into the possession of
FALL (noun)
1. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
2. when a wrestler’s shoulders are forced to the mat
ROOT (noun)
1. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
ROOT (verb)
1. become settled or established and stable in one’s residence or life style
2. dig with the snout

Hint 3: Anagram

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MAY

More Newsday Crossword (6/20/2026) Answers

Across

1. NW Mutual's HQ

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9. First item to be called "crimson" (15th c.)

12. It's on the Crossing the Atlantic stamp of 1992

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14. They're more than phases

15. About an hour's drive from Park City

16. Snail mail and dumb phones

18. Honeyed bunch

20. Pump kin?

21. Spike

24. Patient assessor

25. With plenty of sauce

29. Small bug or bud

30. Buddhist meditation aids

32. On a plane briefly

34. Penitential text

35. Isn't really right

36. Query of the convinced

39. 50 mph runner

40. Hold (off)

41. The Oresteia character

44. Due for

46. Owner of the Bootmobile promotional fleet

48. Online game-winner "emote"

52. Less-than-stately pleasure dome

54. First capsule hotel city (1979)

55. Pyroprocessing device

56. Pupillary zone home

57. Three, to an Israeli

58. Bovines, per Nash

59. Near __

60. Push-or-pull exercise equipment

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Down

1. Hides quarters?

2. Push back

3. Much of Joan of Arc's Paris statue

4. More than dislike

5. Sammie of a sort

6. "The sky is __ crammed with shadowy fish": Neruda

7. Enduring belief

8. Madonna inspiration

9. Stretch without success

11. Cats finale

12. Peeps at some concerts

14. Practice

17. Fast __

19. Quasi-judicial govt. agency

22. You're likely to keep tabs on them

23. Some summit VIPs

26. Byline first in print about 2,500 years ago

27. Landing area

28. Sanction

30. Trashed

31. Bites of the Big Apple

32. Ice breaker

33. The Howling villains

36. Knew beginning

37. "Seriously now"

38. Main land

41. Call over

42. Coped (with)

43. Tyson and Brady have guested on his Big Podcast

45. An original domain

47. Vinaigrette enhancement

49. Woman entertaining honorably

50. Spoonbill kin

51. Check

52. Footwear sold by Blizzard

53. Whitless?

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