Root (for) Crossword Clue

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Root (for) Crossword Answer

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CHEERON

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(verb)
1. cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
2. become cheerful
(noun)
1. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
2. a cry or shout of approval

Hint 2: Clue Definition

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: Other Answers Used in the Past

CHEERON
(7 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (9/24/2025) Answers

Across

1. Deceive by using a false social-media profile

8. More than just a tiff

12. Casanova

13. Item in a quiver

15. "Glass half full" type

16. Aw nuts

18. Offers one’s two cents

19. Lays eyes on

21. Airport screening agcy.

22. Long part of a swan or giraffe

23. Pampering places

24. “___ chic!” (“Very fancy!”)

25. Soon-to-be H.S. grads

26. Utter disarray

28. Copy someone else’s work, for example

29. Request that might include a cherry on top?

33. Stands the test of time

34. Phew!

38. Buenos ___, Argentina

39. Basketball, slangily

40. "The Real World" network

43. Protective gear for goalies’ legs

44. Herb in a mojito

45. Tiny skin opening

46. Program on a phone

47. Zip

48. Viral dance move of the twenty-tens

50. Cooked over high heat, as steak

52. Certain psychedelic experience

54. Bygone Russian rulers

55. French sandwich cookies

56. Goal-scoring attempt

57. Foes

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Down

1. Metal that gives a penny its color

2. Upper stories in some homes

3. “I ___, therefore I am”

4. Alliterative partner of fortune

5. Part of the eye surrounding the pupil

6. Sibling nickname

7. Wi-Fi access point

8. Becomes less vivid

9. Sections of a historical time line

10. Decorative vase

11. Reward for rolling over, maybe

12. Birds on Canadian coins

14. Smart aleck

17. Try a bite of

20. Piece of cake!

23. Pulled up a chair

24. “We hold ___ truths to be self-evident . . .”

26. Rowing teams

27. Greek goddess whose Roman counterpart is Juno

28. Word before act or action

29. "Oh, for ___ sake!"

30. Sound of a raindrop hitting a puddle

31. Novelty item that grows green “hair”

32. “A definite no from me”

34. Spanish bar snacks

35. ___ splints (pain along the tibia)

36. Three-card monte, e.g.

37. Parcel of land

40. “The Seven Year Itch” star Marilyn

41. Track runners

42. Al Gore and Dan Quayle, casually

44. In the ___ of (among)

45. ___ dish (equipment in a biology lab)

47. Zip

48. Well done!

49. Actor Scott or Sandler

51. Go team!

53. Container for soup or soda

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