Rough around the edges Crossword Clue

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COARSE

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SNAGGY

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Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. having a hardened crust as a covering
2. brusque and surly and forbidding

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AROUND (adverb)
1. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
2. in or to a reversed position or direction
ROUGH (adjective)
1. unpleasantly stern
2. violently agitated and turbulent
ROUGH (adverb)
1. with roughness or violence (`rough’ is an informal variant for `roughly’)
2. with rough motion as over a rough surface
ROUGH (verb)
1. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
ROUGH (noun)
1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

COARSE
(6 letters)
Snaggy
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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CURTSY

More The Atlantic Crossword (11/8/2026) Answers

Across

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18. Nonverbal affirmation from a teacher

19. Got ready for a 20-Across

20. Cheesy reunion activity?

22. Gentle stroke, typically

24. Residentes de Chichén Itzá

25. Go for

28. Owing nothing to each other

30. Piece of a doctoral graduate's regalia

32. Interstellar composer Zimmer

33. ___ Nor Iftin, Somalia-born author of Call Me American

35. Saying

37. Shape that has two foci

39. Dog that has a white coat and is known for its grin

41. Exceptionally skilled, maybe

42. Political figure in War and Peace or Doctor Zhivago

44. Wrestler who has granted a record number of wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation

45. Barbie's beau

46. "Love is progress; hate is expensive" activist Jenkins

50. Jumped: var.

52. Massive group of cicadas that emerges every 13 or 17 years, e.g.

54. Chocolaty spin-off of a popular frozen treat

56. Like many Jackass stunts

60. Positioned for peeking or eavesdropping

61. Mexican painter known for her self-portraits

63. The Office character who said, "Gum's gotten mintier lately. Have you noticed?"

64. Food enjoyed by staff before service

65. It might be brushed on naan

66. Greta Thunberg, e.g.

67. Ink, for Splatoon characters: abbr.

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Down

1. Common Rx after you get a sleep study

2. Word from one having second thoughts?

3. "We absolutely should!"

4. "Chair?"

5. Grown-up pullet

6. Sushi ingredient likely to be basted with tare sauce

7. Shed tears, say

8. A Man Called ___ (2022 Tom Hanks film)

9. Have-done list

10. "I am a savage, classy, bougie, ratchet, ___, moody, nasty" (Mel King's mantra on The Pitt)

11. "So ... you're on board?"

12. Discord enthusiast?

13. Vehicle on Rainbow Road or Royal Raceway

15. Pops out of the Midwest?

21. Airline with the first around-the-world commercial service, familiarly

23. "The partridge loves ___, but not those that go with her into the pot": Thoreau

25. Cut of beef that might be used for barbacoa

26. Leonard Cohen song covered on the Shrek soundtrack

27. Occasion when fancy pants and cologne are unlikely to make an impression

29. Requirement for an American tourist visiting Vietnam, but not Thailand

31. Self-prescribed treatment for burnout, maybe

34. An open one might precede a video-game launch

36. Genre that features historical reenactments

38. "Inside we're all the same" candies

40. Notation that ends pizzicato

43. Staggering

47. Leaves nothing on the table?

49. Project Hail Mary alien whose partner is named Adrian

51. Share an opinion

53. Modernized, perhaps

54. Tooth that might have a hollow core for injecting venom

55. Annoying spot for something to stick

57. "Are you aware I'm here?" sound

58. Word with dance or poetry

59. Without assistance

62. Beer that's not as cool to make as lager?

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