Rung of a ladder Crossword Clue

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Rung of a ladder Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. treat badly
2. measure (distances) by pacing
(noun)
1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
2. a short distance

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LADDER (noun)
1. a row of unravelled stitches
2. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
LADDER (verb)
1. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
RUNG (noun)
1. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
2. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (8/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. Silence!

6. Hit at, as a fly

10. Practice boxing

14. Green pasta sauce

15. Mexican money

16. Sit for a portrait

17. Assistants

18. Low female voice

19. 'Tender' beef cut

20. Cornered

23. Anger

24. Sculpture or painting

25. Pixie

29. Mexico's ___ California

31. U-turn from NNE

34. Indoor sports venue

35. Sedan or convertible

36. California wine valley

37. Toil diligently

40. Big Aussie birds

41. Keep in __ (remember)

42. War horse

43. Put on, as clothing

44. Prefix meaning 'singular'

45. In disagreement

46. Race as an engine

47. French male friend

48. Silent and shy

57. Land parcels to build on

58. Uses oars

59. Revoke legally

60. Don’t bet ___!

61. Sit in traffic

62. Reusable shopping bags

63. See in the distance

64. Soft throw

65. Wear away

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Down

1. Minor quarrel

2. __ to the throne (the next to reign)

3. Beef inspection agcy.

5. Medical center

6. Black playing card

7. Underground water source

8. __ spumante wine

9. Found employment

10. Snowball fight sound

11. Of low quality

12. Largest continent

13. Payment to a landlord

21. Poetic before

22. Historical period

25. Made logs into boards

26. "Coming soon" ad, for short

27. Program's second airing

28. Cartoonist's liquids

29. “Good,” in Spanish

30. Just slightly

31. Kept in reserve

32. Velocity

33. Fends (off)

35. Similar to

36. Western defense grp.

38. "That's OK with me now"

39. Approximation

44. "Don't tell __ can't do it!"

45. Physicians' org.

46. Out of practice

47. Donkeys

48. Lotion's soothing ingredient

49. Boys in the family

50. Cotton swab

51. Things __ (list heading)

52. Hole-punching tools

53. __ about (roughly)

54. Golden Rule preposition

55. Brought to court

56. ''When all __ fails . . .''

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