Running behind Crossword Clue

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TARDY

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(adverb)
1. in the recent past
2. to an advanced time
(adjective)
1. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
2. after the expected or usual time; delayed

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RUNNING (noun)
1. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
2. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
RUNNING (adjective)
1. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
2. measured lengthwise
BEHIND (adverb)
1. of timepieces
2. in debt
BEHIND (noun)
1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
BEHIND (adjective)
1. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TARDY
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More WSJ Crossword (4/3/2026) Answers

Across

1. Interest rate setter

4. Witch craft?

9. Go downhill, maybe

13. Irreverent radio star

15. Left ventricle outlet

16. Rock that moves

17. View from the Jefferson Memorial

19. Article

20. Juicer’s input

21. Alternatives to planes

23. Birds’ biological class

24. First son

25. Complained bitterly

28. Brave supporter, perhaps

32. Change

33. Spend time at the mirror

34. Med. care option

35. It really smells!

36. Broad valleys

37. Cyan kin

38. Strands in a cell

39. Refines over time

40. Accra’s nation

41. Finishing courses

43. Iraklion resident, say

44. Identical response, sometimes

45. Vientiane’s nation

46. Gets up in the face of

49. Data pro

53. Dog-eared, say

54. Two-nation island

56. Crude grp.

57. No faster?

58. Scrolling keyboard key marking

60. In abundance

61. Initial letters on some forms

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Down

1. Is the perfect size

2. Put out

3. 'Bro!'

4. Treated overly carefully

5. They’re found between the shoulders

6. Surgery ctrs.

7. Singer Redding

8. Cuffs

9. Came home the hard way

10. Energy given off or absorbed while changing state

11. At any time

12. Some power producers

14. Maker of Berry Bliss Crumble fruit cobbler

18. Amorous individual

22. Indian restaurant serving

25. Company's creative dept.

26. Unaided

27. "Don't tell anyone!"

28. City of Provence

29. Simple tops

30. Iowa religious society

31. Pitcher Ryan

33. Resemble a hot dog

36. “Queen sellin’ dreams, sellin’ makeup and magazines,” in a Taylor Swift song

37. What criminals hope to give the cops

39. Derisive snickers

40. Pun reaction

42. Torch bearer, of a sort

43. Yellow hue

45. Boutonniere site

46. Sought by the MPs, maybe

47. Club in a Manilow hit

48. Where Anna taught

50. 1950s teammate of Mickey and Whitey

51. Slanderous allegation

52. Base bugling

55. Indy racer sponsor

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