Running behind Crossword Clue

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TARDY

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Helpful Hints

(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

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TAEL

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Across

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18. Tiny amount

19. Kissing on a street corner, for example

20. Swim meet division?

21. Bartender’s mixing tool

23. Up in the air

25. Friend in French

26. Little Fockers actress Polo

28. Drinks often served with dessert

32. Drawing stick

34. I get it now

35. Six, in Italian

36. Rogue characters in some sci-fi movies

37. Zilch

39. Activity at a regatta

43. Once known as

45. Connected

46. Activist for LGBTQ+ rights who founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt

49. Driving needs

50. Kelly on Live With Kelly and Mark

51. Fails to catch

53. Equipment on a rack in a three-point contest

55. Shout from someone wearing a sheet

56. High-school course covering cells and heredity

60. Off-Broadway award

61. Fringe area, or what the first words of 16-, 28-, and 46-Across do in the names of major cities?

63. Calculating

64. Like mortar before it cures

65. Plant that’s spiky on the outside and soothing on the inside

66. Eyelid issue

67. Papaya bits

68. Yearnings

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Down

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2. Metal in old pipes

3. __-Seltzer

4. Certain family member, for short

5. Miso-soup garnish

6. Radish’s milder cousin

7. Body-care brand for sensitive skin

8. Type of nail polish cured under UV light

9. Talk back to

10. Examine the contents

11. Poker term used to track progress in Balatro

12. Animal with tusks

15. Host city of the annual Ultra Music Festival

17. Beam of light

22. “___ Ponoʻī” (anthem with lyrics by King David Kalākaua)

23. Prepare like youtiao

24. Mardi ___

26. ___ and error

27. Flower symbolizing rebirth

29. “Oh, really now?”

30. “___ Meenie” (Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber song)

31. Things read while driving

32. Course after trig

33. Spy in feudal Japan

38. Zodiac lion

40. Genre of some gaming videos

42. Malevolent glare

44. Support publicly

47. Releases with just a few tracks

48. Wore away

52. Up to ___

53. Ribbon knots

54. Slightly

55. ___ Wars (19th-century conflict between two rival paleontologists)

57. Farm bundle

58. Party to

59. Celebratory poems

61. Party vehicle

62. Aliens for short

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