Scathing Crossword Clue

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Scathing Crossword Answer

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CAUSTIC

(7 letters)

HARSH

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
2. any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt
(adjective)
1. being sour to the taste
2. harsh or corrosive in tone

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SCATHING (adjective)
1. marked by harshly abusive criticism

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

CAUSTIC
(7 letters)
HARSH
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (12/27/2025) Answers

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26. Top-drawer

29. Pour out

30. Blow hard

32. Rolling __

34. What might say GRANDMA WAS HERE

35. Rented

36. Trust buster

37. Something to hold the mayo

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43. Nation due north of the Horn

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45. Comes into

46. Information extraction with algorithms

49. Undertaking

50. Source of American arabica

51. Hands or feet

54. Evidence of a loving relationship

59. Manage

60. Crescent shape

61. The first Eisenhower jackets

62. Isn't waited on

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Down

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2. Care for

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4. Comparatively mindful

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7. Indignation monetizer

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9. . . .

10. Rebus puzzle pronoun

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12. Flag

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24. Fair housing

25. Dickinson's "Ended, __ it begun"

26. Spread awkwardly

27. Wedding wheel-out

28. Product of cosmic ray collisions

31. What batteries are made of

33. Word from Latin for "sandy place"

34. __ days

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41. Casual attempts

44. 42-Across major

45. Kindly

47. Performance art

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57. Chambre d'__ (guest bedroom)

58. Burr, before becoming VP

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