Scratch (out) Crossword Clue

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Scratch (out) Crossword Answer

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ERASE

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SCRATCH (noun)
1. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
2. a depression scratched or carved into a surface
SCRATCH (verb)
1. cause friction
2. carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
OUT (adverb)
1. from one’s possession
OUT (adjective)
1. knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
2. excluded from use or mention
OUT (verb)
1. to state openly and publicly one’s homosexuality
2. be made known; be disclosed or revealed
OUT (noun)
1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball

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ERASE
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Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (7/16/2026) Answers

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15. Welcome at Daniel K. Inouye International

16. Works on walls

17. What Billy Joel claimed to be, in a 1984 Top 10 hit

19. Twins pitcher Bradley

20. “You went there!”

21. 'Bro!'

23. Guadalajara greeting

26. Dirty stuff

27. Two-wheel sport

28. Casual affirmative

31. Obsessive fan, in slang

32. Give away the twist, say

35. Construction crew

37. Columbus sponsor

40. Restaurant workers’ assignments

43. Dynamite inventor

47. Addams family nickname

48. Courtroom statements

51. Nickname on 1952 posters

52. Venerated objects

54. Like much salt

57. Playground retort

58. Reap

60. “What’s your plan?”

61. Encampment site of 1778, and a hint to what was done three times in this puzzle

66. Busy bother

67. Duck, maybe

68. Cocky way to solve a crossword puzzle

69. Bounced check abbr.

70. Shankar pieces

71. “So help me!”

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Down

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3. Mark, as a survey

4. Brownies bunch

5. Borat portrayer’s first name

6. Montana moniker

7. Resort near Park City

8. Easy victory

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11. Destroy gradually

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13. Canada’s easternmost provincial capital

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23. Many early picks in the NFL draft

24. Worker at home

25. Start for biology or skeleton

26. Flightless bird

29. Big holdup

30. Catering container

33. Words before “Isn’t Love” and “Was a Movie” in song titles

34. Gift at Daniel K. Inouye International

36. “Anderson Cooper 360” network

38. Hopping herbivores

39. Cold case aid

40. Michael with a Super Bowl ring and Daytime Emmys

41. Steering system bars

42. Very many

44. Profession, informally

46. Was in front

49. Staff additions

50. Maker of Bravia TVs

53. Cabaret cost

55. Shocking treatment by an ER doc

56. Poetic justice

58. Swigging sound

59. Hawkeye portrayer

62. Copying

63. D&D, for one

64. Earth, in combinations

65. Close

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