Scratch that Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. have a strong desire or urge to do something
2. scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
(noun)
1. an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch
2. a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

Hint 2: Clue Definition

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

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (7/16/2026) Answers

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18. *Yes - three arduous ones

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23. El __

24. Like novices

26. Spoil

28. Preceder of how, way or where

29. *Yes - sometimes more than 1,000

31. Patooties

33. Little dipper?

34. "Tout à fait!"

35. Tire

37. *Yes - exactly one, in common usage

42. First line on many a form

43. Common garnish in a chirashi bowl

44. Had at present?

47. Article of lab wear

50. *No - but it does have three feet

53. Elizabethan curse

54. Country that las islas Canarias are part of

57. Important blood line

58. "___ is the proper task of life": Nietzsche

59. Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks"

60. Raving

61. Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred clues

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68. Alcohol, slangily

69. Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"

70. Its capital is Sanaa

71. Heavens

72. Debugging component?

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Down

1. Letter after upsilon

2. Trireme tool

3. Cleared, as snow

4. Messiah composer

5. Neuter

6. What a big hand indicates: Abbr.

7. Its colony can be considered one superorganism

8. Struggle

9. World's most populous Creole-speaking country

10. Pretty much assured

11. Japanese drama

12. Feline in a 2000s meme

13. Dub ... or rub

14. Fast-food restaurant that sells Frostys

19. ___-pedi

20. Oft-injured part of the knee, for short

24. Clock-setting std.

25. ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)

26. Certain tie score

27. Mince words?

30. Frost piece

32. Sound of dissatisfaction

35. Botanist's study

36. Told stories

38. Business ending

39. Roll in dough

40. Actress/union leader Drescher

41. Symbol of spiritual insight, in Hinduism

45. Class ___

46. Music genre with "walking" bass lines

47. Steamy occasion?

48. Lugubrious

49. Pioneers' prairie pullers

50. Harangues

51. Store

52. Worked sufferingly

55. 'Pipe down!'

56. Composure

60. Attest

62. ___-goat

63. "Wait ... really?"

64. One of a kind

65. Test for future Ph.D.s

66. Not needing anything else

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