Scratch the surface of, say Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person’s body)
2. the month following February and preceding April
(verb)
1. make imperfect
2. destroy or injure severely

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SURFACE (verb)
1. put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
2. appear or become visible; make a showing
SURFACE (noun)
1. information that has become public
2. the outermost level of the land or sea
SURFACE (adjective)
1. on the surface
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.
ARM

More NYT Crossword (8/4/2026) Answers

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1. "Handy" kitchen item

5. Smears with goo

11. Music genre with offbeat rhythms

14. So-called "servebot" in tennis, essentially

15. Action on the front lines

16. Hunk of cash

17. Words uttered while sorting potential gowns for an Indian wedding?

19. Word aptly hidden in "moldy"

20. Some marksmen

21. Stringed instruments of old

23. Inc. alternative

24. Kind of whale

27. Wedding feast delivery from India's capital?

31. Unwelcome responsibility

33. Rawboned

34. "Deadline" for a rush order

35. Bit of tailoring

36. Writer Rand

38. Great Leap Forward leader

39. Longoria with three Screen Actors Guild Awards

40. Celestial sphere

41. Hold power, as a ruler

43. 'You said it!'

44. Tying the knot during a colorful Hindu festival?

48. One who makes a lasting impression while just scratching the surface

49. Part of NATO: Abbr.

50. When repeated, "You get the gist"

52. Enter furtively

56. Mysterious sight at night

57. "Esteemed reception guests, we regret to report that we've run out of flatbread," e.g.?

62. Like the physicist Niels Bohr and the astronomer Tycho Brahe

63. Stock market unveilings, for short

64. "___ you done?"

65. Luxury transports

66. Common workout target

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2. Self-assured words

3. Actress Polo

4. Toughest hits to get when hitting for the cycle in baseball

5. Sear

6. "___ of luck!"

7. Quick communications, in brief

8. Postgraduate deg. with management courses

9. Musician's asset

10. Stylish shoe feature

11. Someone you will never stop despising

12. Green smoothie staple

13. Tosses in

18. Little Dickens girl

22. Up to this point

24. ___-free (plastics label)

25. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler vis-à-vis "Saturday Night Live"

26. Singer ___ Del Rey

27. Longtime Hogwarts headmaster

28. Set aflame

29. Wander

30. Graceful bird

31. "Pick me! Pick me!"

32. Infamous Roman ruler

36. Attractive plus-one

37. 'You said it!'

42. Canine warning

43. Like a cherub

45. "___ be a real honor"

46. Transforms

47. Cookie with an "enrobed" variety in the U.K.

50. Arizona city or county

51. At a distance

52. Film information on IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes

53. Cops, in slang

54. Iconic lab assistant of film

55. Where Anheuser-Busch is BUD

58. Battery for a mouse

59. Anti-apartheid org.

60. U.S. medical research agcy.

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