Second-most-populous city in the U.S. Crossword Clue

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Second-most-populous city in the U.S. Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

POPULOUS (adjective)
1. densely populated
SECOND (noun)
1. an indefinitely short time
2. a 60th part of a minute of arc
SECOND (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
SECOND (adjective)
1. coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
2. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
SECOND (adverb)
1. in the second place

More NYT Crossword (3/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. Game point?

7. Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief

10. Mideast's Gulf of ___

14. "Das Lied von der Erde" composer

15. Camper's foldout

16. Natural hairstyle

17. Celebrity supercouple of the 2000s

18. Incredibly committed

20. Slowly, in scores

22. 100 nanojoules

23. Citrus portmanteau

25. Sticks around for a demo?

26. Doraphobe's fear

29. Bookings for a D.J.

32. Did very well on the final, say

34. Star of a three-time World Cup champion team

36. Classic ’60s muscle car

37. Rejoices

38. Sultanate that once controlled Zanzibar

39. Stand for a portrait?

41. Snippet

42. Slip-on or slide

44. Hullabaloo

45. Collectible frames

46. Rest period

47. Get right down to business

49. Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy"

50. 'Funny!'

52. Half a score

53. Work on a picture, perhaps

56. Some double-headed drums

58. Camper's craft

60. Turpitude

63. Setting for "Quincy, M.E.," on 1970s-’80s TV

64. Operating system developed at Bell Labs

65. Toeholds

66. Get positioned

67. Lush hair's quality

68. Caribbean music genre

69. Abundance

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Down

1. Saunter

2. Like black opals vis-à-vis diamonds

3. Move to pass, perhaps

4. Touched down

5. Symbolize

6. "Folklore" or "Evermore," for Taylor Swift

7. Guitar pedal effect

8. Comedic takedown

9. Mad scientist in a 1964 Kubrick title

10. Natural fluid containers

11. What a drone might be mistaken for

12. Carry the ball in volleyball, e.g.

13. Actress Kravitz

19. Step in rehab

21. "Whole ___ Red" (2020 Playboi Carti album)

24. Activist/scholar known for her work in the prison abolition movement

26. Heavenly outcast … or a hint to something found three times in this puzzle

27. Up to

28. Barely speaks

30. Hawks

31. Such a shame

33. Stanley of "Conclave"

34. Group surrounding a star

35. Item in a drafts folder

40. Text tweaks

43. Make right

48. Cry for more

51. Hurricane or mudslide

54. Be important

55. Things to bare

56. Hot

57. Disney heroine who builds her own palace

59. Tchaikovsky's "Letter Scene," e.g.

60. Trivia night locale

61. Shout in a card game

62. Purge

63. Do some lawn work

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