Setting Crossword Clue

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Setting Crossword Answer

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LOCALE

(6 letters)

SCENE

(5 letters)

BACKDROP

(8 letters)

PLACEMENT

(9 letters)

VENUE

(5 letters)

SURROUNDINGS

(12 letters)

MILIEU

(6 letters)

SCENARIO

(8 letters)

PLACE

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
2. the most frequent value of a random variable

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SETTING (noun)
1. the context and environment in which something is set
2. arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

LOCALE
(6 letters)
SCENE
(5 letters)
BACKDROP
(8 letters)
PLACEMENT
(9 letters)
VENUE
(5 letters)
SURROUNDINGS
(12 letters)
MILIEU
(6 letters)
SCENARIO
(8 letters)
PLACE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Missing Letter Crossword (1/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "nothing"

5. Prefix with use or understanding

8. Like a good inn

12. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city in north central Utah north of Provo population 88,328"

13. NOUN: "a crowded mass that impedes or blocks movement"

15. Protected from the wind

16. Use a stopwatch on

17. Win by ___ (barely emerge victorious)

18. Take a breather

19. NOUN: "a group enjoying benefits from an existing economic or political privilege"

22. It ruled from 962 to 1806 A.D.

23. Province next to Ont.

24. NOUN: "any of three small nocturnal North American [rodents]...with folds of skin connecting the forelegs and hind legs that enable it to make long gliding leaps"

32. Far from sophisticated:

33. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city and port on the Seine River in northern France population 110,933"

34. Leave thunderstruck

35. NOUN: "a living organism on or in which a parasite lives"

36. The Tower of ___

37. Some feds

38. Keep tabs on

39. River parter

40. Puz type you're solving right now

41. NOUN PHRASE: "a project that is not yet finished"

44. "This ___ travesty!"

45. Charlotte of "The Facts o

46. IDIOM: "great enthusiasm"

54. "Friends" guy

55. Show again on TV

56. Trade fair

57. ADJECTIVE: "not turned to normal or appropriate use"

58. Mathematician on Swiss banknotes

59. Get out of bed

60. NOUN: "any of various slender-legged, even-toed, ruminant mammals"

61. Just plane folks

62. Meal with many ingredients

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Down

1. Punishment for being mean to your little brother, say

2. Auto racing great Luyendyk

3. GOP rivals

4. NOUN: "a clear purple or bluish-violet variety of crystallized quartz that is often used as a jeweler's stone"

5. Half a Hawaiian fish

6. Mononymous model

7. Hearts or diamonds, e.g.

8. NOUN: "a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling"

9. Encouraging cries

10. NOUN: "a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit"

11. ADVERB: "in addition"

13. Smith or Ivey

14. NOUN: "a work (such as a novel or a play) whose story [antedates] that of an earlier work"

20. Greek goddess of discord

21. Make worthless

24. Cold treat, casually

25. NOUN: "a device that utilizes the natural oscillations of atoms or molecules between energy levels for generating a beam of coherent electromagnetic radiation"

26. VERB: "comprehend"

27. ADJECTIVE: "marked by sedate or gravely or earnestly thoughtful character or demeanor"

28. NOUN: "a dipping sauce of melted cheese and chopped chili peppers"

29. Sergio ___ (Real Madrid soccer legend)

30. Decorative pitchers

31. Give for a while

32. Use your chompers on

36. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "internally self-governing Dutch island in the Caribbean Sea east of the island of Curaçao"

37. NOUN: "any of various small metal instruments that are usually held between the thumb and index finger, are used for plucking, holding, or manipulating"

39. Fail to hit the target

40. NOUN: "any of the electromagnetic radiations that have an extremely short wavelength of less than 100 angstroms"

42. NOUN: "mouth"

43. "This is incredibly frustrating!"

47. Archipelago part

48. Egg, in Montreal

49. Simba's pal

50. All-vowel suburb of Honolulu

51. SCRIPT ANNOTATION: "used as a stage direction to specify who goes off stage"

52. Church area

53. Theater magnate Marcus

54. Free (of)

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