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)

MODE

(4 letters)

VENUE

(5 letters)

SURROUNDINGS

(12 letters)

SCENARIO

(8 letters)

PLACE

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. the environmental condition

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)
MODE
(4 letters)
VENUE
(5 letters)
SURROUNDINGS
(12 letters)
SCENARIO
(8 letters)
PLACE
(5 letters)

More NYT Crossword (5/5/2024) Answers

Across

1. Language suffix

4. "Do or do not. There is no ___" (6-Down quote)

7. Call me!

10. Sources of vitamin C, for short

13. Enroll, with "in"

16. Bit of well-wishing on a hot day

19. Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address

20. "Fine by me"

22. 1962 Beatles hit

23. London's ___ Gardens

24. Wavering vocal effects

25. Friends, to Hercule Poirot

26. Quaker in the woods

29. Spoils

30. Murse, by another name

33. Best of the best

34. Like some clouds and kittens

36. Francisco with frescoes

37. "Sounds to me like ..."

38. Former Senator Trent

39. Quaint double contraction

41. She's a believer

42. C.S.U. or U.S.C.: Abbr.

43. Like some wonders

46. They're used to catch bugs

47. Steam engine sound

49. Juno : Roman :: ___ : Greek

51. Company aptly hidden in "Japanese games"

52. Coconut extraction

53. Cop's catch

54. Zoom button

56. Beach ___

57. Playtex product

58. Vegas casino with a musical name

59. Lea low?

62. "Aye, aye, captain!"

63. Where a spill might end up

64. Freudian constructs

65. ___ golf

66. Mo. when the Titanic sank

67. Dominates, slangily

68. "One card left!"

69. Kids … or, informally, a snack for kids

71. "Born," in France

72. Gymnast Suni

73. Keep reminding, say

74. Temple official

75. Empty nester's lack?

77. Domain's partner in math

79. "Seize the day" of today

81. Risk a ticket

83. Kind of number system in which 7 is the highest digit

84. Terrarium animals

88. "We will, we will ROCK YOU!," e.g.

89. Make malleable using heat

91. Pirate ship features

92. Shoe secured with a click

94. Things checked at baggage checks

95. Crash before dinner?

96. Rummikub piece

98. Close

100. Green-lit

101. "___ modus in rebus" ("Moderation in all things")

103. Creatures mummified in ancient Egypt

105. Close to closed

106. Go steady with

107. Green trattoria topping

109. Ventriloquist Shirley Dinsdale was the first person to win one (1949)

110. Indian flatbread

111. One getting fired after a strike?

114. Really, really big

116. Cause to blush

118. Cause to jump

120. "M-m-m-my ___" (1970s song lyric)

121. He placed a call to Armstrong and Aldrin minutes after their landing

122. Basis for some civil cases

123. Replacement of a computer part without powering down

124. Novelist Deighton

125. Olympic tracks?

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Down

1. Religion in which zakat is practiced

2. Leaf pore

3. Woo-hoo! The engines are firing, all systems are go, and we are feeling good!

4. Channel with "Silent Sunday Nights" programming

5. Orange sushi topper

6. See 4-Across

7. Where a batter goes for a bundt?

8. Tommy Lee Jones's role in "Men in Black"

9. Farfalle shapes

10. Dust Bowl-era migrant

11. Quick left, say

12. The Euphrates bisects it: Abbr.

13. And just like that, sky and clouds are behind us!

14. Mathematician's creation

15. Snappish

17. "I'll have it on your desk tomorrow"

18. Oops, zoned out for a sec. Houston, can you retransmit our coordinates?

20. Thrilled to report that we've made it to lunar orbit!

21. General acknowledgments?

27. D.C. V.I.P.

28. Former labor secretary Robert

31. Writer Rand

32. Our lunar rover is collecting samples at long last. It's been sitting in storage for months!

34. Moving in zero-G is just blissful!

35. Chaney of horror

39. Cheap and trivial

40. Oddball

44. Exotic pet

45. Feminine hygiene product

48. "Bearded" blooms

50. Where to walk the walk?

53. Feminine hygiene product

55. The Monstars in "Space Jam," e.g., for short

59. Last book of the Old Testament

60. It's run up, then rung up

61. Green trattoria topping

70. Ouch! Drifted too far and bonked my head on that darn window … but wow, would you look at the view!

74. Re-entry time - let's make sure we do this simply and practically!

76. Be nerdy, with "out"

77. Who's on a mission in today's puzzle?

78. Musician who sang about a 77-Down

80. Let borrow

81. Storage facility

82. Window, e.g.

85. Hot pot

86. Like some advice

87. Stat that doesn't apply to E.V.s

90. Microdosing drug

92. Insult

93. Part of an udder

97. Large white sheet

99. Record label for Whitney Houston

102. So far

104. Strong-willed daughter on "Downton Abbey"

105. Burning bridges, e.g.

106. Really hurt

107. Swanky

108. Bouncer in an alleyway?

112. Go silent, with "up"

113. Chops

115. ___ mood

117. Chopper

119. Unit often used exaggeratively

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