Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Crossword Clue

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Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
2. a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CRUCIBLE (noun)
1. a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
ARTHUR (noun)
1. a legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot
2. elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

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ALMES

More NYT Crossword (6/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Capital located on a fjord

5. Battling militarily

10. State with the highest Mormon population

14. Snow clearer

15. Selected

16. ___ minimum

17. "You missed your chance"

19. Silver weapon brandished by one hoping for gold

20. Huge

21. "It's legit!"

23. ___ Rica

24. One with special access, in brief

25. Gets a pooch to attack

33. One who might call you out if you get home late?

36. Hindi term meaning "master"... or "mister"

37. "My apologies"

38. Part of a house or a mouth

40. Obstetrician's specialty

42. Part of a shoe or many a bra

45. Dance for flexible people

47. It might say "Home Sweet Home"

48. Picked at one's food, in an avian metaphor

51. Baton Rouge sch.

52. Wash with a glycol spray, as an airplane wing

56. With 63-Across, question hinted at by the beginnings of 17-, 21-, 25- and 48-Across

60. Marsupial whose name sometimes omits its first letter

62. Tony ___, former Cowboys QB

63. See 56-Across

65. All over again

66. "No bid from me"

67. Bad forecast for a parade

68. Ivy in Philadelphia, familiarly

69. Letter-shaped groove for a fastener

70. Barely made, with "out"

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Down

1. Kind of nerve that connects to the eye

2. Manner in which sports replays are shown, familiarly

3. Hangs (over)

4. Babies that are supposed to be up all night?

5. Five things in each of Shakespeare's plays

6. 'My country, 'tis of __ . . .'

7. Was victorious

8. Since

9. Fixed, as a tapestry or a tatami

10. Original name of a popular shared-ride service

11. Word after video or Scotch

12. About 8,100 square feet, for a baseball infield

13. What helps you get a leg up?

18. Eroticist Nin

22. Purges, with "of"

26. Baseball Hall-of-Famer ___ Ripken

27. Rock that's fracked to release oil

28. Bone in the lower leg

29. Fusion weapon, familiarly

30. Weight unit at British markets

31. Sea sight in black and white

32. The decline of Russia?

33. Lead-in to Major or Minor in the night sky

34. What a drawbridge might cross

35. Word with vault or position

39. Collapsed

41. One of four generated by a grand slam, for short

44. Kind of soup often served with sushi

46. Surgeon informally

49. Emirate that was the site of Operation Desert Storm

50. Longing

53. Chris with the 1991 hit "Wicked Game"

54. One who's "adorbs"

55. Revise, as text

56. Prepare for gifting

57. Sharpen

58. Finding a penny with the tails side up is said to be a bad one

59. Actor/rapper Omar

60. "In that neighborhood"

61. Gnat or nit

64. Bud

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