Sharp increase Crossword Clue

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Sharp increase Crossword Answer

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HIKE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a very high narrow heel on women’s shoes
2. any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
(verb)
1. add alcohol to (beverages)
2. pierce with a sharp stake or point

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INCREASE (noun)
1. the amount by which something increases
2. the act of increasing something
INCREASE (verb)
1. become bigger or greater in amount
2. make bigger or more
SHARP (adjective)
1. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
2. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
SHARP (adverb)
1. changing suddenly in direction and degree
SHARP (noun)
1. a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
2. a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HIKE
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (9/30/2026) Answers

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20. Like a moon that is not full but is more than half visible

21. Administrative role

23. Sign up

24. Ticket

27. Nottingham-to-London dir.

28. It was you

30. Attributed writer of the third Gospel

31. Culinary connoisseur

33. GPS's guesses

34. Planet

38. Desert landform

39. San Francisco team, informally

40. Best and most awesome, in slang

43. Times Sq. squad

44. Humanities degs.

47. Packet!

49. Person's bidding

51. Need for a greedy Swede?

52. Great flair

53. Nail a test

55. Locket!

57. Pie-in-the-face sound

58. Sized up

59. Hightailed it

60. How a trickster might behave

61. Group in a gym routine

62. Margarine

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Down

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2. Things to be cleansed from the body

3. Powerless

4. Movie with the record for the longest time between its release and the release of its sequel (63 years)

5. Writing partner?

6. Many tech start-up ideas

7. Trust eroder

8. Some concert gear, informally

9. Feature

10. They might get lit at a birthday celebration

11. Be super-successful, in slang

12. Scrape by.

13. Give a ring, say

18. Surgery recovery period, in brief

22. "___ Troyens" (five-hour French opera)

24. Collection of dishes?

25. Up to snuff

26. Treasure map markings

29. God whose name has one "I," fittingly

31. Offer from many a streaming service

32. Start of a counting rhyme

34. Star Trek helmsman

35. Doubtful

36. Musical promoters of school spirit

37. Impassioned

38. Insult

41. "Star Trek" engineer

42. Trig function that can output every real number

44. "Don't freak out, dude"

45. Where landlubbers are at home

46. It often features panels with speakers

48. Targets of some heists

50. Was out of other options

52. Word found at the start of "Poe, to name one"

53. Burro

54. Rank below sgt.

56. Bread choice

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