Sharp-smelling Crossword Clue

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Sharp-smelling Crossword Answer

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PUNGENT

(7 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. harsh or corrosive in tone
2. strong and sharp

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SMELLING (adjective)
1. (used with `of’ or `with’) noticeably odorous
SMELLING (noun)
1. the act of perceiving the odor of something
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

PUNGENT
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Mad" run

5. Twitch

10. Make small talk

14. Dos x cuatro

15. Michelangelo masterwork

16. Bat mitzvah or baptism

17. "Get well!" (In this answer, see letters 2-7)

19. Sephora rival

20. Stretched the truth

21. Pest ... or pester

22. "Je ne ___ pas" (French for "I don't know")

23. Vacant look

24. Like a mighty wind (... letters 2-5)

26. Fish in Hawaiian (not Greek!) cuisine

28. Nonurban outfitter

29. The lowdown

32. Pinpoint

36. Make up one's mind

39. Fixes glitches ... or unscrambles this puzzle's indicated letters?

42. Run a tab, say

43. Nancy who was the first Madam Speaker

44. Right away

45. St. Louis-to-Chicago dir.

47. They might be loose or tight

49. Alternative to the Buick Enclave and Chevrolet Traverse (... letters 3-8)

54. Target

58. Pearl Harbor's island

59. ___-Magnon

60. Under Cupid's spell

61. Silent signals

62. Like some lemurs (... letters 3-6)

64. Canal Opened in 1825

65. Cornell and Columbia

66. Part of a deck

67. Morning host Kelly

68. Wooden duck, say

69. Bohemian

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Down

1. Removes, as a hat

2. Nail the midterm

3. Biblical queendom

4. Hal who won a Tony for "Mark Twain Tonight!"

5. Zoomed

6. Orchestra's place

7. Health insurance giant

8. Sweet bargain

9. TV mom whose blue hair makes her 8-foot-6

10. Fictional castaway Robinson

11. Sidesplitting

12. Spooky story?

13. Rib

18. [The lights green!]

24. Grave-robbing spirit

25. Unencumbered

27. Sunburn balm

29. ___ Jima

30. Presently

31. Roast beef sandwich served au jus

33. IT VIP

34. Befuddled

35. ___ Mints (Girl Scout cookies)

37. Org. fixated on eagles and birdies

38. Amt. of vanilla, maybe

40. Design deet

41. St. Peter's, for instance

46. Queasiness

48. Real first name of Queen Latifah

49. Lost cause

50. Indigenous New Zealander

52. Take the wheel:

53. Type of bond or column

55. Back biter

56. Prevent, as a crisis

57. Abe's Mount Rushmore neighbor

60. ___-bitsy

63. Logical beginning

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