Sharpen, as an appetite Crossword Clue

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Sharpen, as an appetite Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make keen or more acute
2. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

APPETITE (noun)
1. a feeling of craving something
SHARPEN (verb)
1. make (one’s senses) more acute
2. put (an image) into focus

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Daily Beast Crossword (5/21/2025) Answers

Across

1. Dunham who's directing the forthcoming Netflix rom-com "Good Sex"

5. ___ Model (stage name of singer Tucker Pillsbury, who has signed on to appear in "Good Sex")

9. Beasts of burden

10. 9, when speaking over a walkie-talkie

12. Complete and total

13. Actress Jones who has also signed on for "Good Sex"

15. "Don't Bring Me Down" band, 1979

16. Talks smack about

20. "___ Working Overtime" (1982 XTC hit)

22. "Be there soon," in texting shorthand

23. Portman who has also signed on for "Good Sex"

25. Switzerland's third-largest city, where Roger Federer was born

28. Vulcan Mind ___ ("Star Trek" weapon)

29. J.J. Abrams-created show of the 2000s

30. Wiesel or Mystal

31. Ruffalo who has also signed on for "Good Sex"

32. Meg who is the Queen of Rom-Coms -- and has also signed on for "Good Sex"

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Down

1. Not very good, as graphics

2. "Waiting to ___" (Terry McMillan novel)

3. Liam in the 2018 thriller "The Commuter"

4. Collection of writing (abbr.)

5. Moreno and Wilson, for two

6. Toronto's province (Abbr.)

7. Spike in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival this week

8. Go wrong

10. Person who doesn't have to do laundry that often

14. Guiding lights

17. ___ responsible (having no one else to blame)

18. "___ Pérez" (recent Best Picture nominee)

19. Country where the 2019 thriller "Midsommar" is set

21. ___ peek (preview)

24. Part of AFI, briefly

25. Margera of "Jackass" fame

26. In the style of

27. ___ Ian McKellen

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