Shortens, as jeans Crossword Clue

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Shortens, as jeans Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

JEANS (noun)
1. (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

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More Daily Themed Crossword (8/23/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___ and Jerry

4. Singer ___ King Cole of "Mona Lisa"

7. Coke or Pepsi container

10. New York's Madison, for short

11. Street-lining trees

13. "I ___ you my compass, didn't I?" (lent)

14. Coat-hanging pin

15. "___ for me!" (cry while running toward the school bus, perhaps)

16. Apple tablet?

17. Mistake fixer in your school supplies that saves you when you write "this" as "thiss"

19. Hockey legend Bobby ___

21. ___ wrestling (test of strength)

22. Measuring tool in your school supplies that keeps your lines perfectly straight during geometry

25. Farming prefix with "culture"

28. ___ wipe (baby product)

29. Mayo or salsa, e.g.

31. "I'm so ___ you came!" (words from a host)

32. iPhone platform

33. Condescending one

34. Yes, in French

35. Writing fluid in your school supplies that converts blank pages into notes and completed assignments

36. Opposite of "fail," on an exam

37. Singer ___ John of "Rocket Man"

39. Disco ___ (character from "The Simpsons")

41. Shoo-___ (guaranteed winners)

42. Friend whom you may have written to over the summer ... or a punny way to describe the words at 17a, 22a, 35a, 1d, and 26d: 2 wds.

46. ___ and conditions

49. "Aren't ___ fine pair?" (comment from a 42a, perhaps): 2 wds.

50. Sense of self that may be inflated

51. Actress ___ Larson of "Lessons in Chemistry"

52. Cured meat

53. Rapper with the album "It Was Written"

55. Surgery sites: Abbr.

56. Ones working in 55a, for short

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Down

1. Clear adhesive strip in your school supplies that patches things up

2. "Roger that, ___ and out" (bit of conversation on a walkie-talkie)

3. ___ Millions Lottery game

4. Like the PS5 in comparison to the PS4

5. What gets snoozed in the morning

6. "I didn't need to know all that," in textspeak: Abbr.

7. Baseball ___ (headgear)

8. Actress ___ Gardner of "55 Days at Peking"

9. ___ Flanders whose children are Rod and Todd

12. Strip mall units

13. Young lady

18. "She's the one who ___ that he snuck out!" (words from a tattletale)

20. Monotonous routine

23. Designer ___ Mode from "The Incredibles"

24. Spanish "rivers"

25. Not long ___ (recently)

26. ___ stick, adhesive in your school supplies that you might need for arts and crafts

27. Train track

28. Chinese frying vessel

30. "Curious George" network: Abbr.

32. Highway hotels

33. Hand-___ (like some wool)

35. Charged particles

38. "___ up!" (cry before exam papers are collected)

39. Long, pointed weapon

40. Microsoft's video conferencing software

43. Await judgment

44. When doubled, a jelly-like substance used as a thickener

45. "Your ___!" ("You're missing out!")

46. Letters that might precede a truth or an opinion

47. Before before

48. Edge of a glass

49. Word one might say before being called an owl, in a knock-knock joke

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