Sign of freshness Crossword Clue

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Sign of freshness Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
2. a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
(adverb)
1. directly
(verb)
1. hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FRESHNESS (noun)
1. originality by virtue of being new and surprising
2. the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
SIGN (noun)
1. structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
2. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
SIGN (verb)
1. mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on)
2. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
SIGN (adjective)
1. used of the language of the deaf

Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (4/23/2026) Answers

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13. It leaves some floorboards visible

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17. Buyer’s problem, at times

18. Not well

19. Ctrl-V action

21. Enjoyed immensely

22. Blondie drummer Burke

24. Cruiser crew

25. Load from a lode

26. Spring dinner

28. Strongbox

32. Was dominant

34. Practice product

35. Austria’s currency before the euro

39. Purity unit

40. Effervescent brew

41. Approached

45. Sneaks, say

47. Four Corners tribe

50. Corner

51. Is really awesome

54. Seat of California’s Mendocino County

56. Co.-ending letters

57. Like the 1939 film’s Oz but not Kansas

59. Print type, and what’s been done to four Across answers before they were clued

61. Song honoring “the True North strong and free”

62. Indicator of online shouting

63. College governing bodies

64. Unavailable for appointments

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Down

1. Made airtight

2. Afgh. neighbor

3. Not give ___ (be indifferent)

4. Charge

5. Spider's pouch

6. Lodge activities

7. Before, poetically

8. Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous With ___”

9. Heaps

10. Grow bored with

11. Guarantee

12. More profound

13. Reebok rival

14. Items in paint stores and hair salons

20. Team taunts

23. “I can go for this!,” informally

27. Kidney-related

29. Sledding spot

30. Seasoned stews

31. Sign of guilt, perhaps

33. Skin, in combinations

36. Poetic pauses

37. Like some Spanish Harlem residents

38. Become verdant, as a landscape

41. Knickknacks

42. Without delay

43. Native of a city whose population triples for a time every year

44. President Lai Ching-te’s nation

46. Small denominations

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52. Coffee harvested on the slopes of Mauna Loa

53. Blinds piece

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58. Poetic piece

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