Skimmer’s cousin Crossword Clue

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Skimmer’s cousin Crossword Answer

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TERN

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(verb)
1. fool or hoax
2. make a fool or dupe of
(noun)
1. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
2. mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SKIMMER (noun)
1. a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
2. a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids
COUSIN (noun)
1. the child of your aunt or uncle

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TERN
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More WSJ Crossword (1/29/2026) Answers

Across

1. Veggie from a vine

5. Fine Japanese porcelain

10. There are six in one fl. oz.

14. B-boy connection

15. — glance

16. Turquoise kin

17. Trying to corner the market on

20. One might get thrown from a horse

21. Bar staple

23. Candler who founded Coca-Cola

24. Yale backer

25. Subj. in 1910s history

27. Home of the Ontario Hockey League’s Otters

29. Numbers on shoe boxes

31. Floor

32. Beat at a pie event

35. Sure whatever

39. “Be with you in just ___”

40. Coll. or univ.

42. Rookie

43. Capital of Kiribati

46. Flock protector, perhaps

49. ___ avis

51. Romantic suitor

52. Lacking color

55. Gehrig in Cooperstown

56. Subj. that may be taught in silence

59. Cut ruthlessly

60. “C’est ___!”

62. Historic caravel

64. Bank, say

66. Travel measure

68. Scintilla

69. Have ___ at the table

70. Trifling

71. Nation with a sultan

72. Vexatious sorts

73. Group of players, or, if spaced, a hint to making sense of six Across answers

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Down

1. Thick wire

2. Customary

3. Amy March, to Meg, Jo or Beth

4. They might be loose or tight

5. Here, to Henri

6. Praying insects that prey

7. Ship that went to Colchis

8. Itinerary for an intern

9. Lack of reverence

10. Mark with graffiti

11. Army group

12. Sign of life

13. Leaves on the plate

18. "Holy moly!"

22. Rock's Mötley ___

26. Sopping

28. With no clear winner

30. Entrance requirement, sometimes

32. Heart-healthy grain

33. NATO member

34. 700, in Ancient Rome

36. Flowering shrub

37. Metal source

38. Beat in the ring, casually

41. Broke up loudly

44. Mural setting

45. Concierge's offering

47. Brit's bathroom

48. Tool for a watchmaker

50. Counsel

52. Grill setting

53. General truth

54. Mouth feature

57. Unsmiling

58. Put on the boat

61. Time of treachery

63. Foot for Frost

65. Beach souvenir

67. Superiors to sgts.

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