Slightly wrong Crossword Clue

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Slightly wrong Crossword Answer

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AWRY

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Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. not functioning properly
(adverb)
1. away from the correct or expected course
2. in an imperfect or faulty way

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SLIGHTLY (adverb)
1. in a slim or slender manner
2. to a small degree or extent
WRONG (noun)
1. that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law
2. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
WRONG (adjective)
1. not functioning properly
2. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
WRONG (adverb)
1. in an inaccurate manner
WRONG (verb)
1. treat unjustly; do wrong to

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

AWRY
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Actress Huston

9. "What a bummer!"

14. Six Flags New England city

20. Logician, say

21. Chicago hub

22. I'm not listening!

23. With 24-Across, event that screens documentaries about French Post-Impressionist Paul?

24. See 23-Across

26. Sharp, erratic turn

27. Aware of

29. In the past

30. WWII theater, briefly

31. "Can you believe this?" reaction

33. Black board?

36. Risky perch

38. Printer component that bonds toner to paper

40. Hit with a bright beam

42. Carefully plucked garment?

46. Biotech firm creation

47. Hermana de la madre

49. Don Juan's mother

50. Doesn't stand out

51. Foreign-made schnozzola?

55. Inc. : US :: __ : UK

56. Plaything

57. __ af Klint (abstract painter born in Solna)

58. __ Elliott ("The Bear" actress)

60. Medicine amts.

63. Magic thing

66. Like hackathons and RPGs

67. High-maintenance star

68. “Hamnet” director

69. Fasten ribbed slacks again?

71. Untamed stomach stone?

73. Each

74. Eternity

75. Habits

76. Forehead-and-nose area in skin care

77. Dallas cager

78. Shortly, in old poetry

79. Riot's response?

80. Poule partner

81. Wt./ht. ratio

82. "The Office" actor Oscar's aviating nickname?

88. Tax on imports

91. Picked out

92. "__ insist!" ("Let me!")

93. Top corn producer in the US

94. Bodyguard's diet advice about a dispensable candy?

97. Tattles about

99. Brings to the ground

100. Deliver a sick burn to

101. 57-Across, for example

103. Stretch (out)

104. Feathery sprinter

105. Tech co. since 1989

106. Nonsensical movement

108. Library command

110. Architectural bands that aren't straight?

115. Super simple, and a hint to this puzzle's theme

120. Carrier to Jerusalem

121. Watts in the movies

122. Dave Brubeck classic

123. Declined

124. Sick

125. "Don't sell out!"

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Down

1. Story's shape

2. Called, before the wedding

3. Adds some pizzazz to

4. Actor Morales

5. More extended

6. Village lodging

7. Curaçao's capital?

8. Firebug's crime

9. Not hard

10. Bengals' home

11. Margarita condimento

12. QB's asset

13. Drag through the mud

14. Furthermore

15. Gangster's piece

16. Author Ayaan Hirsi __

17. Surfboard variant paddled with a double-bladed oar

18. Adolescents' support group

19. Bitter Chicago liqueur

25. Lines on a treble staff

28. Globe competitor: Abbr.

31. Grocery chain

32. Heat up

34. Broadway actress Buckley

35. Garfield's companion

36. Talk show host Gibbons

37. Sparkling juice brand

38. Like greasy takeout

39. La Jolla university, briefly

41. Journey of self?

43. Brandishes

44. Archnemesis

45. Islamic woman's full-length garment

48. Devoted follower

52. Walkover

53. Aviary denizens

54. Extremely skinny

59. Some tighty-whities

60. Jimmy __ (footwear brand)

61. "Godfather" actor James

62. Achy after leg day

63. Pull an all-nighter

64. Type of air filter: Abbr.

65. Ukraine's Sea of __

66. Forbidden

67. Grimy and dull

68. Nighttime snoozing aid brand

70. "Steve Canyon" cartoonist Milton

71. Enthusiastic response

72. Elite English boarding school

75. Cookie type

79. Story openers, in journalism

80. Like a movie with many digital effects

81. Runny cheese

83. Pants holder?

84. Thing held, passed, or dropped

85. Trimmer target

86. Furry "Return of the Jedi" creature

87. Grey who wrote Westerns

88. Olympic squad in stars and stripes

89. Nickname of the Italian men's soccer squad

90. Travel guide publisher

94. Concise summary

95. Getting someone's goat

96. Hallucinatory tab

98. Actress Manville

102. Bumps on a leg?

105. Oversized hairdo

106. Blue man group, for short?

107. Condition of sale

109. Significance

111. Lassie's beau

112. Yang's partner

113. Corn holder

114. Monkey house?

116. Throw back a fish

117. Otherwise called

118. "Law & Order" spin-off, for short

119. ___-haw

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