Smack ___ in the middle Crossword Clue

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Smack ___ in the middle Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
2. hit lightly
(noun)
1. a light touch or stroke
2. a small quantity of something moist or liquid

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MIDDLE (adjective)
1. equally distant from the extremes
2. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
MIDDLE (noun)
1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region
2. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
MIDDLE (verb)
1. put in the middle
SMACK (verb)
1. deliver a hard blow to
2. kiss lightly
SMACK (noun)
1. the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
2. an enthusiastic kiss
SMACK (adverb)
1. directly

Hint 3: Anagram

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More LA Times Crossword (11/27/2025) Answers

Across

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16. Natural dye for some brides

17. Citrus-infused brew

18. Foodie site with a Dining Out section

19. Walk or trot

20. Seuss character who advocates eating green

21. Bobby of hockey

23. Some Ram pickups

27. A short way from

29. Condiment in Indian cuisine

30. K-pop rapper

31. Major export of Côte d'Ivoire

33. Valueless but valuable Scrabble tile

35. Reworks, as text

37. Couch for sitting or sleeping

42. Some characters in "The Hobbit"

46. Needle

47. Siouan people

50. Spine-tingling

52. Read hastily

53. Trick-taking spot

56. Allotted share

57. Cleverly skillful

58. Spanish appetizer

60. Some corporate jets

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Down

1. Sci-fi craft

2. Neither partner

3. Show for queens

4. Mediterranean peak

5. Inflexible

6. In very good shape

7. Da 5 Bloods director Spike

8. Letters on Erin Jackson's uniform

9. Clip wool from

10. Join forces

11. Buffoonery

12. Hardly aboveboard

13. Injures

15. Wretched smell

20. Place for witnesses

21. Formerly

22. Paper quantity

25. "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" writer Scott-Heron

26. Brief prediction that accounts for traffic and weather

28. Took to the hills

32. Tributary stream

34. Dennings of "Shifting Gears"

36. Freezing shower

38. Word of affirmation

39. Casino card game

40. Biblical twin of Jacob

41. Lasting impression

43. Evaluate

44. Pitching stat

45. Blood relation, for short

47. Difficult experience

48. Capital of Albania

49. Fragrant

51. Tarons Rocketman role

53. Some essential oils

54. Main ideas

55. Like chalet roofs

59. French father

61. Club date

62. Summer in Paris

63. Form an attachment

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65. Norse war god

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