Smashing Crossword Clue

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Smashing Crossword Answer

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NEAT

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AONE

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PHENOMENAL

(10 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. extremely pleasing

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SMASHING (noun)
1. the act of breaking something into small pieces
SMASHING (adjective)
1. very good

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

NEAT
(4 letters)
AONE
(4 letters)
PHENOMENAL
(10 letters)

More The Atlantic Crossword (1/18/2026) Answers

Across

1. "!!!! 😱"

5. "Sex Education" protagonist

9. Drink that might be served with an extra-wide straw

13. Witch's cackle, e.g.

15. Well done!

17. Extremely loyal friend, maybe

18. Word after ear or Erie

19. Notions

20. No longer carrying a torch

22. Persuasion author Austen

23. Nuclear-power plant, perhaps

26. Snacks that have a spokescat

29. Ransack

31. ___ Tipton (Disney Channel character who's said to be inspired by Paris Hilton)

32. Element in religious iconography

33. Certain undergraduate degree: abbr.

34. Start to complete?

35. Like echidnas

37. Battery, e.g.

38. Direction opposite NNW

39. "I dare you!"

40. Scrape

42. Garden feature that might provide shade

44. Volunteer tourist guide, maybe

45. Structure built for the 1962 world's fair

47. Agricola setting

48. Rise

49. Pelvic bone

53. "I was out of town," e.g.

55. Meal-delivery device at some sporting events

57. Leaves on the plate, maybe?

58. Fully recovered

59. "You're on!"

60. Some lipstick shades

61. Back talk

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Down

1. Ginger, to some

2. Rapacious

3. Faction in an argument

4. 'Be my guest'

5. What a coxswain lacks

6. Successors of the Plantagenets

7. "Mercy!"

8. Ovenware for roasting vegetables

9. TV network established by royal charter

10. Tooth-pain-relief brand

11. Alternative to a tube?

12. Like some fashion at the Met Gala

14. Finish behind

16. Beverage originally brewed mainly by women

21. Place for parked cars?

24. Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5, e.g.

25. Day___ paint

26. Way to get closure?

27. Alternative to home fries

28. USS ___ (name of several Star Trek vessels)

30. Online publication for foodies

32. Blackjack request, maybe

36. Establishment of note?

37. Businesses that might make most of their sales in December

39. ___ Ock (nickname for Otto Octavius's alter ego)

41. Least populous country in Central America

43. The ___ (country that shares its entire land border with Senegal)

44. President who preceded Jimmy

46. TikToker Alix

50. Itty-bitty bit

51. Instruments popular in Hawaii, for short

52. Home of Curiosity and Perseverance

54. Under the weather

56. Network that hosts an annual A Christmas Story marathon

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