Sober Crossword Clue

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SEDATE

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. become dry or drier
2. remove the moisture from and make dry
(noun)
1. a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
(adjective)
1. lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
2. humorously sarcastic or mocking

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SOBER (verb)
1. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption
2. become more realistic
SOBER (adjective)
1. lacking brightness or color; dull
2. completely lacking in playfulness

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SEDATE
(6 letters)

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (9/28/2026) Answers

Across

1. Chocolate-___ peanuts

7. Puffed cereal

10. Marry

13. "Dawn of the Dead" filmmaker George

14. Assistant

15. Listener

16. Abashed

18. Garment with straps

19. Design detail briefly

20. Gather up

21. Word yelled after accidentally speaking in unison

22. Hedge plant

24. Number that's "ichi" in Japanese

25. What App Store apps run on

26. Terrified

31. Little lie

34. Pen ends

35. Coal remnant

36. Moody genre

37. It appears backward in "stranded"

38. Adventure resort rental, for short

39. She sheep

40. Remove a harness from

42. Symbol on the Lebanese flag

43. Sad

48. Snitched

49. CAUTION ___ FLOOR

50. Models strike them

52. 'What a disaster!'

53. Drop a bass line, maybe?

54. Wizard

55. Old Glory ... or an alternate set of clues for the three longest answers

59. ___long (soon, poetically)

60. Season-long stories, perhaps

61. Prepared

62. Above poetically

63. Syllable of disinterest

64. Some loaves

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Down

1. Peppery salad herb

2. Zing

3. Substance many insects are preserved in

4. Drinking vessel such as Chip from "Beauty and the Beast"

5. Drop the ball

6. Cartoon character with a map named Map

7. Half of XOXO

8. Mid-March date

9. Crossed (out)

10. Bit of "Broad City" content, originally

11. Make as money

12. Partner of Star-Lord and Gamora

14. Positions on a mat

17. Jellylike organism

21. Lewis in the graphic novel series "March"

23. Teen who may play the sax

25. You win

27. Breathable sheet fabric

28. Played a character

29. Stitch up

30. Three in Turin

31. Prolonged dispute

32. "Don't hand me that phone!"

33. Epithet for Batman's sidekick

38. "Queen of Soul" Franklin

41. Barely simmering

42. End-of-year graduate papers

44. Site where some stream crosswords

45. Severely sleep-deprived parent, in slang

46. "Symphony of ___" (Stravinsky work inspired by hymns)

47. Transition

51. Birdfeeder bit

52. Cookie with a Stuf of Doom variety

53. Word before "house" or "work"

56. Cuban sandwich meat

57. "Bullseye With Jesse Thorn" network

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