Spare change? Crossword Clue

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TYRE

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(verb)
1. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
2. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
(noun)
1. hoop that covers a wheel

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHANGE (verb)
1. lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
2. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
CHANGE (noun)
1. an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
2. a difference that is usually pleasant
SPARE (adjective)
1. not taken up by scheduled activities
2. thin and fit
SPARE (verb)
1. refrain from harming
2. give up what is not strictly needed
SPARE (noun)
1. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
2. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TYRE
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Hint 4: Anagram

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

More WSJ Crossword (1/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. Toy brand with interlocking blocks

5. Extent

10. Cash-dispensing devices

14. Taiwanese computer maker

15. “Are so!” comeback

16. Relax in the tub

17. *Economic expansion of the 1990s

19. Russell of “The Diplomat”

20. Brazilian dance of African origin

21. Barbie material

23. Suffix for "lemon" or "lime"

25. Alphabetize, perhaps

27. Disney film set in Polynesia

28. Kilauea flow

30. *Michael Jackson moniker

33. It may cross the street

36. Folk knowledge

37. Finishes dramatically, and what each of the starred answers does

42. Slippery swimmers

43. Bit of the “Deck the Halls” refrain

45. *Homer that scores four runs

50. Australian birds

51. Sublease

52. Bulletin board item

55. Mammal trio?

56. Potentially messy picnic game

59. Flat floaters

61. Award achievement for Whoopi and Elton

62. *Cause of lethargy after a candy high

67. Aunt's daughter

68. Furniture chain with a blue-and-yellow logo

69. Tournament ranking

70. Place

71. Spam or lamb

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Down

1. Young fellow

2. Earth-friendly prefix

3. Settles the score

4. Killer whale

5. Five-time role for Stallone

6. Begin, as on a journey

7. “I take it that’s ___”

8. Housing for hens

9. Web pages are written in it

10. Demands from

11. Pilates exercise

12. Hall of Fame quarterback Dan

13. Mountain top

18. Meditation chants

22. One-celled organism

23. Pie ___ mode

24. Foo Fighters founder Grohl

26. Attacks with a lance

29. Plus

31. Japanese drama

32. Tennis great Steffi

34. Familiar with

35. Rams’ fans?

38. Under the weather

39. Pub potable

40. Junior, to Senior

41. Downcast

44. Ninny

45. Welcomes

46. Basketball Hall of Famer Miller

47. Veep before Dick Cheney

48. Brought home

49. Instrument that’s shaken

53. Gave a hoot

54. Col. Sanders’s chain

57. IDs on tax forms

58. Clubs, for one

60. Cut

63. "Golly!"

64. Baltic or Black

65. Bowler, for one

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