Speed contest Crossword Clue

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Speed contest Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. compete in a race
2. cause to move fast or to rush or race
(noun)
1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
2. a canal for a current of water

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CONTEST (noun)
1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
2. a struggle between rivals
CONTEST (verb)
1. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
SPEED (noun)
1. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
2. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
SPEED (verb)
1. cause to move faster
2. move hurridly

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (9/3/2025) Answers

Across

1. Job-related move for short

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10. Pasture measure

14. Diabolical

15. All kidding __

16. Casual discussion

17. Payment for a business intermediary

19. Tex-Mex food truck serving

20. Pittsburgh footballer

21. 20 Across' org.

23. Farm enclosure

24. Made a goof

25. Expert pilot

27. Payment for entering a nightclub

34. Sports shoe attachment

38. Aid in criminality

39. Cheer for a team

40. __ around (loiter)

41. Latches (onto)

42. Singles in wallets

43. Verdi opera

44. Name meaning 'born again'

45. Manicurist's abrasive

46. Payment for owning a home

49. Dampen.

50. Soup beans

54. Meat in an omelet

56. Vehicle for hire

59. Widens, as pupils

61. Creme-filled cookie

63. Payment for crossing a river

65. Chain-__ fence

66. Talk host O'Brien

67. Ticklish red Muppet

68. Ingests

69. Convinces to decide

70. Park bench plank

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Down

1. Boxing arbiters

2. Paperless party announcement

3. Trash can insert

4. Of earlier vintage

5. Texas border city

6. UN member until '91

7. Photo file format

8. Genesis paradise

9. Coral ridge

10. Stop stalling!

11. Escort for a date

13. British prep school

18. Choose by ballot

22. ___-di-dah

26. Billiards bounce

28. Person paid to park

29. Fine black wood

30. Convened again

31. Euro fractions: Abbr.

32. Suffix meaning 'attendee'

33. Crafts etailer

34. British bloke

35. Place to hibernate

36. Substantial gift to a college

37. Visibly awed

41. Canine warning

45. Banish

47. List-shortening abbr

48. Makes even

51. Wives or husbands

52. Ring-shaped 9-Down

53. Historic Alabama city

54. Rabbit's hideaway

55. Operatic solo

57. First-learned fundamentals

58. Forehead

59. WWII turning point

60. Space on a schedule

62. Signs off on

64. Tempest __ teapot

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