Spelling competition Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
2. a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COMPETITION (noun)
1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
2. the contestant you hope to defeat
SPELLING (noun)
1. forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

More USA Today Crossword (10/9/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Waterloo" group that appeared on the first season of "SNL"

5. Candy Crush moves

10. "The Parent ___"

14. Ned Nickerson, to Nancy Drew

15. "Beverly Hills, 90210" star Luke

16. Sidewalk-spraying tool

17. Fringe flock

18. E.T., for example

19. ___ Egg (Daisy's home, in "The Great Gatsby")

20. Greeting that might include a family newsletter

23. Anniversary year represented by tin

24. Third-person pronoun

25. Cantina freebie

27. ___ effect (unrealistic expectations about forensic science)

30. People who revered llamas

34. Fraternal ___

35. Lock in a salon

37. Rust Belt state

38. Get final say in an argument, e.g.

41. ___ out (barely get)

42. Take a good look at

43. Spot to jet ski

44. Arabian Peninsula country

46. More than peeved

47. Places for lawnmowers

49. Cupid's Greek counterpart

51. "Sorry to say . . ."

52. Gourmet gift basket company

57. Hostess snack cake

58. Total impostor

59. "Happy Gilmore" star Sandler

61. Curved line in music

62. "Under Ben Bulben" poet

63. Geeky type

64. Pesters persistently

65. "___ takers?"

66. Poses a question

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1. Muscles worked during planks

3. Pretty suite composer?

4. It can correct "pitchy" vocals

5. Eurozone country

6. Unite thermally

7. Opera solo

8. Rats, to cats

9. Aligns

10. "It's gonna be okay"

11. Street

12. Eeyore, for one

13. Kibble consumer

21. "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" actor Seydoux

22. Tuna tossed with shoyu

25. Between naps, perhaps

26. "Get in here!"

27. Peaches and ___

28. 1965 protest city

29. "My response was . . ."

31. Took a position in a dispute

32. Was broadcast

33. Some fizzy drinks

34. Third-person pronoun

35. "appreciate u"

36. IRS form input

39. Type of saxophone for Lester Young

40. Inventor Nikola

45. Goofs

48. "Half of my heart is in ___" (Camila Cabello lyric)

50. Channel with "Twilight Zone" reruns

51. Tosses in

52. Spanish for "hello"

53. Population density denominator

54. Bread often served with curry

55. Role

56. Unlit

57. Sister channel of QVC

60. Derms, e.g.

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