Start to jerk? Crossword Clue

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Start to jerk? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
2. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

START (verb)
1. get off the ground
2. bulge outward
START (noun)
1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
JERK (noun)
1. a dull stupid fatuous person
2. a sudden abrupt pull
JERK (verb)
1. throw or toss with a quick motion
2. pull, or move with a sudden movement

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More The Atlantic Crossword (3/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Fastening device

5. Short-term staffers

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14. Pain in the neck, maybe

15. Hero-worship

16. Neighbor

17. Scotch product that isn't aged?

20. Song written by George Harrison while avoiding drama with his Beatles bandmates

21. 2019 animated film about the origins of Santa

22. Gives out one's address?

23. ___ Elementary (Quinta Brunson sitcom)

25. Curved corn chip

26. Truckloads

27. Frequent openers?

28. Gear such as 😷 or 🥽: abbr.

31. End in ___ (draw)

32. Zodiac sign after Pisces

33. Whopper server?

34. Plopped down, say

35. Position in football and basketball but not baseball

36. It might portray a self-centered POV?

37. Writer known for getting deep?

38. Stones used for landscaping

39. Made level

41. "This isn't my first __"

42. Humble beginnings?

46. Inhibitor of executive function, maybe

47. Apple product associated with the Frutiger Aero aesthetic

48. Half of a fitness motto

49. Like most NBA players

50. Fitting surname for The Wizard of Oz's Dorothy

51. Look after

52. Wraps up

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1. "Hell ___ no fury"

2. 43560 square feet

3. Nickname given to Nemo by his tank gang

4. Wife of Odysseus

5. Surrender, in combat sports

6. Red-coat wearers?

7. "But wait, there's ___!"

8. Like some mail

9. Some halters

10. Tardy for, as a party

11. Humble

12. "It's never ___" (House maxim)

13. Ancient Egyptian sun god

18. Performs like Cab Calloway

19. "___ So True" (Gracie Abrams single)

23. Expressions of epiphanies

24. Word before "test" or "blocker"

25. Laissez-___

27. Like the Palace of Versailles, e.g.

28. Church instrument whose precursor used hydraulics

29. Surname of Pixar's Helen, Bob, Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack

30. He's often depicted taking a bow?

32. Philosopher-king known for Meditations

33. Romantic spot?

35. Sign on some restroom doors

36. Death on the Nile actor Gal

37. Marco Polo's hometown

38. Gnocchi ingredient

39. Headache for a horticulturist

40. Likely to share one's opinion

41. Modernize, maybe

42. "Siiiick!"

44. "___ Lang Syne"

45. Meshes socially

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