Startle Crossword Clue

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Startle Crossword Answer

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SURPRISE

(8 letters)

SCARE

(5 letters)

JAR

(3 letters)

JOLT

(4 letters)

SPOOK

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
2. a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
(verb)
1. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
2. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Hint 2: Clue Definition

STARTLE (noun)
1. a sudden involuntary movement
STARTLE (verb)
1. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
2. to stimulate to action

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SURPRISE
(8 letters)
SCARE
(5 letters)
JAR
(3 letters)
JOLT
(4 letters)
SPOOK
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More WSJ Crossword (6/22/2024) Answers

Across

1. Dunkin’ treat

6. Snack

10. Owns

13. Olympians, e.g.

17. Haglike figures in fantasy novels

19. Clued in about

20. Make a decision

21. Specialty

22. Removes the paper from on Christmas morning

24. Material for some cutting boards

25. Most skeptical

27. Unable to make a difference

29. Paul of “Ant-Man”

31. Minuscule

32. English article

33. Cheering wildly

35. They may be pulled or ripped

37. Wings

39. Spooky crafts

41. Tennis pro Coco

42. NFL leaders

45. Brandy made from cherry juice

47. Bridge reply

49. Wheat cracker brand

51. Soothe, as a bruise

52. Latte order

54. Tree whose trunk may be more than 40 feet in diameter

56. British singer Ora

57. Bird last sighted over 360 years ago

59. Recital highlights

61. One in a black suit

62. It sometimes ends with a cliffhanger

63. Metal-cutting shears

65. Like blue-green, colorwise

67. Cal in Cooperstown

69. Particulars, informally

71. “— you in?”

72. So are we!

73. Petulant person

75. Namesake of Amtrak’s Manhattan train hall

77. Reply paired with a shrug

80. Snake dance performers

83. Meds like Prozac and Zoloft, for short

85. Texting farewell

86. It’s a “theocratic republic,” according to the CIA

87. Price boost

89. One might be passed on the track

91. Chuckling syllable

92. Generosity

94. Cramping-relief brand

96. Sides

98. Mouse sighter’s cry

99. Bikini blast, for short

101. Corp. honchos

102. Intro to art?

103. New outfit

105. Big-box furniture and meatballs stores

107. Turntable no.

109. "Scram!"

112. Resting on

114. Saw wielder

117. Nissan’s luxury line

119. Four letters, perhaps

121. Ally

122. Instrument for Orpheus

123. Creature in ads for Xyzal, TripAdvisor and America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses

124. Curtain color

125. Altered, in a way

126. Only landlocked nation in Southeast Asia

127. Dissenting chorus

128. Rough guess

129. Stress about

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Down

1. Big supporter?

2. "But we could do something else instead"

3. Utterance upon entering a garage

4. Lengthens, as a fishing line

5. Rip

6. “Don’t look at this in front of your boss!”

7. Lunch time, maybe

8. Paparazzi target

9. "Nonsense!"

10. Keeps away

11. Caesar, in a sci-fi movie franchise

12. They’re used for reinforcing concrete

13. Progress

14. Lode stones

15. Indian abroad

16. Fill up

18. Dramatic debuts

23. Knight’s title, on “Game of Thrones”

26. Coral communities

28. Belgian brew

30. Made hole?

34. Mug, say

36. Band-Aid rival

38. HDTV type

40. Bro, e.g.

42. Mentally agile, and a hint to the circled letters

43. Please in Potsdam

44. Mar

45. Isn’t serious

46. It’s often a stylized letter

48. Some bottled waters

50. Stop functioning, as a computer

53. Foldable furniture

55. TV segment whose first selection was “The Deep End of the Ocean”

58. King’s Gambit, e.g.

60. Button your lip!

64. Understand?

66. Respite on a road trip

68. "___ be my pleasure!"

70. Any of more than 1,700 in Melbourne

72. Cop car, to the dispatcher

73. Although …

74. Trio of Greek myth personifying the seasons

75. Flowing cirrus clouds

76. Former third-biggest lake in the world

78. Russian refusal

79. Cheers at soccer matches

82. Focused beam

84. Sentimental fondness

88. Insta post

90. Informal refusal

93. Kind of kitchen

95. ___ gratia

97. Tightly wound braid

100. Chiding word

103. Places for porkers

104. Pears and apples

106. Semicircle, for example

108. Field for communication majors

109. It may be outstanding

110. Singer from County Donegal

111. Bushy do

113. Formal agreement

115. Fall Out Boy fans, maybe

116. Musical set in the East Village

118. Binary base

120. Savings for senior yrs.

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