Story backbone Crossword Clue

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Story backbone Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make a plat of
2. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed
(noun)
1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BACKBONE (noun)
1. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
2. fortitude and determination
STORY (noun)
1. a record or narrative description of past events
2. a trivial lie

More WSJ Crossword (6/18/2025) Answers

Across

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5. Clinic address

8. Site of a 1920s/1930s Renaissance

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15. Greedy desire

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17. Feature of the state flags of Maine and Vermont

19. Do some lawn repair

20. Winner of eight Outstanding Game Show Host Emmys

21. Tweak

23. Took point

24. Liability for a poker player

25. Port authority?

30. They’re often closed at night

34. Part of Adelphi addresses

35. Overly caffeinated, say

36. Race goal, sometimes

37. Creepy look

39. Schemer in “Paradise Lost”

41. Fully fill

42. Nationals manager Martinez

43. Add

45. Latto’s field

46. Difficult going

47. Federal holiday since 2021

49. Fan favorite

51. Friend of Lando

52. Series of repeated missed connections

56. Group with play dates

60. Region that includes Syria and Jordan

61. Site of sites, and a hint to a three-letter bit of five of this puzzle’s Across answers

63. Threatening words

64. Fun, for short

65. Skin woe

66. Watched over

67. Cry from Homer

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Down

1. Riveted

2. Powerful Qatari

3. Less than a little

4. High-frequency output

5. Trying times

6. World Cup cry

7. Staff leader?

8. James who won an Oscar for his “Titanic” score

9. Staggering

10. Fidgety

11. Stead

12. Site depicted on the Sistine ceiling

13. Whipped up

18. Wearers of caps and crowns

22. Emphasize

25. Joins, in a way

26. Exemplary

27. Mexico’s ___ Laredo

28. Fish flipper

29. Wyoming’s Static Peak, e.g.

31. Long

32. Really bother

33. Curry on the court

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40. Strong-billed songbird

44. Serene state

47. Put on paper

48. Catch

50. Concentrated

53. Roll call response

54. Roast roaster

55. Encircle

57. In times gone by

58. Shoe designer Caovilla

59. Flight unit

62. Colleague of Trinity and Morpheus

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