Stranger __ fiction Crossword Clue

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Stranger __ fiction Crossword Answer

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(conjunction)
1. A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FICTION (noun)
1. a deliberately false or improbable account
2. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
STRANGER (noun)
1. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
2. an individual that one is not acquainted with

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More LA Times Crossword (3/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Lobby group for seniors

5. "__ knew?"

8. Red light therapy venues

12. Pink's counterpart in "Wicked"

15. Work for

16. Italian liqueur such as Aperol or Campari

17. Blow off steam

18. "Cogito ___ sum"

19. Emotional plea in "Top Gun" and "Top Gun: Maverick"

22. NYC summer hrs.

23. Most consecutive Super Bowls won by the same team

24. Italian fashion house

26. "I didn't hear a 'Please'!"

31. "I ___ a hunch!"

32. Insta upload

33. Guitar Hero World Tour console

34. Helpful feedback

37. Fuel efficiency stat

38. Gives a hoot

40. Corp. leader

41. Wilmington's st.

42. __ rummy

43. "Why this course of action?"

50. Harbor Freight purchases

51. "Hello, fellow sheep"

52. Stretch the truth

53. Requests to Siri and Alexa, or what 19-, 26-, and 43-Across literally are

57. Graduate of the CIA, perhaps

59. Great Plains tribe

60. Corrosive compounds

61. Subtle glow

62. Numbered hwys.

63. "Girls5eva" co-star __ Elise Goldsberry

64. Fishnet fabric

65. Pops

66. Covers with grass

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1. Rock shop options

2. Naval fleet

3. "Million Dollar Listing" field

4. Fringe benefit

5. Cry of delight

6. Kick back (with)

7. Good place for a lecturer to stay?

8. Teeter-totter

9. Streamline, perhaps

10. Iguazu Falls land: Abbr.

11. Cold-sounding commercial prefix

13. Anything else!

14. Claire Dunphy, e.g.

20. Carried a debt

21. Goblinlike creature

25. Bone-dry

27. Thanksgiving, e.g. (Abbr.)

28. Put on, as nail polish

29. Job for a DJ

30. Prefix with loyal and service

34. The "I" of the RICE method

35. Dismissive call

36. Puffy pastries

37. Guys

38. San Diego neighborhood whose name means "sea view"

39. ___ and outs

41. Lack of harmony

42. U.S. Pacific island

44. Bath scrubber

45. Oscar winner Mahershala

46. Thin woodwinds

47. Pacific climate phenomenon

48. Heavy-__: sleepy

49. Admits, with "up"

54. Jazz great James

55. Like many dorms

56. Top poker cards

57. Kiss __: PDA capturer at a stadium

58. Shade on a color wheel

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