Strong desire to succeed Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a cherished desire
2. a strong drive for success
(verb)
1. have as one’s ambition

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUCCEED (verb)
1. attain success or reach a desired goal
2. be the successor (of)
STRONG (adjective)
1. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
2. of good quality and condition; solidly built

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (12/26/2025) Answers

Across

1. Sort who may frequently be told to hurry up

9. Ends abruptly, as a space mission

15. Sack embellished with a dollar sign, in cartoons

16. Mass-produced decor, e.g.

17. Escorting

18. Grain in some pilaf

19. Rock that's broken open to reveal crystals

20. Run the ___ (span the complete range)

22. Prefix that means "new"

23. Actress James or Tomlin

24. Grannies

25. Use a phone to contact

26. Initialism on a pay stub

27. ___ Gras (one name for the final day of Carnival)

28. Christmas song

29. They might be ordered à la carte from a Mexican food truck

30. ___ Tuesday, (one name for the final day of Carnival)

31. Circus performer on a wire

35. Each

36. State one’s beliefs

37. Brazen

38. Like a disposable towelette

39. Extinct bird from New Zealand

42. ___ wolf (possibly antisocial sort)

43. Superman's family

44. It might be wrapped in wrapping paper

45. First responder, in brief

46. Prefix with active or grade

47. X-rated flick

48. Connected with

52. Turn to bone

53. Prison roomie

54. Spanish coin that was replaced by the Euro

55. Highly valued and respected

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1. With an air of self-satisfaction

2. Go totally nuts

3. Waiting to talk to a receptionist, perhaps

4. Like a neglected garden

5. Burning funerary heap

6. Japanese sash worn with a kimono

7. Largest mammal to primarily get around by hopping on two legs

8. Field day activity that involves balance with speed

9. Headmaster Dumbledore

10. Short spell

11. Bird that can rotate its head 270 degrees

12. "Thor: ___" (2017 sequel)

13. What's typically sought in the plot of a romance novel

14. Wheel-y important purchase for a new parent?

21. ___ tai (rhyming cocktail name)

24. Mother-of-pearl

25. Children's author and illustrator Eric

27. Something to light that's kept in a book or a box

28. Repeated cry from a group of protesters

29. The ones right here

30. Kind of cheese or army knife

31. Like many board games and card games

32. "Pinky-swear?"

33. Large lady in a fairy tale

34. Incarnations

38. Got together

39. Biblical woman whose name sounds like a big name in dictionaries

40. Worth mentioning

41. Made amends, as for one's sins

43. Nairobi's country

44. "Aw, I fell for it!"

46. Break in relations

47. Heap

49. Run out of juice, as a phone

51. Crunchy sandwich that often comes with a toothpick

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