Subtract a negative number, essentially Crossword Clue

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Subtract a negative number, essentially Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. determine the sum of
2. bestow a quality on
(noun)
1. a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUBTRACT (verb)
1. make a subtraction
2. take off or away
ESSENTIALLY (adverb)
1. in essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature

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More Apple+ Crossword (4/24/2026) Answers

Across

1. Become less intense

6. Shrieking fish in The Princess Bride

10. Person with "a corkscrew soul, a waterlogged brain, and a combination backbone made of jelly and glue," per Jack London

14. Denounce as harmful

15. “I’m sad to report...”

16. Part of a crossword puzzle

17. Irish musician whose debut single was "The Blower's Daughter"

19. Assign a number out of 10

20. Steeped beverage with steamed milk

21. Beam used to create holograms

22. Device that might have a sanding attachment

23. Jian dui, taro dumplings, etc.

24. Anthony Vaccarello's fashion house

27. "All the Things ___ Said" (t.A.T.u. song)

28. Item for making small holes

29. "All the Things You ___" (Jerome Kern song)

30. Broadway performer who starred in Mr. Saturday Night and Hell's Kitchen

34. 'Pick up the pace!'

35. Accepts gladly

39. "Hasta luego!"

40. Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie director Johnson

41. Have a craving for

42. Teller's partner in magic

43. Bill-blocking votes

44. Witch who transforms Odysseus's sailors into pigs

45. Just barely defeats

47. After surgery

48. "I'll Take You There" group, or a description of 17- and 30-Across?

50. Bird with a species named for its resemblance to Lord Baltimore's coat of arms

52. Key ingredient in nail-polish remover

53. Artificially increase the word count of

54. Carbs, proteins, and fat, for short

55. Processes metal

56. Word that can be used in lieu of "lieu"

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Down

2. "If you can't ___ 'em, join 'em"

3. Pinnacle

4. Event observed by a court watcher

5. Batting lineup?

6. Like clay pots

7. Exceptionally talented

8. Frilly trim

9. Opposite of NNW

10. Get out of here!

11. Designation for the highest level of commercial driver's license

12. Filmmaker with a distinctive style

13. "Toss over a brewski, would ya?"

18. ___'s Famous (hot-dog chain)

21. Purple color named after a flower

23. Resided

24. Silhouette of a wishbone or a slingshot

25. Protected from the sun

26. Group finishing with fewer points

28. Drives the getaway car for, for example

31. Prehistoric item that might be made out of flint

32. Squads playing in front of hostile crowds

33. "I'm free at the moment, if that works for you"

36. Bushy-tailed weasel relatives

37. "We don't want to go home yet," at a concert

38. Fitbit count

40. Emulate the bear in Cocaine Bear

43. Landlord's rule that might repel cat lovers

44. Anti

46. French "Hi"

47. Part of a jigsaw puzzle

49. Get out of here!

50. O missions?

51. Zodiac animal between the fish and the bull

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