Superfluous Crossword Clue

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Superfluous Crossword Answer

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UNNEEDED

(8 letters)

OTIOSE

(6 letters)

SPARE

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. added to a regular schedule
2. further or added
(noun)
1. a minor actor in crowd scenes
2. something additional of the same kind

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SUPERFLUOUS (adjective)
1. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
2. more than is needed, desired, or required

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

UNNEEDED
(8 letters)
OTIOSE
(6 letters)
SPARE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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20. Sn, on the periodic table

21. Nutty sauce such as tahini or zhi ma jiang

23. Flightless birds with droopy gray plumage

25. Go bad

26. What's up __?

27. What a number on a Lego box represents

30. Does some summing

34. Used to be

35. "That's sorta funny"

36. Unimprovable

37. Word in many Apple product names

39. Celebratory garland in Hawaiian tradition

41. Coco character de la Cruz

43. Peak in a film's action

45. Fastener in a folder

46. School document that provides personalized accommodations

47. Other than that

48. Secret opening in a floor

51. Actress Russell or Saldana

53. Cookie with a "Dunk Club"

55. Component of a science class

57. What "m" stands for, in physics class

58. Conclude

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66. Raison d'___

67. "Strange to say ... "

68. Conclude

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Down

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2. Pronoun pair

3. College athletics channel

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8. Did a lawn chore

9. Creative-spark generator, for short

10. Gibbons, orangutans, etc.

11. Someone who often goes over their lines?

12. Movement caused by the moon's gravity

14. Word repeated in the title of a Tommy Orange novel

19. False front

22. 2014 Winter Olympics host city

24. ___ water (fruit- or vegetable-infused beverage)

28. Puerto Rico por ejemplo

29. Nepali ethnic group

31. Unplanned trail formed by people choosing the same new route over and over

32. Fruit eaten during Iftar

33. Food for pigs

34. Bracelet that might grant VIP access

36. Not outside

37. Card that can be high or low

38. "___ be back!"

42. Supercool

44. Super just okay

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49. Enlarge or shrink

50. Speaks from a podium

52. ___ board (nail-kit tool)

54. It might fade to silence

55. Long ride

56. Surrounded by

58. Alternative to "Avenue" or "Road"

59. Rhyme and synonym of "cheep"

61. Fútbol-broadcast exclamation

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