Surprise encounter Crossword Clue

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Surprise encounter Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SURPRISE (noun)
1. the act of surprising someone
2. a sudden unexpected event
SURPRISE (verb)
1. attack by storm; attack suddenly
2. cause to be surprised
ENCOUNTER (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
ENCOUNTER (noun)
1. a casual meeting with a person or thing
2. a hostile disagreement face-to-face

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More New Yorker Crossword (8/24/2026) Answers

Across

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15. Kind of public gathering that first occurred at L.A.’s Elysian Park, in 1967

16. “Let’s do literally anything else”

17. Series of links

18. Put together an outfit?

19. “Auntie ___” (1958 Rosalind Russell film)

20. “One Battle After Another” Oscar nominee

24. Target of a close-grip bench press, for short

27. Have a heated phone exchange?

28. ___ card (means of using SNAP funds)

29. 2022 Elif Batuman novel with a slash in its title

31. Cell that sends electrical signals

35. Symbol on viola sheet music

36. Power ___

38. Pejorative that Mary Daly attempts to reclaim in her 1978 book “Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism”

39. His

41. Suffer damage to one’s reputation

43. Thick head of hair

44. Move slowly

45. Counterpart of “Fire” and “P.D.,” in NBC’s “Chicago” franchise

46. N.Y.C. standup venue since 1981

51. Set down

52. Workspaces for some interns, briefly

57. Fighting opponent?

60. “Austin Powers” sidekick

61. Month between Shaban and Shawwal

62. Yoga movement that provides a gentle back stretch

63. Bad blood

64. Like some overlong breakup e-mails, maybe

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Down

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2. Call on me! I know!

3. Smashing Pumpkins song whose title can also refer to a Hindu god

4. Seal the deal

5. What many American Jews eat on Christmas

6. Aunts and uncles, e.g.

7. Confession in a confessional

8. Cut down

9. Hostile territory

10. ___ calculus (kidney stone, by another name)

11. Teaser

12. Ari who directed “Eddington”

14. Pennsylvania-based convenience-store brand

16. Café that Rachel bursts into wearing a wedding dress, in the pilot of “Friends”

18. Member of a Germanic group conquered by Charlemagne

21. "___ out!"

22. Number of provinces in Canada

23. Type of poem in which the first letters of each line or stanza proceed in alphabetical order

24. Word after high or Texas

25. Ingredient in kabsa, mansaf, and maqluba

26. "__ do for now"

30. Skateboard-trick recorder

32. Move aimlessly

33. Part of YOLO

34. Lack

37. Methods of assessing opinion

40. Person one might be bugged by

42. Costa del ___ (Spanish region on the Mediterranean)

46. "It's a Wonderful Life" director Frank

47. Fat substitute popular in the nineties

48. U.S. city that hosted the 2026 World Baseball Classic final

49. With “The,” 2024 Yasmin Zaher novel whose title refers to an Israeli shekel the narrator accidentally swallowed as a child

50. Litter stragglers

54. “Whoa, dope”

55. That's my cue!

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58. End of some e-mail addresses

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