Sweet subject of a licking paradox Crossword Clue

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LICKING (noun)
1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
2. the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
PARADOX (noun)
1. (logic) a statement that contradicts itself

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/15/2026) Answers

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9. Certain lipid

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16. Group of graduates

17. Jazz chanteuse James

18. ___ Speedwagon

19. Part of a cafeteria stack

20. Secures, in climbing

22. Produced, as a play

24. Lentil dish from the Sanskrit for "split"

25. Vehicle that makes frequent turns?

30. Seasonal mall worker

32. Arcane

34. Bits of clever sarcasm

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37. Roth of horror

38. Pig sounds

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40. Nail tech's first application

42. Mixes with a spoon

43. Like all the ships on a losing Battleship board

44. Necktie named for a British racecourse

46. Nondairy coffee order

49. Do the ___ (soda slogan)

52. Trick-or-treater's bagful

54. Like a home team's fans during a big game

57. Vets' insurance co.

58. Penniless

59. Org. for the Blue Jackets

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Down

1. Partly open

2. Undercover agents, or burrowing pests

3. Hybrid stone fruit

4. Certain shade tree

5. "You haven't won yet!"

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8. Hosp. ward for critical cases

9. Mistake that does you in

10. Aesthetically pretentious

11. Steeped beverages

13. Transformed Nintendo character who shoots flaming balls

14. Recede

15. Like dad jeans

21. Amend, as text

23. Zits

26. Keep your chin up to get it done!

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29. Money in Oman and Iran

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42. Public arguments, for example

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48. Prefix with pilot

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56. Mineral such as galena or bauxite

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