Synthetic fiber Crossword Clue

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ORLON

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ACETATE

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(noun)
1. a synthetic silklike fabric

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SYNTHETIC (adjective)
1. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
2. artificial as if portrayed in a film
SYNTHETIC (noun)
1. a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
FIBER (noun)
1. any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
2. the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ORLON
(5 letters)
ACETATE
(7 letters)

More NYT Crossword (12/29/2025) Answers

Across

1. Life story, in brief

4. The “S” of NASA

9. Where Shrek lives

14. Kerfuffle

15. Outer limits

16. They're contained within books

17. Is severely underpaid

20. Andean animal with a long neck

21. Earth goddess

22. Condé ___ (magazine publisher)

23. Tsk tsk!

25. Humorist Bombeck

27. Motown or RCA

32. Particular place

35. Stephen of "V for Vendetta"

36. Country that contains the southern slope of Mount Everest

38. Chicago trains

39. Seating area for 12 peers

42. Piece of Grubhub info, for short

43. Stringed instrument that rests on the ground

45. Tin Man's need

46. Like the Mariana Trench

47. Works that are heard rather than read

51. Sister of Meg, Jo, and Amy in "Little Women"

52. Gives the ax

55. Soaks (up)

58. Puppy sounds

61. Fundamental belief

63. Description for an ideal partner … or what the ends of 17-, 27-, 39- and 47-Across create?

66. Put on TV

67. Molars and canines

68. Signal for an actor to go onstage

69. Pumpkin, e.g.

70. Alas!

71. TV's "___ Lasso"

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Down

1. Cry like a baby

2. Admired figures

3. Battle cry of the U.S. Marine Corps

4. Kind of bagel

5. Many a PC file

6. Really eager

7. Actor Michael of "Arrested Development"

8. Caught sight of

9. Place to be pampered

10. 1996 #1 hit for the Spice Girls

11. Water, in Colombia

12. Team that plays at Citi Field

13. “Over here!”

18. Onetime retail chain giant

19. __ Grey tea

24. Very light brown

26. Tail-less cat

28. Above, in poetry

30. Fencing sword

31. Not on time

32. "Gimme a ___"

33. Commoner

34. Norway's capital

37. Two lengths of a pool

39. What a punch line may end

40. Part of a drill assembly or comedy routine

41. Frozen snowman

44. Seafood with claws

46. Jeter in the Baseball Hall of Fame

48. Rushing yards, e.g., informally

49. "Well, dang it!"

50. Slightly out of tune

53. Put into law

54. Move smoothly to another topic

55. Without a date

56. River past Cincinnati

57. Lima's land

59. Tiny canine pest

60. Drove over the legal limit

62. Ticked off

64. Peculiar

65. The Falcons, on a scoreboard

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