Take a breather Crossword Clue

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Take a breather Crossword Answer

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SITONEOUT

(9 letters)

PAUSE

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. sit, as on a branch
2. stay the same; remain in a certain state
(noun)
1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BREATHER (noun)
1. a short respite
2. air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time
TAKE (noun)
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
TAKE (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SITONEOUT
(9 letters)
PAUSE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ERST

More LA Times Crossword (5/5/2026) Answers

Across

1. Hip-hop trio that covered Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"

7. Naughty

10. Jazz singing style

14. Plenty

15. Fall Out Boy genre

16. Foot part

17. Total hunk?

19. Greek cheese

20. Weigh station unit

21. Destroy

22. Storm-tracking aid

23. Overdo and then some in the oven

26. "The Irishman" star Robert

29. Walking pace

30. Chris of Knives Out

31. Nothing to write home about

34. Sch. whose colors are purple and gold

37. Advantages for dealmakers

41. Camera letters

42. FasTrak payment

43. Pound fraction

44. Sculler's pair

47. Simple bookmark

48. With 59-Across, rhetorical taunt, or a question answered by the ends of 17-, 23-, and 37-Across

53. Statutes that protect inventions and works of art, for short

54. Iridescent gem

55. Oral health org.

58. "___ the change"

59. See 48-Across

62. QED center

63. London's Big ___

64. Fidelity Bravery Integrity org.

65. Fathers

66. Do some sums

67. U.S. citizens living abroad

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2. "And I say __ you ... "

3. Subject of a sentence, typically

4. Total bust

5. __ Grand Las Vegas

6. Fried cinnamon-sugar pastry

7. Are appropriate for

8. ___ acids

9. Mattingly who was the Yankees starting first baseman for 12 seasons

10. Excursion in the Serengeti

11. Borrower's limit

12. Stand in for

13. "Movin' Out" choreographer Twyla

18. Lots of laughs

22. Color TV pioneer

23. Microsoft search engine

24. Latin for "bear"

25. Eagerly excited

26. New socialites, familiarly

27. Test: Abbr.

28. One-point advantage, say

31. __-cone (icy treat)

32. Vinaigrette ingredient

33. Weekly sketch show, briefly

35. "Adopt, don't shop" org.

36. ___-friendly

38. 'The ___-Bitsy Spider'

39. Diner employee

40. Massive

45. Learns to fit in

46. Use 44-Across

47. Enlarge, as a pupil

48. Walked in the woods, say

49. Puccini work

50. ___ and aahed

51. Flip over

52. On the ___ (fleeing)

55. Letter before Bravo

56. Financial liability

57. Yard sale tag warning

59. "More details soon" letters

60. The Suns, on scoreboards

61. Get-up-and-go

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