Take command of Crossword Clue

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Take command of Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
2. a person who is in charge
(verb)
1. be in charge of
2. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COMMAND (noun)
1. (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
2. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
COMMAND (verb)
1. exercise authoritative control or power over
2. look down on
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: Anagram

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AHED

More WSJ Crossword (2/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. Like a virgin

7. “___ Boy” (song by the Who)

10. Flap

13. Topping the Scoville scale

15. Went around

17. Paced aggressively

18. Manhunt target

19. “A Woman Under the Influence” star Rowlands

20. Bank nos.

22. Prunes

23. The Band bassist Rick

25. Party figure, briefly

27. Mirabel’s older sister in “Encanto”

29. Thick soup noodle

31. Some movie ratings

34. With 42-Across, collectible carriers, or what the marked squares form

35. Got away

37. Cuzco native

38. Oscar winner Davis

39. Chaplin of Game of Thrones

40. Mar-a-Lago location

42. See 34 Across

43. Really exist

44. Sephora competitor

45. Baseball’s Ponce and Bellinger

46. Work wk. end

47. Cashew family shrub

49. Bash on CNN

52. “...And ___ Wrote” (1962 Willie Nelson album)

54. Critic’s concern

58. Ruffle

60. Question to a dog at a door

62. Sweet spread

63. Trattoria treat

64. Heating choice

65. Took command of

66. Scorecard list

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Down

1. Hurriedly hydrate

2. “Passion for the possible,” according to Kierkegaard

3. Abbr. on an office memo

4. What might keep a music video from rocking?

5. Pro ___

6. Owner of Mallorca and Menorca

7. “High Rollers” rapper

8. Lied, in euphemism

9. Path of a pop-up

10. Lab fuel, perhaps

11. Profound

12. Metrical tributes

14. Clock sound

16. Brief visit

21. Bar fight?

24. Hibachi residue

26. Gender-neutral pronoun

27. Like the Chinese calendar

28. Word of surrender

30. “O, she ___ teach the torches to burn bright!”: Romeo

31. Type of vote or war

32. Early inheritance

33. Map expanses

34. Singer Dua

35. Totally exhausted

36. Sources of eats on streets

38. Put down

41. Sticker on a sock

42. Stole from a drag queen

45. Key of Beethoven's Fifth

46. It’s unavoidable

48. Military squad

49. 'Rats!'

50. Lago composition

51. Small complaints

55. Etymology info

56. Make less sharp, perhaps

57. Rouse

59. Completely

61. Un metal precioso

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