Take the wheel Crossword Clue

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DRIVE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. castrated bull
2. an indication of potential opportunity
(verb)
1. be a guiding or motivating force or drive
2. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WHEEL (verb)
1. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
2. change directions as if revolving on a pivot
WHEEL (noun)
1. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
2. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
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

DRIVE
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Hint 4: Anagram

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ESTER

More LA Times Crossword (10/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. Beauty entrepreneur Elizabeth

6. Resort near Snowbird

10. 28-Across flow

14. Captain with an ivory leg

18. Frisbee maker

19. Like samosas and wontons

20. Vein contents

21. Spanish "nothing"

22. *Motto of a calligraphy enthusiast?

25. Turning point?

26. Mono- kin

27. Brand of kitchen gadgets

28. Sicilian peak

29. Locale for clam diggers

31. Weapon in Clue

34. *Transgressions included in textbooks?

36. Second chance for a student

38. Canonized Mlle.

39. In the style of

40. Like much music of the 1990s

43. Jaguar's roar

45. Inexact no.

47. Birds similar to crows

52. *Devoted followers of painter O'Keeffe?

56. Dessert that may have a lattice crust

58. Alfa __: sports cars

59. Cause of a quick blessing

61. College official

62. Chemical suffix

63. Scratchy sound

66. Most twisted

68. Indoor rowers

69. Part of LGBTQ+

71. *Timepiece worn by a "Star Wars" pilot?

74. Actress Arthur

75. Video file format

77. Country that borders 14 other countries

78. Jekyll's counterpart

80. __-pitch softball

83. Off the mark

85. Sudden bursts

88. 46-Down deliverer

90. Trial version of a puzzle app, e.g.

92. *Dropping hints about the release of a director's cut, perhaps?

96. Hill worker?

98. User without an account

99. Small ensemble

100. Assn.

102. Hard water?

105. Backspace over

107. *Blueprints for a new wardrobe?

113. Nonconformist

117. Invisible ink?

118. "This instant!"

120. Accessory for a fish tank

121. Versailles monarch

122. Rotary phone part

123. *Like a sawmill without disposal facilities?

127. Walking pace

128. Piece in Azul or mahjong

129. Patronage

130. Spanish boys

131. Concludes

132. Sunrise locale

133. "Hey, c'mere!"

134. Like a haunted house

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Down

1. Just terrible

2. River past Arles

3. Classmate of Beavis

4. AED-trained pro

5. Zero chance

6. __/ace: LGBTQ+ orientation

7. In real time

8. Saw things?

9. Lover of Aphrodite

10. Chop (off)

11. Playground retort

12. Put on a pedestal

13. Criticize harshly

14. Symbols in Egyptian iconography

15. Capital city that's home to Turtle Tower

16. Embellish

17. Naive ones

19. Series of setbacks, in slang

23. Travel permit

24. Like sprinters

30. In short supply

32. Hip-hop pioneer from Compton

33. Those, in Tijuana

35. Support for a driver

37. Little ones

40. Fantasy monster

41. Very bright

42. "I need a ride home"

44. "I'll be!"

46. Public address

48. "I'll be!"

49. Marian Anderson, for one

50. "It's Too Late" singer Carole

51. Scenographer's designs

53. Like many horror films

54. Genre for Talking Heads

55. Repeated word in a Doris Day classic

57. Works in a gallery

60. Concealer target

64. Moo __ shrimp

65. Relay

67. Hesitant around strangers

70. Reach consensus

72. Govt. intel org.

73. Bank deposit?

74. North Atlantic hazard

75. GQ and Cosmo

76. Exam for HS jrs.

77. Reuben bread

79. "Stop right there"

81. "The Real" co-host Love

82. Approximately

84. Deft

86. "R u kidding!?"

87. Root veggie

89. Subsequently

91. Flower on Mississippi's state quarter

93. Swarm (with)

94. Christmas and Easter

97. "__ we meet again"

101. Take turns

103. "Mi __ es su ... "

104. Catch in a snare

106. Wyoming range, or when read as three parts, how the answers to the starred clues were formed?

107. Sundae topping

108. Like swifts, but not Swifties

109. Prim and proper

110. Hits the brakes

111. Matters of opinion?

112. Sushi bar bottles

114. Supermodel Shayk

115. "The Weir" playwright McPherson

116. __-face: smooching

119. Social media labels

124. Get in a pool

125. Trivial complaint

126. Shaving brand

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