Takes a breather Crossword Clue

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Takes a breather Crossword Answer

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PAUSES

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

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

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

PAUSES
(6 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

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TRESS

More NYT Crossword (4/29/2026) Answers

Across

1. *Failed internet company?

8. Rinse with water, as grain in the brewing process

14. Exaggerated the merits of

16. "That's actually pretty neat!"

17. Trait for a good waiter?

18. Ingredient in shepherd's pie

19. Strange

20. Pirate's booty

22. Swabbie's tool

23. In the ___ (intensely focused)

25. *Assurance from an internet company?

28. "Your pick"

29. Lightly strike, as a windowpane

30. Many a 24-hour eatery

31. *Puzzling question for an internet company?

33. Some épéeists' moves

34. Had remorse for

35. Trial version

36. One-___ (pithy jokes)

39. *Exposure for an internet company?

43. Ancient theater

44. Assuages

45. Status ___

46. *Illustrative story from an internet company?

48. What a track athlete may do three times in one attempt

49. World War I Flying ___ (Snoopy alter ego)

50. Just

51. ___ Guofeng, successor to Mao Zedong

52. Samples

54. Rose up

59. Get situated

60. Shoe with a "kitten" variety

61. Zeroes

62. *Blog message from an internet company?

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Down

1. Robber's pursuer

2. Reproductive cells

3. "Wall Street," for the U.S. financial industry

4. Half of many a union-to-be

5. Secondhand

6. Recipient of many dad jokes

7. "Little People, Big World" network

8. Deep sleep

9. Uncurated Instagram collections

10. Do something

11. On a different network, say

12. Visit

13. They usually get no reception

15. Coastal resort city in southern California

21. Select with “for”

23. Actor Efron

24. "Mrs. Lennon" writer

25. They're on the docket

26. Paper view?

27. Student's subspecialty

29. Where seeds might be placed

32. Before surgery, for short

33. "___ at ’em!"

35. Cabbage Patch Kid, e.g.

36. Part of URL

37. "Actually, this matters to me a lot!"

38. The Road Runner, to Wile E. Coyote

39. Poles tossed in a Highland competition

40. On par with

41. Total

42. Soak up, as gravy

44. Elevator part

48. Derby drink

51. Spot for a ship's captain

53. Control center?

55. And so on

56. Life story, for short

57. Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem," e.g., informally

58. Preceder of the answer to each of this puzzle's starred clues

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