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

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

More USA Today Crossword (4/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. ___coat (long, water-resistant garment)

7. The "M" in YMCA

11. Capital of Tamil Nadu

12. Make sense

14. Appliances for heating up bagels

15. Brought up, like a child

17. Smallest puppies in litters

18. ___ Cities (area of Minnesota)

20. Opposite of con

21. Annoys

22. Qatar's capital

23. Edge

24. Total buffoon

25. Down to the ___ (like a close race)

26. Heap of dirty laundry, for example

27. “Hundo P!”

28. Places with actors and craft services

31. Events in which the moon blocks daylight

34. Elicits online engagement with deliberately provocative content

35. Church bench

37. 3-Down, OBs, etc.

39. Brewery choices

40. Year, in Portuguese

41. G.I. entertainers

42. Large coffee containers

43. Do some last-minute studying

44. Barrier built by beavers

45. Roughly

46. 'Get ___ here!'

47. Enjoying some fresh powder on the mountains

49. Extended period away from work

52. One might be acute or obtuse

53. Less crowded

54. "These ___, they're trying to murder me" (iconic "The White Lotus" quote)

55. Long-term car rental agreements

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Down

1. "I'm so glad you could make it!"

3. Tonsillitis treaters

4. Opposite of SSW

5. Common commuting option

6. Fictional work conveying the spirit of a past era

7. Tennis star Sharapova

8. Garden of ___

9. Secrecy contract, for short

10. Events before which guests might be hiding

11. Divisions of fancy meals

13. Danger

14. Chord with three notes

16. Half ___ (Yosemite formation)

19. Bicyclists might pop them

22. Spots for no-frills first dates

25. Donned

26. Scoreboard figs.

28. Time or GQ, for short

29. Uses a chair

30. Podcast installments, for short

32. __ Cruces New Mexico

33. Politician with a six-year term

36. "mad ___" (Taylor Swift song)

37. Disappointments

38. Home to Universal Studios Japan

42. Impulses

43. ___ patootie

45. Sole

46. Muffin grains

48. Tennis star whose name is hidden in "big and strong"

50. Black church letters

51. Tax pro

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