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 NYT Crossword (3/4/2025) Answers

Across

1. Cheerleaders' accessories

8. Fervent, and then some

13. "On my way!"

15. Pong company

16. Tenderly stroking

18. Clean energy option

19. Make a scarf, say

20. Graffiti artist's supply

22. Bro or sis

23. Times when reveille is played, for short

24. Defeat

25. Take advantage of

26. Lou Gehrig's disease, for short

27. Toys that spin

31. Feature of a cockatoo

34. Qatar's capital

36. "The Fall of the House of Usher" author

37. It develops in front of your eyes

41. Feel under the weather

42. "Didn't expect to see you here!"

44. Czech, e.g

46. Currency in Kobe

47. Fountain ___

48. Equestrian's cry

50. Syllables of hesitation

51. OB/GYNs, e.g.: Abbr.

54. Hand-held instrument that jingles

58. Spoiled kid

59. Do better than

60. Make two dos, say?

62. Simpson with a blue beehive

63. Extreme self-obsession

64. "___ me, Father, for I have sinned"

65. "This news has got me rattled!" ... or a hint to 1-, 20-, 37- and 54-Across

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Down

1. Draft selections

2. Muscat resident

3. Fast-food pork sandwich with its own locator website

4. Certain laureate

5. Meditation sounds

6. "Are you sad that I'm gone?"

7. Little cuts

8. Filing tools

9. Words said with one's glass raised

10. Island east of Java

11. Setting for 2012's "Argo"

12. "Rub some ___ on it" (probably unsound medical advice)

14. "Welcome to the Jungle" band, in brief

17. Fastest gait of a horse

21. Green-and-white sidekick of video games

23. Houston ballplayer

25. Cable network that shows WWE matches

26. Introduce to the mix

28. "Magnum" work of art

29. Dessert wine

30. Gets it

31. Tax pros, for short

32. Agitate

33. She, in Seville

35. Lot units

38. "Such a charmer!"

39. Start of many souvenir slogans

40. Perfect score in diving

45. Beetles

47. Wunderkind

49. Crosses one's fingers, say

50. Eel on a sushi menu

51. Clog-clearing brand

52. Nine to five, for example

53. A red one is rare

54. Burial place

55. Fussbudgety

56. Nothing more than

57. Wrath

58. Humdrum

61. Texting format inits.

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