Takes badly? Crossword Clue

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Takes badly? Crossword Answer

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ROBS

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

BADLY (adverb)
1. in a disobedient or naughty way
2. with great intensity (`bad’ is a nonstandard variant for `badly’)

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

ROBS
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Hint 3: Anagram

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

More NYT Crossword (2/14/2026) Answers

Across

1. It's made with two fingers

10. They're often taken in December

12. Features of many romantic dramas

14. Follow me

15. Heart test for short

16. Subject of study

18. Go heavy at the buffet, say

21. Kind of car on a long-distance train

23. The W.N.B.A.'s Dream, on scoreboards

24. Requirement of some dress codes

28. Tree of life, in Norse mythology

29. Tire meas.

30. Intimate footage

31. Meadow

32. Arrive suddenly and from a distance, metaphorically

35. Big drink

37. Unlikeable sorts

38. Like a nepo baby's life, perhaps

41. Things peddled

43. B.C. winter hrs.

44. Arizona State city

45. Where Excalibur was forged

47. North African fortress

48. Access, as a profitable enterprise

50. Potpourri bags

51. Ones no longer in office?

53. One of the "Golden Girls" of the 2024 Summer Olympics

54. Puts one's money on the line

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Down

1. Smoothed over, in a way

2. Suffix with "Benz"

3. QB stat: Abbr.

4. Attention to detail

5. Totally awesome

6. Screw or nail, to a Brit

7. It’s charged

8. Texter's Ta-ta!

9. "Oppenheimer" director

10. Antagonists in 2013's "Captain Phillips"

11. One-of-a-kind figures

13. Faculty

14. Show appreciation, in a way

17. Honorific meaning "elder brother"

19. Losing team in the “Miracle on Ice”

20. Fold

21. Govt. divisions

22. 'That's clear now'

25. Many a private investigator

26. Community spirit

27. Gymnastics event

33. Minor issue

34. Greenland expanse

35. Stylish confidence

36. Show indecision

39. Short rows

40. Nervous laughs

42. County next to Napa

44. Take on, or take down

46. Violating the rules

47. Beer brand from Trinidad and Tobago

49. Goose named for its call

50. Buckwheat noodle

52. Maryland governor Moore

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