Taking bribes, say Crossword Clue

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Taking bribes, say Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. obtained illegally or by improper means
2. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
(verb)
1. make soiled, filthy, or dirty

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TAKING (adjective)
1. very attractive; capturing interest
TAKING (noun)
1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something
SAY (verb)
1. have or contain a certain wording or form
2. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
SAY (noun)
1. the chance to speak

More WSJ Crossword (5/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. Cop’s collar

5. Heist yield

9. Not many

12. On the briny

13. "___ Doone"

14. Ellipse pair

15. Mounting, perhaps

17. Haughty attitude

18. Rush-hour subway rider, figuratively

19. Invite to the majors

21. Satyric celebration

22. Set

23. Customize for

26. Ponder

30. Orderly display

31. Barn neighbor, often

32. Self-described “captain, builder and engineer”

33. Before, in combinations

34. Assume as a fact

35. F-, e.g.

36. Almost forever

38. Different

39. Shuriken flinger

41. Use as a source

43. Jams with the band

44. Bumbling bunch

45. Department store department

46. State capital on the Missouri River

49. Made a humiliating retraction

53. Manor master

54. Quickly dispense with, as bureaucracy

57. Company with products found in many stories

58. Apples and oranges, say

59. Uranienborg Park setting

60. Tibetan transport

61. “Project Hail Mary” author Weir

62. Wine barrel sediment

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Down

1. Not interested

2. "It is," in Ibiza

3. Behind

4. Home moon of the Na’vi

5. Baklava ingredient

6. Uru. neighbor

7. One, for Juan

8. Galahad’s dad

9. Kiss cover

10. Pale sandy color

11. Bit of smoke

13. Cant

14. Fey’s first “Weekend Update” co-host

20. Greedy desire

22. Bowen of "Modern Family"

23. Stared in disbelief

24. Fielding flub

25. Court setting

26. Bette Midler's "Divine" nickname

27. Marble markings

28. Loudly Crying Face, e.g.

29. Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse

31. Some flights

34. Two-horse bet

37. Suit in a Spanish deck

39. Levi’s Stadium pro

40. No worries

42. Remote

43. Meyers and Rogen, e.g.

45. Pirate address

46. Cunning trick

47. Tiny bit

48. Karlsson of the Pittsburgh Penguins

50. Cunning trick

51. Unwelcome look

52. Victims of the Grinch

55. Funerary vase

56. Bill’s movie bud

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