Taunts Crossword Clue

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More Apple+ Crossword (5/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. As a precaution

7. Cry convulsively

10. Stat for a record or a car engine

13. Vegetable used for old-school jack-o'-lanterns

14. A fan of

15. 28-Down equivalent

16. Makeup mishaps

17. Roman emperor before the Year of the Four Emperors

18. Many Babylon 5 characters, for short

19. Make things interesting

20. Nonstarters?

21. Game console with a Balance Board accessory

22. ___ world (region that includes the Maghreb)

25. Trans activist ___ Faye

26. Agreement that the ink has dried on

28. Covering with what Brits call "loo roll"

29. 1988 video game in which rooks transform into rock monsters

32. Make extra sure

33. Fruity term describing someone with a reddish complexion

35. Slippery after a storm

37. Surname of Hollywood's Walter, John, and Anjelica

38. Traditional soap ingredient

39. Budding chef's creation

41. Thriller author Gerritsen

42. "Kiss the chef" garment

43. Humiliate

47. Adversaries

48. Type of cake that's a hint to the words layered in this puzzle's center

53. Introduction to a piece of bad news

54. Character who might walk away from an explosion without flinching

55. Aidan, Diana, or Nadia

56. Shoos off

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1. "Things are looking pretty grim"

2. Cuatro o cinco, por ejemplo

3. From the most populous Greek island

4. So Far From God author Castillo

5. Kazuo Ishiguro title

6. Installments of TV shows, for short

7. Derisive look

8. Others in Spanish

9. Sonic ___

10. Bulleit and Jim Beam products

11. Coven concoctions

12. Deep in thought

14. Brainpower

20. Inspiration for the tribute band the Fab Faux

23. Max Roach jazz style

24. Colorfully named airline

25. Little spot

27. French heir apparent

28. Old-timey pronoun that rhymes with "me"

30. Repeating sound

31. Joan who played Josie Packard on Twin Peaks

32. Reverie

34. ___ Moines

35. Approving comment

36. Structure on top of a dome

40. Squad

41. Many babysitters, agewise

43. Prefix for "enemy"

44. Not-yet-final release

45. Without any alterations

46. Unhurried-sounding fruit

48. Tic-___-toe

49. "___-ching!"

50. Chop down

51. New ___ (category of IBA official cocktails, along with the Unforgettables and Contemporary Classics)

52. Nondairy milk type

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