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Tell jokes to total silence, say Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. throw bombs at or attack with bombs
2. fail to get a passing grade
(noun)
1. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
2. strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SILENCE (noun)
1. the trait of keeping things secret
2. the absence of sound
SILENCE (verb)
1. cause to be quiet or not talk
2. keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
TOTAL (verb)
1. determine the sum of
2. add up in number or quantity
TOTAL (noun)
1. the whole amount
2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
TOTAL (adjective)
1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
2. complete in extent or degree and in every particular

More NYT Crossword (7/7/2026) Answers

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1. ___ ghanouj

5. Like a couch potato

9. Rise and shine

14. Patron saint of Norway

15. Combustible rock

16. No longer in dreamland

17. Charisma

18. Orinoco Flow singer

19. Like a credit card at its limit

20. *Surfer girls, in old lingo

23. Ease off

24. D.C. URL ending

28. Frankfurters

31. Easy mark for a hustle

32. Subject of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff"

33. Common car freshener scent

34. Score that's better than a bogey

35. "Barbie" actress Issa

36. *Relative of a grizzly that's named for its bright chest patch

39. Umpire's clenched-fist call

40. Sgt., but not pvt., e.g.

41. Orgs. that may hold raffles

42. Mechanical memorization

43. Accessories pointed at the North Pole?

45. *Internet browser borrowing a nickname for the red panda

48. Slander

49. What to call people … or what not to call people

50. Like a feeling of tender happiness ... or how you might feel after reading both halves of the answers to the starred clues?

55. Common default computer font

58. Mistake-correcting command

59. Rebel Alliance princess

60. Portmanteau for a screened-in feline lounge

61. Fresh powder, e.g.

62. Sci-fi franchise with light cycles

63. Break things off

64. "Amazing Grace," for one

65. Eurovision contest entry

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2. Soothing succulent

3. ___ California (Mexican border state)

4. Fruit from a tree that can self-pollinate

5. Cooler in a cooler

6. Hole foods?

7. ___ Staley, original lead singer of Alice in Chains

8. Pizazz

9. Last words on a pinball machine

10. Discarded tech

11. Levy

12. Luau instrument, informally

13. ___ XING

21. "Curb Your Enthusiasm" network

22. 'Let It Go' singer Menzel

25. Vanish into thin air

26. Acting unthinkingly

27. Geometrical corner

28. Like a triceratops

29. Delphi prophet

30. Start a long drive, in a way

31. Tell a tall tale

33. "This Old House" network

36. Monty Python musical with a portmanteau title

37. Absolute, as nonsense

38. "Illmatic" rapper

42. What doers produce

44. Luau locale

45. Obsessive pop culture subculture

46. 'Count me in!'

47. Yellow card wielder

49. Job for Mrs. Doubtfire

51. Sled dog command

52. Number of years that George Washington lived in the White House

53. Last U.S. national park, alphabetically

54. Bowen formerly of "S.N.L."

55. High card

56. Hightailed it

57. ___ be my pleasure!

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