Temporary fix Crossword Clue

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Temporary fix Crossword Answer

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STOPGAP

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

TEMPORARY (noun)
1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
TEMPORARY (adjective)
1. lacking continuity or regularity
2. not permanent; not lasting
FIX (noun)
1. a determination of the place where something is
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
FIX (verb)
1. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
2. put (something somewhere) firmly

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STOPGAP
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More WSJ Crossword (1/15/2026) Answers

Across

1. Prepare for a Hail Mary

6. Spoil

10. Phased-out streaming service

14. Foil alternative

15. Nitwit

16. Middle name in the National Inventors Hall of Fame

17. Down East college town

18. "One" on a one

19. Caress in the bathroom, say

20. “Think (About It)” singer Collins

21. NYSE, e.g.

23. Eaves dropper

25. National park west of Seattle

27. How some solve crosswords

28. Tony winner who wrote “Respect for Acting”

30. Vicious with a bass

33. Regrettably

36. Discerning

37. Smelter supply

38. Part of life in the big city, and an alternative title for this puzzle

43. Repulsed reaction

44. 5 for B or 6 for C, e.g.

45. Assuming that's true …

46. Had a face-to-face

47. Being economical

51. Mexico’s Academia de ___

53. Like some nuts

57. Words after cross or bring

59. Young '___ (tots)

60. Before now

61. Former grad

62. Picnic place in Paris

65. Heliopolis Palace setting

67. Composer Bartók

68. City with a Trans-Siberian Railway station

69. Freud contemporary

71. Tire-changing time

72. Where to stretch your legs on a road trip

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Down

1. Break from the band

2. Hannah of “Kill Bill”

3. Dark timber

4. Bard's nightfall

5. In good time

6. Split the bill

7. Good for Gauguin

8. Soccer’s Freddy

9. Browbeat

10. Welcomes to one's home

11. Places barriers on, say

12. Zero, essentially

13. Wig (out)

22. Soul seller

24. Lenny Kravitz’s role in “The Hunger Games”

26. Soft stuff

27. Words before “Around,” “Weak” and “Lonely” in Top 10 song titles

29. City south of Cleveland

31. Colorful diaphragm

32. Chrysler Building style

33. Jack-in-the-pulpit, e.g.

34. Sport competed in while lying down

35. City east-northeast of Cleveland

39. ___ manana!

40. Frozen treat brand

41. Down Under colleges

42. Greek exports

48. Interstate oasis

49. Bond participant

50. Org. based in Daytona Beach

52. Update after a survey

54. Call on the field before the game’s begun

55. Winged wader

56. Wall protector

57. Alignment aid in a word processor

58. Cassini of fashion

63. Monaco mate

64. Queue after Q

66. Beverage suffix

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