"The Catcher in the ___" (J.D. Salinger novel) Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
2. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SALINGER (noun)
1. United States writer (born 1919)
NOVEL (adjective)
1. original and of a kind not seen before
2. pleasantly new or different
NOVEL (noun)
1. an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
2. a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction

More Daily Themed Crossword (2/6/2026) Answers

Across

1. Deep male singing voice

5. Three-ingredient sandwich: Abbr.

8. Camper's foldable bed

11. Great Salt Lake state

12. ___-hoo (chocolate-flavored beverage)

13. Boxing match ender: Abbr.

14. Village People hit with a "spelling-out" dance

15. Mail an envelope

16. ___ Tin Tin, dog star from old movies

17. Letters following "L"

19. ___ Scout, highest honor attainable in the Scouts BSA program after earning several badges and demonstrating "Scout Spirit"

21. Saw eye-to-eye

25. "Not ___ shabby"

26. Loot someone

28. Ice Bucket Challenge letters

31. Academic title of honor usually earned by the highest-ranking student in the graduating class of a school

36. "90 Day Fiance" channel Abbr.

37. Upper limit, in a budget

38. Layer of toilet paper

39. "T" of BTW

42. TV channel changer

44. Imitated a cow

46. Poem of tribute

47. Coca-Cola holder, sometimes

48. Dean's ___, academic distinction that recognizes the highest level of scholarship amongst college or university students

50. Riff-___ (disreputable person)

54. "___ sparingly" ("Do not waste it")

55. School support organization: Abbr.

56. Slanted writing style, for short

57. ___ Beta Kappa, academic honor society that inducts only the most outstanding students of arts and sciences

58. Nine digit identification: Abbr.

59. ___ Awards (Broadway awards)

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Down

1. Opposite of sell

2. Money withdrawal site: Abbr.

3. Cul-de-___ (dead end)

4. "___ on you!" (words that might bring embarrassment)

5. See you later!.

6. One who prefers solitude

7. Day before tomorrow

8. ___+Alt+Del (PC reboot sequence)

9. "___-dokie!" (rhyming affirmation)

10. Hippopotamus weight unit

15. Response meaning "me too": 3 wds.

18. Geeky sort, informally

20. Car part that may be shifted into "neutral" or "reverse"

21. Off-roading quad bike: Abbr.

22. Capricorn's animal

23. Honor ___, roster of academic achievers that is published periodically throughout the school year

27. Secretly loop in on an email: Abbr.

29. "Suction" prefix to mean a fat removal procedure

30. Pepper partner

32. "Plasm" lead-in

33. Deck of fortune-telling cards

34. Newspaper opinion piece (Hyph.)

35. Bill ___, television’s “Science Guy”

40. Lends a hand

41. Makes changes to a document, say

43. National ___ Scholar, highest honor bestowed on outstanding academic achievers by the scholarship program of the same name

44. Squish, as potatoes

45. "The ___ Love" (science-fiction thriller): 2 wds.

47. Saucer's companion

49. Japanese honorific

51. "Let's move from point ___ B" ("Moving on," in a meeting, say): 2 wds.

52. Idol idolizer

53. House pest

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