The first "C" of Vietnam's H.C.M.C. Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health
2. the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

VIETNAM (noun)
1. a prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States
2. a communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in 1945
FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
HIC

More NYT Crossword (8/9/2026) Answers

Across

1. One bit

6. Bad jobs

12. Target of an annual vaccine

15. X or y

19. Swimmer's invitation

23. One of two in Hawaii

24. Father of the river gods, in Greek myth

25. Overwhelm

26. Jamaican folk song about dock work

27. Ones who've made the team

28. One at the U.S. mint?

29. Long-handled tool

31. What might pile up during a digital detox

35. Show great fondness, in a way

36. In the lead

38. Cow

40. Oscar winner Hathaway

41. Foxlike

42. Winter pellets

43. ___ forgiveness

44. Say without saying

46. Godsends

47. Up to 150 years, for a tortoise

50. Beaver's home

51. Communicate through a disagreement

53. Counterpart of 53-Down

54. Display perfect timing, much like dancers

55. Agcy. that protects the right to unionize

56. Some Indian flatbreads

57. First woman to play regularly in a major American men's pro baseball league

58. Bond between Lazenby and Dalton

59. Let's do it!

60. Setting for Ghassan Kanafani's "All That's Left to You" and Mourid Barghouti's "I Saw Ramallah"

61. Like a lion's coat

62. Reprimand that might be biting, ironically

64. Group of partridges

65. "www" string

66. Honey boo-boo?

67. Like the Taj Mahal and the Hagia Sophia, architecturally

68. Up for the day

70. Named names

71. [Oh God ...]

72. Nurse

75. Many a spacious apartment

76. Stand-up comic ___ Wang

78. Where a band might go

79. Gimme!

80. Go undefeated

82. Enterprise letters

83. "Let's put a smile on your plate" chain

84. Lover of Tristan

86. Combine, as resources

88. Nintendo villain with a "W" on his cap

90. Bothersome recurrence

91. Controversial business oversight

96. Amusement park ride in which one's legs dangle high off the ground

97. Lip

98. "___ bodkins!" (bygone oath)

99. Comes clean, with "up"

100. Old Bulgarian rulers

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Down

1. Results of some peace talks

2. Wow

3. Government act whose name comes from the Greek for "forgetfulness"

4. Papal representative

5. Michaels of "Saturday Night Live"

6. Angry cat's "greeting"

7. Nav. rank

8. Retort of denial

9. Offer emotional support (for)

10. Time that's an artist's name backward

11. Did the butterfly, e.g.

12. Co. whose logo depicts the god Mercury holding flowers

13. Dutch city with a namesake jar

14. __ Major

15. "Because I Got High" rapper

16. 12 letters?

17. Magazine for entrepreneurs

18. Good to go

20. Branch with a stem?

21. Number of letters?

22. Ocular affliction

28. Uintah and Ouray Reservation people

30. Surpassed

32. Group in support of a queen

33. Rushing around

34. Last Beatles single before Paul McCartney's departure

37. Reality TV icon ___ Leakes

38. Edging, e.g.

39. Title for MacBeth

42. Parts of many combo meals

43. Selling off, as stocks

45. Big inits. in Dutch banking

46. Foretelling of

47. Bestowing extravagantly (on)

48. Source of fragrant cones

50. Destiny

51. Something that might not be well received when someone asks "How do I look?"

52. Was flaky?

53. Counterpart of 53-Across

54. It's not exactly fast food

56. Almsgiving and pilgrimage, for two

57. Bit of folklore

58. Wonk

60. Hammer parts

61. Main ingredient in salsa verde

63. Purple yam in Filipino desserts

64. Sounds from pigeons

67. Simple coffee brewing method

69. Treeless tracts

71. Pleasing rhythms

72. Diamond component?

73. Gene-activating substance

74. Eyes, informally

77. Danced at a luau

78. Eddies

79. Very complicated situation, so to speak

81. ___ People's Campaign (1968 S.C.L.C. movement)

83. Self-congratulatory declaration

85. One of the Five Pillars of Islam, referring to prayer

87. "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet

89. Since

90. Some fan-made literary works, informally

91. Prefix with -normative

92. ___ shoestring

93. They're parked in parks

94. Some OT enders

95. Before, poetically

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