*"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a ___ to be kindled": Plutarch Crossword Clue

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*"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a ___ to be kindled": Plutarch Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
2. nonresinous wood of a fir tree

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PLUTARCH (noun)
1. Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)
KINDLED (adjective)
1. set afire

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (4/17/2025) Answers

Across

1. ___ bowl (healthful dish)

5. Cellular protein

10. Give (out)

14. Expels

15. Mars with bars

16. Cold-blooded kind of monster

17. And so

18. Common back-to-school purchases

20. Bit of ballet wear

22. 2013 movie co-starring Scarlett Johansson in which she is never seen

23. "Going Back to Cali" rapper, 1998

25. *Abigail Adams or Eleanor Roosevelt, informally

29. *Red denizen of Sesame Street

30. Advocates for

33. Animal with luxurious fur

36. Consumer protection agcy

37. Muse of memory

38. See 64-Across

39. Hasty

40. Become fixed

41. Santa ___ (hot winds)

42. What three is

44. "Hmm, I don't think so"

46. Eliot protagonist

47. *Pickle or asparagus unit

48. Bog

49. Placed in an air fryer instead of a microwave, say

51. State with 1,350 miles of coastline (second-most after Alaska): Abbr.

52. *Small, embedded program

54. São ___, most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere

56. Toward that place, quaintly

58. Ancient Rome and Persia

61. Own

62. Comforts

63. Almost half of Scandinavians

64. What you can't see due to the 38-Across in this puzzle?

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Down

1. Help with a crime

2. Apt name for a December baby

3. Early investor

4. Literally, "equal legs"

5. Like many a plant in spring

6. Draconian

7. Large cask for beer or wine

8. Crawl (along)

9. What a bad assistant might be

10. Teamwork inhibitor

11. Word with cake or trail

12. Spot dans la Seine

13. Many Ph.D. students

19. Some Halloween "transports"

21. Plot problems

24. ABC's first program broadcast in color, with "The"

26. Refurbish, as an old piano

27. What one may have to do to destroy a Death Star

28. Original and influential

31. Big name in soft drinks

32. ___ Presidenta, term of address for Mexico's leader beginning in 2024

33. Wizard's weapon, maybe

34. "___ the Doughnut," start of a children's book series

35. Classic French sauce

36. Horseshoe enthusiasts?

42. Like one who might have to hoof it

43. Aspire to

46. John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World"

50. Brand of oversize Lego bricks

53. Veteran's affliction, in brief

55. Yarn spinner

56. Does a certain prank on, informally

57. "___ to?"

59. Some M.I.T. grads, in brief

60. The last one flew in 10/03

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