The Nutcracker protagonist Crossword Clue

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The Nutcracker protagonist Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

NUTCRACKER (noun)
1. any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
2. a compound lever used to crack nuts open
PROTAGONIST (noun)
1. a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
2. the principal character in a work of fiction

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More Apple+ Crossword (7/12/2025) Answers

Across

1. Almost Famous star Hudson

5. Like ice cream that's been sitting on the counter for a while

9. ___ tofu

13. Yellow Italian liqueur

15. "Have fun?" response

16. Half of a pair of characters in Through the Looking-Glass

17. Love letters

18. Transgression

19. Word after "band" or "brand"

20. Clip used with a formal accessory

22. __ d'oeuvres

23. "Way Over ___" (Carole King song)

24. Worker who's constantly out of office

28. Consumption

29. Some promissory notes

30. Creature often seen on NYC streets

33. Serving vessel

34. American Girl who lived through the Great Depression

35. Legend

37. Face-lotion stat

38. Jam ___ (low-key gathering for a group of musicians)

39. Trap

40. Quintessential autumn activity

43. Day that inspires the Sunday Scaries

45. "That's going to be ___ from me"

46. Pill-shaped mint

47. Announce your intent to make something

48. Units in some apartment buildings

51. Flour used to make roti

52. March Madness quarterfinal group

55. Swag for 5K participants

56. Musical arrangement?

57. Like someone who prefers films to movies

58. ___ Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook (Sohla El-Waylly cookbook)

59. Verb in a cookbook

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Down

1. Fruit with edible skin and seeds

2. Sermon response

3. Common spot for a blister

4. Close reading?

5. "Yeah, that's what I'd expect"

6. Adjective describing a "shoppe"

7. Illness common in wintertime

8. Parts of drum kits

9. Screwdriver, for example

10. Sunbaked building material

11. Movie studio whose mascot is a lamp

12. One might be developed over time at the gym

13. Some military officers (Abbr.)

21. Stuck ___ rut

22. Genre with world-building

23. Anagram of "oh tots, u pray?"

24. Faulty item

25. Divine mother in Egyptian mythology

26. Reaction to juicy gossip

27. Squeak or creak

31. Palm fruit

32. Stuck between two options

36. %: Abbr.

38. Useful items for retiling a bathroom

39. ___ out (investigated)

41. Kissing on the subway, for example

42. FLIP

43. ___ saw (tool for angled cuts)

44. Duo cubed

46. 'See ya!'

47. Costa ___ (country that successfully reversed deforestation)

48. Grew older

49. Virgin's counterpart in memes

50. The Gateway City, for short

53. Allow

54. "Wild Women Don't Have the Blues" singer Cox

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