'The Phantom of the ___' Crossword Clue

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'The Phantom of the ___' Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a building where musical dramas are performed
2. a commercial browser

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PHANTOM (noun)
1. something existing in perception only
2. a ghostly appearing figure
PHANTOM (adjective)
1. something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Daily Pop Crossword (8/16/2026) Answers

Across

1. Part of a boxer's one-two combination

4. In a crooked position

9. Texting format initials

12. "___ be back" ("The Terminator" catchphrase)

13. Pigs and hogs

14. "___-Pan" (second book of James Clavell's "Asian Saga")

15. 2014 novel featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta by 22-Across/38-Across (3 wds.)

18. Champagne flute part

19. Irish name for Ireland

20. Florist's container

22. With 38-Across, bestselling novelist who wrote 15-Across, 30-Across, and 47-Across

26. ___ the fat (gabs)

28. Writer for whom literature's Edgar Award is named

29. Tubular!

30. 2016 Kay Scarpetta novel

32. "A ___ Good Men" (Tom Cruise film)

35. Affirmative reply to Parlez-vous français?

36. Garbage

38. See 22-Across

43. Pretentiously cultured

44. Each informally (2 wds.)

45. Real estate measure

47. 2015 Kay Scarpetta novel (2 wds.)

53. Before to a bard

54. Eucalyptus-eating marsupial

55. "Under the ___" (song from "The Little Mermaid")

56. Wee bit

57. Adjust, as for a better fit

58. S.E. Hinton novel adapted into a 1982 film starring Matt Dillon

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Down

1. Peanut butter brand that "choosy moms choose"

2. "___ the Pretty Horses" (Cormac McCarthy novel)

3. Touched by an angel

4. Tennis great profiled in the "30 for 30" documentary "Arthur and Johnnie"

5. "The Werewolf of Fever ___" ("Goosebumps" series novel by R.L. Stine)

6. Extended family

7. Howards ___ (E.M. Forster novel)

8. "Charlotte's ___" (children's classic by E.B. White)

9. Dispassionate type

10. The people in Keri Hulme's Booker Prize-winning novel "The Bone People"

11. Record half that gets more airtime, usually (2 wds.)

16. Crock-Pot concoction

17. Flowery garland on "Hawaii Five-O"

20. TiVo predecessor

21. Cry of discovery

23. "... to fetch ___ of water" (2 wds.)

24. "It's ___ Late" (Carole King hit song)

25. "The ___ is silence" (Hamlet's last words)

27. Flat-bottomed vessel used to haul 36-Across

31. Shade on a color wheel

32. Much of Asia (2 wds.)

33. Ballpark figure: abbr.

34. "___ Not Me?" (essay collection by Mindy Kaling)

37. Steakhouse order

38. Military trainee

40. Caught with a lasso

41. "All Things Considered" broadcaster

42. Minestrone server

46. Blacken on the barbecue

48. Letters with a perp's name

49. TV loud/soft control (Abbr.)

50. Chow down

51. "Pioneer Woman" cookbook writer ___ Drummond

52. April 15 payment

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