"The Purloined Letter" author Crossword Clue

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"The Purloined Letter" author Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States writer and poet (1809-1849)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AUTHOR (noun)
1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
AUTHOR (verb)
1. be the author of
LETTER (noun)
1. the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
2. an award earned by participation in a school sport
LETTER (verb)
1. mark letters on or mark with letters
2. set down or print with letters

Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (8/27/2025) Answers

Across

1. Ices, mob-style

5. Church sight

10. Chef's creation

14. Room opposite the ballroom on a Clue board

15. No-no for un vegetariano

16. A fan of

17. Transaction that benefits both parties

19. Miles away

20. Man with a tilde

21. Breakout performance

23. Old radio components

25. Google in the comics pages

26. “Tracker” home

29. Theater buys, informally

30. Final precursor

31. Pitch in

33. Revisit a previous topic

38. Centipede seller

40. Brew for Brits

41. Nation whose anthem is “Sayaun Thunga Phulka”

42. Greets from a distance

45. Undefined amount

46. Meathead

47. Company with the watsonx AI platform

50. More sickly-looking

53. Makes a lot

55. XXL, e.g.

57. Bert’s bud

60. Add to the staff

61. ESP research tools, featuring the shapes that start 17-, 21-, 33-, 42- and 55-Across

64. Fan favorite

65. Tough tests

66. Pet store buy

67. Refuse to believe

68. *"I'm serious!"

69. Didn't just suspect

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Down

1. Surprised sounds

2. Website reading for newbies

3. Smoke pipe

4. Particular point of view

5. Biting, as a comment

6. Young fellow

7. Lock

8. Med. sch. class

9. Prepare for return shipping, say

10. Bitter attacks

11. Just for kicks

12. Long look

13. Hard and rough, as skin

18. Crushing defeat

22. Noodle shop offering

24. Left

26. Tobacco wad

27. Containing bugs, maybe

28. Pole e.g.

30. Gorsuch’s predecessor

32. On the dot

34. Cath. or Prot

35. Each

36. Hunting wear

37. “Angelus Novus” artist

39. Archipelago units

43. Dividing line, of a sort

44. “Heads” side of a coin

48. Soldier of fortune, briefly

50. Rose garden pest

51. Playground fixture

52. Middle member of a geographic quintet

53. Made for corrections

54. Fritos, Cheetos or Doritos, say

56. Number line center

58. Pakistan neighbor

59. Advantage

62. "Borderlands" director Roth

63. Follow a pattern, maybe

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