“The Tower” poet Crossword Clue

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“The Tower” poet Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. Irish poet and dramatist (1865-1939)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TOWER (verb)
1. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
TOWER (noun)
1. a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
2. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
POET (noun)
1. a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More New Yorker Crossword (2/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Viscous

5. Trudge

10. Foot that gets scanned

14. Burn relief

15. Tower of ___ (classic logic game)

16. “The Purple People Eater” singer Wooley

17. 'Pick up the pace!'

19. Overhead expenses?

20. Folder in a backpack

21. 'Wait __!'

23. Pass

24. Author of Politics

26. Complement

28. Bill of science

29. A.C.A. option

30. Nobel Peace Prize winner alongside Rabin and Peres

31. Hide in a cabin, perhaps

34. Flaws be damned

35. Expert in labels

36. Inverse trig function

37. ___ et moi (kind of ring with side-by-side stones)

38. Personal fave

41. Canon competitor

42. Retro spinner

45. “Looking for something casual,” on a dating app

46. Instagram-message status

48. Honolulu’s Daniel K. ___ International Airport

49. Letters on some certifications

51. Stand

53. Circle back around

54. See 57-Across

55. Indicator

56. Little brat

57. With 54-Across, white wetland bird

58. Groups of reps

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Down

1. Sleeve style with a diagonal seam

2. Infamous surname in Chicago history

3. Deep-dish dinner

5. Gadget advertised in a 1956 infomercial as “the greatest kitchen appliance ever made”

6. No. 1 spot?

7. Streisand’s co-star in “What’s Up, Doc?”

8. Rocky Mountain resident

9. Hunger (for)

10. Somewhat

11. Phrase that can mean both “not many” and “too much”

12. HTML string used to guide search engines

13. Air rifle pellets

18. Fussy, protective sorts

22. Blooms commonly used in the Victorian-era “language of flowers” to express coded messages

25. Core location

27. ___ Jean Hood (actress in “Our Gang” shorts)

30. Type of organization providing welfare for the needy

31. ___ profundo (vocal range)

32. Japanese honorific

33. Keeps one’s hands busy, in a way

34. Bizarro

35. Sudden thrill

36. Invalidates

38. Knickknack

39. Bring to an overseas conference, say

40. Shows off

42. Stoop (to)

43. Word in many a course title

44. Sweet, russetted pears

47. ___ milk (source of Manchego cheese)

50. 2025 hit for Rosé and Bruno Mars

52. Unfamiliar

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