"Them's fighting words!" Crossword Clue

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"Them's fighting words!" Crossword Answer

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ITSON

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

WORDS (noun)
1. an angry dispute
2. words making up the dialogue of a play
FIGHTING (adjective)
1. engaged in or ready for military or naval operations
FIGHTING (noun)
1. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

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ITSON
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ANGERED

More NYT Crossword (7/3/2025) Answers

Across

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8. "Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___" (Bob Marley lyric)

13. Like well-known news

14. Lessen in strength

15. Toronto N.B.A. player

16. Played a bar game? / [Yawn]

18. Preserved, in a way

19. Boo-boo

20. Go pillaging

22. Swerve, as an airplane

23. Fully add up

25. Friend or family member / Clichéd

27. Emcee's lines

29. Comment that might be said with a push

30. It might be bruised in a fall

31. City where the Dalai Lama was enthroned

34. Actor Sebastian ___ of Marvel Studios films

35. Formal dress code / What may "burn" in a drag race

38. Member of the South Asian diaspora

41. Connect with

42. Having a full stomach

45. Holy Roman ___, title for Maria Theresa

48. Gymnast Biles

50. Area with no coverage? / Sore loser

53. Like a Venti at Starbucks

54. School of higher learning, in Britain

55. Biblical promised land

57. Losing roll in a casino

58. It connects to the tailbone

60. Directional signals that flash on and off, as suggested by the circles in this puzzle

62. Features of many war hero statues

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64. Fruity cooler

65. Kind of question that's binary

66. Pac-Man ghost with the shortest name

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Down

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2. "Baby Cobra" comedian

3. Come clean about

4. Co.'s $$$ watcher

5. Injury / Christmas entree

6. Perfect / Concept

7. Actor Pascal of "The Mandalorian"

8. Was exhausted / Lustful

9. On point

10. "Don't come in here!"

11. State park in the Santa Monica Mountains

12. "Is this date happening?"

15. City on the Seine

17. Animal whose Greek name is the etymology of the word "arctic"

21. Fly

24. Idle / Texter's chuckle

26. Amount of meds

28. Olympic sprinter ___'Carri Richardson

32. Follows, as a tip

33. Trail runner?

35. National Audubon Society subject

36. "___ hard to say"

37. Perturb / Frying need

38. "Clair de lune" composer

39. Come forth

40. Does some genetic manipulation on / Some aromatics

42. 'No lie!'

44. Anglerfish locale

46. Portuguese currency before the euro

47. Inundates with messages, say

49. ___ truck

51. Religious leader / Actress Jacobson

52. Avian claw

56. Shaving mishap

59. ___ faire

61. House cry that sounds like a horse cry

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