Thin-sounding Crossword Clue

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TINNY

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(adjective)
1. having a tone of a reed instrument
2. resembling a reed in being upright and slender

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SOUNDING (adjective)
1. appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms
2. having volume or deepness
SOUNDING (noun)
1. a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
2. the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
THIN (adjective)
1. lacking excess flesh
2. not dense
THIN (verb)
1. take off weight
2. lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
THIN (adverb)
1. without viscosity

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

TINNY
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More New Yorker Crossword (8/26/2025) Answers

Across

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21. Hollers derisively

22. "___ be back!"

23. Girl group named for its founding members

26. Heir to a business empire

28. Big name in theatres

30. Vane figures, often

32. Items in a vampire slayer’s tool kit

35. Slightly

38. Nullify

39. My friend, in French

41. Certain social-media metrics

43. Stat on a baseball card

44. Obtains, so to speak

45. Natural order

46. __-K

48. Sonny Corleone portrayer James

50. Like unprocessed emotions

52. Novel form of analysis, briefly?

54. Animal whose mature males have some silver hair

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60. Dessert named for three of its ingredients

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Down

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44. Fritters served with applesauce

46. Paper towel layer

47. Hoot

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51. “Summerteeth” band

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55. One of two figures in a riddle trope

56. Site for tubing or paddleboating, perhaps

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