Thorny flower Crossword Clue

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Thorny flower Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
2. pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
(adjective)
1. of something having a dusty purplish pink color

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

THORNY (adjective)
1. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
2. bristling with perplexities
FLOWER (verb)
1. produce or yield flowers
FLOWER (noun)
1. reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
2. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (8/26/2025) Answers

Across

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6. Rung of a ladder

10. IRS form experts

14. Drama with sopranos

15. Wish earnestly

16. Sworn promise

17. Phone book listings

18. A Great Lake

19. __ Major (Big Dipper constellation)

20. Translucent building brick

22. Requirement

23. Snakelike fish

24. Off the right path

26. Farm building for horses

30. Acting like a feline

32. Daddy

33. High school dance

35. Bitter-tasting

39. Piece of fabric

41. Mineral from a mine

42. Foolish and silly

43. First Greek letter

44. Touch down on a runway

47. Counting everything

49. Request as advice

51. Current fashions

54. Historical period

55. Pressed a doorbell

56. Electrical adapter for France

63. Duel-power, as an appliance

64. Very seldom available

65. Spa's hot room

66. 'Simple Simon __ pieman . . .'

67. Predictive sign

68. Book of photos

69. Theater stage accessory

70. Minor argument

71. Note from a teacher

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Down

1. Time-consuming

2. Milk-colored gem

3. Disaster aid org

4. Greek war god

5. Graduation hat dangler

6. Oyster exterior

7. Spanish bull

8. Grand-scale tale

9. View secretly

10. Emerald Isle region

11. Peeling utensil

12. On an ocean voyage

13. Shielded from the sun

21. Microwave sound

25. Male deer

26. Pet shelter org.

27. Skyscraping

28. Per item, informally

29. Swimmer's headgear

30. Marine reef material

31. Hymn's last word

34. Dice toss

36. Top of a house

37. In that case

38. Salon colorist

40. Glove insert

45. Have the courage (to)

48. Houston baseballers

50. Tex-Mex dips

51. Vagabond or hobo

52. Indy 500 entrant

53. Put an __ (stop)

54. Major happening

57. Highway entrance

58. Region

59. Nearly colorless

60. Oil change, informally

61. E pluribus ___

62. Chess or charades

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