Thread with a head Crossword Clue

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Thread with a head Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. someone who guards prisoners
2. a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air
(verb)
1. cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
2. have sexual intercourse with

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

THREAD (verb)
1. thread on or as if on a string
2. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
THREAD (noun)
1. the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together
2. a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
HEAD (noun)
1. (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk
2. a person who is in charge
HEAD (verb)
1. be in charge of
2. be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (1/3/2026) Answers

Across

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19. Stuhl or Bank of Germany

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21. Reading on concert hall walls

22. Keep from skiing, say

24. Form-fitting fabric

25. Relatively probing

27. Special disposal

28. Virtuosic

29. Springtime-sounding she

30. __ low

31. End of seven UN member names

32. Major turning point

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38. Flat tip

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40. Variety

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46. Audio studio router

48. "Roasted" side in a Twain tale

49. Recipe's kick addition

50. Any cashpoint

53. Bogged down

54. With no point

55. England's game show channel

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59. Hard to see

60. They're not there

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Down

1. Subs for a "team" mate

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3. Rocks with bands

4. Billboard biggest young-male group, 1987-2012

5. Cos. with track records

6. A person

7. Three-syllable smoothie selection

8. Mustard cousin

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10. Flash bulb

11. Prodigious portion

12. Have emotional appeal

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14. Where Alda shouts "I've eaten a river of liver"

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23. Virtually

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26. Idle

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33. League

34. Parting suggestion

35. Air __

36. Word from Old English for "fire"

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43. Directly

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47. Warm, neutral shade

50. Hook model

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55. Spring summer

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