Tic-___-toe Crossword Clue

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Tic-___-toe Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

TIC (noun)
1. a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
TOE (verb)
1. drive obliquely
2. drive (a golf ball) with the toe of the club
TOE (noun)
1. forepart of a hoof
2. (golf) the part of a clubhead farthest from the shaft

Hint 2: Anagram

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ACT

More Universal Crossword (10/24/2025) Answers

Across

1. *With 13-Across, deeply missed (Hint: Start by reading the first letter of this answer and the second letter of 13-Across)

5. Where Adam and Eve lived

9. MLB's all-time grand slam leader

13. Widespread

14. *With 18-Across, crime boss

16. *With 19-Across, Guinevere's lover

17. Fitzgerald of vocal jazz

18. Feature of a Ruffles chip

19. Powdery mineral

20. Zimbabwe's leader?

22. Sweet's counterpart

24. "Doggone!"

27. Big name in skate shoes

28. Double tre

29. Stagger

31. Friend

34. Pattern for shoelaces or the starred clues' answers (forward and backward!)

38. Piece of folklore

39. Tears into

40. Fitting

41. ___ jar

42. Flippant

43. Like someone whose curiosity is piqued

45. Genetic letters

46. Well aware of

47. Grain used to make a vegan milk

48. Piercing places

50. Bits of fish food

54. Redundant name for a seasonal ailment

56. Cunning

57. Prepare to throw a dart

59. Calculus prereq

60. Error in judgment

62. Erotic

63. *With 66-Across, Beavis' partner

64. *With 67-Across, magnetic storage devices

65. A likely story!

66. Song such as Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' "Die With a Smile"

67. Thrifty person

68. Luxurious

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Down

1. Board meeting VIP

2. Prepped for a massage, with "up"

3. Gridiron pro

4. Narcs org.

5. Variable

6. Spread salt on, maybe

7. Terminus

8. Reminds and reminds

9. Rocksteady pioneer Ellis whose first name is an anagram of "tonal"

10. Flies by noisily

11. Nothing but

12. Caroling mo.

15. Extenders for some tables

21. Common statistical procedure

23. Late actor Kilmer

25. Ore appraisal

26. Convertible

30. 'East,' in Spanish

32. Spiny succulent

33. Give temporarily

34. Africa's largest landlocked country

35. Word before date or dance

36. Descendant of Jacob

37. Diatribe

38. Try, as some food

41. Like a bad apple

43. Verbal barbs

44. Burrito portion?

46. Ball

49. Zero

51. Maker of "dopamine rush" nail polish

52. '90s fitness system

53. Pair that loses to sevens

54. Herr’s wife

55. Earth goddess

58. Piece of folklore, maybe

59. Sched. placeholder

61. Way to watch some bouts, for short

62. Try, as a drink

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