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Total mess Crossword Answer

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STY

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

MESS (noun)
1. informal terms for a difficult situation
2. a state of confusion and disorderliness
MESS (verb)
1. make a mess of or create disorder in
2. eat in a mess hall
TOTAL (verb)
1. determine the sum of
2. add up in number or quantity
TOTAL (noun)
1. the whole amount
2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
TOTAL (adjective)
1. constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
2. complete in extent or degree and in every particular

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

STY
(3 letters)

Hint 3: Anagram

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STEERSMAN

More NYT Crossword (10/12/2026) Answers

Across

1. "Let's not forget ..."

5. Singer/actress Bareilles

9. First part of a musical

13. Close by

14. Post-bath wrap

15. Vegetable on a cob

16. Electric vehicle from Japan

18. God with a bow and arrow

19. Brief

20. Investment option for old age, in brief

22. Mail carrier's assignment: Abbr.

23. Signaling, as a performer

27. Contents of a sleeve

28. Birthstones for some Libras

30. Quick kiss

31. Movie princess with "space buns"

33. Rapper ___ Kim

34. Mercury, Venus or Mars

35. Unpredictable emotional shift

38. Striped kitty

40. Main element in pewter

41. "No ___, no foul"

45. Olympic sword with a guarded tip

46. Thick heads of hair

48. Furious

49. Celtics legend nicknamed "The Hick from French Lick"

51. Kicks off, as a concert

53. Singer Grande, informally

54. Part of the Holy Trinity

55. Tony winner Menzel

56. ___-Cola

58. Positioned precariously … or where the ends of 16-, 24-, 35- and 49-Across can all be found

62. Those, in Spanish

63. Lollipop holder

64. Great Plains tribe

65. "Late Night" host Meyers

66. ___ off (miffed)

67. Little kid

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1. "Tom Lake" novelist Patchett

2. It isn't working

3. Raw fish dish at a Japanese restaurant

4. "Citizen Kane" director Welles

5. Sun, in Spanish

6. Astounded state

7. Shows again, as a broadcast

8. "Clemency" actress Woodard

9. Card that may be hidden "up one's sleeve"

10. "You're right!"

11. Russian revolutionary Leon

12. City map next to a state map, e.g.

14. Explosive block in Minecraft

17. Mythical Greek ship

21. Tree with "quaking" leaves

23. Baseball great Ripken

24. ___ Marian, Robin Hood's beloved

25. Outstanding athlete

26. Sound from the horse's mouth

29. Cunning tactic

32. "Jurassic Park" insect casing

34. Eat by candlelight, say

36. Follows an order

37. Sailboat propeller

38. Hybrid flower named after a drink

39. Kind of jam in a Sacher torte

42. In-room safe or a chocolate on the pillow, say

43. Went hog wild

44. Some E.R. workers

46. Time piece?

47. Sweet, fizzy drink

49. Roller skate strings

50. Give a leg up

52. Amelia Earhart, for one

55. Squid's defensive output

57. Residue on a grill

59. Reason for overtime

60. Anxious condition, in brief

61. Hive occupant

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Total mess Crossword Clue Q&A

Why is MARESNEST the answer to Total mess crossword clue?
- A mare's nest is an idiom for a hopelessly confused or messy situation. It is a theme entry ending in NEST, something found out on a tree limb.
When was Total mess crossword clue used most recently?
- This clue was last seen in the October 12, 2026's NYT Crossword.
What was the most recent answer for Total mess crossword clue?
- The most recent answer for the clue is MARESNEST
What is the 9-letter answer for Total mess crossword clue?
- MARESNEST
When has Total mess crossword clue been used historically?
- NYT Crossword - October 12 2026
- The Atlantic Crossword - May 16 2025
- NYT Crossword - July 11 2024
- LA Times Crossword - January 20 2024
- NYT Crossword - September 11 2022

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