Turtle covering Crossword Clue

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Turtle covering Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. remove the husks from
2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
(noun)
1. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
2. the exterior covering of a bird’s egg

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COVERING (noun)
1. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
2. the work of applying something
TURTLE (verb)
1. overturn accidentally
2. hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
TURTLE (noun)
1. a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar
2. any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (12/8/2025) Answers

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15. Alan of "M*A*S*H"

16. Great danger

17. Farmland measure

18. Get a peek (at)

19. Gulf Coast Florida city

20. Water heater for pekoe

22. "No bid from me"

23. Thats correct

24. Scored 100% on

25. Turned on, as an alarm

28. CD-__ (computer disc)

30. Quick swims

33. Commit a theft

34. Fortune-teller's __ cards

36. Tell a fib

37. Heavy metallic frying pan

40. British beer

41. Me too

42. Below-ground tree parts

43. Reveal a secret

45. ___ and don'ts

46. Fresh-mouthed

47. Football arbiters, for short

49. Assist

50. Very manly

52. Vessel to brew mocha

58. Sound of a sneeze

59. Very slightly

60. __ straits (difficult situation)

62. A second helping

63. Fencer's sword

64. Groups of cattle

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66. Gas in bright signs

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Down

1. Campus club, for short

2. Shoestring

3. Gumbo vegetable

4. Sunday through Saturday

5. Seasoned, as pretzels

6. Novels' story lines

7. Beloved celebrity

8. Help yourself to

9. Of vision

10. Made a stack

11. Texas animals with platelike coverings

12. Tears to pieces

13. 'That's too bad'

21. It moves when you blink

24. Run __ (rage)

25. In any way

26. Person who digs up data

27. Small rug

28. __ and raves (makes a scene)

29. Approximately

31. Devoutness

32. Full collections

33. Natural bandage

34. Dog visiting Oz

35. Angry speech

38. Gets free (of)

39. __ Angeles, CA

44. Biblical "See this!"

46. Kitchen gadget for flour

48. Plays a trick on

49. In flames

50. Squish, as potatoes

51. Muscle soreness

52. Summer place for kids

53. Woodwind instrument

54. Where Adam lived

55. Plumbing tube

56. Black-and-white cookie

57. Adolescent

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