Unexpected hitch Crossword Clue

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Unexpected hitch Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an unforeseen obstacle
2. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
(verb)
1. catch on a snag
2. get by acting quickly and smartly

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UNEXPECTED (adjective)
1. not expected or anticipated
HITCH (noun)
1. a period of time spent in military service
2. an unforeseen obstacle
HITCH (verb)
1. to hook or entangle
2. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

Hint 3: Anagram

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More USA Today Crossword (7/28/2026) Answers

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9. _eats _er _inute

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13. Adored celebrities

15. 'Pressure' singer Lennox

16. Bread soaked in an eggy mixture then grilled

18. White ___ (Chicago team)

19. Set on fire

20. Matching cups saucers pot etc.

22. Caspian and Sargasso, for two

23. Horse's hair

26. ___ Alliance (Luke, Leia and others)

28. Attempted

30. Some deli loaves

32. Intense anger

33. Creative thought

35. Performed perfectly

37. Extra-thick breakfast item cooked in an iron

41. Champagne + orange juice

42. Darth Vader's garment

43. Recedes

46. Intense anger

51. Adds to the payroll

53. Object in a shopping cart

55. Pixar title character who meets aliens

56. "Inception" actress Cotillard

58. All four of a square's are right

60. Alphabet beginning

61. Thick, creamy dairy product in some parfaits

64. Multihyphenate Issa

65. Throw with effort

66. "I triple-dog- ___ you!"

67. Short albums, for short

68. Prophetic sign

69. Acorn for one

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6. Hullabaloo

7. Chin beard

8. What __ can I say?

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10. Woman working with a mentor

11. Combine

14. One might be wished upon

16. Rock in rock paper scissors

17. Clothing border

21. Sans ___ (font option)

24. Geometry calculation

25. Feline meme with a Pop-Tart body

27. Was ahead

29. Uses a shovel

31. Finger-click sound

34. Buenos __

36. Not many

37. Korean rice dish

38. Adopts enthusiastically

39. Last one across the finish line

40. Pay rate

41. Just so-so

45. Opening time for some stores

47. Jamaican music genre

48. Appeal

49. Having multiple levels

50. Entertain guests

52. Weary exhalation

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60. 'We ___ Family' (Sister Sledge hit)

62. December 31, notably

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