Upper crust Crossword Clue

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Upper crust Crossword Answer

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ELITES

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GRATIN

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. selected as the best
(noun)
1. a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CRUST (noun)
1. the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
2. the outer layer of the Earth
CRUST (verb)
1. form a crust or form into a crust
UPPER (noun)
1. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
2. the higher of two berths
UPPER (adjective)
1. higher in place or position
2. superior in rank or accomplishment

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ELITES
(6 letters)
GRATIN
(6 letters)

More Universal Crossword (4/15/2025) Answers

Across

1. Become fixated

7. Dot in the ocean, on a map

11. Baseball class

14. Twosome of mainstream music

15. Lab order?

16. Name that appears backward in the next clue

17. Gotten out of bed

18. 'Yeah, I bet!'

20. Dawson or Deighton

21. *Its 1904 origin in Latrobe, Pa., was certified by the National Ice Cream Retailers Association

23. Quote as a source

24. Hall __

25. *It's spread across 11 African nations

31. Group of musical notes

32. Common Harlequin paperback theme

33. IV amounts

36. Group for some Gen Xers

37. Rise and ___

39. Wind like a snake

40. League for the Cavs and Mavs

41. Stretched tightly

42. Planet demoted in 2006

43. *Instrumentalists' place

46. Mosey along

49. "Iliad" backdrop

50. *Costume believed to have first been worn in 1918's "Tarzan of the Apes"

54. Initial sandwich order?

57. Diner's neon sign, maybe

58. Facade

60. ___ Balance

61. That's my cue!

62. "Really?!"

63. Gridiron units: Abbr.

64. Beach pail filler

65. Etta James song, and a hint to the final letters in both words of the starred clues' answers

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Down

1. October birthstone

2. Real snoozer

3. Turn like a top

4. Magazine VIPs

5. Seattle Storm great

6. Beethoven's "Moonlight ___"

7. "Barbie" actress Rae

8. Leave dazed

9. Jor-El's wife

10. Sight that's a blight

11. Fully grown

12. Where the eagle has landed

13. Is an accomplice to

19. Petty quarrel

22. Marge's neighbor

23. Moan and groan

25. Do a cashier's job

26. Fictional whaler

27. Romanian or Israeli dance

29. Child in some business names

30. She lived in Eden

33. Sudden takeover

34. Bank opening?

35. Mailbox feature

37. Anatomical pouch

38. Imagine that!

39. Red Georgia soil

41. Climber's framework

42. Political demonstration

43. "One Life" actress Lena

44. Apt-sounding name for a cook

45. Factoids, collectively

46. Deep distress

47. Sulked

48. Saloon selections

51. Venerated Tibetan

52. Like ___ of bricks

53. Email command

54. Early version of an app

55. Not as much

56. Brisk pace

59. Soccer shutout score

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