Use a spade Crossword Clue

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Use a spade Crossword Answer

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DELVE

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(verb)
1. turn up, loosen, or remove earth
2. remove, harvest, or recover by digging
(noun)
1. the site of an archeological exploration
2. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPADE (noun)
1. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
2. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
SPADE (verb)
1. dig (up) with a spade
USE (noun)
1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one’s own advantage
2. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
USE (verb)
1. use up, consume fully
2. avail oneself to

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DELVE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
GID

More Daily Pop Crossword (8/31/2026) Answers

Across

1. Keep ___ on (watch carefully)

5. Stretches of history often named for world leaders

12. On the summit of

13. "Eye of ___ and toe of frog ... " (cauldron ingredients for the Witches in "Macbeth")

14. ___-Ida (frozen food brand)

15. "___ Trek: Discovery"

16. Bambi, for one

17. Itty-bitty

18. Journalist who co-hosts "CNN News Central" (2 wds.)

21. Always, in verse

22. Turned off, as sound

25. Dart thrower's asset

28. "I need it fast!" letters

31. Myths and legends

32. Journalist who anchored "CNN Newsroom" from 2014 to 2021 (2 wds.)

35. British spy James played by Daniel Craig

36. "I Love Lucy" co-star Arnaz

37. NBA player at home in Brooklyn's Barclays Center

38. Member of the cast

40. Playground chasing game

42. Journalist who hosts CNN's "OutFront" (2 wds.)

48. "Avengers: Infinity ___"

50. "___ White People" (Netflix comedy series narrated by Giancarlo Esposito)

51. Triple-decker cookie

52. "___ you paying attention?"

53. Literary governess Jane

54. "Gorillas in the ___" (film starring Sigourney Weaver as Dian Fossey)

55. Sow's domain

56. "My Three ___" (1960s television series)

57. Sound like this this this this

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Down

1. Assignment on a to-do list

2. "___ baby!" ("Way to go!")

3. "Fresh off the ___" (ABC sitcom about an Asian-American family)

4. Out-of-control shopping trip

5. Signed for deposit, as the back of a check

6. Lively Irish dance

7. Filled with wonder

8. Play lightly, as a guitar

9. Petula Clark song with the lyrics, "Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city / Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty"

10. Furious feeling

11. '__ whiz!'

19. Woodpecker's tool

20. "___ Lang Syne"

23. The "E" of the Great Lakes "HOMES" mnemonic

24. Blemish on a fender

25. Swedish pop group whose music inspired the "Mamma Mia!" films

26. __-Z: classic Camaro

27. ___ Jack (cheeseburger option)

29. President on a penny, for short

30. Grazing fields

33. Skunk's defense

34. 'You made that up!'

39. Takes a golf cart, say

41. Pointy-hatted garden figure who appears in Travelocity ads

43. R&B singer who's a judge on NBC's "World of Dance" (Hyph.)

44. Mister Ed's home

45. Actor Stonestreet of "Modern Family"

46. Former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host John

47. The Wizard of Oz dog

48. "Papa ___ a Rollin' Stone" (Motown classic)

49. Painting or sculpture

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