Useless leftovers Crossword Clue

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Useless leftovers Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
2. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LEFTOVERS (noun)
1. food remaining from a previous meal
USELESS (adjective)
1. having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (8/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. Speeding check

5. Vocally

10. Source for some bubbly

14. Where the the Magi journeyed from

15. Over my dead body!

16. One may be in default

17. Mixtures in copier cartridges

19. Target of an exfoliator

20. Birthplace of Madeleine Albright and Vaclav Havel

21. Drink made with an artisanal flourish, maybe

22. Begins dealing with

25. Chatted online, in brief

27. Risk-___

29. Sporting great who said "Tennis uses the language of life"

30. School that's a rival of 37-Down

31. P.R. piece?

35. Stat used to calculate a QB's passer rating

36. In vain ... or how to read the answers to 17-, 25-, 49- and 58-Across

39. Org. that monitors on-air obscenity

41. Matter in a neon sign

42. Subjects of some European fishing bans

45. Start of a lovelorn soliloquy

47. Bridges in Baghdad cross it

49. Some fishing gear

53. Level in a social hierarchy

54. Street urchin

55. Less merry

57. Abbr. standing in for co-authors

58. Investigate in detail

62. Pitchfork point

63. Rivian competitor

64. Gemstone found in hot springs

65. Org. promoting sober motoring

66. Half-___ (desultory)

67. Winter sports venue

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Down

1. Be up

2. What arrives in the film "Arrival"

3. Dash display in some cars

4. Tax ___

5. Tourist destination outside of Delhi

6. Nighttime sound?

7. Classical performance space

8. One with diplomatic plates in N.Y.C.

9. "Mesa para ___" (request at a Spanish restaurant)

10. Wool source

11. Futures experts?

12. Most pucker-inducing

13. Gimme!

18. Culture vulture's concerns

21. Financial center of West Africa

22. Kind of "fever" that's not actually a fever, and is typically caused by pollen

23. Director DuVernay

24. It's needed to stay calm

26. Rankles no end

28. Prose postscript

32. ___ Hagen, Tony-winning actress and theater practitioner

33. Trains for the Chicago White Sox?

34. Dreamily named rock group?

37. School that's a rival of 30-Across, informally

38. Part of a jouster's protection

39. Thinks nothing of

40. European land where much of "Game of Thrones" was filmed

43. On fire

44. Seattle-to-Mount Rainier dir.

46. On its way, in a way

48. Drink that might turn your tongue blue

50. Fiends of folklore

52. Fur once favored by Russian royalty

56. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Guerrero, to fans

58. Org. that might sponsor a read-a-thon, in brief

59. Mani-pedi brand

60. Grammy, in the U.K.

61. Creature on the state flags of Michigan and Idaho

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