VERB: "to defeat unexpectedly" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to defeat unexpectedly" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
2. afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
(noun)
1. the act of upsetting something
2. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
(verb)
1. form metals with a swage
2. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UNEXPECTEDLY (adverb)
1. without advance planning
2. in a way that was not expected
VERB (noun)
1. a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence
2. the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

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More Missing Letter Crossword (4/14/2026) Answers

Across

1. ADJECTIVE: "fundamental"

6. Georg for whom a physics unit is named

9. In ___ (having no time to chat)

10. Musical pair

11. Santiago or Neruda

12. Drops on the grass

13. NOUN: "a game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved"

15. Half-human, half-goat of Greek myth

17. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city in western California...gateway to...renowned vineyards"

20. Martin Buber's "___ Thou"

21. MIT subj.

22. NOUN: "a competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc., to determine which one is the fastest"

23. NOUN: "a yellow pressed cheese of Dutch origin"

24. VERB: "to give one thing in exchange for another"

26. 511

28. Wacky Wyatt

31. Patel in 2024's "Monkey Man"

32. Was the cause of

33. Number after due

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Down

1. Christian denom

2. Coach Parseghian

3. ADJECTIVE: "of, relating to, or constituting a verb form...that represents a denoted act or state not as fact but as contingent or possible"

4. NOUN: "a native or inhabitant of... a tract of land surrounded by water"

5. Beloved candy, briefly

6. PLURAL NOUN: "miscellaneous articles"

7. NOUN: "color"

8. VERB: "to cut down with a scythe or sickle or machine"

14. ADJECTIVE: "[inextricably] engaged or occupied"

15. NOUN: "any of a genus (Abies) of north temperate evergreen trees"

16. Trio on batteries

18. ABBREVIATION: "[org. for those who play a sport] in which a player using special clubs attempts to sink a ball with as few strokes as possible into each of the 9 or 18 successive holes on a course"

19. NOUN: "the part between the shoulder and the wrist"

25. Its website has a "Voting Rights" section

26. The EPA banned it in 1972

27. COMBINING FORM: "dry"

29. Had for lunch, say

30. NOUN: "a small usually collapsible bed often of fabric stretched on a frame"

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