VERB: "to handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to handle or touch in order to examine, test, or explore some quality" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
2. a property perceived by touch
(verb)
1. examine by touch
2. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

EXPLORE (verb)
1. inquire into
2. examine minutely
QUALITY (noun)
1. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
2. a degree or grade of excellence or worth
QUALITY (adjective)
1. of superior grade
2. of high social status

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Missing Letter Crossword (8/11/2026) Answers

Across

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9. ADJECTIVE: "of or relating to one or oneself"

10. NOUN: "a group on one side (as in football or a debate)"

11. ___ mater (school you graduated from)

12. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "circa 495–circa 430 b.c. Greek philosopher"

13. Yiddish cry

15. ABBREVIATION: "country in southwestern Asia bordering on the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest"

17. Eat away at

20. ADJECTIVE: "first in rank, importance, or influence"

22. ADJECTIVE: "of a flaxen, golden, light auburn, or pale yellowish-brown color"

23. Intra-office system

24. Monetary unit in Nigeria

26. Famed NYC nightclub that closed in 2006

28. ABBREVIATION: "a service (such as light, power, or water) provided by a public [company]"

32. Prefix with physical

33. NOUN: "a hideous giant of fairy tales and folklore"

34. NOUN: "a private school that [gets students ready] for college"

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4. NOUN: "electromagnetic radiation"

5. Where stopwatches start, usually

6. PHRASE: "used to say goodbye"

7. NOUN: "a usually cylindrical receptacle"

8. NOUN: "[a group] that provides [medical] care to people who make regular payments to it and who agree to use the doctors, hospitals, etc., that belong to the [group]"

14. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Giuseppe Fortunio Francesco 1813–1901 Italian composer"

15. Bach's "Mass ___ Minor"

16. Rio Grande do ___ (Brazilian state)

18. NOUN: "a substance that carries genetic information in the cells of plants and animals"

19. Seeming eternity

21. VERB: "to provide with the means or opportunity"

25. Heinie

26. Top bean-counter

27. "I __ of you!"

29. Ending for Wyoming or Wisconsin

30. NOUN: "the front part of the lower trunk and thighs of a seated person"

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