VERB: "to impede by...a legal bar to alleging or denying a fact because of one's own previous actions or words to the contrary" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to impede by...a legal bar to alleging or denying a fact because of one's own previous actions or words to the contrary" Crossword Answer

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CONTRARY (adjective)
1. in an opposing direction
2. resistant to guidance or discipline
CONTRARY (noun)
1. a relation of direct opposition
2. a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false
PREVIOUS (adjective)
1. just preceding something else in time or order
2. too soon or too hasty

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More Missing Letter Crossword (11/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. VERB: "to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment"

4. ADJECTIVE: "more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity"

9. VERB SUFFIX: "invest with the attributes of; make similar to"

10. NOUN: "the book composed of sacred writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muhammad by Allah through the angel Gabriel"

11. Org. with TDs and FGs

12. Hole-___ (golf achievement)

13. VERB: "to associate familiarly"

15. ADJECTIVE: "lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit"

16. NOUN: "a semisynthetic illicit organic compound C20H25N3O derived from ergot that induces extreme sensory distortions"

19. Having an extremely crisp picture

20. NOUN: "the time in which a planet completes a revolution about the sun"

21. "Without further ___..."

22. Woman of France

23. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city and port on New Providence Island...capital of the Bahamas"

25. One of a clown's pair

27. COMBINING FORM: "having three elements or parts"

29. Lacks other options

30. Writing Fleming

32. ABBREVIATON: "U.S. federal government [organization] that is charged with carrying out [information-based] operations in support of national security"

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1. Hullabaloo

2. ADVERB: "without premeditation or preparation"

3. NOUN: "[one who plays] a percussion instrument consisting of a series of wooden bars graduated in length to produce the musical scale"

4. Three of ___ (poker hand)

5. COMBINING FORM: "one"

6. ADJECTIVE: "having or showing attitudes...or ideas...that are offensive, disturbing, or harmful"

7. Intra-office system

8. Away from WSW

14. NOUN: "an offer of a price"

15. By way of

17. NOUN: "a military retainer of a Japanese daimyo practicing the code of conduct of Bushido"

18. Dr. specializing in the ear?

20. "Naturally!"

22. NOUN: "a camera lens aperture setting indicated by [a number]"

24. Palo ___ Weekly (California newspaper)

25. That boat

26. They grade papers for profs

28. Get one's ducks ___ row (prepare)

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