Very short pencil Crossword Clue

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STUB

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a small lump or protuberance
2. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PENCIL (noun)
1. a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
2. a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
PENCIL (verb)
1. write, draw, or trace with a pencil
SHORT (adjective)
1. of insufficient quantity to meet a need
2. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
SHORT (verb)
1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
2. create a short circuit in
SHORT (adverb)
1. at a disadvantage
2. quickly and without warning
SHORT (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

STUB
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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

More LA Times Crossword (3/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. Carousel riders?

5. Instruments that may create a meditative sound bath

10. Street snack in a shell

14. Río contents

15. "Stop the launch!"

16. Muscat's country

17. *Noisy yard implement

19. Major Temecula Valley industry

20. Lot timers

21. Cooler filler

22. Subj. for an MBA

23. Pitching stat

24. *Like a skier without goggles, perhaps

26. Printer issue

28. "You could've kept that to yourself"

31. Jai __

33. Preach!

36. Inner circle

40. *Path through Oz

43. Overhead space?

44. Rival leader?

45. [Gulp!]

46. Steamed bun dipped in hoisin sauce

48. Baby goat

50. Nashville-to-Louisville dir.

51. *Hobnob (with)

56. Situp targets

58. Brief "However"

59. Banned Books Week org.

60. Like a clock with hands

63. Selfish cry

64. Kitchen prep essential, and what can be found in the answer to each starred clue

66. Taiwanese laptop maker

67. Turn away

68. Foil kin

69. Comic Bargatze

70. Inkling

71. Story opening, in journalism lingo

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Down

1. Salve

2. Pulitzer winner James

3. Most populous Central American country

4. Less of a gamble

5. Girls

6. "Price flexible" abbr.

7. Lose-lose

8. With 51-Down, wrestling style

9. Scattered

10. Bathroom drying racks

11. Pals, in Parma

12. Officially accepted works

13. Standing straight, as hair

18. Oktoberfest sausage, informally

24. Mufasa's son in "The Lion King"

25. O'Neil who was the first African American coach in the MLB

26. Blue birds

27. Actor Guinness

29. Wide opening

32. "Come find me when you're ready"

34. Fumble

35. Stevie of Fleetwood Mac

37. Skier's direction

38. Wet weather

39. Trim, as grass

41. October birthstone

42. T'ai __ ch'uan

47. Barack and Michelle

49. 'Darn it!'

51. See 8-Down

52. College city near Syracuse

53. Lisa of “A Different World”

54. __ oil

55. Pallid

57. Biblical tower spot

60. Pay to play

61. Had to pay

62. Delight

65. Auditing agcy.

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