Very skilled Crossword Clue

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DEFT

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
(adjective)
1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SKILLED (adjective)
1. having or showing or requiring special skill

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DEFT
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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More LA Times Crossword (4/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. Allure of a coffee shop

6. Private convos

9. Initial phase

14. Student

15. Snakelike fish

16. And there you have it!

17. Flower part

18. D-backs, on scoreboards

19. ATM key

20. Carnival ride with seats shaped like animals

23. Strong urge

26. Earsplitting

27. Pick up the tab

28. Before, poetically

29. Frustrated cry

31. Recipe amount

33. Hard candies with blue raspberry and green apple flavors

38. Tibet's continent

39. Sign before Virgo

40. Dinghy pair

43. Brand of heavy-duty trash bags

48. One who may have a platonic partner, for short

49. Flesh and blood

50. Photo __

51. Delivery room docs

54. Backless shoe

57. "This sale ends soon!"

59. Golfer played by Adam Sandler

62. "Rashomon" director Kurosawa

63. Actress Goth of Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein”

64. "I'm the best!"

68. Intel job

69. K-pop band who began their Arirang World Tour in 2026

70. ___ to (before)

72. Dead __ Scrolls

73. Categories

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Down

1. Program opened with a tap

2. Truly regret

3. Choose

4. Metropolis east of the Everglades

5. Hypersensitivity that may be diagnosed with a scratch test

6. Precious

7. Actress Streep

8. Irish county next to Mayo

9. Like a library book one has to pay for

10. Off-limits move

11. "Quit slouching!"

12. Supreme Court justice Kagan

13. Not on time

21. Tail end

22. Cry of pain

23. ___ vu (familiar feeling)

24. God with a bow and arrow?

25. Former baseball commissioner Bud

30. Grapefruit serving, often

32. Univ. teacher

34. Singsong syllables

35. Opposite of paleo-

36. Wine stopper

37. Cut-and-dry spot

41. Seized auto

42. Annual festival in Austin TX

44. Insect that forages in large raids

45. Heisman winner Flutie

46. Italian farewell

47. Put into code

51. Catherine of "The Studio"

52. Made cookies, say

53. Jazz (up)

55. Arms and legs

56. Creme de la creme

58. In need of tissues

60. Actor's accessory

61. Tortilla dough

65. Shrill bark

66. Fellow Stooge of Larry and Curly

67. Hosp. triage areas

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