“Was ___ harsh?” Crossword Clue

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“Was ___ harsh?” Crossword Answer

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HARSH (adjective)
1. unpleasantly stern
2. of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

More Missing Letter Crossword (5/20/2024) Answers

Across

1. VERB: "confuse"

6. NOUN: "a bundle of fibers or a loosely twisted, braided, or woven cord, tape, or tube usually of soft spun cotton threads that by capillary attraction draws up to be burned a steady supply of the oil in lamps or the melted tallow or wax in candles"

10. TRADEMARK: "used for a short stick that has pieces of soft cotton at both ends"

14. NOUN: "the blue color of the clear sky"

15. Actress Fisher

16. Sotto ___ (quietly)

17. Deodorant brand

18. NOUN: "the Socratic techniques of exposing false beliefs and eliciting truth"

20. Back muscles, for short

21. Big ship

22. Give a job to

24. Feature of "house" and "home"

29. NOUN: "an acute infectious bacterial disease...which is usually introduced through a wound"

32. Trickery

33. Porsche or Pontiac, say

34. IDIOM: "arranged in a very neat and tidy way"

36. Thirty days ___ September …

37. NOUN: "a markup language that is used to create documents on the World Wide Web incorporating text, graphics, sound, video, and hyperlinks"

39. "What you ___ what you get"

40. Atop

42. Language in Lausanne

44. ___ Moines Register (Midwest newspaper)

45. Backgammon do-over

47. NOUN: "an adult male domestic chicken"

49. Won't need to write a check upon delivery, say

51. NOUN: "a low vibratory murmur typical of an apparently contented or pleased cat"

52. Tampa's sister city, casually

55. Alphabetical range

58. Any of nine you'll need for this answer, assuming you're solving online

62. Joe ___ (average guy)

63. Robert who played Anthony Soprano, Jr.

64. Greek god of war

65. Rimes who sings "Can't Fight the Moonlight"

66. NOUN: "[short form of] a Christian feast on December 25...now used chiefly for brevity in advertisements, headlines, etc."

67. Irritating type

68. Whoopi's role in "The Color Purple"

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1. False god

2. NOUN: "a Hebrew priest, scribe, and reformer of Judaism of the fifth century b.c. in Babylon and Jerusalem"

3. ADVERB: "in addition to what precedes"

4. Doubting question

5. SERVICE MARK: "used for educational testing services designed to provide a high school equivalency credential"

6. ___ right (one way for a field goal attempt to miss)

7. NOUN: "an Egyptian nature goddess and wife and sister of Osiris"

8. Teacher's group

9. NOUN: "an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns"

10. HSN rival

11. Tater ___

12. Here, to Henri

13. Chest muscle, briefly

19. Marie Claire rival

21. NOUN: "an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family of the Carolina coast"

23. Economist Chetty

25. Result of shouting into a cave

26. NOUN: "a person who suggests a caveman in appearance, mentality, or behavior"

27. Nervous little laugh

28. Cultural spirit

29. Torn piece, as of a shirt

30. NOUN: "a person who [utilizes] a product or service"

31. VERB: "to control the course of"

33. VERB: "to utter (something) with a cheerful liveliness"

35. Prefix meaning "China-related"

38. NOUN: "a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images"

43. Stephanie nominated for an Oscar for "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

46. "___ but not least ..."

48. "Black-ish" actress ___ Ellis Ross

50. Tiny reproductive unit

53. ___ out a win (barely prevails)

54. Try out

56. COMBINING FORM: "all; universally"

57. NOUN: "an area of a field, court, or rink in which players defend or attack"

58. Cereal in an orange box

59. Common street name

60. NOUN: "an affirmative vote"

61. Soon-to-be grads

62. Utah's capital, briefly

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