Was hot (for) Crossword Clue

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HOT (adjective)
1. producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
2. characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

More NYT Crossword (10/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. Artist whose first two initials stand for "Maurits Cornelis"

7. Get to know a little better, say

15. Kind

16. "Not today, Satan!"

17. Like Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear

18. Place where it's a hoot to raise a family?

19. Part of a swearing-in ceremony

20. Peak overlooking the Grindelwald Valley

22. Do a bad job of helping?

23. Frito ___ (Tex-Mex dish)

24. "Float like a butterfly" and "sting like a bee"

26. Office building abbr.

27. It's a lot for one person to take

31. Likely gonna

35. Natives call it Muncibeddu, meaning "mountain of mountains"

36. Seattle's W.N.B.A. team

39. Be boastful

40. Member of the winning 2025 Super Bowl team

42. Some 1980s Jane Fonda performances

44. Round and round and round?

47. Este día

50. Determine the going price?

51. London's ___ Gardens

53. "That makes sense now"

55. Patches up, in a way

56. ___ Dee, lead role on HBO's "Insecure"

57. Played by oneself

59. Animated character with a signature quiff hairstyle

61. Croupier's query

62. Hide, in a way, as a communication

63. State revenue source

64. Became the beneficiary of

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Down

1. Legally prohibit

2. Kind of student

3. In free fall

4. Word with grade or school

5. Prefix with dermis

6. Gate

7. Hip-hop's birthplace, colloquially

8. "What a pity"

9. Sports figure who traditionally wears an orange armband, in brief

10. Some Caltech grads: Abbr.

11. It's seen near a wrist

12. Commoners

13. Start

14. "Buona ___" (bedtime words in Roma)

21. "No more for me, thanks"

24. Like a sketchy person

25. One-named singer with the 2016 #1 hit "Cheap Thrills"

28. Flossing brand

29. Walt Disney initially designed it as a utopian city

30. Bit of concert merch

32. Refueling spot

33. Where a wallflower often stands

34. Sounds of pain

37. Podcaster Joe

38. 1980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name

41. Camera brand named after a goddess

43. Actor Penn

45. Struck

46. Neighbor of Francia

47. Contents of a laugh track

48. John who wrote "BUtterfield 8"

49. Certain snack cake

52. Abated

54. Danny who was UNICEF's's first goodwill ambassador

56. Peruvian ___ Orchid (dog breed)

58. Title of a #1 Rihanna song and #1 SZA album

60. Suffix with morph-

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