Was in charge of Crossword Clue

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LED

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HEADED

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

CHARGE (noun)
1. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
2. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
CHARGE (verb)
1. move quickly and violently
2. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

LED
(3 letters)
HEADED
(6 letters)

More NYT Crossword (4/19/2026) Answers

Across

1. Not noteworthy

6. What might be found at the end of a rainbow

11. Exchange

15. Contents of Lago de Maracaibo

19. Emerged

20. ___ pasta (rhyming fusion dish)

21. Chinese gooseberry, by another name

22. Shredded

23. Traveled from Syros to Naxos to Mykonos, say

25. "That was rejuvenating!"

27. Pop artist Lichtenstein

28. Fill-in

29. Sold for some quick cash, say

31. Path for a bride

32. Penny-pinching

34. ["Unbe-frickin-lievable!"]

35. Title in old St. Petersburg

36. Wasn't messing around, say

39. Cabal's schemes

44. Smooths, in a way

45. Dooley Wilson's role in "Casablanca"

46. Abstract Expressionist Frankenthaler

47. Understand?

48. Target for salicylic acid

49. They've got no complaints

52. Solstice time

53. Constellation feline

54. Defensive fortification

55. Winged beings of folklore

56. Multivolume ref. work

57. Style that's short on the sides and long in the back

59. Fatty tuna at a sushi bar

60. Where something irksome might stick

62. Canned sales pitch

63. Masonry unit

67. What lovers often overlook

71. Almost any word that ends in "-ize"

73. It's verboten

74. Have eyes for

75. Long-running CBS forensic drama

77. Old name for Tokyo

79. Beef bourguignon or chicken paprikash

81. Singer Carly ___ Jepsen

82. Some ranch sounds

83. Listings on a band T-shirt

85. Keep it up when feeling down

86. Half of a candy duo

87. Ranks

89. Caribbean nation whose name means "land of high mountains"

90. Popular poker variant

93. Baby book datum

95. Many a "good buddy"

96. Public transit system

98. "For we walk by ___, not by sight": II Corinthians 5:7

99. Big name in power tools

101. S, in the NATO alphabet

103. Some cameras for short

104. ___ Schwarz

107. How a misfit might feel

109. Inbox zero targets

112. Mega

113. Like an eager beaver

114. One place for a massage

115. Heavy metal instrument in Verdi's "Il Trovatore"

116. Wine list heading

117. !

118. Small-plate servings

119. Grandchild of un abuelo

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Down

1. Locks up

2. Thereabouts

3. "Mamma mia!"

4. Women's World Cup powerhouse

5. Counselor's charges

6. Elaborate invitation from a senior, maybe

7. Actress Reneé of "The Sex Lives of College Girls"

8. MSN, for one

9. Trample

10. Palindromic title

11. Superficial

12. One who said "I do"

13. Knocked for a loop

14. Pizza ___

15. Relating to part of the heart

16. Doesn't stick to the plan

17. River through Orsk

18. Get in on a deal

24. Race that’s too close to call

26. Desperate final effort

30. Words traced on a dirty car

33. Evil counterpart in an 1886 novella

34. Flanders neighbor

35. More fraught

36. Book before Proverbs

37. Get ready to skate

38. Elk

40. Roman à ___

41. Request in billiards or beer pong

42. Watch over

43. Office building abbr.

49. Milliner's handiwork

50. Mowing, mulching, raking, etc.

51. Decorator

52. Basset hounds have big ones

54. One-named sports legend

58. Some jeans

61. Three or four, say

63. Extract said to promote relaxation

64. Ton of cargo

65. It contains all of (and all the letters of) Toronto

66. One who's screen-sharing

68. Congrats from across the room

69. Ghostly being

70. Dismissive response on movie night

72. Parish leader

74. Bouvier ___ Flandres (Belgian dog breed)

75. Crown and ___ (alliterative bar order)

76. "Can't wait!"

78. Linear, for short

79. Eponymous hypnotist

80. Entrances and exits of camp dwellings

82. Alma mater for Marvel's Tony Stark and DC Comics's Lex Luthor, in brief

84. Cadbury confection

85. Nickname that omits -lin

89. Prestigious trophy name

91. Loathes

92. Where "The Four Agreements" and "The Five Love Languages" may be shelved

93. Fernet-___ (Italian digestif brand)

94. Most merchandise at Ace and True Value

97. Rely on

99. Ill Humored

100. Fallopian conduit

101. Really long yarn

102. The New York Times's "T," on a phone screen

103. Actress Ward

105. Landed

106. World capital that's home to the Kon-Tiki Museum

108. Slang term for a recording studio

110. Genre for Cypress Hill or the Sugarhill Gang

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