Was in first place Crossword Clue

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Was in first place Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else
PLACE (noun)
1. a job in an organization
2. a point located with respect to surface features of some region
PLACE (verb)
1. assign a location to
2. assign a rank or rating to

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Newsday Crossword (9/1/2025) Answers

Across

1. Assignment for a lawyer

5. Beef meal in a slow cooker

9. Droop

12. Brick artisan

13. Cover with concrete

14. Lambs' mothers

16. Unwanted breeze

17. Chopped down

18. International treaty

19. Disconnecting

21. Hawaiian carving

22. Letters after kays

23. Newsroom executive

25. Rock-sculpting tool

29. Fundamental

31. Grain in sushi

32. Design detail, for short

34. Halts

38. Highly skilled

40. Rowboat implement

41. Customary behavior

42. "Mass" news sources

43. No longer new

45. __ of the above ('other' choice)

46. In different places

48. Maintenance cost

50. Ohio and Oklahoma

53. Resort with hot tubs

54. Angelic light

55. Occurring every seven years

62. "Not if ___ help it!"

63. At any time

64. Waltz or tango

65. Alaskan city

66. Spanish Yes yes!

67. Inquired

68. Ship's distress signal

69. Pig food

70. Bratty backtalk

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Down

1. Be concerned (about)

2. Memo's "right away"

3. Couch in a den

4. Main dinner course

5. Minor arguments

6. Car with a meter

7. __ so (nevertheless)

8. Shapes of pie slices

9. Rural underground chamber

10. Be patient for

11. Lizard in GEICO ads

12. Physicians: Abbr

15. Mix with a spoon

20. ___ Well That Ends Well

24. Dinner plate

25. Study hastily

26. Stay out of sight

27. Topped with frosting

28. Brownish photo hues

29. 'Beauty and the __'

30. Land area measure

33. Serve wine from a bottle

35. Woodwind instrument

36. Tree with cones

37. Rung of a ladder

39. Ticker-__ parade

44. Fool with a trick

47. Evaluate

49. Large black-and-white bears

50. Lower leg

51. Crunchy Tex-Mex shells

52. San Antonio landmark

53. Piece of bacon

56. Wicked

57. Mexican money

58. Astronauts' agency

59. Ballpoints' liquids

60. Highest cards in poker

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