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

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More Newsday Crossword (4/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. Giant of industry

6. Sports cable network

10. 'Constrictor' snakes

14. Get out of bed

15. Unexciting, informally

16. "That hurts!"

17. What an athlete shoots into a hoop

19. 'Do __ others as . . .'

20. Weight-loss plans.

21. Acquire, as expenses

22. Climbed, as a mountain

25. Receive willingly

26. More agile

27. Earth tremor

29. Wild animal's home

30. Spa's steam room

32. Be quiet!

36. Any line on a shopping list

37. Unmannerly man

38. Just a single time

39. Small plateau

40. Heart's pulsation

42. Fully aware of

43. Bird's chirp

45. Balance sheet pluses

47. Milk container

50. Capital of Greece

51. Be very fond of

52. Hot chocolaty drink

54. Back of the neck

55. Where nonswimmers can splash around

60. Improves, as wine

61. Gave approval for

62. Wine fruit

63. Not as much

64. The Loch __ monster

65. Linked, as oxen

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Down

1. Bar bill, informally

2. Keogh plan alternative

3. My country ___ of thee

4. Make a request

5. Tailor's pointy tool

6. Receded, as the tide

7. Narrow plank

8. Close friends

9. Sports group with pucks and goalies: Abbr.

10. Rental put on lawns for kids to jump on

11. Fraction of a pound

12. Behave badly

13. Brief in duration

18. Levels of stadiums

21. Exclamation like "Yuck!"

22. Sudden outpouring

23. Sheds tears

24. Camper's sleeping surface

25. Small cylindrical battery

26. Thin in physique

27. Fraction of a gallon

28. Open, as shoelaces

31. Have sore muscles

33. Turn loose from a corral

34. Traditional kilt wearers

35. Barnyard birds

40. Smallest two-digit number

41. Relay race stick?

44. Misfortune

46. Long-haired, as a sheepdog

47. Waterway through Panama

48. Wise maxim

49. Lassos

50. Corrosive liquids

52. Birthday party dessert

53. Poems of praise

55. Was victorious

56. Athlete who's paid

57. Tree with acorns

58. Unlock, in verses

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