Was way into Crossword Clue

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Was way into Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

TEASPOONFUL (noun)
1. as much as a teaspoon will hold
MONOPLANE (noun)
1. an airplane with a single wing

Hint 2: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TAUPE

More New Yorker Crossword (9/2/2026) Answers

Across

1. Bursts, as a bubble

5. Complete stranger, colloquially

10. Hit on the wrist, say

14. Flavor of the first McFlurry

16. Vehicle in which the director Jafar Panahi recorded his passengers for a 2015 film

17. Mark of a healed injury

18. Screenshot, e.g.

19. “Are you willing and ___ to assist in the event of an emergency?”

20. Speed (up)

22. Jumpsuit with shorts

24. "Down the __!"

26. Frank with the album “Jazz from Hell”

27. River, in Brazil

29. Ceremonial goblet

31. Greek letter after pi

34. Person put on a pedestal

36. “My Brilliant Friend” author Ferrante

37. Perpetual ___ (continuously heated soup with ever-changing ingredients)

38. Tempt ___ (take an unnecessary risk)

39. Source of some second-hand noise?

40. Overly scrupulous

41. Feeling of sudden and irreversible revulsion toward a romantic interest

43. Dave who wrote “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”

45. Ish

46. Killing a mockingbird, per Atticus Finch

49. Spots for studs and hoops

50. Final application of nail polish . . . or what the four answers to the italicized clues all have

53. Ho-hum

57. Zigs

58. European capital whose airport has a display of Viking swords

62. Update, as a kitchen

64. Masala chai, for example

66. Available at newsstands

67. More spine-tingling

68. Contents of the collection “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”

69. Romantic chemistry

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Down

1. Swanky

2. Type of marine mammal in the movie “Free Willy”

3. Blowgun with edible projectiles

4. Ish

5. “Could we do this another time?”

6. Convenience at many cash-only establishments

7. Org. that advocates for public-school funding

9. Layered gâteau flavored with almond, coffee, and chocolate

10. Post office purchase

11. Collaborator in a science class

12. Wheel and ___ (simple machine)

13. Santa Monica landmark

21. "You know the rest"

23. Midwestern utterance while trying to scooch past someone

25. Room on a Clue board

26. Metal combined with copper to form brass

27. Schism

28. Boise State's state

30. Pope ___ XIV (current pontiff who’s actually a Virgo)

32. Gets wind of

33. Birds whose pellets are dissected by grade-school students

35. Garlands often made with plumerias and orchids

37. Seemingly never-ending story

42. Bed in an infirmary

44. Word before ready, set, or go

46. Grain sometimes used in sourdough bread

47. The “rocks” in “on the rocks”

48. Societal conventions

51. Easy-Bake ___ (toys that originally used light bulbs to heat food)

52. Hoka competitor

53. Creamy French cheese

54. Photography equipment that might be telephoto or wide-angle

55. Makeup of a “wall” at some metal concerts

56. Jewish wedding dance

58. Vegetable in bhindi masala

59. ___ the pot (instigate drama)

60. Vegetable in vichyssoise

61. What a rowboat has that a rowing machine doesn’t

63. Like some home repairs, briefly

65. Unit in a swim meet

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