Wasn't joking around about Crossword Clue

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Wasn't joking around about Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

JOKING (adjective)
1. characterized by jokes and good humor
AROUND (adverb)
1. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
2. in or to a reversed position or direction

Hint 2: Anagram

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AMENT

More NYT Midi Crossword (2/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. Racing handout with safety pins

4. Title that completes the classic palindrome "___, I'm Adam"

9. Gene-regulating molecule

10. Got up

11. Common charging port type

12. Oft-smoked cheese

13. Portmanteau genre for Bond and Bourne films

15. "___ voyage!"

16. Sprinkler's attachment

17. Really arguing

18. Sister company of the wellness brand Hims, appropriately

20. "Big Brother" genre

25. Unit of soap

26. Dessert with a streusel topping

27. Peeve

28. Says hello on the road, maybe

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1. Tool for a painter

2. Creative source, in modern parlance

3. Kids' song with the refrain "doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo"

4. "The Gift of the ___"

5. Like someone who might prefer platonic relationships, in brief

6. Uncertainty

7. Same here

14. Touch

17. Houston M.L.B. player

19. Like billionaires and cheesecake

20. Stat for a 17-Down

21. AirPod's spot

22. Yang's counterpart

23. Disapproving click

24. #2 execs

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