Way off base Crossword Clue

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Way off base Crossword Answer

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AWOL

(4 letters)

ERRANT

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. being sour to the taste
2. being or containing an acid; of a solution having an excess of hydrogen atoms (having a pH of less than 7)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BASE (noun)
1. a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
2. lowest support of a structure
BASE (adjective)
1. of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense)
2. illegitimate
BASE (verb)
1. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
2. use as a basis for; found on
OFF (verb)
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
OFF (adverb)
1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)
2. at a distance in space or time
OFF (adjective)
1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
2. in an unpalatable state

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

AWOL
(4 letters)
ERRANT
(6 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (4/27/2026) Answers

Across

1. “The ___ Game” (classic middle-grade mystery novel by Ellen Raskin)

8. Copious

13. Portmanteau term for legally dubious nonpayment of taxes

15. Treatment sometimes prescribed for chronic migraines

16. XXX activity that’s appropriate for kids

18. Frames used for calculations

19. Reindeer look-alike

20. Question from someone who’s been on vacation for weeks, maybe

22. The “R” in TV’s “RHOA” and “RHONY”

24. With 37-Across, the trolley problem, for one

25. Recent hiree’s excuse

27. Suffix with senior or sinus

28. Includes in a convo, in a way

31. Flow controller

33. “Air Music” composer Rorem

34. Upswing in the market

35. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” chant

37. See 24-Across

39. Results of periodization

40. Cardio workout

42. Person who loves to complain

43. __ Aviv

44. “Flyboy in the Buttermilk” author Greg

45. Lady ___ Ashley (“The Sun Also Rises” character)

46. Be composed (of)

49. Basic building block

50. Fashion item with a small digital display?

54. Bit of Nasdaq news

55. Palate projection

56. Mountebank

58. Wassailer’s song

59. See double?

60. Massage therapist’s targets

61. Drinks are on me!

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Down

1. "Yeah, obviously"

2. Pejorative nickname for the New York Yankees

3. Many a stuffed monkey

4. __ for tat

5. White lie from a parent who’s not really paying attention

6. Not for everyone

7. Suggested subtly

8. Dresses often worn with niqabs

9. Oil company in a 1999 merger

10. School orgs. without students

11. Sets of points, in math

12. Escape-room objective

14. Uninformative reply to “Sup?”

17. With revisions

23. Plural whose usage is discouraged by a Danish toy company

26. Sensational

28. Rival

29. Exclamation from a craps player

30. It’s invested by experts

32. Selena’s music

34. Winner of ten World Series as a player and three more as a coach

36. Short while (or long while), informally

38. Spot for a beaker

41. Job shared by the protagonists of the film “Late Chrysanthemums”

44. Full amounts

46. Tertiary story line

47. “Ain’t gonna,” in a different register

48. Patisserie purchase

50. Blues disk?

51. “Thirteen” star ___ Rachel Wood

52. Réunion currency

53. Grandfather of Zoe Kazan

57. Well-suited

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