Way off in the distance Crossword Clue

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AFAR

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(noun)
1. a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
(adjective)
1. being of a considerable distance or length
2. being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DISTANCE (verb)
1. go far ahead of
2. keep at a distance
DISTANCE (noun)
1. size of the gap between two places
2. the interval between two times
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 from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete)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

AFAR
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Hint 4: Anagram

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ARF

More NYT Crossword (5/11/2025) Answers

Across

1. Cartridge from the 1980s

10. Source of the words "galore" and "smithereens"

15. “Nice!”

20. Drag-racing venue

21. Nature personified

23. "Pinky-swear?"

24. Step on a scale?

25. The Beatles' "White Album" has four of them

26. Sphere of influence

28. 1957 Isaac Asimov novel, with "The"

29. Command that might be represented by a curved arrow pointing left

30. Outer layer of the brain

32. Inveigle

33. Package drop-off sites: Abbr.

34. "Council," in Russian

35. "Flower Myth" painter Paul

36. Takes a bit off the top

40. Showed off on an instrument

41. Follow closely

42. Note-to-self medium, perhaps

43. Beers from Bremen, informally

46. Zingy flavor

48. Agreeable words

49. Defeated decisively

50. Fish that passes the "mirror test" of self-recognition

52. Salon sound

53. Poker declaration

54. "I've Been Everywhere" singer in the Country Music Hall of Fame

55. Mass agreements

56. "Whoever did this has it coming!"

59. Lynn ___, Super Bowl X M.V.P.

60. At the end of the day

61. Recently

62. "Phooey!"

63. Right of way, say

64. Cornmeal dish at a trattoria

65. I ___ you!

66. Eternity

67. Partner of 74-Across

68. Acted diplomatically

69. Organ above the trachea

71. Comic Ali

72. Black out

73. Big name in the cleaning aisle

74. Partner of 67-Across

75. Embody something proudly

76. ___ Fring, "Breaking Bad" antagonist

79. Spots for lavalier mics

81. Hebrew greeting

82. Turn to pulp

83. 1999 Maeve Binchy novel

86. Young salmon

87. Unit of magnetic flux density

88. Spirit with a citrus flavor

90. Head cheese

93. Minor crime

94. Adding up (to)

95. Joy on TV

96. Button on many appliances

97. "Network" co-star, 1976

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Down

1. Invigorates

2. Home of the Italian soccer club Juventus

3. Fighting (with)

4. Fictional character who says "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick"

5. Mechanism that controls a camera's aperture

6. Dashboard device, in brief

7. Tavern offering

8. High school reunion topic

9. Spent

10. Amalgamate

11. Uninteresting game, perhaps

12. Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe

13. Climbed, as a rope

14. Greek goddess depicted holding torches and snakes

15. Person on a nominating committee, say

16. Goes nowhere in particular

17. Psyche's partner

18. Accusatory words

19. Well ___!

22. Twice-distilled Turkish beverage

27. Item in a hedge

30. Lass

31. Semicircular?

32. With style

34. "Let's eat!"

35. School whose sports teams are known as the Golden Flashes

37. Traveling from place to place

38. Shopgirl in a Paris boutique

39. Freezes

40. Homo ___ neanderthalensis

41. Strong urge

42. Cough up

43. Cake with a distinctive swirl

44. Casual and not meant to be taken seriously, as a remark

45. Spinal cord membranes

46. Shade akin to pumpkin

47. Court favor in a cringey fashion

50. Beasts with enormous tusks

51. Shake up

52. Show warmth to

54. Like recording studio equipment

55. Plague

57. Take in

58. Archer's gift

63. Old curse word

64. Actor Pascal of "Gladiator II"

66. What provides the big picture?

68. Noon or 6:00 p.m., for some

70. Reality TV star Hadid

71. Something sown, per an idiom

72. Macho stereotype

74. Goes in and out

75. Word before knows or cares

76. Chess opening?

77. Dime store?

78. In need of a haircut, say

80. Limerick, e.g

81. Tricked out with the latest technology, say

82. One-named Brazilian soccer star who is a six-time FIFA World Player of the Year

83. Body building?

84. ___ Crown Theater (downtown Chicago landmark)

85. Acting without thinking

86. Candy brand with a crown in its logo

87. See 89 Down

89. 87-Down makeup

91. It may be rolled out in the backyard

92. Setting for Jacques-Louis David's painting "The Death of Marat"

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