"What was __?" Crossword Clue

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"What was __?" Crossword Answer

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(pronoun)
1. As a demonstrative pronoun, that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers.
(adverb)
1. As a demonstrative pronoun, that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers.
(conjunction)
1. As a demonstrative pronoun, that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood. That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RIBOSE (noun)
1. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
BOOTLACE (noun)
1. a long lace for fastening boots

More Missing Letter Crossword (11/23/2025) Answers

Across

1. PHRASAL VERB: "to draw [a certain letter of the alphabet]...through (something) to show that it is wrong or not wanted"

5. Benoit ___ (Daniel Craig character)

10. ''Now I understand!''

14. NOUN: "a long-winged sea eagle"

15. COMBINING FORM: "sun"

16. Awesome person

17. PHRASE: "to [precipitate] heavily"

20. Del Water Gap's "All We Ever Do ___"

21. NOUN: "a depository for the bones of the dead"

22. "Cumpleaños ___" ("Happy Birthday to You," in Spanish)

24. Political mag, briefly

25. NOUN: "an intensely and often wildly competitive and aggressive human activity"

32. ___ and Jack (kids' clothing brand)

33. ___ the Great (Persian emperor)

34. Bomb, briefly

36. Airport stat

37. The street, in Paris

38. VERB: "to remove the ovaries and uterus of (a female animal)"

39. PRONOUN: "what or which person or persons"

40. "___ Buddies" (1980s sitcom starring Tom Hanks)

41. Hackneyed

42. IDIOM: "very happy and excited"

45. Horse-racing activity, briefly

46. 1950s singer ___ Sumac

47. Oafs

51. NOUN: "a decorated vessel (such as of papier-mâché) filled with candies, fruits, and gifts and hung up to be broken with sticks by blindfolded persons as part of especially Latin American festivities (as at Christmas or for a birthday party)"

56. NOUN: "the usually large, white flower [displayed by] a night-blooming cereus"

58. COMBINING FORM: "diverse"

59. ___ Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)

60. Metric unit

61. "Just do me this one favor!"

62. Vegas fun

63. Millinery products

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Down

1. Prefix meaning “dry”

2. "___ I like to call it..."

3. NOUN: "a determinate quantity (as of length, time, heat, or value) adopted as a standard of measurement"

4. ___ penny (very common, to Brits)

5. NOUN: "devotion to a deity constituting a way to salvation in Hinduism"

6. NOUN: "a shot or point in racket games that does not count and must be replayed"

7. ADVERB: "in addition"

8. Long and Vardalos, for two

9. VERB: "to understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances"

10. Shoot!

11. ___ she (inclusive wording)

12. Frenzied activity

13. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "island of Greece in the Dodecanese Islands"

18. Biological group

19. Beach blockers

23. One way to pay

25. Fashion designer Nicole or journalist Paul

26. Infamous energy company

27. "___ for Evidence" (Sue Grafton novel)

28. Greek treats

29. Unflattering, as clothing

30. IDIOM: "to stop talking immediately"

31. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "William Butler 1865–1939 Irish poet and dramatist"

32. NOUN: "either of two complex cartilaginous or bony structures in most vertebrates that border the mouth"

35. VERB: "to impart a new and often permanent color to"

37. Official records of a ship's voyage

38. ___ Lanka (South Asian nation)

40. Munched

41. VERB: "to teach so as to make fit, qualified, or proficient"

43. ___-the-wall (small restaurant)

44. Forces

47. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "island in the southern Marianas; unincorporated U.S. territory containing extensive U.S. military facilities"

48. Prefix with nautical

49. Cookware brand

50. Any member of Houston's MLB team, casually

52. ADVERB: "near in place, time, or relationship"

53. The Taj Mahal's city

55. Cash sources

56. Channel for shoppers

57. Selling well

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