What's broken before a performance? Crossword Clue

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What's broken before a performance? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a part of a forked or branching shape
2. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BROKEN (adjective)
1. out of working order (`busted’ is an informal substitute for `broken’)
2. tamed or trained to obey
PERFORMANCE (noun)
1. a dramatic or musical entertainment
2. process or manner of functioning or operating

Hint 3: Anagram

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More Daily Themed Crossword (5/11/2025) Answers

Across

1. Place a wager

4. 60 minute periods, for short

7. Trash container

10. Anti-pollution organization: Abbr. (anagram of "ape")

11. Janitor's floor-wiper

12. Carry-___ (light bags checked by TSA)

13. "Uptown ___," Billy Joel song

15. Give ___ break! (2 wds.)

16. Fizzy drink

17. Moms will "prepare a feast" all while multitasking with 14d

19. "Well, la-di-___!"

21. Professor's aides: Abbr.

22. Coffee without the buzz?

24. Deceive or trick (rhymes with "supe")

26. Queen's headgear

29. Greed or Wrath, e.g.

32. Jet ___ (time-zone traveler's setback)

34. Moms will tap "this button to start a podcast" all while tackling a heap at 23d

35. "___ last words?" (villain's words, maybe)

36. Biblical Mom

37. OR specialists, for short

38. "___ do it!" (soccer mom's cheer): 2 wds.

40. Puddle gunk that mom may warn you about before entering the house

43. Like a Billboard Top 100 song

44. Entrepreneur aid agency: Abbr.

45. Moms will "vacuum or dust" the house all while offering advice at 39d

48. Dodge skillfully, as a question

52. Tenant's monthly payment

53. "Take a chill pill, mom!" (see 50d)

54. Fluffy boots company that sounds like "ugh"

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Down

1. "Please, please, please"

2. Grand in scale

3. Fortune-telling cards

4. Thoughtful sound

5. Fish's edible produce

6. Black suit that isn't a "club"

7. Ghost's hello

8. Mumbai's country, for short

9. Government's protection organization: Abbr.

14. Moms will ___ the dishwasher while doing 17a

16. Like the edge of a knife

18. Wildcats school: Abbr.

20. Bank opening, for short

22. Endearment that's contained within?

23. Moms will ___ the laundry while doing 34a

25. It grows out of a seed

27. "___ and Peace" (Leo Tolstoy novel)

28. Albany is its capital: Abbr.

29. "I ___ a Little Prayer" (Aretha Franklin song)

30. Theban Princess who helped Odysseus (anagram of "oni")

31. Big Apple school: Abbr.

33. Treadmill locales, for short

36. Principal or primary

39. Moms will ___ with loved ones while doing 45a

41. Ride-sharing app

42. ___ & Buster's

45. Grand ___ (wine category)

47. This language, for short

49. Ice Bucket Challenge cause: Abbr.

50. "Happy Mother's ___!"

51. "___ & Oh's" (Elle King song)

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