Windows antecedent Crossword Clue

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Windows antecedent Crossword Answer

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ANTECEDENT (noun)
1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
2. anything that precedes something similar in time
ANTECEDENT (adjective)
1. preceding in time or order
WINDOWS (noun)
1. (trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

More WSJ Crossword (7/17/2026) Answers

Across

1. Make a muffler, maybe

5. End-of-week whoop

9. Stopper, and sometime popper

13. Bolivian boy

14. Dress hat that West Pointers call a “tarbucket”

15. Soubrette’s song

16. Grammy-winning 1997 Radiohead album

18. Do a checkout chore

19. Portion of a football formation farthest from the tight end

20. With suspicion

22. Lyric tributes

23. Balm additive

24. Knuckleheads

26. Soccer tiebreaker, sometimes

30. Colgate products?

31. Hang in there

32. My man!

33. Sewer scurriers

34. Something a doting grandparent may make

36. Swampy swaths

37. Score that beats nil

38. Taiwanese tech company

39. Some clubs sing them

40. Quadrennial sports event

42. Refinement

43. Big name in casual shirts

44. Guinness of 'Star Wars'

45. Attractive individual

48. Most aerodynamic, maybe

52. At some earlier time

53. It’s sweet without the jolt

55. ___ Field (home of the Mets)

56. They make the grade

57. Three-time Masters winner Mickelson

58. Massage target

59. Trade show presentation

60. Overcharge, informally

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Down

1. Fully grasp

2. Maker of many soccer jerseys

3. Peruvian builder

4. Accepted a favorable bet

5. Clumsy landings

6. Boarding area

7. 1950s prez

8. Bad way to be thrown

9. Daytime spot for Dracula

10. Oceanic predator

11. Knives Out director Johnson

12. “Critique of Pure Reason” writer

14. Dead drop users

21. Chimney sweeps target

23. Moments of clarity

24. Clog-clearing brand

25. Western, humorously

26. Fine dining taboo

27. Some winds

28. Yens

29. Coin-based decider

30. Make a gain

34. Granted

35. Plot element of “Romeo and Juliet”

36. Clandestine missions

38. Wood-shaping tool

39. Bygone toothpaste

41. “This work for you?”

42. Staff leaders?

44. Memorable mission

45. Guaranteed win

46. From here __

47. Eight, to Augustus

48. Racket

49. Canyon effect

50. LaBeouf of “Eagle Eye”

51. Converse

54. River through Devonshire

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