Winning Crossword Clue

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Winning Crossword Answer

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AHEAD

(5 letters)

ONAROLL

(7 letters)

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

WINNING (adjective)
1. very attractive; capturing interest
2. having won
WINNING (noun)
1. succeeding with great difficulty

Hint 2: Other Answers Used in the Past

AHEAD
(5 letters)
ONAROLL
(7 letters)

More USA Today Crossword (3/20/2026) Answers

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22. Word paired with "neither"

23. Sits around

24. Vacuum cleaner's target

28. What lips may do when it's cold out

31. ___ on a log (healthy snack)

32. Friend

33. Kind of electricity

35. Part of a Hinge profile

36. Instruct

38. Spot for a couples massage

39. Events with thunder

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43. Dates

44. Fencing sword

45. Cue stick-wielding hustler, perhaps

47. Become narrower

49. "___ Lips Are Sealed" (The Go-Go's song)

50. Pre-painting application

52. They often work from home?

56. Fortunate one

58. Paperless party request, e.g.

59. Feel sore

60. Arthur ___ Stadium

61. Fact-finding mission, for short

62. Start of many "Jeopardy!" responses

63. Hawaiian wreaths

64. Mix together

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Down

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3. 2019 film in which Jennifer Hudson plays Grizabella

4. Formally chooses

5. "Easily done!"

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7. Singer Grande, to fans

8. Ailment

9. Blacksmith's block

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18. Build, like a skyscraper

20. Spews lava

23. Preparing to give birth

24. Small amounts of serum

25. Come together

26. Brownstone's front

27. Scot's "not"

29. On the ocean

30. "Imagine Me & You" star Perabo

33. Synagogue greeting

34. Wine container

37. Corporate VIP

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41. Like some old apples

43. Wither

45. Pore (over)

46. Outstanding

48. Part of a bike

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51. Reverberate

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53. Grain in waakye

54. English boarding school

55. Gmail button

56. Columbia ___ School (graduate institution where Ruth Bader Ginsburg studied)

57. Tai ___

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