With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!" Crossword Clue

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With 45-Down, "Hey, hold on!" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
2. time during which some action is awaited
(verb)
1. look forward to the probable occurrence of
2. wait before acting

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DOWN (noun)
1. English physician who first described Down’s syndrome (1828-1896)
2. soft fine feathers
DOWN (adjective)
1. understood perfectly
2. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
DOWN (adverb)
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
DOWN (verb)
1. eat up completely, as with great appetite
2. cause to come or go down

More NYT Crossword (11/27/2025) Answers

Across

1. Feature of a mountain or fingerprint

6. Deli counter units: Abbr.

9. "___ dabba doo!"

14. Type type

15. Thanos, to the Avengers

16. Company that's the subject of the documentary "The Smartest Guys in the Room"

17. Football offense arrangement that resembles an inverted Y shape

20. High key

21. Big inits. in home security

22. Stranger

23. Symbols for density, in physics

25. Select, as a career

27. Low-lying area

29. Good person to give a time-consuming project, maybe

34. St. ___ (city on a bay, informally)

35. Latin for "but"

36. One way to live

37. Skin-care product thinner than a moisturizer

38. "Tee" follower

39. Greek theater

40. In ___ (developing)

41. Like nonagenarians

42. Joshes

43. Process for a descending spacecraft

45. Kerfuffles

46. Losers to the Olympians

48. Sing like Ella Fitzgerald

51. Coke-versus-Pepsi and Apple-versus-Samsung, e.g.

54. So far

56. 'Ouch!'

57. Complete an impossible task … or a hint to reading three Down answers in this puzzle

60. Check someone's checks?

61. Openly gay

62. Total brawl

63. Tosses out

64. 'Antiques Roadshow' network

65. Use, as one's influence

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Down

1. More cold and wet

2. Like some wolfhounds and whiskeys

3. Lucky scientist, perhaps

4. 'This is terrible!'

5. Actor Idris

6. Bound for

7. Wild scene

8. Sang to

9. "Anno Domini" period

10. Against

11. Creamy pairing with fig jam

12. Obnoxious sort

13. ___ Petry, first African American woman to write a million-selling novel ("The Street," 1946)

18. Anxious

19. M.L.B. team that awarded a record-breaking $765 million contract to Juan Soto in 2024

24. Gloomy, as an atmosphere

26. "That's relatable"

28. Some citrus desserts

30. Ship-to-shore communicators

31. Essential biochemical process that releases energy in cells

32. Big ones might clash

33. ___ Faire (medieval-themed festival)

34. Grp. that's down on all furs?

35. Person who's off-base?

37. Go after, in a way

44. Tread on me!

45. See 53-Down

47. Russian refusals

49. Many an early internet user, informally

50. #'s place

51. Cousin of turquoise

52. Disappointments

55. "Put your pens and pencils down"

57. California's capital, in some of its nicknames

58. Center of activity

59. "Vivat ___!" ("Long live the king!")

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