Word before metal or music Crossword Clue

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Word before metal or music Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. paper used for writing or printing
2. a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
(verb)
1. come down as if in sheets
2. cover with a sheet, as if by wrapping

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MUSIC (noun)
1. punishment for one’s actions
2. any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
METAL (adjective)
1. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
METAL (noun)
1. a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
2. any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
METAL (verb)
1. cover with metal

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (9/8/2025) Answers

Across

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5. Cooking device in a fast-food restaurant

10. Animal that moos

13. Thin woodwind

14. Condiment with four vowels in its name

15. Father

16. *Pad in a makeup kit

18. "Fine by me"

19. December 24 is a notable one

20. Prayer's end

21. Places for flag pins or mics

23. Oasis setting

25. Outstanding people

27. "No contest," for example

29. $7 million for 30 seconds during the Super Bowl, say

31. Pound sounds

34. Highway to Hell band

36. Winner of 2008 and 2012

38. Mauna ___ Observatory

39. Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred clues

41. Small criticism

42. Flower symbolizing early love

44. Follow commands

45. 4K screen precursor

46. Big clothing retailer headquartered in Freeport, Maine

48. Place for un béret

50. Ones wearing white at weddings

52. Show of respect to a queen

56. Dropping off mail at the post office or picking up a prescription

58. Exam on which Elle Woods scored 179 in "Legally Blonde," for short

60. Cry of discovery

61. Swarm (with)

62. *Assignment on a plane

65. Signed vows of secrecy, for short

66. Chose

67. Toboggan e.g.

68. Pop, as "the question"

69. Filthy

70. Totally understands

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Down

1. Managed well enough

2. Higher than on the totem pole

3. Home Depot competitor

4. Size between small and large: Abbr.

5. Minor-league club

6. Ready to be picked?

7. The "Y" of Y.A. books

8. Keebler worker

9. Hunted (through)

10. *Bakery display piece

11. Iridescent stone

12. House ___ and Means Committee

15. Can-opening mechanism

17. __ Grey tea

22. Slugger Judge

24. Limited releases on Spotify, informally

26. Article of sports equipment that needs to be strung

28. Part of a play with the opening scene

30. Send off

31. 100%

32. Make annoyed

33. *Days off following October midterms

35. Hit on a vape pen

37. Off-roading transport, in brief

39. Strand during winter, say

40. Superficially attractive sort

43. Georgia politico Stacey ___

45. 2013 movie about an A.I. crush

47. Attaches

49. Ballerina's garb

51. Some bed supports

53. Hold to discuss at a later time

55. Fabric amounts

56. Italian erupter

57. Cincinnati baseball franchise

59. Editor's mark

63. Pesticide regulator, in brief

64. Food seasoning, for short

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