Word before "poll" or "hat" Crossword Clue

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Word before "poll" or "hat" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. spread by scattering (
2. cover or provide with or as if with straw
(noun)
1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
2. a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
(adjective)
1. of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WORD (noun)
1. the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
2. information about recent and important events
WORD (verb)
1. put into words or an expression
POLL (verb)
1. convert into a pollard
2. get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions
POLL (noun)
1. an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people
2. the top of the head

Hint 3: Anagram

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SWART

More Universal Crossword (10/17/2025) Answers

Across

1. Bowlfuls next to the chips

5. Bank fixtures

9. IMDb listings

14. Fresh way to start

15. Boyfriend

16. Acrobat's company

17. Admission granted to the rich and famous, often

19. Bite playfully

20. Creative spark, for short

21. "__ be great!"

23. Button for bypassing online commercials

26. "The Girl From ___" (Brazilian song)

30. Walks off the stage

32. Tennis tourney held in Queens

33. Slimeball

35. Guitar legend Clapton

37. "Challenge accepted!"

38. Not strict

39. "Dance the Night" singer ... or, parsed differently, a hint to the pair of drinks in row 3, 5, 11 or 13 of this grid

41. The "O" of IOU

42. How oysters are served

44. Used a loom

45. Hits up on Insta, maybe

46. Rough

48. Prolonged attack

50. Chopper's landing area

52. Graphics that can easily be added to presentations

56. Little bugs

58. Flood barrier

59. "Keep playing without me"

62. Make a quarter turn?

65. Actress Sevigny

66. Noble below a marquess

67. Walk on a trail

68. Ovens that aren't for food

69. Deli breads

70. Make changes to

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1. Actress Viola

2. How checks must be signed

3. Popular pop originally named "Brad's Drink"

4. Exchanged

5. Letters on a phone's 2 button

6. Band-___

7. Ship post

8. It comes in rolls

9. 1940 Disney movie with classical music

10. Words of denial

11. Chop (off)

12. Exec's degree, often

13. Harden

18. Sweet-talk

22. ___ Nahasapeemapetilon ("The Simpsons" character)

24. God in French

27. ___ salts

28. Needy cats' noises

29. Boleyn who was queen of England

31. Grain towers

33. Boat on a lake

34. Type of symmetry

36. Palindromic Honda model

38. ___ Ness Monster

39. Abhors

40. Orange's cover

43. Deep red

45. "Enjoy the Silence" band ___ Mode

47. Consume

49. __ monster

51. Put off

53. Hide from, perhaps

54. Japanese healing technique

55. Principle

57. Do really well, slangily

59. 'Gross!'

60. Flyers, on scoreboards

61. Word before "encompassing" or "knowing"

63. Red state?

64. thx counterpart

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