Word on either side of "against" Crossword Clue

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Word on either side of "against" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. intend with some possibility of fulfilment
2. expect and wish
(noun)
1. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
2. United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

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
AGAINST (preposition)
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; in this sense often preceded by over.

More NYT Crossword (10/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Calendar month between Sha'ban and Shawwal

8. Some solid marks

15. "Here's the hard truth …"

17. 46 years?

18. Sudden movement

19. Pinched

20. ___ Maroni, Gotham City mobster in the DC Comics universe

21. Runs superbly

22. Bug

24. 1992 U2 hit inspired by German reunification

25. Busby Berkeley musical film that introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You"

26. Printing mark whose name is from the Latin for "is lacking"

27. Financial reporter?

29. Balances

30. "You've called at a bad time"

32. Heads

35. Shiva, for example

39. Suffix meaning "rule"

40. Combinations with numbers and sets

41. 24-Across co-producer, whose name is the song title spelled backward

42. Climax of operational planning

43. Brand for which General Foods distributed orange-handled coffeepots to restaurants

44. Core supporters

45. Ferrer who co-starred in "War and Peace," 1956

46. Shot-putter?

47. Baba ghanouj, e.g.

48. Where gold "beaver coins" were used as currency

51. Green suit?

52. Pricey catering option

53. Scuffled, in dialect

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Down

1. Sharp blow to the chest

2. Staple in a poke bowl

3. Titular figure in a scandalous John Singer Sargent portrait

4. Maintains

5. Negative impression?

6. Sports org. in the 2024 film "Challengers"

7. Longship builders

8. Intoxicates

9. ___ Farnsworth, inventor dubbed "The Father of Television"

10. Treasure hunter's find

11. La ___ (leading Belgian French-language TV channel)

12. Mocap suit components

13. Break character?

14. Slender hospital tools

16. Especially gratifying, so to speak

22. Done-up dos

23. Eastern lines

25. Very iffy

26. They might go faster with zinc

28. Suspect

29. British slang for a police car

31. Improviser at a workbench

32. Cursed vibe

33. Call at the plate

34. Geometry term from the Greek for "uneven"

36. Application for smoother shifting

37. Even, or nearly so, at Wimbledon

38. Naïve-looking, in a way

40. Transaction with no money down

43. Leader of the Afrofuturistic jazz collective Arkestra for almost four decades

44. Seat fillers

46. Greenhorn, informally

47. Oldest four-letter papal name

49. Call in a card game

50. Early major producer of vacuum tubes

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