Word that can precede cry or baby Crossword Clue

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Word that can precede cry or baby Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
2. a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
(verb)
1. make or wage war

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PRECEDE (verb)
1. be earlier in time; go back further
2. move ahead (of others) in time or space
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

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (8/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. Modern lead-in to quit or bait

5. Heat source for many hydrothermal vents

10. Act all teenagerly, say

14. "I have something to say ..."

15. He has the weight of the world on his shoulders

16. River by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

17. Enhancing "blemish" (3x)

19. Rip (apart)

20. Something to belly up to

21. Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarly

22. Cautious

23. ''My guess is . . .''

25. Teach, playfully (3x)

29. Pinocchio's tell

31. South American capital where Simón Bolívar was born

32. ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)

33. PC Key

34. 'Wait for it . . .'

35. Sweet popcorn coating (4x)

39. Sci-fi pilot ___ Solo

40. Call, as a poker bet

41. Roman author of "Metamorphoses"

42. Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarry

45. Tech review site

46. Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)

48. Bundles in a stationery shop

52. Pointed remarks

53. "Famous" cookie entrepreneur

55. Church fixture

56. Black mark on a credit report, in brief

57. "Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?

60. "Never have I ___" (party game)

61. April's ___ Day

62. Bug on a pug

63. Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

64. Acrimonious, as a breakup

65. Units of verse

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Down

1. Torah scholar

2. Bridge Out ___ (sign)

3. They have teeth but don't bite

4. Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forest

5. Chichen Itza builders

6. Taking charge?

7. Happy-sounding advocacy grp.

8. Scuff up, say

9. Set as a price

10. Instrument associated with beans and salsa?

11. Was a ham

12. Scrunchied hairstyle

13. "The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")

18. Audition

24. Picky, picky, picky

26. Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)

27. Housemother

28. What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in brief

30. Day break?

32. Got it all off his chest?

33. Disc golf "hole"-in-one

35. Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"

36. Consider

37. Disinclined

38. Small bug with a strong-sounding name

39. "Well, let me think"

43. Herculean tasks

44. Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run time

45. Sometimes-uncredited appearances

47. Da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for example

49. Gift from a teacher's pet

50. Free-for-all

51. Result of a hot pursuit?

54. Grand Ole ___

56. One leg press, say

57. Uncle ___

58. Minecraft resource

59. Command to a jumpy dog

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