"You either die a ___, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" (The Dark Knight quote) Crossword Clue

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"You either die a ___, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain" (The Dark Knight quote) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
2. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

VILLAIN (noun)
1. a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
2. the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction
YOURSELF (pronoun)
1. An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; — used as a subject commonly with you; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.

Hint 3: Anagram

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More The Atlantic Crossword (7/27/2025) Answers

Across

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4. Enter Sandman band

13. X to a Greek

14. Worked on a rough patch, perhaps?

15. X to a Roman

16. Was unable to move forward

17. Nature seen in the fall?

19. Live ___ (Taco Bell slogan)

20. Email again, maybe

21. Amount often used figuratively

23. Chuck

24. No. 1 option, for short

27. Snitches

31. Person with a grindset

34. Sound caused by a riot?

35. Opposite of "non"

36. Response to someone hovering, maybe

38. Band led by Reznor and Ross, for short

39. Ripened

41. Order to wait on-line?

43. Bible book whence came the phrase "reap the whirlwind"

45. Sketch show with a "Five-Timers Club," for short

46. Look after

47. Longest-serving U.S. president

49. Not going anywhere

51. "Right, so where ___ I?"

54. Hugh Grant played one in Wonka

58. Quality that's not just skin-deep

60. D.C. insider

61. "Things are about to go down"

62. Disapproving sound

63. How some pawns get captured

64. ___-men (sycophants)

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Down

1. Ford or Honda, e.g.

2. Phrase that might accompany a handoff

3. Chernobyl or Band of Brothers

4. Tech company that makes proprietary Ray-Bans

5. Abbreviation in some footnotes

6. Small amounts

7. Wiped out

8. Use for support

9. Drug that inspired Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

10. Romantic pair

11. You can't see me! wrestler

12. Performs a basic operation

14. Tough spot

16. Suggest with a 😉, maybe

18. ___ chic (aesthetic with a rhyming name)

22. Pass

24. "___ rush in where angels fear to tread"

25. "Chopped" host Ted

26. Necessary

28. Pushed through with nothing in the tank

29. Restful asana with an "extended" variation

30. Resource with a $70 billion global mining industry

31. "Like ___" (Logic song)

32. "___ on Pop" (Dr. Seuss book)

33. Gender identity prefix

37. Trinket that gets paws all over it?

40. ___ Jam (LL Cool J's record label)

44. Like, so cute

48. Some poolside attire

49. Secondary social media accounts

50. Tête-à-têtes

51. Sagacious

52. Internet rando

53. Scissors sound

55. Start of something big?

56. What a vulnerable person might be honest about

57. Viv, to Will, on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”

59. "when u pulling up?"

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