"You're a tough __ to follow!" Crossword Clue

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"You're a tough __ to follow!" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
2. behave unnaturally or affectedly
(noun)
1. something that people do or cause to happen
2. a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TOUGH (adjective)
1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
2. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
TOUGH (noun)
1. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
2. an aggressive and violent young criminal
FOLLOW (verb)
1. be later in time
2. follow in or as if in pursuit

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More LA Times Crossword (8/12/2025) Answers

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20. Shows to be false

22. Small roles for big stars

23. Supply-and-demand subj.

24. Raise a hem, e.g.

25. Informal "I've heard enough!"

27. Drawn from actual events

31. Spike on a shoe bottom

33. "You'll definitely pass" course

34. Patterns on shoe bottoms

35. Demand for payment prior to service, or what 18-, 27-, 41-, and 54-Across all have

37. Ancient Greek city-state

39. Comes to a crawl

40. Tube-shaped pasta

41. Dessert made with equal parts sugar, eggs, butter, and flour

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47. Former soccer pro Morgan

48. Prone protests

51. "Acupuncture is a jab well done" et al.

54. Big name in map publishing

56. Bon ___ (witty remark)

57. Yoga pose

58. Site with an RSVP tracker

59. Nikola Jokic's org.

60. History assignment

61. Some towed autos

62. Put on TV

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2. Each

3. Movie boxer Rocky

4. Like freshly cut grass

5. "Uh, whatever"

6. Till bills

7. Narcissist's problem

8. Did the mambo

9. ___ and gloom

10. Off-Broadway award

11. Label on toy food

12. Sees red?

13. Curvy letter

19. What a dog gives to "shake"

21. Break, as a bad habit

24. Applies carelessly

26. Part of TGIF

28. “___ not, want not”

29. Workplace std. setter

30. Street Fighter fighter

31. Throng

32. Shot blocker?

34. Sci-fi classic with a 2010 sequel

35. Tijuana taverns

36. NyQuil target

37. Place where the cucumbers aren't for eating?

38. HS gym session

41. "Cooler Than Me" singer Mike

42. College fundraising source

43. Obi-Wan __

44. Washed-up celeb

46. Bus. card letters

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50. "Still considering it"

51. Radar screen dot

52. Sax type

53. Goes green?

54. Singer Carly ___ Jepsen

55. NYC's Fifth, e.g.

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