Alternative to a cup, at an ice cream shop Crossword Clue

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Alternative to a cup, at an ice cream shop Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
2. a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
(verb)
1. make cone-shaped

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen
CREAM (noun)
1. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
2. the best people or things in a group
CREAM (verb)
1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
2. remove from the surface

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ONCE

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (2/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. Without many surprises, like a rom-com

12. Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle, e.g.

14. Surprise run-in

16. "Excuse me while I ___ my nose!"

18. Tool for a lumberjack

19. Step after "lather," when washing your hair

20. Livens (up)

21. Early online marketplace for used goods

22. Open grassy areas

23. Buddies

24. Facebook ___ (like a relatively serious relationship)

29. Lightheartedness

31. Shelter from harm

32. Anticipate in advance

33. Tranquil

34. Passenger vehicle pulled by a person on foot

35. Jane Austen heroine who "lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her"

36. Hardwood often used for outdoor furniture

37. Ergo

38. Wild ___ (American frontier)

39. Prominent campus figures

44. "2001: A Space Odyssey" character who says "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"

45. English football powerhouse, to fans

46. University administrator responsible for finances

47. At frequent intervals

50. Entertainment format with a meal and a show

51. Makes the crowd revolt

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Down

1. Large shrimplike crustacean

2. Watermelon leftovers

3. "Cabaret" character who acts as a host to the audience

4. Doe or buck

5. Suffix with serpent or labyrinth

6. Hide

7. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" or "Chicago P.D." characters, e.g.

8. Long time spans, in a longer-than-usual spelling

9. Color associated with sadness

10. ___-Manuel Miranda, "Hamilton" composer

11. Put in place, as a business

12. “Trust Exercise” novelist Susan

13. Cocktail whose name is also slang for crude oil

14. Kind of training practiced with a dummy

15. "Star Wars" character played by Daisy Ridley

20. Fuel grown in a bog

21. Overhangs on a roof

22. "Check your child for ___" (message you don't want to receive from your kid's teacher)

23. Cheer up

24. Abbreviation after "black" or "secret"

25. Made without a tool's guidance, as a sketch

26. Without many surprises, like a rom-com

27. Things to discuss on an agenda

28. Actor and wrestler John

29. Image on a car key fob

30. Tree whose name sounds like a pronoun

32. Italian automaker

34. Final outcome

36. Professor's goal, perhaps

37. Shorthand that fills in the blanks of al_ _ _ugh

38. Workers' earnings

39. Home of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world since 2010

40. Muse of love poetry

41. Positive trait

42. Hair removal brand

43. Oldest class of H.S. students

45. One might be accessed with a QR code at a restaurant

46. ___ Rabbit

48. Single-stranded genetic material

49. 'I figured it out!'

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