Apt rhyme for "defeats" Crossword Clue

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Apt rhyme for "defeats" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RHYME (noun)
1. a piece of poetry
2. correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
RHYME (verb)
1. compose rhymes
2. be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
APT (adjective)
1. being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
2. (usually followed by `to’) naturally disposed toward

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ABETS

More USA Today Crossword (10/28/2024) Answers

Across

1. Actors who always thrust themselves into the foreground

10. Bouncy and cheerful

15. Black sauce made with dried chiles and chocolate

16. Shaped like a kumquat

17. Market directive that's yet to be carried out

19. Caved in

20. "Look right here!"

22. ___ on (direct all of your attention to)

25. Ruffles alternative

26. Play division

27. Cardamom holders

28. Poli-___ major

31. Calls accidentally

35. Drink downed in one gulp

36. Buckeye Chuck's state

37. Disdainful look

39. Mental blur

40. Sound from a pleased kitty

41. Place to work out at home

43. Third-person pronoun

44. Antelopes in the savanna

46. Young lady

47. Lofty tennis shots

48. Trees tapped in early spring

51. Game that often makes infants laugh

54. 'Ah, well'

56. Caterpillar or glowworm

57. 403 Forbidden, for example

60. Itching to Go

61. Piece of cake!

62. Hybrid golf garment

63. Group of ships

64. "There's a spider!"

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Down

1. Sign of air pollution

2. Yellow gemstone

3. Tylenol alternative

4. Backup power source

5. Capital One's virtual assistant whose name is "one" backwards

6. Third-person pronoun

7. City north of Salt Lake City

8. Earl __ tea

9. Person who can't handle defeat

10. New Orleans sandwiches

11. Numbers divisible by two

12. Wander about

13. Toy for a windy day

14. Football gains (Abbr.)

21. Feeling blue

23. Condition that might be treated with ERP

24. "How sweet ___!"

27. Earnest requests

28. Thick rug type

29. Warm and snug

30. Agenda entry

31. Catchy songs

32. 'Not a chance!'

33. One of three on a trike

34. Premium burger meat

35. Defeats soundly

38. Concept in Indian classical music

42. In-between space

44. Small racing vehicle

45. Org. with Suns and Heat

47. Arm of a slot machine

48. Code with dits and dahs

49. Marry in secret

50. ___ Hawkins dance

51. Silk Sonic singer Anderson .___

52. Therefore

53. Face-to-face exam type

55. Search for

56. __ Miserables

58. Spanish for "hey"

59. Chicago ___ hole

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