Assistant Crossword Clue

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Assistant Crossword Answer

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HELPER

(6 letters)

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(noun)
1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
2. someone who acts as assistant

Hint 2: Clue Definition

ASSISTANT (noun)
1. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
ASSISTANT (adjective)
1. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

HELPER
(6 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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IDEA

More Newsday Crossword (6/9/2025) Answers

Across

1. Parts of a play

5. Very impressed

9. Lessen, as the tide

14. Spoiled kid

15. Prefix meaning "fire"

16. Aviator

17. Any carbonated soft drink

18. What Jack and Jill toted

19. Plane-tracking device

20. Person scrubbing a rug

23. ___ bran muffin

24. Get ___ of (throw out)

25. "Rear-view" viewer

29. Fill with cargo

31. 'Steady as __ goes'

34. Sir __ Newton

35. Green veggies in pods

36. Tell it like __ (be candid)

37. Person serving airplane meals

40. Boggy grounds

41. Way up in the sky

42. Exclusive group

43. Pigpen

44. Military medal recipient

45. Reluctant

46. Point at a target

47. __-K (nursery school)

48. Person delivering mail

55. Land adjoining the ocean

56. Otherwise

57. Quick haircut

59. See eye to eye

60. Small portions of butter

61. Give as an example

62. __ bear (Arctic mammal)

63. Minor argument

64. Follow, as advice

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Down

1. Stomach muscles, for short

2. Gator's relative

3. 'Look what I did!'

4. Top-billed performer

5. Come into view

6. Old West lawman Earp

7. Explorer __ the Red

8. Barbie or GI Joe

9. Fearful

10. Unseasoned, as food

12. Rip up

13. Make a mistake

21. Any doggie

22. Remove a pencil mark

25. Offends, informally

26. Tiny spot of land in the ocean

27. Showery, as weather

28. Dustcloths

29. Turn loose

30. Swearing-in ritual

31. Pathway between floors

32. Helpful clues

33. Lauder of cosmetics

35. Two aces or jacks

36. Not doing anything

38. Main subject

39. At no time

44. Baseball player batting

45. Take into custody

46. On an ocean cruise

47. Macaroni or spaghetti

48. Corporate emblem

49. __ Grey tea

50. Salespersons, for short

51. Applaud

52. Desire to scratch

53. One of the Great Lakes

54. Any formal ceremony

55. Toothpaste tube's top

58. Doctor's prescription, for short

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