Barack Obama’s first chief of staff Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

OBAMA (noun)
1. 44th President of the United States; first African-American President
FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else

More WSJ Crossword (1/2/2025) Answers

Across

1. Wipes the floor with

6. Irrelevant

10. Peter and Paul, e.g.: Abbr.

13. Banks in Chicago

14. Person who might say “Run, spot, run!”

16. Home base?

17. Like some smiles

19. Fighting mood

20. More loyal

21. Short-haired cat

23. Character who “went a bit too far” at the Copa

26. It may lead to a “blue screen of death”

28. Becomes clear

30. Speaker of the 48-Across line

31. Sticky gunk

32. Mario Vargas Llosa’s home

34. Kelly Reilly’s “Yellowstone” role

38. Big stink

39. Charms

42. Migratory formation

43. Make a touchdown

45. Cash-dispensing devices

46. Without backing

48. “Do or do not. There ___ try.”

50. Like some dinosaurs and volleyballs

56. Lives up to, as expectations

57. Be right with you

58. Cash-dispensing devices

60. Spot for empties

61. “Pay close attention to what I’m doing,” and a phonetic hint to this puzzle’s theme

66. Warning, of sorts

67. Brings up

68. Like a member of a jury

69. Screen guild?: Abbr.

70. Bottle indication

71. Compiles a Top 25 list, say

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Down

1. Field worker

2. Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year in 1970

3. Simple card game

4. Meaning of clearing one’s throat and tapping one’s wrist

5. Prepare tuna, perhaps

6. Buccaneer’s bud

7. Big stinks

8. Catan resource

9. Extract with difficulty

10. Mean green ghost in the “Ghostbusters” franchise

11. Core site

12. Stock unit

15. Ready for action

18. “Shake the Snow Globe” rapper

22. Many a Yemeni

23. Lavish

24. Staunton of “The Crown”

25. Sing gently

27. Reading radials

29. Superfund org.

32. Bit of deception

33. Cabinet material

35. Call forth

36. Doctrine

37. Takes to heart

40. In cuffs

41. Easy mark

44. Makeshift screwdrivers

47. Fizzy, light green drink

49. Bad-mouth

50. Liqueur flavorer

51. Thoughtless worker?

52. “Cowboy Bebop” and “Fullmetal Alchemist,” for two

53. Base for an Indian bride’s mehndi skin decorations

54. Password creators

55. Alex’s mother on “Family Ties”

59. Peter or Paul, e.g.

62. Language akin to Thai

63. Carmelite, e.g.

64. Jan. honoree

65. They arrived in “Arrival”

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