Cause of a slowdown on the road? Crossword Clue

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Cause of a slowdown on the road? Crossword Answer

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SLOWDOWN (noun)
1. the act of slowing down or falling behind
CAUSE (noun)
1. any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
2. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
CAUSE (verb)
1. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
2. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

More New Yorker Crossword (6/24/2025) Answers

Across

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7. What the U.S. purchased from Russia in the 1867 Treaty of Cession

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16. Reduced to tiny particles

18. Without a contract

19. Aquatic appendage

20. Italian city for which a ragù is named

22. Last Week Tonight network

23. Judiciously shortens

25. Artificial bait, in fishing

26. Mare’s male youngster

27. Manufacturer of Tundra coolers

28. Garment hung near the tub, maybe

29. Scourges

30. Thomas Pynchon collection whose title alludes to his repeated missteps as an inexperienced writer

33. Result of too much flattery

34. People who avoid being checked out

35. Events that might recognize the best pies or biggest pumpkins

36. Latch on to

37. ___ Pueblo (UNESCO World Heritage site in New Mexico)

41. In the center of

42. Nineteen-eighties band whose name ends in an exclamation point

43. Make a bust?

44. One of three basic Boolean operators, along with AND and OR

45. Measure of power

47. "Oedipus ___"

48. Film whose title font inspired the “S.N.L.” sketch “Papyrus”

50. Unshakeable

52. Earn hand over fist

53. City dubbed the Theme Park Capital of the World

54. Rewards for good dogs

55. Setting of the novel “Johnny Tremain”

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Down

1. Calculating

2. Stop working

3. "No need to ask me twice!"

4. Pianist at Rick’s Café

5. Enclosed beds

6. Pasta in some avgolemono soup

7. Isolated

8. “Henry, Come On” singer Del Rey

9. Premium subscription’s lack

10. Drew out, in a way

11. First commercial baker of Girl Scout cookies

12. Neck accessories for Colman Domingo and Rihanna at the 2025 Met Gala

17. Musical symbols that lower a note a whole step

21. Heirloom that might be battered and fried

24. Express badly

26. Game in which deuces are wild

28. Follower of dinner or honor

29. ___ Rabbit (folklore figure)

31. Cuts off

32. Faux cough

33. Black forest mushroom, as it’s more commonly known

34. Urn whose name means “self-boiler,” in Russian

35. Pictures from lovers?

38. Outright, as nonsense

39. “Try not to ___ it” (advice akin to “Less is more”)

40. “Her Kind” poet Anne

42. Puts on notice

43. Prominent instrument in “Eleanor Rigby”

45. Annoyance for someone with a reservation

46. Costumery

49. Leaves in a bag?

51. "As It ___" (Harry Styles song)

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