Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across Crossword Clue

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Cocktail party staple that may contain the ends of 17-, 25-, 38-, 42- and 55-Across Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. tray on which cheeses are served

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COCKTAIL (noun)
1. an appetizer served as a first course at a meal
2. a short mixed drink
CONTAIN (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. include or contain; have as a component

More NYT Crossword (8/11/2025) Answers

Across

1. Improvises during a gig

6. Consider

10. Workers alongside R.N.s

13. Loved to bits

15. You are something __!

16. Yipes!

17. Independence Day banger

19. Tuna type in a poke bowl

20. Apt anagram of note

21. Tissue torn by some athletes, in brief

22. I couldn't ___ less!

24. Handle some personal baggage?

25. Rush hour snarl

29. Big gulp

31. Great Lake with the most consumable 26-Down

32. Dance in which the guest of honor is often raised in a chair

33. In good physical shape

35. 'Como ___ usted?'

37. Channel with a call to order?

38. Lego piece in the shape of a person or animal

42. Warm greeting to a spouse or partner

44. Chowed down

45. Herbal refreshments

47. Actor Levy of "Schitt's Creek"

48. Actor Damon of the "Bourne" movies

50. ___ Way, block in Lower Manhattan where a popular cookie originated

52. Religious faction

55. Recipient of two Golden Globe Best Actress nominations for Netflix's "GLOW"

58. Dry, like Champagne

60. Some hoppy brews, in brief

61. Thickness of wood or paper

62. Yesteryear

63. ___ Paulo Brazil

68. Tonsil-examining M.D.

69. Astronomically long time

70. Completed an alley-oop

71. Total jerk

72. This is not working!

73. Short-tempered

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Down

1. Vessels that may be propelled with poles

2. "Complete ___ Guides" (how-to series)

3. "Unless something changes …"

4. Typical hotel or library amenity

5. One of 60 in a min.

6. State with certainty

7. Reindeer relative

8. WNWs opposite

9. Gracias : Spanish :: ___ : French

10. Salutation in a breakup letter

11. Practice for opening night

12. Bit of Winter Olympics gear

14. "Shucks!"

18. 43560 square feet

23. German cry of annoyance

26. See 31-Across

27. Stinking to high heaven

28. Quite a few

30. Special talent

34. Attach with string

36. Sounds of realization

38. Parental term that is phonetically more difficult to say than "dada"

39. Citizens of Venice and Verona

40. Nasal irrigation devices

41. Attire

43. In single file

46. Craftiest animal in the Garden of Eden

49. PreCheck org.

51. Deep fryer liquids

53. Chorus from frogs

54. Small tower on a castle

56. Muppet who lives in a trash can

57. Gave a look?

59. Stereotypical name for a stuffed bear

63. ___ of Galilee

65. “Tee-___!” (giggle)

66. Dawn goddess

67. Conjunction that might start an objection

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