Compulsion Crossword Clue

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Compulsion Crossword Answer

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MANIA

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. an instinctive motive
2. a strong restless desire
(verb)
1. force or impel in an indicated direction
2. push for something

Hint 2: Clue Definition

COMPULSION (noun)
1. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
2. using force to cause something to occur

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MANIA
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
GRUE

More Newsday Crossword (7/18/2025) Answers

Across

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9. Helvetica kin

14. Poetic time

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17. Store serving stacks

19. Faint of heart

20. Start of a Plato quote

22. Arthurian lady

23. Rather arrogant

24. Adjective for overlook

26. Observe, in Ecclesiastes

27. Nursing sch. class

30. Minor progress

31. Pasta sauce herbs

34. Grp. like CARE

35. Middle of quote

37. Frequent book fair sponsor

39. Haile __

40. Close kin

42. Leftovers

43. Campus org. for future ensigns

47. Some jabs

49. Made up (for)

50. O'Haras' home

51. End of quote

54. Wears out

55. Share a side with

56. Slimming procedure, for short

57. Greet with disdain

58. Prefix meaning "surrounding"

59. First Burr in Hamilton

60. Battery appendage

61. Coordinate

62. Needle work of a sort

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Down

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2. Nary a chance

3. Road show company

4. Where Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress

5. Show that you got it

6. Significant plot

7. New Testament travelers

8. Quiches, essentially

9. Mexican forebears

10. Irreparable

11. Coming soon

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13. Minor male

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36. Flier to Saint Petersburg

37. Hole number

38. Cost of learning

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52. Follow closely

53. Go bad

54. Initials meaning "undecided"

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