Curve-shaped Crossword Clue

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Curve-shaped Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. forming or resembling an arch

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SHAPED (adjective)
1. shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
CURVE (noun)
1. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
2. curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
CURVE (verb)
1. form a curl, curve, or kink
2. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More New Yorker Crossword (5/21/2025) Answers

Across

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6. Like a not very cushy mattress

10. Knock 'em dead

14. It's a small world

15. Finally!

17. More than just tickle

18. Reading material for a fortune-teller?

19. Fizzy drink

20. Reasons for some R or X ratings

21. Spot for a watch

23. Sound of something landing heavily

24. Empty a suitcase

27. Seattle’s ___ Place Market

30. Possess

32. Microscopic shape-shifting organism

35. Africa's longest river

37. Stay right there!

40. Picked up a card

41. Person on one side of a transaction

42. Beer barrel

43. Scans performed in a large tube, briefly

45. Chars a bit

47. Word before dunk or poetry

50. Flaws in a fender

52. Superheroes’ secret identities

56. Numbered area in an airport terminal

58. Kept safe

59. Brings aboard, as a new employee

60. First offense, so to speak

61. Served from a 42-Across

62. Gotcha

63. Fawns' moms

64. Annoying

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Down

1. Gets on in years

2. Permit

3. Wile E. Coyote’s nemesis

4. Acquire

5. French word before a maiden name

6. Destiny

7. Wild Alpine goat

8. Event at which the guest of honor is made fun of

9. Gardener’s ground cover

10. Actors’ substitutes for determining lighting and camera movement

11. The “L” in “S.N.L.”

12. City that's home to Iowa State University

13. Hoped-for R.S.V.P., usually

16. Get ready for a hole of golf

20. John who reprised his role of Uncle Jesse on “Fuller House”

22. Unwanted e-mails or calls

25. Small bay

26. Falls (over)

28. Gets the ball rolling on

29. Fashion magazine with a palindromic name

30. Uneven?

31. Reward for the proverbial early bird

33. Indonesian island east of Java

34. Make ___ (atone)

36. Medical test that measures brain waves: Abbr.

38. Bread-bag fastener, perhaps

39. Powerful desire

44. Smooth and glossy

46. Check-___ light (dashboard indicator)

49. Same here

51. T-bone or rib eye, e.g.

52. Sculpture and painting, for two

53. Folktales, collectively

54. Basic unit of heredity

55. Poetic tributes

57. Award such as Best Athlete with a Disability

58. Tire pressure meas.

59. Little leap

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