Hard puzzle Crossword Clue

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Hard puzzle Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a difficult problem
2. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HARD (adjective)
1. (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
2. unfortunate or hard to bear
HARD (adverb)
1. with firmness
2. slowly and with difficulty
PUZZLE (verb)
1. be a mystery or bewildering to
2. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
PUZZLE (noun)
1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
2. a game that tests your ingenuity

Hint 3: Anagram

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

More Daily Pop Crossword (8/17/2025) Answers

Across

1. Pet store enclosures

6. "Grey's Anatomy" TV network

9. "___ Air" (NPR talk show hosted by Terry Gross)

10. Eugene O'Neill's "Mourning Becomes ___"

14. "___, all ye faithful ... " (2 wds.)

15. Picture on a wanted poster, usually (2 wds.)

16. Like highly productive farmland

18. "___ of the Needle" (Ken Follett spy novel)

19. "Woof!"

21. Device on a soda can pop-top (2 wds.)

23. Month after February (Abbr.)

24. __ volunteers?

25. Slow-moving DMV clerk in "Zootopia"

28. Virginia Woolf's A Room of ___ Own

30. Astonishment

32. Actor Rob of Wild Bill

33. Video chat app until 2025

35. Edith Wharton's The ___ of Innocence

37. Sportage and Sorento automaker

38. ___ Purina (former pet food brand)

40. Dynamite letters

41. Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. ___

43. Handel oratorio with the "Hallelujah" chorus

45. "Saturday Night Live" cast member Joe known for his Frank Sinatra impression in the 1980s

47. Crossword frameworks

50. Welcome, as a new year (2 wds.)

51. "Tara Road" novelist Binchy

52. Mulan singer Salonga

53. 12 Years a Slave actress Woodard

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Down

1. Corporate money manager (Abbr.)

2. Joan of ___ (French heroine)

3. Actor who plays Albert Einstein in Nat Geo's "Genius: Einstein" and Hans Hubermann in 11-Down (2 wds.)

4. A Series of Unfortunate Events villain __ Squalor

5. Everest climber's guide

6. ___ in the conversation (2 wds.)

7. Sires, in the Bible

8. Keeps in the email loop

10. Actress who plays Elsa Einstein in Nat Geo's "Genius: Einstein" and Rosa Hubermann in 11-Down (2 wds.)

11. Award-winning Markus Zusak novel made into a film starring 3-Down and 10-Down (3 wds.)

12. "Alphabet Juice" humorist ___ Blount Jr.

13. Grabbed a bite

17. Fish in some cat food

19. "A Tale of Love and Darkness" memoirist Oz

20. Place in the pecking order

22. "Gotta catch 'em ___!" ("Pokemon" slogan)

26. Flossie or Freddie Bobbsey, e.g.

27. Forced-air system output

29. Pampering place

31. Swelled heads

34. "Get Shorty" novelist Leonard

39. Vintage photo hue

41. PC core, for short

42. "___ Dark Materials" (Philip Pullman trilogy that includes "The Golden Compass")

44. Severely damaged Asian sea

46. Disney Store collectible

48. Device for binge-watching

49. "Ha! Told ya!"

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