Kissing on the lips, in a baseball-based metaphor Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

METAPHOR (noun)
1. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
BASEBALL (noun)
1. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
2. a ball used in playing baseball

More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (3/21/2025) Answers

Across

1. Uncommon item

7. Orchestrated in advance

13. Type of preserved pork

15. Bird on a Baltimore baseball player's uniform

16. Gazelle or impala

17. Make a swishing noise, as fabric

18. Las Vegas football player

19. Runs out of battery

21. Bit of advice

22. Online retailer where you might buy custom-made gifts

25. "True ___!" (informal "Indeed!")

26. Reference book that is typically arranged geographically

28. Class for a business major, informally

29. What a team has when they're up by a lot of points

31. Picking up the dry cleaning or running to the post office, e.g.

33. Like something that costs next to nothing

35. Finally!

37. Simulate, as a battle at a fort-turned-museum

39. "How you ___?" (Joey's catchphrase on "Friends")

40. "Boujee" or "bussin"

41. Concealed

43. Outfit worn to record movements for computer animation, familiarly

46. Chile's northern neighbor

47. Stuff that comes out of a loud machine at a hotel

48. Unfortunate forecast for the evening of a fireworks show

49. Spiritual healer

51. Find and listen to a radio broadcast

53. Beverage with the flavors Cool Blue and Lightning Blast

55. "___, Mario!" (Super Mario catchphrase)

56. Reflects light, glitter-style

57. ___-totter (playground plaything)

58. Records of historic events

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1. What you might do at a bar when you plan on having more than one drink

2. Liberties taken by a director who's adapting a novel, say

3. Full of cattails, say

4. Like some threats or gossip

5. Norse god who's also an Avenger

6. Sound from a Chihuahua

7. Tender spots

8. Have faith in

9. "___ for Apple" (phrase in an alphabet book)

10. Slogan for Pokémon

11. Ralph ___, "Invisible Man" author

12. Area of a pool for a diving board

13. Had feelings (about)

14. Celebrities who are loved by the press

20. Org. that has your S.S.N.

23. Pump up and down, as wings

24. Yogi who once said "A nickel ain't worth a dime any more"

26. Many drinks on tap at a bar

27. One of two on a goat's udder (or one of four on a cow's)

30. African country between Ivory Coast and Togo

31. Where fig leaves were once all the rage?

32. Item frequently purchased around the time of an engagement

34. Spot to park your bum

35. "Come on, you know you're wrong!"

36. "Aww! So sweet!!"

38. Big long rants

40. Fashion designer Anna

42. Sandy mounds

44. Adjective for real estate or beef

45. More reasonable

46. Warm winter wear

49. Sebastian ___, Best Actor nominee for "The Apprentice"

50. Something to honk when the person in front of you is stopped at a green light

52. "Let's ___!" ("Dig in!")

54. Therapists' grp. that has a popular style guide for writing

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