Legal finding? Crossword Clue

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Legal finding? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
2. a small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FINDING (noun)
1. the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
2. something that is found
LEGAL (adjective)
1. having legal efficacy or force
2. allowed by official rules

More New Yorker Crossword (7/28/2025) Answers

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22. Veggie in a spring risotto, perhaps

23. High ___

24. Cambridge or King’s, e.g.

26. Phrase that means the opposite of “lest”

28. Chi-Town lines

29. Cold coat

31. Contacted, in a way

32. “Pass the suds”

33. Foot-long purchase

34. Literally, “finger pressure”

37. Clearing aids

39. End, as a subscription

40. Sizable chamber-music ensembles

42. Let out

43. Pricey reservation, maybe

44. It’s useful for plot development

47. Track for some future defenders

49. Rooibos, e.g.

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51. Loos

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54. Humorously unexpected

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61. Line that terminates

62. Little sound

63. Rented

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Down

1. Gliding ballet step

2. Stop for a backpacker

3. Michelob offerings

4. Ones with burning desires

5. On

6. Rebukes

7. Palindromic constellation

8. Technical term for teeth grinding

9. Grp. given marching orders

10. Bums

11. Texter’s “one sec”

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14. Modern taunt to one’s detractors

21. Offer that’s barely of interest?

25. Result of a perfect game

27. P.M. whose tenure failed to outlast a head of lettuce purchased by a British tabloid

29. Designated time of celebration

30. Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini

32. Art ___ (annual event since 1970)

34. Brand of early-nineties fad bracelets

35. Conditioning is part of it

36. “It seems safe to say . . .”

38. Merchant

41. Not just mentally

44. Ellen’s longtime “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star

45. Gives a take

46. Crack

48. High-end butcher-shop purchase

50. Pulitzer-winning poet Graham

53. Diving bird

55. "hahahaha"

57. Drink (up)

59. Bly of the N.F.L.

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