Losing scheme Crossword Clue

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Losing scheme Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
2. a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
(verb)
1. eat sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight
2. follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SCHEME (verb)
1. form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
2. devise a system or form a scheme for
SCHEME (noun)
1. a schematic or preliminary plan
2. an elaborate and systematic plan of action

Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (7/11/2025) Answers

Across

1. Tally of parts

6. Polite address

10. Shoot!

14. Media megastar

15. ___ facto

16. Missouri River native

17. Grazing spot

18. Barbecue treats

20. Chicago movers

21. Splinter group

23. 2, 3, 5, 7, etc.

24. Bridges in Hollywood

25. Go after

26. Hammer and Spade, for two

30. Shih Tzu, e.g

33. Cape Town coin

34. Gift from parents

35. Be in arrears

36. Answers after two rings?

37. Embarrassing outburst

39. Mystery writer Buchanan

40. Polite address

41. Ceiling supporter

43. Like Carnaby Street fashions

44. Small sponge cakes

48. Articles

50. “By George”

51. Many a garden flower

53. Problems for collaborators

54. Washing instructions site

57. Clockwork components

59. Tahrir Square setting

61. “___ Perpetua” (Idaho motto)

62. Wooden strip

63. Bitter-smelling

64. Hearty bowlful

65. Goes unused

66. Some orchestra members

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Down

1. It’s beneath the mantle

2. Fall birthstone

3. Columbarium array

4. Old bay, e.g.

5. John Banville novel that won the Booker Prize

6. Blunder

7. Cal entry

8. Simile center

9. Basic unit of a language

10. Day in the movies

11. 1989 Wilbur Smith novel

12. Spa cover

13. Noted loch

19. Render blank

22. Have something

24. Some briefs, briefly

25. Printing color

26. Rainbow producer

27. Marconi’s invention

28. Excessive

29. The other side

31. Person with a title

32. Sailing to Byzantium poet

37. Without interruption

38. Bounders

39. Nervous

41. Lament from a lamb

45. Some Vegas events

46. Prefix akin to equi-

47. Org. with a Charlotte hall of fame

49. “Presumed Innocent” author

51. Years and years

52. High home

53. Coup target

54. One of a car quartet

55. Dry

56. Olympic group

58. Football's Manning

60. Court feat

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