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The Missing Letter Crossword August 17, 2025 Answers
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| # | Clue |
| 1A | ADJECTIVE: "made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience" |
| 6A | NOUN: "any of various breeds of domestic oxen developed in India" |
| 10A | John of "Entertainment Tonight" fame |
| 14A | NOUN: "a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees" |
| 15A | "Was it ___ or a cat I saw?" (famed palindrome) |
| 16A | Chain of beauty stores |
| 17A | NOUN: "an integer in the infinite sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, … of which the first two terms are 1 and 1 and each succeeding term is the sum of the two immediately preceding" |
| 20A | Payment often made just one time |
| 21A | Hayfever sufferer's sound |
| 22A | Challenge usually offered jocularly |
| 23A | Government org. since 1949 |
| 24A | Thespian Penn |
| 25A | NOUN: "[a verb form] with 'to' having a modifier between the 'to' and the verbal (as in "to really start") |
| 34A | VERB: "to ask questions of especially with a desire for authoritative information" |
| 35A | John who sings "Tiny Dancer" |
| 36A | COMBINING FORM: "dry" |
| 37A | Asian territory in the board game Risk |
| 38A | React to the heat |
| 39A | "Disturbia" singer, briefly |
| 40A | Total jerk |
| 41A | Seek permission from |
| 42A | Illuminated |
| 43A | ADJECTIVE: "revealing or reporting the hidden workings" |
| 46A | "___ in 'Nancy'" |
| 47A | Half a Teletubby |
| 48A | VERB: "to come to mind" |
| 51A | ___ the other (not both) |
| 54A | "How can I help you?" |
| 57A | NOUN: "a member of a Muslim religious order noted for devotional exercises (such as bodily movements leading to a trance)" |
| 60A | NOUN: "a short informal letter" |
| 61A | Post things regularly on your site |
| 62A | Scary story writer, briefly |
| 63A | 1974 Donald Sutherland comedy whose name is an incorrect plural noun |
| 64A | NASDAQ rival |
| 65A | Wedding wear |
| 1D | Bazillionaire Bezos |
| 2D | Name that sounds like the first two letters of the alphabet |
| 3D | "___ quiet" ("Hush, please") |
| 4D | Ambient music great Brian |
| 5D | NOUN: "a succession of rulers of the same line of descent" |
| 6D | Braff in "Garden State" |
| 7D | ___ Domani (wine brand) |
| 8D | Scott in "Happy Days" and "Joanie Loves Chachi" |
| 9D | NOUN: "a vessel that is typically an ornamental vase on a pedestal" |
| 10D | NOUN: "disorderly agitation" |
| 11D | Dresden's river |
| 12D | Part of a rose |
| 13D | NOUN: "any of various swift, gnawing, herbivorous, usually shy lagomorph mammals...that have long ears, short tails, and powerful long hind legs" |
| 18D | NOUN: "a small, dark purple, berrylike fruit" |
| 19D | Bolt who moves like lightning |
| 23D | NOUN: "a female child from birth to adulthood" |
| 24D | NOUN: "an interlacement of the parts of one or more flexible bodies" |
| 25D | Young pigeon |
| 26D | NOUN: "a receptacle (such as a pocketbook) for carrying money and often other small objects" |
| 27D | NOUN: "a line for leading or restraining an animal" |
| 28D | Just getting started with, as a hobby |
| 29D | In the ___ (physically present) |
| 30D | "May ___ your order?" |
| 31D | NOUN: "a Thessalian king bound by Zeus to a burning wheel in Tartarus for attempting to seduce Hera" |
| 32D | BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Jules (Gabriel) 1828–1905 French writer" |
| 33D | People for whom a Great Lake is named |
| 38D | Puts chunks of earth down on, as a lawn |
| 39D | NOUN: "any of three South American ratite birds...that resemble but are smaller than the African ostrich" |
| 41D | Tree protuberance |
| 42D | Traumatized |
| 44D | Accustoms to gradually |
| 45D | ___ gin fizz (cocktail) |
| 48D | Has in one's possession |
| 49D | Split evenly, as a poker pot |
| 50D | NOUN: "an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town" |
| 51D | "If you ___ knew!" |
| 52D | They're not supposed to turn a profit |
| 53D | Slight lead |
| 54D | INTRANSITIVE VERB: "to cry out sharply especially from surprise or pain" |
| 55D | Those things, in Spanish |
| 56D | Norah Jones's "___ 22" |
| 58D | __ Saud (former king of Saudi Arabia) |
| 59D | Slightly different spelling of a word (abbr.) |
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