Mountain crest Crossword Clue

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Mountain crest Crossword Answer

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ARETE

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(noun)
1. a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
2. a long narrow range of hills
(verb)
1. extend in ridges
2. form into a ridge

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MOUNTAIN (noun)
1. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
2. (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
CREST (verb)
1. lie at the top of
2. reach a high point
CREST (noun)
1. the center of a cambered road
2. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ARETE
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

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DIRGE

More NYT Crossword (1/27/2025) Answers

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16. Suitemate, e.g.

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19. Series of professional calls, as by doctors

20. Emphatic yes, in Spanish

21. Bay Area airport code

23. Illegally fixes

24. Study abroad program on a ship

28. Krypton or argon

30. I see!

31. Kids' game that may be played on a road trip

32. X or Y, on a graph

34. They're no pros

36. One of the Obamas

40. Ignore suspicious behavior … or a hint to the circled letters in 17-, 24-, 51- and 62-Across

43. Musical based on a comic strip

44. Soft French cheese

45. Extremely serious

46. Actor Malek who played Freddie Mercury in "Bohemian Rhapsody"

48. Period of time

50. Way of sending textspeak

51. Funding sources for many labs

56. Currier and ___

57. ___-mo

58. Purple-flecked root vegetable

60. Secure again, as a door

62. Stance for a yoga beginner

66. Main dish

67. It comes with a charge

68. Foe's opposite

69. Explicitly said

70. TV coach Lasso

71. Purple fruit used for flavoring

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Down

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2. New Mexico art locale

3. What applicants may be seeking

4. Actress Witherspoon

5. Pie ___ mode

6. Aid in washing a car

7. Treasure holder

8. They may be forced or unforced

9. Phillipa of Hamilton

10. Central area of many a palace

11. Some upscale hotels

13. Actress Thompson of the "Creed" movies

18. Cotton variety

22. More spunky

25. A pop

26. Bird named for its beak's shape

27. Quiet place in a church

28. Fancy party

29. Part of a brain connection

33. Snowy getaway

35. Neither's partner

37. Sweet, swirly dessert item

38. Damage

39. Yes votes that are an anagram of other yes votes

41. Rip

42. Greek marriage goddess

47. Dressed like many superheroes

49. Poker buy-in

51. Dumps from the payroll

52. Listing in an engagement calendar

53. Land at a river's mouth

54. I see!

55. Small Spanish dishes

59. Norway's biggest city

61. 2.0

63. __ v. Wade

64. Conclusion

65. It's full of cones and rods

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