Mystery author Josephine Crossword Clue

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Mystery author Josephine Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

AUTHOR (noun)
1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
AUTHOR (verb)
1. be the author of
MYSTERY (noun)
1. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
2. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

Hint 2: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (8/20/2025) Answers

Across

1. Tycoon

6. "Famously friendly" pooch, per the American Kennel Club

12. Moody hip-hop subgenre

14. Electronic setting on a floor model

16. Switch to a newsperson on the scene, say

17. Common sushi go-with

18. Hair goop

19. Marijuana component, for short

21. Like many a coffee order

22. Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky

23. Letters for a sellout

24. Whistle blower

25. "I had something come up," maybe

28. Square root

30. 2003 Will Ferrell film

31. Org. that prohibits Magic 8 Balls and baseball bats

32. Custom in Japanese food service

34. Went letter by letter, to Brits

36. Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here

39. Item seen rolling through this puzzle

40. Fixes, as a piano

41. Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr.

42. Evolutionary "missing link"

44. U.F.C. fighting style

45. Mole, e.g

47. Slobbery smooch

51. First receptionist on "The Office"

52. Delivers, as a baby

53. Before, poetically

54. T. rex fossil named after its discoverer

55. Distinctive feature of the durian fruit

57. The Big Apple's ___ Drive

58. Singer DiFranco

59. Frenemy of Betty in comics

62. Classic Asimov collection

65. Boosted

66. Five Nations tribe

67. __ Marino

68. Patty melt bread

69. Start of many emoticons

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Down

1. Change seeker

2. Shape-shifting organism

3. Like some oats

4. … __ quit!

5. Sat ___ (GPS, to Brits)

6. Perishable bit of apparel

7. Dutch bier

8. Expel with jeers

9. More than one would like

10. Collegiate domain?

11. 'Uh-huh'

13. Scabbers, to Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter books

14. Hip-hop's Run-___

15. Flavoring in some fast food, for short

20. January and November have the most federal ones

23. 'No lie!'

24. Adjusted the rankings of, as a tournament

26. Michigan's ___ Royale National Park

27. Cave dwellers

29. Tats (up)

33. What every "O" in this grid represents

35. The Ramones' genre

36. Material in some eco-friendly clothing

37. Liberal arts college in Michigan

38. Remark accompanied by a facepalm

43. Actor Lamorne of Fox's "New Girl"

46. Sameness

48. Writer Allende

49. Gas brand that sponsors NASCAR

50. Wheat-based meat alternative

56. Benedictine's title

57. It's all the rage

59. Air Force Two passengers, in brief

60. "Fearless" or "1989," for Taylor Swift

61. Middling grade

63. Lead-in to center or room

64. Musician Yoko

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