Pond scum Crossword Clue

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Pond scum Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SCUM (noun)
1. worthless people
2. a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
SCUM (verb)
1. remove the scum from
POND (noun)
1. a small lake

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More USA Today Crossword (6/26/2025) Answers

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14. Canceled abruptly

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16. Talk up

17. Horse-drawn winter excursion

19. Traveled by train

20. Sealy alternative

21. Personal hero

22. "___ a roll!"

23. Crafty

25. Its my call

27. Kinda

30. "Dig in, everyone"

34. Ooze

36. Really impresses

37. Alleviated

42. Reacts joyfully to a grandchild's performance in a school musical, say

45. Therefore

46. Olympic sword

47. Lion's hair

48. Chose from a menu

51. Feature of an open-world video game

52. Sea creatures with eight arms and three hearts

56. ___ Angeles

58. Gazpacho or pho

59. Violin tuning parts

63. It's true!

67. Meet-___ (rom-com trope)

68. Toy that attaches to a garden hose

70. Taiwanese laptop brand

72. Niqab for example

73. "Better Call Saul" star Seehorn

74. Squander

75. Wraps up

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Down

1. Density times volume

2. Rod that connects wheels

3. Does and bucks

4. Changes to manuscripts

5. Satisfied sound

6. Apple assistant

7. Surrounded by

8. Extinct flightless bird

9. ___ Bedelia (children's book character who struggles to understand idioms)

10. Sun-filled lobbies

11. Spacious

12. "Congrats!"

13. ___ pad (retro notebook)

18. Nerve

24. Evergreen trees used to make archery bows

26. Part of a recipe

27. "Hair Love" actor Rae

28. Like many T-shirt quilts

29. Pay attention to

31. Pulled behind

32. Run through a card reader

33. "Cuando Baila Yemaya" artist Hernandez

35. thx counterpart

38. Asset for an outfielder

39. Thailand's former name

40. Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay

41. Profound

43. Incredicoaster feature

44. Back of the foot

49. Carpenter’s hand tool

50. Slips into, like clothing

52. Grouchy "Sesame Street" character

53. Sofa

54. Student with a private teacher

55. "Otello" or "Madama Butterfly"

57. Complete, like a crossword puzzle

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61. Band's jobs

62. Minor argument

64. Property claim

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69. Previously known as

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