Relative of a rapier Crossword Clue

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Relative of a rapier Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. cut or injure with a saber
2. kill with a saber
(noun)
1. a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
2. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RAPIER (noun)
1. a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
RELATIVE (noun)
1. an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
2. a person related by blood or marriage
RELATIVE (adjective)
1. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to’
2. estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete

Hint 3: Anagram

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BARES

More NYT Crossword (6/9/2025) Answers

Across

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14. Stinks

15. "Leave me ___!"

16. Record-holder's suffix

17. Dangerous thing to be inside

20. Music genre modifier

21. Cloudless

22. "Slap me five!"

23. Kimono-clad entertainer

25. Not too many

26. Easter or Passover, but not Christmas

32. Great delight

35. Trumpet blast

36. By way of

37. Lent a hand to

39. 'Uh-huh'

40. Linger (on)

42. Cloth at a car wash

43. Valentine bouquet

45. Typical Caribbean cruise stop

46. Beermaker's supply

50. Side-stepper on a beach

51. Small French eatery

55. Insurance filing

57. ___ and aahed

60. Scampering rodent

61. "And bringing up the rear ..." or an apt description of the ends of 17-, 26- and 46-Across

64. Did something exceptionally well, in slang

65. Info gathered by spies

66. Top-class

67. Word before dear or after hell

68. Pond honker

69. Instrument used in Hindustani classical music

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Down

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2. Singer of the theme song to "Skyfall"

3. Georg ___, longtime Chicago Symphony conductor

4. Clickable address

5. Hitchcock film given an R rating 24 years after its release

6. Spot for valuables

7. Utah skiing area

8. Niels ___, physicist portrayed by Kenneth Branagh in "Oppenheimer"

9. Opposite of WSW

10. Spurned

11. Stretches of baking days?

12. Canadian gasoline brand

13. Web address starter

18. Any of several kings of Norway

19. Sporting equipment that is French for "sword"

24. Captain Hook's right-hand man

25. ___ Lingus

27. Vast void

28. Colorful puppy of children's TV

29. Momentary slip

30. Place for a flower box

31. Old wives' ___

32. Attire

33. Pinocchio, at times

34. Outliers in the data

38. Shoot for the stars

41. At ___ end (frazzled)

44. Sphere

47. Court order

48. Assist with a crime

49. Moves obliquely

52. One could be dominant or recessive

53. Follower of Haile Selassie, informally

54. River animal often seen on its back

55. Court surface for the French Open

56. Arriving at 8:00 for a 7:00 dinner, say

57. Bart Simpson's bus driver

58. Individuals

59. Groundhog's home

62. Game with Skip cards

63. Quarterback Manning

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