The "King of Mambo" Crossword Clue

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The "King of Mambo" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

KING (noun)
1. a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
2. a competitor who holds a preeminent position
MAMBO (noun)
1. a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba
MAMBO (verb)
1. dance a mambo

More NYT Crossword (12/21/2024) Answers

Across

1. Shifty little sucker?

11. C.D., e.g.: Abbr.

15. Madrid's Teatro Real, for one

16. Character who says "I am short, fat and proud of that"

18. Austrian composer Mahler

19. No longer waffle

20. Pill alternatives, in brief

22. Returner's call

23. À la king?

26. Reason for foot-tapping

28. Lines in bars

29. Confirmation, for one

30. Mount ___, Canada's highest peak

31. Certain tech exec

32. Chinese dog breed, for short

33. All the greater

34. Alabama is in it, but Alaska is not

37. Adds to the code, say

38. Stake

39. Apt name for a thief

40. “The Hate U Give” author Thomas

41. First name in country

42. Rooney of "Women Talking"

43. Most of the 1980s

45. Slogged (through)

46. Its first airing was "The French Chef" with Julia Child

47. "And the ___ raths outgrabe" ("Jabberwocky" line)

48. Exclamation with a shake

49. Black-and-white divers

51. It's a little shady

56. Last ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, familiarly

57. "Worth a shot"

58. What some people display after getting stuck?

59. Far below the surface

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Down

1. X follower, perhaps

2. Lead-in to -gram

3. Losing athlete in the 2002 and 2003 N.B.A. Finals

4. Runs off at the mouth?

5. Like a noisy toy

6. Turned (off)

7. Oft-kissed part of the statue of St. Peter in Vatican City

8. Shield, with "for"

9. Not born yesterday, so to speak

10. Bed hogs, at times

11. Shrinks' org.

12. One who's made it to some degree?

13. Lands

14. "I kinda like it!"

21. Isolated

23. SALT, but not PEPPER

24. Star-forming region nearest to Earth

25. Go ballistic

26. Jhené ___, Grammy-nominated R&B singer

27. Japanese food that's a good source of what it spells backward

29. Some who whistle while they work

32. Comms group

33. Noisy Asian bird

35. Pen for a hit

36. Latin for "trumpet"

41. Like many on a Zoom call

42. Vineyard eponym

44. Like a sole-source contract

45. Form letters?

48. Blue laws, e.g.

50. This means trouble

52. Woodpecker's fare

53. Bad place to be stuck

54. Short palindrome in the middle of a famous longer one

55. Track stat

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