"Why not __?" Crossword Clue

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"Why not __?" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

THESSALIAN (noun)
1. a native or inhabitant of Thessaly
INTRANSITIVE (noun)
1. a verb (or verb construction) that does not take an object
INTRANSITIVE (adjective)
1. designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object

More New Yorker Crossword (7/28/2025) Answers

Across

1. Mythical creature of Latin American lore

11. Unexceptional

15. Little devil

16. Pizza option, casually

17. People whose work requires them to get up quickly?

19. Sharpens, in a way

20. ___ Energy Center (Minnesota Wild home arena sometimes called “the X”)

22. Veggie in a spring risotto, perhaps

23. High ___

24. Cambridge or King’s, e.g.

26. Phrase that means the opposite of “lest”

28. Chi-Town lines

29. Cold coat

31. Contacted, in a way

32. “Pass the suds”

33. Foot-long purchase

34. Literally, “finger pressure”

37. Clearing aids

39. End, as a subscription

40. Sizable chamber-music ensembles

42. Let out

43. Pricey reservation, maybe

44. It’s useful for plot development

47. Track for some future defenders

49. Rooibos, e.g.

50. Wisecrack

51. Loos

52. “In Defense of ‘___,’ a Perfect Word” (Texas Monthly headline)

54. Humorously unexpected

56. Four-time Tony nominee Esparza

58. "Never in a million years"

60. “___ virumque cano” (opening words of the Aeneid)

61. Line that terminates

62. Little sound

63. Rented

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Down

1. Gliding ballet step

2. Stop for a backpacker

3. Michelob offerings

4. Ones with burning desires

5. On

6. Rebukes

7. Palindromic constellation

8. Technical term for teeth grinding

9. Grp. given marching orders

10. Bums

11. Texter’s “one sec”

12. Legal finding?

13. What the southern tamandua is a species of

14. Modern taunt to one’s detractors

21. Offer that’s barely of interest?

25. Result of a perfect game

27. P.M. whose tenure failed to outlast a head of lettuce purchased by a British tabloid

29. Designated time of celebration

30. Word in the title of a song about a polka-dot bikini

32. Art ___ (annual event since 1970)

34. Brand of early-nineties fad bracelets

35. Conditioning is part of it

36. “It seems safe to say . . .”

38. Merchant

41. Not just mentally

44. Ellen’s longtime “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star

45. Gives a take

46. Crack

48. High-end butcher-shop purchase

50. Pulitzer-winning poet Graham

53. Diving bird

55. "hahahaha"

57. Drink (up)

59. Bly of the N.F.L.

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