"___ been a long time coming!" Crossword Clue

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"___ been a long time coming!" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

COMING (noun)
1. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
2. arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
COMING (adjective)
1. of the relatively near future
LONG (adjective)
1. good at remembering
2. planning prudently for the future
LONG (verb)
1. desire strongly or persistently

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More NYT Easy Mode Crossword (4/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Cold War alliance that included much of Eastern Europe

11. Pokes with an elbow, say

15. "No one else is here"

16. Sch. whose campus abuts Sunset Boulevard

17. Went fast and furiously?

18. M.R.I., for one

19. Info from a well-placed source, slangily

20. Take care of, as sheep

21. Early video game console, for short

22. Readily available

24. ___ tai (rhyming drink)

26. Cut of sirloin that's often stewed or used in kebabs

29. "I don't know, ___ you?" (sassy response to an ungrammatical request)

30. Self-referential

31. Race with passed batons

34. Something behind a secret door in a spy movie, perhaps

38. Not married

39. Acting award for 56-Across

40. "Mamma ___!" (jukebox musical featuring ABBA songs)

41. Gesture that might accompany a "Doh!"

44. Stat for a student

45. Coated oval pill

46. Language spoken in Vientiane

48. Kitchenware often kept in the same cabinet as pans

49. Has oodles of noodles before a race, maybe

55. Prefix that means "everything"

56. Actress who plays Sydney in "The Bear"

57. Cause of some air quality alerts

58. Entered clumsily

59. "Hell ___ no fury"

60. Places where cops might sit and wait to hand out tickets

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Down

1. Apple's version of Alexa

2. Yemen's neighbor to the northeast

3. Brand of shoes associated with skateboarding

4. Group of Native American tribes that once lived in the Mississippi River Valley

5. Skip over, as a vowel

6. Has a quick break

7. Caused some staining in the wash, perhaps

8. ___ saltado (Peruvian beef stir fry)

9. Even (with)

10. Formally give, as territory

11. "One moment!"

12. Bit of décor that might (literally) light up a room

13. A little meh

14. Stuff to pour out of your shoes after a day at the beach

23. Escape artist Houdini

24. "___ Street" (Sinclair Lewis novel satirizing small-town life)

25. Et cetera

28. Actor Dev of "Slumdog Millionaire"

29. Steven ___, Nobel laureate who was the U.S. secretary of energy under Obama

30. Prize for an Olympian on the podium

32. Home of roughly 60% of the world's population

33. Affirmative, in Congress

35. Long, loud exhalation

36. Session where all questions are fair game, for short

37. Dramatically collapsed

42. Window stickers

43. Wait for Santa, maybe

44. Peanut, casually

45. Punctuation that indicates a pause

47. Notification of a price drop, e.g.

48. Ritzy

50. City that completely contains Vatican City

51. ___ Neuwirth, Tony-winning actress who played Lilith on "Cheers"

52. Opera set in Egypt

53. Kind of coffee commonly found at a hotel

54. Word that sometimes replaces "trespasses" in "The Lord's Prayer"

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