“___” song (musical-theatre term for a number in which a character expresses an inner desire) Crossword Clue

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“___” song (musical-theatre term for a number in which a character expresses an inner desire) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

CHARACTER (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
CHARACTER (verb)
1. engrave or inscribe characters on

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More New Yorker Crossword (1/7/2025) Answers

Across

1. Word after squeaky or hamster

6. Spread some gossip

10. Implement on the wall of a boathouse

13. Get close to dying, in a way

15. Lake visible from Cedar Point

16. Long whose character goes missing in “Missing”

17. Part of a reindeer costume

18. “My darling,” in French

20. Making out while out and about: Abbr.

21. Animal depicted on Wyoming’s flag

23. Short putt

24. Layer in a bed

26. Simba, to Mufasa

27. Food fish whose name means “pretty”

28. Person who might give you a lift?

31. Finish off a round quickly

32. Magna ___ laude

33. Double-crosser

36. First part of a procedure

38. Period awaited by an étudiant

39. "What's the ___?"

40. Creatives who work in bars?

42. Jocular conspiracy theory alleging government surveillance in avian disguise

47. Actress who delivers the “cerulean sweater” monologue, in “The Devil Wears Prada”

48. Propel a shell

49. Henry known as the Great Compromiser

52. 'Huh, neat'

54. Pool hall stick

55. Event with undercover transactions?

57. Creature also called a suckerfish

59. Old-school messaging option, for short

60. Meat-grading org.

61. Scoundrels

62. Once known as

63. Made an entreaty

64. Resided

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Down

1. Makes a present presentable

2. “Absolutely,” casually

3. Necessarily include

4. Ninety-degree turn

5. "I Do" singer Lisa

6. Pulitzer-winning Barbara Kingsolver novel inspired by a Charles Dickens work

7. Pressing need

8. Behave badly

9. “Romeo and Juliet” composer Berlioz

10. Olympic diver’s outfit

11. Say what’s on one’s mind

12. Lady Gaga–Ariana Grande song whose music video takes place during a downpour

14. Attachment for a Wii remote

19. Display, as a painting

22. “. . . at least, that’s what they say”

25. Lard ___ (boyish doughnut-shop mascot on “The Simpsons”)

27. Transit plan with many stops

29. ... --- ...

30. “Quit it already!”

33. Isn’t a gracious winner

34. So to speak

35. Poet Hayes who won a National Book Award for the collection “Lighthead”

37. Make a gaffe

41. Brief moment

43. Bit of progress

44. Arranges a blind date for, say

45. Architectural hideaway

46. Part of a champion’s wreath

50. Sourdough-starter component

52. Descriptor of many a "shoppe"

53. ___ one’s way (proceed meanderingly)

56. In which a raised pinkie represents the letter “I”: Abbr.

58. Gaping mouth

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