A winning scenario in a best-of-three game Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SCENARIO (noun)
1. an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
2. a postulated sequence of possible events
WINNING (adjective)
1. very attractive; capturing interest
2. having won
WINNING (noun)
1. succeeding with great difficulty

More NYT Crossword (8/14/2025) Answers

Across

1. Molecule that stores energy in the body, in brief

4. Word before rope or scare

8. Loose-limbed

13. Talk like a tippler

14. Far from shore

15. City on the Nile … or a punny end to the joke "When a tight-knit group of cygnets votes, they vote ___"

16. Do a collie's work

17. ["I'll take 'Tennis' for $200, Ken"] It means nothing

19. Pre-med track precursor, in brief

21. Cookie holder

22. Not many

23. ["Let's go with 'Nickname's the Same' for $400"] Bruce Springsteen, Lance Armstrong and Melissa McCarthy in a 2016 comedy

27. Transistor states

28. Honda luxury brand

29. Over yonder

31. Bubbles, e.g.

34. Hauls

36. Muscle-and-bone doc

39. ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast"

41. ["How about 'Sports and Comedy' for $800"] He was on first base, per Abbott and Costello

43. The Supreme Court justices, collectively

44. Charlie's Angels, e.g.

46. Swanky

47. Doubled or tripled, say

49. Gas brand with a torch in its logo

51. Savanna prey

53. ["I'll try 'Painted Ladies' for $1,000"] This piece by Impressionist Mary Cassatt shows two women enjoying a drink

58. Kelly of morning TV

60. Guile

61. Key ring?

62. At risk … or where one might hear the clue-and-answer pairs at 17-, 23-, 39-, 41- and 53-Across?

66. "Thus with a kiss ___" (Romeo's final words)

67. Sea inlet surrounded by steep cliffs

68. In one's birthday suit

69. Try to win over

70. Hasbro word game that comes with a 60-second hourglass

71. Go like a geyser

72. Word after kick or dumb

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Down

1. Hebrew leader?

2. Booster for a dragster

3. Result of a scandal going viral, in brief

4. Prominent feature of a hippopotamus or crocodile

5. Escort in the theater, informally

6. Human, to a robot

7. Outdoor party area

8. ___ Palmas, capital of the Canaries

9. Cuba o Puerto Rico

11. Sanctuary

12. TV show that has existed since before online media, despite what its name suggests

13. “Man and Superman” playwright

18. Tech sch

20. Like easy-to-get meds, in brief

24. Peacock competitor

25. Go off

26. Drive off

30. Horatian work of ca. 18 B.C.

31. Not rent, say

32. Greek letter that looks like "p"

33. Incredible work

35. Does some strokes

37. Dept. that oversees the F.D.A.

38. Look at THAT!

40. Gumbo, for one

42. Terrifying sound for a field mouse

45. Terrifying device for a field mouse

48. Larrup

50. When repeated, a dance

51. Dirty money

52. Symbol of stealth

54. Emiratis, e.g.

55. Some list items

56. Mount St. ___, second-highest mountain in Canada

57. Trebek who once hosted this puzzle's theme

59. Nestlé chocolate bar

63. Lead-in to meter

64. Grammy-winning Dr. ___

65. Poison source in Agatha Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye"

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