Barely leading Crossword Clue

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Barely leading Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BARELY (adverb)
1. almost not
2. by a little
LEADING (noun)
1. the activity of leading
2. thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
LEADING (adjective)
1. indicating the most important performer or role
2. having the leading position or higher score in a contest

More WSJ Crossword (4/12/2025) Answers

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1. Potpourri piece

6. Bit of personal info, slangily

10. Tale

14. Reggae forerunner

17. Wipe away

18. Handbag seller since 1941

19. Unit charges

21. Retort to a doubter of one’s ability

22. Body mass with a name meaning “little bunch of grapes”

23. Purple-topped vegetables

24. Scottish city that probably doesn’t have any crocodiles

26. Befuddled

28. Shindig

29. Get a closer look, in a way

31. Really mispronounce, say

33. Growth site

34. Yours, in Tours

35. “Gosh darn!”

37. Bozos, in Canadian slang

39. Cases for podiatrists

41. Cry from a Verona balcony

43. Some soccer shots

49. Song sung by Disney’s Dwarfs

51. Drink slowly

53. Encouraged

54. Small village

56. Company added to the Dow in 1979 after dropping out four decades earlier

58. Justice Samuel

59. Ballpark figure

63. Org. that aids startups

64. Fight site

67. Give a post more comments than likes, in internet slang

68. Craig’s predecessor as morning TV anchor

69. Many a side hustle, and a description of seven of this puzzle’s answers, in a way

73. “Over there,” to Shakespeare

74. Break out in ___ sweat

76. “Past Lives” star Lee

77. Yellowfin, at the sushi restaurant

78. Hindu honorifics

79. Solitary sort

80. Luau loop

81. Like a super’s keys

84. “Wow! My mind is blown!”

86. Light on the range

89. Barely manages

94. Nuclear treaty provision

95. Sentence shortener, of a sort

97. Jazz legend with an Egypt-inspired name

98. Sonata sections

101. Take it easy

103. Grating sound

104. 'Give it a rest!'

109. Neat and tidy

111. Angle symbols, in trig

113. Completely opposite

114. Iraq’s chief port

115. Line in a book?

117. Where do you get off?

120. "1, 2 Step" singer

122. Person who puts up with you?

125. Fishy deli choice

126. “Confessions” singer

127. Samurai wear

128. CIA predecessor

129. Lower digits

130. Care for

131. Tall and thin

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Down

1. Delt neighbor

2. Historic stretch

3. Kind of chicken that might be served with a yogurt marinade

4. Presumptuous

5. Téa of "Madam Secretary"

6. Something you might find in your freezer or your shower

7. Seine contents

8. Panache

9. “The Iron Lady” subject

10. “Don’t deny it!”

11. Hill colonist

12. FDA suggestion

13. What “check” might mean

14. “Night Moves” singer Bob

15. “Sad ___” (2010 meme of an actor on a bench eating a sandwich)

16. Short staff?

18. Pool poker

19. Grand Council of the ___ (Quebec political group)

20. Top pick informally

25. Org. once led by Tim Kaine

27. Waves away

29. Galifianakis of “The Hangover”

30. Great Plains tribe

33. Software licensee

36. Home device that doubles as a vehicle for cats

38. Baba au ___ (spongy cake)

40. “Too loud!”

42. Make a significant change

44. Petri dish substrate

45. Airport woes

46. Sentence shortener, of a sort

47. Helical pasta

48. Ornamental hairnets

50. Padlock’s place

52. __ kleine Nachtmusik

55. Tee choice

57. Native of the Caribbean’s Bridgetown, e.g.

59. Former NBC film critic Gene

60. In the future

61. Beautiful youth of Greek myth

62. On-air performers, in showbiz lingo

65. Popular fabric dye brand

66. Key of Dvoák’s “Serenade for Strings”

70. Klutzy move

71. Deary me!

72. Swindle

75. Washed out

80. Joking Jay

82. Bikini you could swim around but not in

83. "Certainly!"

85. Alert

87. Bygone music players

88. Like a wooden jigsaw puzzle

90. Whatever you say ...

91. Words in the title of a composer’s homage

92. Bear in the sky

93. Pub fixtures

96. Like a complex performance

99. Sign on a girls’ pillow fort

100. Hang

102. LGA approximation

104. Decide you will

105. Son of Osiris

106. Extended families

107. Mother of Hermes

108. “Welp, guess you hate that idea”

110. Salary booster

112. “Horrible” Viking of the comics

116. Blemish

118. ___ Balls (Hostess snack)

119. Square root of nove

121. Philip of TV’s “Kung Fu”

123. Lawn material

124. Make an attempt

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