Bark beetle's target Crossword Clue

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ELMTREE

(7 letters)

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(noun)
1. hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture
2. any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TARGET (noun)
1. the location of the target that is to be hit
2. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
TARGET (verb)
1. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
BEETLE (verb)
1. be suspended over or hang over
2. beat with a beetle
BEETLE (noun)
1. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
2. insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
BEETLE (adjective)
1. jutting or overhanging

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

Elmtree
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
MEL

More NYT Crossword (2/27/2025) Answers

Across

1. Leftover bits

6. They might be kept on someone suspicious

10. Pupil : aperture :: ___ : diaphragm

14. Jason who plays Aquaman

15. On task

16. Pro wrestler John

17. Like a filthy flue

18. Pants in which you may carry a glove

20. Actor ___ Jackson Jr.

22. Meals at boot camps

23. Pants in which you may carry a pen

26. Husband of Sif, in Norse myth

27. Try to win over

28. Absolutely dominate

29. Pass it on

31. Small handful

32. Didn't cook one's food

34. Oven option

35. What the U's in this puzzle's solution represent

37. Stick in a bucket?

40. Describe in a story

41. Me?!

42. Salsa ___

43. Pest that can be a pet

46. Fish whose most plentiful species are the "Atlantic" and "Pacific"

47. Matches or watches

48. Pants in which you may carry a key

50. Script divisions

52. Mirage image

53. Pants in which you may carry a phone

55. Big name in commercial trucks

59. Juneau's is roughly nine times New York City's

60. Delicacy

61. Snakelike, in a way

62. Apt surname for Scarlett?

63. Mars, by another name

64. Herb with a silent H

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1. X-communicates?

2. Kid-lit character whose name rhymes with his book's title character

3. Brooding genre

4. Shook one's defender, in sports lingo

5. States something with authority

6. Salt Lake ___, broadcasting home for radio's "Music & the Spoken Word" since 1929

7. Book you won't get lost in?

8. 2000s HBO series about a polygamous family

9. Broccoli feature

10. Skating performance

11. Grounds

12. Word before peace or planet

13. Back talk

19. Compact Volkswagens

21. Chop —

23. Nest piece

24. Tomato type

25. Bad comment to hear from your surgeon

29. Hearty slow-cooker meals

30. Creative class

33. Ring call, for short

35. Greek goddess of spring

36. Previous

37. ___ Mouse

38. Sulfur property

39. Vanilla holders

40. Certain young parent

42. Made a sudden turn

44. Some of these include coupons

45. Strong desire

47. Make a basket, maybe

48. "Dubliners" author

49. ___ out (intimidate, as by appearing very confident)

50. Mark for life

51. Spanish title: Abbr.

54. Crew item

56. Word with May or D

58. Manhattan component

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