Bit of ointment Crossword Clue

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Bit of ointment Crossword Answer

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DAB

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(verb)
1. apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
2. hit lightly
(noun)
1. a light touch or stroke
2. a small quantity of something moist or liquid

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OINTMENT (noun)
1. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
2. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
BIT (noun)
1. an indefinitely short time
2. a small fragment

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

Dab
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Hint 4: Anagram

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BAD

More WSJ Crossword (8/4/2025) Answers

Across

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14. Follow the outline of

15. Prolonged pain

16. Thompson of “Back to the Future”

17. Make up for injustice

19. Be mistaken

20. 'Ah, got it'

21. Stratford-__-Avon

22. Website for film buffs

24. Apiece

25. “Give ___ go”

26. Mark down, say

28. Understand completely

32. Tartan wearer, perhaps

34. Celebrity chef Garten

35. From ___ Z

36. Nostalgic place to visit

41. Sushi topper

42. Charged particle

43. Travel document

44. Make dinner, say

49. Sights of the Southwest

50. Theater chain initials

54. Disney collectibles

55. Answerer of some phone questions

57. Stallion, to a foal

58. Earning a one-star rating, perhaps

59. 1990 sci-fi film set on Mars

62. NPR host Shapiro

63. Gregg Allman’s bandmate brother

64. Group of jurors

65. Econ. indicator

66. Showily pretentious

67. Gather together

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Down

1. Get naked

2. Greet the day

3. Draft choice

4. Massage target

5. Tigers, on sports tickers

6. Tree with oblong yellow-green fruit

7. Farming prefix

8. Day divider

9. "Tom Lake" novelist Patchett

10. The Temptations’ first #1 hit

11. Needs for mushers

12. Nighttime brew, perhaps

13. Place for a stud or a bud

18. Start for correct or pilot

23. Kitten's cry

25. Part of IHOP

27. Mop & ___ (floor cleaner)

28. Ornamental fish

29. Grammy-winning Apple

30. Colorful cousin of crazy eights

31. Young bloke

32. Record of birdies and bogeys

33. Nachos accompanier

37. SSE or NNW, e.g.

38. Garden tool

39. Climate control syst.

40. Crude stuff

41. Turntable or tachometer abbr.

45. Buddy

46. Legal drama fig.

47. Reggae legend Bob

48. Mideast leader

51. Ross of the Supremes

52. Van Gogh painted there

53. Items responsible for this puzzle’s surrounding sounds

55. Pronto, in the operating room

56. McShane and McKellen, for two

57. Racket

58. Carry-on item

60. Belonging to you and me?

61. Pollution-monitoring org.

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