Continental U.S. state capital that’s closest to the Pacific Crossword Clue

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Continental U.S. state capital that’s closest to the Pacific Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of the state on the Willamette River
2. a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft trials in 1692

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CONTINENTAL (adjective)
1. being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe
CLOSEST (adverb)
1. (superlative of `near’ or `close’) within the shortest distance

Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (4/16/2025) Answers

Across

1. What to do before being successful?

7. Tree with heart-shaped leaves and beanlike seedpods

14. Morgan Stanley subsidiary

15. Fences and dams, e.g.

16. Play a flute

17. Some lifesavers, for short

18. Plaintive 1973 Rolling Stones hit

20. Wholly absorbed

22. NBA team that began as the Dallas Chaparrals

26. Tennis great who never won the U.S. Open

28. Lucid, e.g.

29. House mate?

31. Years, for Yves

32. Draped dress

33. Jicama, for example

34. Transit option to get from the Smithsonian to the Pentagon

36. Opposite of int.

38. Smoldering bit

39. Witch craft?

40. Fruit basket fruit

42. Outrage

43. Organism needing oxygen

45. Nail polish brand

46. Diagnosis for some returning vets: Abbr.

47. Transparent dish type

48. Tofu cousin

50. Top-tier

52. Make one’s own

55. Hitch

59. Napoli’s nation

60. 1964 Beatles song

61. Like Chaplin’s “City Lights”

62. British singer Bedingfield

63. Terrarium growths

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Down

1. Crumbly salad topper

2. Scads

3. Ralphs, Fred Meyer or Harris Teeter, e.g.

4. Absorbing, as an expense

5. Sluggard

6. Simple top

7. Composer Orff

8. James of "Gunsmoke"

9. Swan species

10. Intangible quality

11. ___ Halles (Paris food market)

12. Before, as a beginning

13. "Imbecile!"

15. “The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies” author

19. Left over

21. Key Obama legislation, for short

23. Word split by an oak branch on a dime’s back

24. You can get sucked into them online (and a hint to this puzzle’s theme)

25. Directs

26. “La ___” (Ritchie Valens hit)

27. Beginner’s push-up routine, say

30. Blundered

32. Mariachi singers’ toppers

35. Canal type

37. Skin-ny tent?

41. Objective

44. Bad Guy singer Billie

46. Piano trio?

49. Cookout setting

51. It might be rough or half-baked

53. Cabinet wood

54. Skin pics

55. Clutter container

56. Thurman of “Dangerous Liaisons”

57. Roll carried to yoga class

58. In the manner of

59. Distinct philosophy

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