Cutting down the ___ (March Madness tradition) Crossword Clue

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Cutting down the ___ (March Madness tradition) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
2. an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
(verb)
1. yield as a net profit
2. make as a net profit
(adjective)
1. conclusive in a process or progression
2. remaining after all deductions

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TRADITION (noun)
1. a specific practice of long standing
2. an inherited pattern of thought or action
CUTTING (noun)
1. an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
2. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
CUTTING (adjective)
1. (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character
2. painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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More USA Today Crossword (11/11/2024) Answers

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19. Twelve-mo. periods

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21. Primates in "Tarzan"

24. Wild guess at trivia night

27. Letter after eta

30. "Girls5___"

31. Subject of a Jan. observance

33. Like a relationship in the talking stage

35. "This is serious to me now"

38. Checkout devices

39. It's not to be believed

41. "Bright Star" poet John

43. Taylor Swift's "Red" and "folklore," e.g.

46. "We'd love to do it"

48. Soaks

50. "Every Little Thing ___ Does Is Magic"

52. Refusing to budge

56. "Couldn't be more simple"

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63. Troublesome

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Down

1. Treacherous

2. Goes in

3. Most sneaky

4. Office sub

5. Play with a clicker, say

6. Smoothie seeds

7. Health insurance company

8. Puppies' indoor recreation areas

9. "cannot believe u just said that!"

10. ___ Paulo Brazil

12. Flow slowly

13. Recipe abbreviation

15. Glasgow resident

16. "That woman has my whole entire heart"

18. "You're in trouble now!"

22. Anticipatory nights

23. "I don't wanna look at anything else now that I ___ you"

25. Word repeated in Hozier's "Take Me to Church"

26. Emotionless gaze

28. Part of a cat costume

29. Tomorrow musical

32. __-jerk reaction

34. "Now she's smilin' ear to ear / She's the headlights, I'm the ___"

35. Slushy brand with a LlamaNade flavor

36. "Friends" star LeBlanc

37. Muscular

38. NBC show with a "Totino's" sketch

42. Start to wake up

44. Lines spoken to an audience

45. Got smaller

47. People with LiveJournal accounts, once

49. Scissors sound

51. "How to Love the ___ Air" (Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz book)

53. "I'll take that ___ compliment"

54. Goop

55. Extravagant party

56. '. . . more or less'

57. Bruno, to Mirabel, in "Encanto"

58. Spanish for "to be"

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