Destroy Crossword Clue

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SMASH

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FRY

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RAVAGE

(6 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. deprive of virginity
2. destroy completely; damage irreparably
(noun)
1. an event that results in destruction
2. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DESTROY (verb)
1. put (an animal) to death
2. destroy completely; damage irreparably

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SMASH
(5 letters)
FRY
(3 letters)
RAVAGE
(6 letters)

More New Yorker Crossword (5/14/2025) Answers

Across

1. Diagram with x- and y-axes

6. Exchange

10. Particle that’s split in nuclear fission

14. Sight : video :: sound : ___

15. Bringer of gradual doom for a sandcastle, maybe

16. Pump or wedge, for example

17. Bear such as the National Zoo’s Bao Li or Qing Bao

19. Autumnal equinox mo.

20. 'Whichever'

21. Adhesive skin-care products that might be advertised as unclogging

23. 'Not to ___ my own horn . . .'

24. Big name in speakers and headphones

25. “No surprise to me”

31. Quartet for a Sonata?

32. Dashboard indicator

33. URL ending for the I.R.S.

35. Chip in for a round of poker

36. St. ___ Cathedral (London landmark)

37. Carmaker owned by Volkswagen

38. Word before “It Go” and “It Snow” in song titles

39. Rock that produces sparks

40. Salty, meat-tenderizing solution

41. Sassy question in response to a question

44. "Layla" singer Clapton

45. Slinkys and Lincoln Logs, for example

46. Was suddenly unable to remember . . . or lucked out in Scrabble

49. Bio or chem, e.g.

52. Recuperate

53. Lickable candy-within-a-candy

55. Mountains in the opening credits of “The Sound of Music”

56. Pale shade whose name means “unbleached” in French

57. Nickname for Ignacio Anaya García, inventor of a cheese-covered tortilla-chip snack

58. Eye ailment

59. Many Little League coaches

60. Type of jury or piano

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Down

1. “Mayhem” artist Lady ___

3. One ___ (vitamin brand)

4. Object toppled by a bowler

5. Dishes for which broths are kept simmering at the table

6. Go back to the beginning

7. Focus of a Napa Valley tour

8. Includes in the total

9. Wetlands whose decaying plant matter makes them carbon sinks

10. St. Francis of ___ (patron saint of Italy)

11. Batman foe who’s been played by Danny DeVito and Colin Farrell

12. I'm such a butterfingers!

13. "When Harry ___ Sally ... "

18. Fictional bear who frets about Heffalumps and Woozles

22. 'Julius Caesar' setting

23. Overly cutesy

25. Angled typeface: Abbr.

26. Tendon

27. Treatment through creative expression such as painting or sculpture

28. Tease unkindly

29. Popularity among a small but fervent fan base

30. Heaven forbid!

34. Perk of a penthouse, perhaps

36. Appeased

37. Synagogue cabinets

39. Texter’s “Should you care to know”

40. Monarch crowned in childhood, like Tutankhamun

42. Unspecific ultimatum ending

43. Lots and lots

46. Shoulder muscle, for short

47. ___ Raton, Florida

48. One who goes “a-leaping” in “The Twelve Days of Christmas”

49. Pet rescue org.

50. McCarthyite lawyer Roy who’s played by Jeremy Strong in “The Apprentice”

51. Discontinued Apple music gadget

52. "That ship ___ sailed"

54. Spot for a stud or a cuff

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