Failing to meet expectations, or what this answer is Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FAILING (noun)
1. failure to reach a minimum required performance
2. a flaw or weak point
FAILING (adjective)
1. below acceptable in performance
ANSWER (verb)
1. react verbally
2. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
ANSWER (noun)
1. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
2. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

More WSJ Crossword (3/6/2025) Answers

Across

1. Fanatical following

5. Bar mixer

10. Online site for artisans

14. Symphony member

15. Speedy option from Boston to Washington

16. Beat faster than usual

17. Dimwitted, or what this answer is

19. Impulse relayer

20. Dennings of the “Thor” movies

21. Plaza resident in a series of books

22. Puts in stitches

23. Chump

25. Goal for a mountaineer

27. Teacher’s allocation, or what this answer has

33. Hobby shop purchase

36. Dominant

37. Steaming

38. ___-Z (classic sports car)

39. Omni rival

40. Nimble for one's age

41. Band performance

42. Like hair gels

43. 39-Across property

47. Woodstock gear

48. Puts up

52. Class that gives students problems

54. Excited commotion

58. Historic period

59. Hosiery shade

60. Lionel Richie song, or what this answer has

62. Blender sound

63. Used the dining room, say

64. Cream additive

65. Risqué message

66. Prescribed portions

67. Custodial tools

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Down

1. Bops on the bean

2. Destroyer destroyer

3. Match game, of a sort

4. Caffeine source

5. More improbable

6. Eight, to Augustus

7. Nostalgic soft drink brand

8. Spots in la mer

9. Home of Funshine Bear and Cheer Bear, in cartoons

10. Classroom need

11. Like some churches and bonds

12. Flat-bottomed hauler

13. Hankerings

18. Paper size

24. Crude assoc.

26. Angel dust initials

28. Toast words

29. Like some game purchases

30. Brief workers, briefly

31. Gauntlet, in metaphor

32. Whittier’s “Snow-Bound,” e.g.

33. Catchall abbr

34. Black-and-white treat

35. Bygone printer type

39. 63-gallon wine cask

40. Angry

42. Econ. indicator

43. Wedding rings

45. “That was really uncalled for”

46. Oscar winners Hayes, Mirren and Hunt

49. Yo-Yo strings?

50. Brownie batch?

51. Closer’s stat

52. Kitten cries

53. Distress signal, of a sort

55. No longer fooled by

56. Lofty works

57. Bend at the barre

61. Frodo's friend

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