Fierce Bruce Crossword Clue

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Fierce Bruce Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
2. United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
(adjective)
1. towards the side away from the wind

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FIERCE (adjective)
1. ruthless in competition
2. violently agitated and turbulent
BRUCE (noun)
1. king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329)
2. Australian physician and bacteriologist who described the bacterium that causes undulant fever or brucellosis (1855-1931)

Hint 3: Anagram

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More WSJ Crossword (2/21/2025) Answers

Across

1. Spalding rival

5. Men of the future

9. Fires

14. Roughly

15. Shivering fit

16. Sacred name, in Islam

17. Plea for peace

19. Soft fabric

20. India's smallest state

21. Third part of a maxim

23. It’s worn around the neck

25. Protector of Horus

26. Make liquid

29. Least adventurous

34. Choose not to hit snooze

39. Capital on the Willamette River

40. Carbon compound

41. Irritate

43. One of the four directions on a joystick

44. One of the Barrymores

46. Start to swoon

48. Bottom-of-page text

50. Look over quickly

51. Valley of vineyards

54. Star in Cygnus

58. Finally say “No!”

64. Pub quaff

65. Ulnae neighbors

66. Catch the pitcher napping, maybe

68. Gwen of news fame

69. Grocery store vehicle.

70. Sinister sign

71. Gasps for air

72. Showy flower

73. Bicycle wheel part

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Down

1. Europe's longest river

2. Sweets in sleeves

3. TV bartender

4. Mazel ___!

5. Light source

6. “A Death in the Family” novelist James

7. Persian Gulf capital

8. Verb in personal ads

9. Fried appetizers

10. Soothing stuff

11. 154, another way

12. Conservative activist Lake

13. Silly Silverstein

18. First name in cosmetics

22. Minor complaint

24. Food with a fold

27. House cat’s place, often

28. Far from kosher

30. Tours title

31. The Time Machine race

32. Stitched

33. Cartoon characters Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael, briefly

34. Surfing hazard

35. Really digging

36. Part of NYC or London

38. Part of YSL

42. Wapiti, more commonly

45. Dal makhani ingredient

47. Name in Cuban history

49. Go team!

52. Joe in “Lethal Weapon 4”

53. Where rings are exchanged

55. Tennis star Osaka

56. Bugs bugs him

57. Fashion’s Geoffrey

58. Tap trouble

59. Tennis star who retired in ’24

60. Score for 59-Down

61. Droop

62. Yesterday, in Trieste

63. NL East squad

67. Flying off the shelves

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