Gadfly Crossword Clue

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Gadfly Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any epidemic disease with a high death rate
2. a persistently annoying person

Hint 2: Clue Definition

GADFLY (noun)
1. a persistently annoying person
2. any of various large flies that annoy livestock

Hint 3: Anagram

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More New Yorker Crossword (3/18/2025) Answers

Across

1. Competent

5. Version with limited features, perhaps

9. 'Sharknado' channel

13. Visual reference for a vibe

15. Alphabet quintet

17. 'What a shame'

18. Something that’s been aired before

19. Direction opposite NNW

20. Oh come on

21. Containing more than one F-word, perhaps

22. “You could have been a little nicer about it”

24. Decimal base

25. “Get a move on!” quaintly

26. Taylor Swift’s “All ___ Well”

28. One designed for nursing may have clips on the sides

29. Bars

30. Low-profile profile

33. Simple, sweet breakfast treat

34. “Wait, since when?!”

35. Creative slumps

36. Many characters on “Grey’s Anatomy,” for short

37. Cheer for a footballer

38. "So frustrating!"

39. Main ingredient in natto

40. When military operations are scheduled to launch

44. Select, in class

46. German title

49. “Or ___ was told”

50. ___ bottle (three-dimensional analogue of a Möbius strip)

51. Aft structures on ships

53. Certain spiritual text

54. Nice pancake houses?

55. Baby ___ (pack ’n’ play, diaper bag, etc.)

57. "S.N.L." alum Bryant

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1. “Breaking ___” (TLC reality show about five Anabaptists who move to New York City)

2. “Big Band ___ Nova” (Quincy Jones album)

3. One who excels at solitaire, perhaps

4. Summer clock setting in D.C.

5. Adulate, with “on”

6. Alleviate

7. Singer Jason who came in second on Season 32 of “Dancing with the Stars”

8. Like any integer that has a remainder when divided by two

9. ___ wrap

10. Hurl, in modern lingo

11. Place for a pole

12. “Whoa, that was a bold move . . .”

14. Grazers in the Rockies

16. Civil disturbance

21. Get angry about, say

23. Features of many Tom Cruise performances

24. Like Representative Sarah McBride, notably

27. Without letting up

28. They can be tinted, laminated, or waxed

29. Didn’t stay put

30. Winter Olympian who carries a rifle

31. Nail file material

32. Unflappable guy

33. Guzzle

34. Rivian R1Ts, e.g.

39. Submarine detector

41. ___ art (text-based designs sometimes seen in e-mail signatures)

42. Harnessed, as oxen

43. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” star Spacek

45. Turkish currency

46. “Watch out for that golf ball I just hit!”

47. Ikura and tobiko, for two

48. Cal entry

51. Go-to medical practitioner, for short

52. Time-line segment

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