"If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice) Crossword Clue

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"If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a Caucasian
2. United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)
(adjective)
1. anemic looking from illness or emotion
2. restricted to whites only
(verb)
1. turn white

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ADVICE (noun)
1. a proposal for an appropriate course of action
BROWN (noun)
1. a university in Rhode Island
2. an orange of low brightness and saturation
BROWN (adjective)
1. (of skin) deeply suntanned
2. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
BROWN (verb)
1. make brown in color
2. fry in a pan until it changes color

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
WITHE

More NYT Crossword (10/24/2024) Answers

Across

1. Workplace for a young Abraham Lincoln

4. Marine animal with distinctive eye patches

8. Promote oneself

13. Had beef, perhaps

14. Sport

15. Writes with a point?

17. Selecting for a jury

19. Nickname alternative to Teddy

20. Bash

23. Vinyl records, slangily

24. Stinging jellyfish

26. North Dakota's most populous city

28. Epsilon follower

29. They end in diciembre

31. 'Darn it!'

32. Emphasis-providing suffix

33. Thick Japanese noodle

34. Words of protest

35. "Who's interested?" ... or, phonetically, what four answers in this puzzle are vis-à-vis the answers next to them

38. Get ready to fly

40. Ancient Peruvian

41. "Also also ...," for short

44. Hefty read

45. Dude

46. Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress"

47. Frank Sinatra's reads "The best is yet to come"

50. Arrogantly confident

52. City that's home to the World of Coca-Cola museum: Abbr.

53. Actress Salma

55. Radiator sound

56. Proponents of crystal healing

58. On the same side

61. Totally forgets to do something, informally

62. Sports team's assignment

63. DiFranco who played Persephone in "Hadestown"

64. Tip-off that you've forgotten something in the toaster

65. Move gradually

66. GPS option: Abbr.

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Down

1. Antioxidant-infused water brand

2. Costs of withdrawing

3. Emphasizes, in a way

4. Baby that's up all night?

5. Big name in outdoor gear

6. "Must this conversation happen again?"

7. Cry of frustration

8. Fighting fish

9. Last choice, often

10. Crush

11. Take to the door

12. Security deposit payers

16. Makes more alluring, with "up"

18. Flour in Indian cuisine

22. Theoreticals

24. Singer with the 2023 #1 hit "Kill Bill"

25. Word after leading or lunch

27. Serengeti herd

30. Live

33. Prefix with directional

34. Cone ___ (iconic costume piece for Madonna)

35. Got rid of

36. Really got to work, with "down"

37. Second

38. Abdominal floor exercises

39. Mishmash

41. Cook until a crust forms

42. Roll call response

43. Voice

44. Becomes less tense

45. "I tell ya ..."

46. Personal stake, in a metaphor

48. Animated film character with a Scottish accent

49. French cup

51. Reproach

54. Deftness

57. Prefix with system

59. Table support

60. Block in Atlantic City

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