Newscast closer Crossword Clue

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Newscast closer Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. summarize briefly
(noun)
1. a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
2. a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NEWSCAST (noun)
1. a broadcast of news or commentary on the news
CLOSER (noun)
1. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
2. a person who closes something
CLOSER (adverb)
1. (comparative of `near’ or `close’) within a shorter distance

Hint 3: Anagram

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CAPER

More WSJ Crossword (6/5/2025) Answers

Across

1. Pleased with oneself

5. Etch A Sketch pair

10. Olympic warrior

14. Whiff or whisper

15. Draw up a new plan

16. Was charitable

17. Miscellany

18. Home of baseball’s Orix Buffaloes

19. Visa alternative

20. Flair of wrestling

21. Jump on an opportunity

23. Lovergirl singer __ Marie

25. Refrain pieces

26. Temporary tattoo medium

27. Get physical

29. Gender pronoun option

31. Sound intensity unit

32. "Da 5 Bloods" director

33. Head of a family

34. Duty

35. Mail-processing tools, and what the four theme answers each have

39. “All I Can Be” country singer Collin

40. Schmear accompanier, sometimes

41. Dreamy state

42. Squeeze (out)

43. Bygone five-centime coin

44. Disentangle.

50. No. between 0.0 and 4.0

52. Goes about

53. Slow down, literally or figuratively

56. Hit up

57. Title character in Pixar’s “The Good Dinosaur”

58. Play boy?

59. Quarreling

60. Christian with dresses

61. Wheat for pasta

62. Homes, slangily

63. Dry and withered

64. Ballpark figures?

65. Long haul

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Down

1. Drum sound

2. Social sphere

3. Aid agcy. with a Kid Power division

4. Classic Pontiac

5. Keaton’s role in 2016’s “The Founder”

6. "Get comfy"

7. Poker variant

8. Business that rolls in dough?

9. Messages that are often too good to be true

10. Peak performance

11. Place to slurp noodles

12. Uniformity

13. Parental delivery that’s often awkward

21. Insertion indicator

22. Resistance unit

24. Sarandon’s co-star in “Lorenzo’s Oil”

28. Grammy winner Green

30. Like argon and xenon

33. Expose online

34. Speed for playing

35. It stretches from Toledo to Buffalo

36. License info

37. Early version of a film

38. Approaches

39. Enjoys a favorite book

43. Lotion initials

44. Prevent from stealing, say

45. Film franchise following the Na’vi people

46. Dwell

47. Sound of reproof

49. Earlier, earlier

51. Tourist destination in Jordan

54. Small amounts

55. Side chair’s lack

59. Relevant

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