Obstacle in achieving one's goal? Crossword Clue

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Obstacle in achieving one's goal? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
2. (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

OBSTACLE (noun)
1. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
2. an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)
GOAL (noun)
1. the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
2. the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)

More NYT Crossword (2/5/2025) Answers

Across

1. Distance traversed by an arrow

8. Cocksure

13. Not the same

14. "You got me there!"

16. Something acquired in a salon bed, perhaps

17. Added fuel to

18. Opens, as a menu ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters?

20. Bang the drum for

23. Iridescent stone

24. Cellular messenger

25. Verb often abbreviated to a letter

26. Oz., e.g.

28. Brief bit of time

30. Analytical thinker?

34. Old standard of tape

36. Doesn't really matter

40. Himalayan ox

41. Steamed beverage with spices from the Indian subcontinent

42. Up to now

44. One trained in CPR

45. Educational support grp.

46. Notes or Messages

49. Place for a cooling pie

51. Is out

54. Common assignment for editorial assistants ... or a description of this puzzle's circled letters?

57. Judger of pitches

58. Furry wetlands growth

59. Console device with triggers and thumbsticks

63. Summer hire, perhaps

64. Tennis period since 1968

65. Common reply to "Who's there?"

66. Appendage for a morning glory

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Down

1. Pardner

2. Four quarters

3. Starchy food item named for a food it resembles

4. Smooth and glossy

5. One who practices bhakti and puja

6. Gives the Thumbs-up

7. Up for a drive?

8. Climax in many a video game

9. Regretted

10. Hawke or Crowe

11. William ___, longtime editor of The New Yorker

12. Dye in some body art

14. Chopitos and croquetas, e.g.

16. Knock on the noggin?

19. "Damn you!"

20. Soft rock

21. Vicinity

22. Trim down

27. Like the French words for every weekday and month: Abbr.

29. Kind of seed

31. Base for some lunches

32. Modern transport service

33. Linguist Chomsky

35. Fictional bandleader of the 1960s

37. Good things to have about you

38. URL starter

39. Oolong and rooibos, for two

43. Easy basket

46. Character set for electronic communication

47. Audience member who might be in on the trick

48. Gentle strokes

50. Qualifier for many a rapper

52. Measure of brightness

53. Fix, as text

55. Academic acronym

56. Showbiz quartet

60. Central figure in a classic sci-fi series

61. Filmmaker Aster

62. Indian lentil dish

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