Primary action Crossword Clue

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Primary action Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
2. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
(verb)
1. bring into existence or make available by vote
2. express a choice or opinion

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ACTION (noun)
1. a military engagement
2. a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
ACTION (verb)
1. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
2. put in effect
PRIMARY (noun)
1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird’s wing
PRIMARY (adjective)
1. of or being the essential or basic part
2. most important element

Hint 3: Anagram

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More NYT Crossword (8/15/2025) Answers

Across

1. Like the culture depicted in Safiya Sinclair's best-selling memoir "How to Say Babylon"

6. English translation of the Dutch "klompen"

11. Robotic error message

15. Sooner rather than later

17. Preps for a photo shoot, say

18. Rest areas?

19. Engage in pugilism

20. Rock alternative

21. X, as in Mexico

22. In

23. Touching event?

24. Forecast

25. Some like it hot

26. Didn't follow

27. Itsy-bitsy

28. Like one part of the SAT

29. Typical yearbook photos

31. Sisal and others

34. It can add up

35. A real piece of work?

38. That feeling "when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine"

39. Word before piece and after peace

40. Glazier's replacement

41. Some sky lights, in brief

42. Person with fire power

43. Miso soup base

44. Director's cry

45. One of four suits in a tarot deck

46. Source of schadenfreude?

47. "Let me handle this"

50. Small businesses that generally don't require permits

51. Sensitive subject

52. Figure on the $10,000 bill, the largest U.S. note ever in public circulation

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Down

1. Corrected autocorrect, say

2. Younger Simpson sister

3. Mean mien

4. Freight weights

5. Had one's cake, say

6. Body of Agatha Christie's work?

7. "u r freaking hilarious!"

8. Work with a number

9. Eviscerate

10. Ticket exchange site since 2000

11. Banish

12. Like old voice mail messages

13. Order in the court?

14. Symphony that marked the beginning of Beethoven's "middle period"

16. Office program

21. "My word!"

22. Saturn and Mercury

24. Favoritism

25. First name in late-night

27. Just

29. Partner of his

30. They can be cured

31. "On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service" memoirist, 2024

32. "Nothing more for me, thank you"

33. Illegal musical recording, e.g.

35. Fragrant flower whose name means "gift from God"

36. In stock

37. They're alive

39. Bit of attire that might accompany a cane

40. Some products sold by Patagonia

42. 'On the contrary . . .'

43. Area around a mouth

45. Place to brood

46. Cause for stitches

48. Hits up, as on TikTok

49. P.I.

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