Receptive Crossword Clue

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Receptive Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
2. not defended or capable of being defended
(verb)
1. start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
2. spread out or open from a closed or folded state
(noun)
1. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
2. where the air is unconfined

Hint 2: Clue Definition

RECEPTIVE (adjective)
1. ready or willing to receive favorably
2. of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

Hint 3: Anagram

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More USA Today Crossword (8/14/2025) Answers

Across

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5. Rub out

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14. Water, in Spanish

15. Baton-passing race

16. Nutrient in liver

17. Meetup for those who swiped the right way

19. Domesticated

20. Guardians' city (Abbr.)

21. No longer in style

22. Small bit of inheritance?

23. ___ crab (crustacean that reuses discarded shells)

25. Chicago WNBA team

27. Worshipped being

29. Like people in a long-distance relationship, sometimes

32. Like Ellie, to the cordyceps infection, in "The Last of Us"

34. "Post" opposite

35. Colored eye part

37. TRUE

38. Activist Amariyanna Copeny's hometown

41. Simba is one

42. Spot for a tropical vacation

43. Sister at church

44. High regard

46. Document with a pet policy, maybe

48. "when r u gonna be here?"

49. Literary sister to Amy, Jo and Beth

51. Fragrant flowers

55. Spreadable cheese

57. Decorated anew

60. I'm unimpressed

61. Joke book genre

62. Establishment whose patrons are masked

64. In the presence of

66. Ultimatum ender

67. Shopping frenzy

68. Terrarium plant

69. Garden intrusion

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Down

1. Fielder's achievement

2. Nimble

3. Piano technician

4. Down in the dumps

5. List of corrections

6. Elly de la Cruz's team

7. “Sad To Say ...”

8. Quenches

9. Peeper

10. Reference

11. Ape with reddish-brown hair

12. "The door's unlocked!"

13. United

18. Lifesaving injector

22. Workout spot

24. Ocean-related

26. "Top Chef" host Kristen

28. ___ Moines (home of the Iowa Wolves)

30. Outer edges

31. Musical flourish

33. Broadway star Cervantes

34. Character's seeming invincibility

36. Frozen drink brand

38. Handshake alternative

39. "Person of the Year" magazine

40. Not outdoors

41. "Squid Game" Emmy winner Yoo-mi

45. Come out of hibernation

47. Gets on the same page

50. Husband-to-be

52. Stroll

53. Put a stop to

54. Prepare cheese for a pasta dish

56. "Say Everything" memoirist Skye

58. Dry-erase brand

59. Goes blond or black

61. "She ___ Her Mother's Laugh" (Carl Zimmer book)

63. ___ moon

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