Removes a dependence (from) Crossword Clue

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Removes a dependence (from) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

DEPENDENCE (noun)
1. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
2. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

Hint 2: Anagram

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SEWAN

More NYT Crossword (3/31/2025) Answers

Across

1. Bowlers and sombreros

5. Finance channel

9. Some toothpastes and hair goops

13. Boy on "The Andy Griffith Show"

14. Wife of Jacob in the Bible

15. King of the gods, in Egyptian myth

16. Bird that's the U.S.'s national symbol

18. ___ Raton, Fla.

19. Make official

20. Summer zodiac sign

22. Paving gunk

23. Scout's shelter

24. Debbie Downer

26. Like good knives and pupils

28. Religious offshoot

29. Org. at airports

32. Bigheadedness

33. Work hard

35. "I'm starting to like this" ... or a hint to the starts of 16-, 24-, 47- and 58-Across, in order

40. Defense org. since 1949

41. Bovine call

42. Section of a tennis match

43. Step on a ladder

45. Observes Ramadan, in a way

47. Basketball shot made while leaning backward

49. Tough part of a cross-country race

52. U-turn from WSW

53. Word after poison or bull

54. Feels sorry for

56. ___ trap (part of a dryer)

58. Like conga or mambo music

60. "That ___ be expected"

61. Thrice three

62. Currency of Mexico

63. Citrus peel

64. Ponzi scheme e.g.

65. Whole bunch

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Down

1. So-called "king of the road"

2. Not together

3. Mark over the "n" in "mañana"

4. Cars that typically accommodate five people

5. Family group

6. B-___ (rare blood type, informally)

7. Make into a wad

8. ___-Its

9. Yap

10. 😉 and <3

11. Standard announcement of a pilot upon landing

12. Sound from an angry dog

17. Word that reverses meaning when an "n" is put in front

21. Fractions of lbs.

24. Part of a face that may be furrowed

25. Kind of diet in which carbs are frowned upon

27. In the past

29. Sn, chemically

30. Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking

31. Kids in the 90s?

34. The Beatles’ “___ It Be”

36. Departed

37. Unclear response to "Are you coming?"

38. Blunt refusals

39. "American ___" (Grant Wood painting)

44. Opening, as between teeth

45. Spinoff stories written by an author's readers, informally

46. Producers of six-packs

47. Happy: Sp.

50. Written defamation

51. Rental contract

54. "Casey at the Bat," for one

55. Some winter weather

57. Little one

59. Genetic messenger

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