Slow on the uptake Crossword Clue

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Slow on the uptake Crossword Answer

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DENSE

(5 letters)

THICKWITTED

(11 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. lacking in insight or discernment
2. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

UPTAKE (noun)
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2. a process of taking up or using up or consuming
SLOW (verb)
1. cause to proceed more slowly
2. become slow or slower
SLOW (adverb)
1. of timepieces
2. without speed (`slow’ is sometimes used informally for `slowly’)
SLOW (adjective)
1. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
2. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DENSE
(5 letters)
THICKWITTED
(11 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
BUTEOS

More Daily Beast Crossword (12/2/2024) Answers

Across

1. ___ Lawrence (she's the oldest of funnyman Martin Lawrence's three kids)

7. Brady in "80 for Brady"

11. "___ Ventura: Pet Detective"

12. He's the oldest of "Beverly Hills Cop" funnyman Eddie's ten kids

14. On a ___ (without planning ahead of time)

15. "___ Will Be Blood"

16. Bird-___ (backyard item)

17. The Fresh Prince's home

21. "The ___ Man" (1971 Charlton Heston thriller)

22. Type of salmon

26. What 1-Across and 12-Across did late last week; imagine how funny their kids will be

28. About when you'll show up

29. 1976 horror film for which Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie both got Oscar nominations

30. BTS's "___ to Come (the Most Beautiful Moment)"

31. Village leaders, maybe

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Down

1. McHale in "Community" and "The Bear"

2. "Cadabra" lead-in

3. Recipe instruction

4. Grime

5. Suffix with surreal or ideal

6. Like "das" words in German

7. Caught on film

8. Earth tone

9. “Twilight” author Stephenie

13. Letters on baseball scoreboards

16. 12-Across, to 1-Across

17. One-over-par hole in golf

18. Overact

19. Permit to attack

20. "The ___ of Innocence"

22. Any of many seen in "Rounders"

23. Fairy tale beast

24. One mentioned in a will

25. Poetry that praises

27. Gadot in "Red Notice"

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