Start to function Crossword Clue

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MAL

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FUNCTION (noun)
1. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
2. (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)
FUNCTION (verb)
1. perform as expected when applied
2. serve a purpose, role, or function
START (verb)
1. get off the ground
2. bulge outward
START (noun)
1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

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More LA Times Crossword (8/9/2025) Answers

Across

1. Rank denied to Anakin Skywalker

11. Pollutants phased out by the Montreal Protocol, for short

15. 'Count me in!'

16. Baseball dynasty name

17. Game whose object is to get lots of hits

18. Gamer who lacks game

19. 1971 cult classic

20. Startles

22. Celeb gossip site

25. Story that may remain unfinished

27. Spine-tingling

28. Treats

30. [What a bore!]

32. "Wanna ___?"

33. "__ Vep" (HBO miniseries)

34. Crispy kosher snack

36. Clouds of gas and dust

38. "They'll never catch me!"

40. Debate figure

42. Layered sandwich

43. Actor Chaney

44. Blacksmith garb

45. "Paul Bunyan" librettist

46. __ coffee

48. Networks, for short

50. Fr. holy title

51. Some adoptees

53. One of the three R's

55. Duck out early

56. Unlikely to show mercy

61. "Balladz" poet Sharon

62. Tale that may be told with a fire in one's eyes

63. On a cruise

64. Easy wins for presidential candidates, often

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Down

1. Actor Parsons

2. Evian e.g.?

3. Private convos

4. Mother of Horus

5. Drinks made from two kinds of beans

6. Rockie start?

7. Takes a turn

8. Part of a nomad's lifestyle, perhaps

9. Work unit

10. Some classic cars

11. __ Journey: annual event for Pacific Northwest Indigenous peoples

12. They may be swept under the rug

13. Need for one who's rolling in dough?

14. Part of the whole

21. "The Hunger Games" boy

22. Scarce

23. They're only human

24. Hockey fan's intermission experience, perhaps

26. Sound track?

29. Credit

31. Noise made while curling one's fingers, perhaps

34. Tombstone name

35. Dynasty before the Qin

37. __ Law: human rights measure named for the third-longest-serving U.S. senator

39. Top-notch

41. Place for kidding around at home?

43. Capital city in Província da Estremadura

45. One of 3,234 for Sue Bird

47. Verde or roja topping

49. Boston university

52. 'Not this again . . .'

54. Spanish pronoun

57. Density symbol in physics

58. Threenager, e.g.

59. Bard's "before"

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