Surface alternative Crossword Clue

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Surface alternative Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SURFACE (verb)
1. put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
2. appear or become visible; make a showing
SURFACE (noun)
1. information that has become public
2. the outermost level of the land or sea
SURFACE (adjective)
1. on the surface
ALTERNATIVE (adjective)
1. serving or used in place of another
2. necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
ALTERNATIVE (noun)
1. one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen

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More WSJ Crossword (1/17/2025) Answers

Across

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10. Where late-day shadows point

14. Hall of Fame quarterback Graham

15. Recurrent movie theme

16. Faithful

17. Dramatic increase in price

18. Hidalgo houses

19. Addition column

20. Blazing vessel used in naval battles

22. Someone with no class?

24. Blunder by a QB

25. Measure in an armoury

27. Hamm in the National Soccer Hall of Fame

28. 1991 Wimbledon champ Michael

30. Jam sound

31. Wee worker

32. Pay tribute to

33. Fancy way to serve duck

35. “Oppenheimer” setting

38. Prosaically written

41. Integral

45. Chart model

46. Bygone relative of the pigeon

47. Steve with three folk album Grammys

48. Part of many California place names

49. Surround with trees, quaintly

52. Capp and Capone

53. Turn a blind eye to

55. Vessel in Verne books

57. Medieval poems in French literature

58. Star pitcher

60. Do some kitchen prep

61. Metal sources

62. Cooper of Project Mercury, familiarly

63. Away from the wind

64. Org. for 62-Across

65. Pelé’s first name

66. Some PTA attendees

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Down

1. Rapacious

2. Depleted, as profits

3. Get to work

4. All that was left in Pandora’s box

5. __ Sketch (drawing toy)

6. Hiking route

7. Tightly tucked parts of a made bed

8. Water-monitoring org.

9. Place to go

10. Words from the betrayed

11. Local, in a news article

12. Solarium activity

13. With a will

21. Pianist in panels

23. Turn back to a previous state

26. Gaucho’s weapon

29. U.S. Air Force Acad. setting

34. Much of a world map

36. Over 99% of human history

37. Ethiopian princess of opera

38. Y look-alike

39. River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario

40. Small change

42. Refrain bit

43. Was beguiling

44. Apartment dwellers

50. Sal of the 1970s A’s

51. Go ___ a limb

54. Mount south of Olympus

59. Mercury or Mars

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