Upper hand Crossword Clue

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Upper hand Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
2. the boundary of a surface
(verb)
1. lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
2. advance slowly, as if by inches

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HAND (noun)
1. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
2. a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
HAND (verb)
1. place into the hands or custody of
2. guide or conduct or usher somewhere
UPPER (noun)
1. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
2. the higher of two berths
UPPER (adjective)
1. higher in place or position
2. superior in rank or accomplishment

Hint 3: Anagram

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More New Yorker Crossword (8/12/2025) Answers

Across

1. Well-suited

4. Urban cut-through

9. Begin to wake

13. Just off the beaten path?

15. Revolutionary journey

17. Superspeedway where a Nascar driver first exceeded two hundred miles per hour on a closed course, in 1970

18. Watchmaker’s magnifier

19. Object of a fan’s fixation

20. Nascent stage of something

22. Goes (for)

23. “Is that even possible?”

26. Jeu d’___ (bit of wit)

28. Actress West or astronaut Jemison

29. Succotash morsel

31. "___ to Psyche" (Keats poem)

32. Price line?

35. One-stop shopping venues

36. Person who’s getting on

37. First name in objectivism

38. Reheat quickly

39. Came across

40. Tennis’s final Grand Slam tournament of the year

42. Film noir hats

46. John seen in rings

47. Comedian Mort who often brought a newspaper with him onstage

50. Battery unit

51. CNN correspondent Hill

53. Annual festival held at California’s Empire Polo Club

56. Brief altercation

57. Places to steer clear of

58. Schoolroom seat

59. ___ salts (bath additive)

60. Admonition in a theatre

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Down

1. Place often accessible by ladder

2. Fashion designer Miuccia

3. Claw

4. In the style of

5. Some hits at Woodstock?

6. Feudal lord

8. Number on a wine bottle

9. Roman equivalent of Helios

10. Brownie batch?

11. Painkiller first created to relieve rheumatoid arthritis

12. Deadly ocean currents

14. Snowcapped mountain overlooking La Paz

16. Taste ___

21. Interim

24. Sign near samples

25. Attempts to bring back cold cases?

27. Caught some z's

29. Misrepresent

30. Last player to pass, in most bridge columns

32. Modern-day user of a horse and carriage

33. Truck brand with a bulldog logo

34. Worry about

35. Gushed forth violently

36. Hoisin and hollandaise, for two

41. Agreements between governments

42. Array outside the U.N.

43. Auditioners’ goals

44. Deity described as having ninety-nine names

45. Hide from prying eyes

48. Teen spots

49. Old-timey skirt shaper

52. "Just peachy"

54. Loving murmur

55. Cubano ingredient

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