First sign of spring? Crossword Clue

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First sign of spring? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPRING (noun)
1. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
2. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
SPRING (verb)
1. spring back; spring away from an impact
2. develop into a distinctive entity
SIGN (noun)
1. structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
2. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
SIGN (verb)
1. mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on)
2. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
SIGN (adjective)
1. used of the language of the deaf

Hint 3: Anagram

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ARISE

More Newsday Crossword (5/1/2026) Answers

Across

1. Get rid of

5. Longtime headphone brand

9. Complaint from Hamlet

12. Match + strike

13. Runner on a track

14. Jazz (up)

15. Seven Years' War roi

17. Application abbreviation

18. Galactic sci.

19. Article for 15-Across

20. Do one's part, and then some

22. Sponsor of the first televised ballgame (1939)

24. 24/7 airspace watcher

25. Needle work, for short

26. Breaks things off

28. Certain travel planner

34. Cofounder of GE

35. Ballad's conclusion

36. 13-Across cos.

37. Suffix like -ella

38. Recent USCGA grad

39. Freight on a Tropicana truck

44. Not likely to vary

46. Article for Einstein

47. Mideast capital

48. Stat that MENSA accepts

53. Blues-rock star

54. Digital communication?: Abbr.

55. Confident claim

56. AG's domain

57. Formal wear, facetiously

60. Hugs, in a letter

61. Foes of the Iroquois

62. Nose woes

63. All Quiet... monogram

64. Wants to get

65. "... __ it just me?"

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1. What waves do

2. Big word on Indiana maps

3. Dubaian, for instance

4. Avenue __ Champs-Élysées

6. Glasgow prename

7. Looking like Yoda

8. Jellyfish close kin

9. Pretty hard to believe

10. No-wait

11. Center starter

12. Achilles' heel

13. Musical performance

16. Thoroughly

21. O'Hare, on tags

23. USC aides

27. After-dinner selections

28. Marks of mediocrity

29. Check in and pay

30. White and yellow circles on Starry Night

31. Despicable Me guy

32. Providence sch.

33. Tour's conclusion

39. Stir-fry staple

40. People who slit things

41. Martial arts film star

42. Pair in the four longest answers

43. Tusk, essentially

45. Wt./ht. stat

48. Mentors, to mentees

49. Taiwanese laptop maker

50. Ovid's eyes

51. Police work

52. MD specialists

56. Female raccoon

58. Relative of -arian

59. One below a 38-Across

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