In ___ of (instead of) Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another

Hint 2: Clue Definition

INSTEAD (adverb)
1. in place of, or as an alternative to
2. on the contrary

More WSJ Crossword (11/17/2025) Answers

Across

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5. Mountains crossed by Hannibal

9. Complete gamut

13. Vote in

15. Zodiac roarer

16. Big name in pineapple

17. Toward the Arctic

18. Jay of late-night TV

19. Like blue hair and batik fabrics

20. 2023 NBA champions

23. Bitterly regret

24. Appearance

26. Aids for beginning swimmers

32. Brock in baseball’s Hall of Fame

34. Places for desert stopovers

35. LAX regulators

36. Rumpuses

37. Smile brighteners

41. C or G, in music

42. Brian of Roxy Music

43. Like AirPods

44. Send help

45. Cannabis dispensary staffers

48. Command to a golf ball rolling toward the green’s edge

50. Apprehend

51. Daring question, to which the answer is “yes” for the ends of 20-, 26-, 37- and 45-Across

59. Lively energy

61. Not fooled by

62. Like some barbecue sauce

63. Fashion designer Gucci

64. Beloved

65. Lengthy attack

66. Nuisance

67. U.S. Open stadium named for a U.S. Open champ

68. Home in the branches

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Down

1. Tear

2. Ingredient in many lotions

3. Plant with fronds

4. Last part of “Othello”

5. Never before seen

7. Early Atari game

8. Canoodle, in Canterbury

9. Supplement

10. Participant in war games?

11. Bullfight cry

12. Last letter, in London

14. Sainte-____ (Montreal suburb)

21. Capek’s dystopian play

22. Golfer Ernie

25. Turtlelike enemies of Mario

26. Elated cheers

27. Currently

28. Nantes noggin

29. Otherwise

30. Old Appaloosa

31. Station buy

33. Original U.N. Security Council nation

34. Possesses

36. "Rule, Britannia!" composer Thomas

38. Opposite of “alt,” in Germany

39. Neither Dem. nor Rep

40. Some hot gossip

45. 'See ya!'

46. Concert ender

47. “Huh-uh”

49. Special lingo

52. Jedi whose lightsaber is fittingly green

53. Small bills

54. Orem’s state

55. First killer

56. Patella's place

57. Meringue base

58. 33-Down denial

59. Bug-killer sound

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