In ___ of (rather than) Crossword Clue

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

Hint 2: Clue Definition

RATHER (adverb)
1. more readily or willingly
2. to some (great or small) extent

More USA Today Crossword (4/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. Company that now owns Angry Birds

5. Sneaky "Hey, I'm over here!"

9. "Time to wake up" device

14. Play thing

16. YouTube upload

17. Notable periods

18. "A Visit From the Goon Squad" author Jennifer

19. Stay away from

20. Popular camping light

23. ___ Jayawardenepura Kotte, ___ Lanka

24. Big jerk

25. Pride celebration with floats

27. Bye now!

29. "I'm f-f-freezing!"

30. Wager

31. Tomorrow, in Spanish

34. Astrological cat

35. Music genre influenced by the popularity of line dancing

40. Fishy bagel topper

41. Laid-back and easygoing

42. Steely and unwelcoming

43. Core muscles

45. Grilled corn dish served with cotija

48. "The Naked Gun" star Anderson

50. French for "friend"

51. "Yes," from a 50-Across

53. Carefully monitored fire utilized in prairie restoration

57. Like Freyja

58. Potter's oven

59. Ready for business

60. Key ingredient in many muffins

61. Carrot or beet

62. Feint at a Blues game

63. Bowling alley divisions

64. Insects in a colony

65. 2026, for one

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Down

1. Design deets

2. Oopsies

3. Only soccer player allowed to use their hands to control the ball

4. Church part

5. Enjoyable

6. Omens

7. Whiskered mammal with flippers

8. Skipjack or bluefin fish

9. Gamer's online persona

10. Organ that produces bile

11. Cute as can be

12. Dancer, e.g.

13. Discord admin

21. Like the Tzotzil language

22. "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" network

26. British boarding school

28. Second-tallest bird in the world

29. Cry and cry

32. Cactus limbs

33. "Bill ___ Saves the World"

35. One side of a soda rivalry

36. "Terribly good," e.g.

37. Strontium and hydrogen, for two

38. Dependable

39. Point value of "G" in Scrabble

40. You might gloss over one?

43. Changes

44. Unit of cell reception

46. Certain hairpiece

47. 'I've figured it out!'

49. Follow as a result

50. Divvy up

52. Word before circle or tube

54. Gumbo veggie

55. Animal in a pride

56. "no ___, no crime" (Taylor Swift song)

57. Org. with Jaguars and Panthers

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