Mother, affectionately Crossword Clue

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MOMMY

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(noun)
1. informal terms for a mother

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AFFECTIONATELY (adverb)
1. with affection
MOTHER (verb)
1. make (offspring) by reproduction
2. care for like a mother
MOTHER (noun)
1. a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
2. a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

MOMMY
(5 letters)

More Daily Themed Crossword (10/3/2026) Answers

Across

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14. Sue Grafton's "___ for Innocent": 2 wds.

15. Teenager's skin trouble

16. Flapjack breakfast chain: Abbr.

17. (1/7) *Triiing* You reach to snooze your phone alarm, but instead there's an alarm ___ rattling you awake. Something's wrong.

19. Nitrous ___ (laughing gas)

20. Animal that goes "pop!" in a nursery rhyme

24. Coleslaw condiment, for short

27. (2/7) This isn't your room. Panic sets in. You need the date, but there is no phone in sight. You spot a ___ on the wall and gasp: it's 1985!

32. "Are you vegan ___ meat-eater?": 2 wds.

33. "___ be okay!" ("Don't worry!")

34. "I shouldn't have done that!" exclamation

35. (3/7) You run into the hallway, desperate to find where you are. Rummaging in drawers, you find a crumpled paper ___. You're in New Jersey!

36. "___ man walks into the bar..." 2 wds.

37. Chooses, with 'for'

38. (4/7) Hands shaking, you hunt for a phone. Finally, you find one, but it's a rotary ___, heavy and fixed to the wall with a spiral cord.

41. Supermodel ___ Carangi

42. "It's of no ___!" ("This is pointless!")

43. Justin Timberlake's boy band

45. Reply to a question, for short

46. Stack of cash

49. (5/7) You hear a ___ drifting from another room. Expecting a speaker, you find a dusty, old record player, its tune hauntingly familiar.

50. Prefix with puncture

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2. Tram track part

3. “One more thing...”

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5. Vessel used to hold ashes

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9. (6/7) You shiver, instinctively searching for a thermostat. Instead, you find an empty fireplace with a pile of ___ and a box of matches.

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21. "Lawyers ___ behalf of their clients": 2 wds.

22. Something that might be tossed and dressed

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44. Kind of story

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