Pay to play Crossword Clue

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ANTEUP

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(verb)
1. place one’s stake
(noun)
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PLAY (verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
PLAY (noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
PAY (verb)
1. cancel or discharge a debt
2. dedicate
PAY (noun)
1. something that remunerates

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More USA Today Crossword (8/11/2026) Answers

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9. Sadly

13. Group for Ireland and Poland, for short

14. Good Grief

15. "___ get me started!"

16. I've had enough!

18. Wee bit

19. ATM code

20. Game that involves virtual calls?

22. Boxing decision: Abbr.

23. Cuts into small cubes

24. Country with about 4 million alpacas

26. Perfect score for a diver

27. Brazilian ballroom dance

31. Teatro di Marcello city

32. Bro's sibling, perhaps

33. H.S. life skills class

34. Drink with balls that might get stuck in a straw

36. 'Ah, got it'

37. Arctic fishing device

38. Route

39. Empty stretches on a resume

40. 'I dunno' gesture

41. Horse food

42. A rolling stone gathers no ___

43. Sneaky tactics

45. Possesses

46. Wiped out in a dramatic way

50. Seasonal vaccine target

53. Grad

54. This is absolute mayhem!

56. What a cartoon light bulb might represent

57. Pointing Leonardo DiCaprio, e.g.

58. Tolerate

59. Rough voice feature

60. Not post-

61. Ski equipment

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1. URL opener

2. Didn't see you there!

3. Stop nursing gradually

4. ___ me know

5. It's a numbers game

6. Furthermore

7. Get under control

8. Like the god Huitzilopochtli

9. Casual farewell

10. Take a peek

12. Our sun, for one

14. Hair goo

17. Musician and activist Yoko ___

21. Money in Mexico

22. "X marks the spot" parchment, perhaps

24. Pup

25. Still-glowing coal

26. "Sister, Sister" performer Mowry

28. Flat-topped landforms

29. Sounds from R2-D2

30. Las Vegas WNBA team

31. A grand slam adds four of these to the batter's total

32. Do some stitching

33. "Psst!"

35. Prepare to advance a base on a fly out

36. "Hooray!"

38. I'm innocent!

41. Warming device

42. Zany

44. Losing streak

45. Half of a common pronoun pair

46. "You've got a point"

47. Marriage Story actor Alan

48. Billiards sticks

49. Simple top

50. Epic __

51. Miner's find

52. Finds a purpose for

55. First TV channel to begin transmitting by satellite

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