Standard Crossword Clue

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Standard Crossword Answer

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NORMAL

(6 letters)

IDEAL

(5 letters)

NORM

(4 letters)

YARDSTICK

(9 letters)

PAR

(3 letters)

DEFAULT

(7 letters)

TYPICAL

(7 letters)

CRITERION

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adjective)
1. commonly encountered
2. occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

Hint 2: Clue Definition

STANDARD (noun)
1. a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated
2. any distinctive flag
STANDARD (adjective)
1. conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
2. regularly and widely used or sold

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

NORMAL
(6 letters)
IDEAL
(5 letters)
NORM
(4 letters)
YARDSTICK
(9 letters)
PAR
(3 letters)
DEFAULT
(7 letters)
TYPICAL
(7 letters)
CRITERION
(9 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
LUAUS

More Boston Globe Mini Crossword (8/10/2026) Answers

Across

1. Mindless card game

4. Questions

8. Blue-feathered character in the Star Fox series

13. Boxer Laila

14. Strike zone?

15. Not leaving anything out

16. 1,138 pages for the 1986 book, and about $720 million at the box office for the 2017 adaptation?

18. "Rudolph the Red-___ Reindeer"

19. Not often

20. Target of some exposure therapy: Abbr.

22. Prefix with angle

23. Ash or oak

24. Sound in chiptune music

25. French friend

26. 41 inches long and 18 ounces, per Olympic rules?

30. ___ Vineyard

33. Small songbird

34. Exist

35. Playwright Chekhov

41. Search (through)

43. Pungent

45. Piece of advice

46. 135 eligible for Leo XIV's conclave, of which 133 attended?

50. Como ___?

51. Orchestra tuning instrument

52. '___ Kapital'

54. Chimpanzees and others

56. Some drums

60. Take a breath

62. $200.97 billion in revenue and 78,865 employees, in 2025?

64. Clavinet player Wonder

65. Low die roll

66. ___ Rachel Wood

67. Lucky Charms, e.g.

68. Macroeconomic stat

69. Paper airplane's runway, perhaps

All Answers

Down

1. Place for a belt

2. Adjust

3. Search (through)

4. Grad

5. Camera inits.

6. Goalie

7. "The purpose of a ___ is what it does"

8. Ctrl+F

9. Spanish for "year"

10. When procrastinators get stuff done

11. Religious leader, and a class in tabletop role-playing games

12. Classic songs

14. In the past

17. That is, in Latin

21. Gush

24. If everything goes right

25. Greek god of war

27. I've got it!

28. Mario Kart item that causes a slippery spinout

29. "Can't argue there," in a text

30. Trans___ (gender identity)

31. Opera solo

32. Catch-up course

36. The Magic, on NBA scoreboards

37. Boy in Spanish

39. Put on TV

40. Some vinyls, for short

42. Six-point NFL scores

44. Genre of music played at a 57-Down, perhaps

47. Venezia's country

48. ___ Lisa

49. Like wampum belts

52. The ‘D’ of CD

53. Level, in the poker-based video game Balatro

55. Air concern

57. High-energy dance party

58. Figs. on a flight board

59. Didn't float

61. Wide st.

63. Finish

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