Take the wheel: Crossword Clue

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DRIVE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. castrated bull
2. an indication of potential opportunity
(verb)
1. be a guiding or motivating force or drive
2. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WHEEL (verb)
1. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle
2. change directions as if revolving on a pivot
WHEEL (noun)
1. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
2. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
TAKE (noun)
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
TAKE (verb)
1. be capable of holding or containing
2. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

DRIVE
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Hint 4: Anagram

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

More Newsday Crossword (8/26/2026) Answers

Across

1. Backyard storage structure

5. The Simpsons son

9. Snakes that squeeze

13. Ripped up

14. Yale students

15. Customary behavior

16. Distribute poker cards

17. Mexican greeting

18. Scent from a kitchen

19. "Cardiological" very fast

22. Three-digit ID issuer

25. Mileage-rating org.

26. "Gosh!"

27. Ave. crossers, often

28. "Sci-fi" very fast

31. Medical cure

32. Cease

33. Shredded cabbage side dish

37. Car transmission settings

38. Body art, informally

39. Hobbits' homeland

40. Cube inventor Rubik

41. Lunchtime cheese partner

42. Snow removal tool

43. "Meteorological" very fast

45. Pre-grown lawn

48. Heroic pilot

49. Metallic mineral

50. Prosecutors, briefly

51. "Eyelash" very fast

55. Excessive, as force

56. Prophetic sign

57. Huge-screen film format

61. More frosty

62. Heat source since the Stone Age

63. Rational

64. Bears’ lairs

65. ___ up (admit guilt)

66. Is in a chair

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Down

1. Criterion: Abbr.

2. Weed-chopping tool

3. Historical period

4. Supermarket cold-cuts area

5. Have a joyful attitude

6. Hawaiian greetings

7. Make angry

8. Airport's ID checker

9. Sharp point on a ranch fence

10. Clarinet cousins

11. Point towards

12. Spreadsheet data

15. Detested

20. Obsessive hobbyists

21. Attachment for 10-Down

22. NCO nickname

24. "Get serious, bro!"

29. Aviation prefix

30. Nobel Prize category

33. Broadway play, e.g.

34. Very very angry

35. Indoor sports venue

36. Fuses with a blowtorch

38. Gets airborne

39. Fabric's luster

41. Glittery mineral

42. Sacred sites

43. L.A. NBAer

44. Very tall buildings

45. Octopus cousin

46. Postal measure

47. Tired out fully

52. Signals to begin

53. Female friend, in France

54. Affectionate greeting

58. ___ Tai (cocktail)

59. Industrious insect

60. Crosses (out)

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