Well-used pencil, say Crossword Clue

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NUB

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(noun)
1. a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
2. a small piece
(verb)
1. clear of weeds by uprooting them
2. extinguish by crushing

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PENCIL (noun)
1. a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
2. a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
PENCIL (verb)
1. write, draw, or trace with a pencil
WELL (adverb)
1. in a manner affording benefit or advantage
2. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well’)
WELL (adjective)
1. resulting favorably
2. in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
WELL (noun)
1. an abundant source
2. a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid
WELL (verb)
1. come up, as of a liquid

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NUB
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More NYT Crossword (10/29/2025) Answers

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15. Whatever

16. Dracula's preferred way to eat wings?

19. "When u coming?"

20. Jocular suffix for "most"

21. First aid stinger

22. Cell centers

25. Sebastian the ___, mascot of the Miami Hurricanes

26. What makes Dracula frantically hop around?

30. Clickable pic

31. Eldest Corleone brother

32. Felt something on your head?

35. Food fight projectile

36. Speedway sponsor

39. Some unidentified visitors, for short

40. Wrap (up)

42. Well-rounded figure?

44. Showed sudden interest, in a way

46. Cry of victory

47. When Dracula doesn't feel seen?

52. Lead-in to second

53. Like Satan, in the Bible

54. Knob on an electric guitar

57. A.F.L.-___

58. Despicable Me antihero

61. Get ready to attack Dracula and his pals?

64. Like some jobs

66. Rains hard?

67. Anti-traffic org.

68. Sport whose athletes wear topknots

69. Mythical luster?

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Down

1. Still red, say

2. Not much

3. Jupiter and Mars

4. In a way

5. Pick up on

6. Loosens up

7. Response to Speak!

8. Cold-weather cryptid

9. Neighborhood in Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London"

10. Knock back a few

11. Big bully

12. Aquarium diagnostic

17. World capital near the 60th parallel

18. Enlighten

23. "Sorry, that's incorrect"

24. Restaurant chain acronym

26. Word with still or shelf

27. "New Jack City" co-star, 1991

28. Spanish name found in "business"

29. Fastener with an onomatopoeic name

33. Bring up

34. Pot grower?

36. What contains a lot of darn stuff?

37. The "Amigos" of film, e.g.

38. Big name in magic

41. Beer brand on "The Simpsons"

43. Feminist sex educator Shere ___

44. Pompous people

45. Non-pharmacological component of a clinical trial

47. Pristine, as land

48. Veterans Day event

49. Lake that's the "thumb" of New York's Finger Lakes

50. Certain Ivy Leaguers

51. Rags, e.g.

55. What a bargain hunter hopes to pay

56. Ides of March rebuke

59. Depend (on)

60. Old map inits.

62. Sound of a good car engine

63. Designation for the Toledo Mud Hens

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