NYT Crossword · 17 Down
“Without substance” Crossword Clue
This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword for Friday, August 29, 1997 as 17 Down. The answer has 5 letters. Reveal it below one square at a time, or open the hints first if you only want a push in the right direction.
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NYT Crossword · Friday, August 29, 1997 · 17 Down
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Across
- 1Pursuing crossword clue5 letters
- 6Part of a Mideast name crossword clue3 letters
- 9Bibliophile's suffix crossword clue3 letters
- 12Truman biographer ___ Miller crossword clue5 letters
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- 16Start of a quip crossword clue15 letters
- 19Blackmore heroine crossword clue5 letters
- 20Sticking spot? crossword clue3 letters
- 21Egoiste's concern crossword clue3 letters
- 22Event where one stands for a spell crossword clue3 letters
- 24Actress Dickinson crossword clue5 letters
- 26Suffix with scan crossword clue4 letters
- 27Quip, part 2 crossword clue15 letters
- 31MASH procedure crossword clue6 letters
- 32Lend ___ (pay attention) crossword clue5 letters
- 33Liza's mentor, to Liza crossword clue4 letters
- 34Telecommunications letters crossword clue3 letters
- 35Obie-winning dramatist David crossword clue4 letters
- 381982 Michener epic crossword clue5 letters
- 40Out of focus crossword clue6 letters
- 42Quip, part 3 crossword clue15 letters
- 46Gives the heave-ho crossword clue4 letters
- 47Quilt stuffing crossword clue5 letters
- 48"Help!" crossword clue3 letters
- 49They make contact in "Contact" crossword clue3 letters
- 50Professional runner? crossword clue3 letters
- 51Foreign heads of state crossword clue5 letters
- 54End of the quip crossword clue15 letters
- 59Latin extension crossword clue8 letters
- 60Belittle crossword clue5 letters
- 61Brood crossword clue3 letters
- 62London-to-Lisbon dir. crossword clue3 letters
- 63Kind of star crossword clue5 letters
Down
- 1Grp. with a caduceus crossword clue3 letters
- 2Eliot Ness, e.g. crossword clue3 letters
- 3Swaps at a car lot crossword clue8 letters
- 4One who's tickled crossword clue4 letters
- 5Start again from scratch crossword clue4 letters
- 6Move over a bit crossword clue6 letters
- 7Big ___ crossword clue3 letters
- 8Fuel for the body crossword clue8 letters
- 9Desert mount crossword clue4 letters
- 10Veterans Day mo. crossword clue3 letters
- 11Tiredness crossword clue6 letters
- 14Cop crossword clue6 letters
- 15Bird decoy crossword clue5 letters
- 18It comes from a pen crossword clue4 letters
- 22Deli order crossword clue3 letters
- 23Where hurling originated crossword clue4 letters
- 25Like Mitch Miller, e.g. crossword clue7 letters
- 26Horror novelist Peter crossword clue6 letters
- 28St. Paul's birthplace crossword clue6 letters
- 29Memphis setting crossword clue5 letters
- 30British peers crossword clue5 letters
- 34Not so well-heeled person? crossword clue8 letters
- 36Pentagon big crossword clue8 letters
- 37Cubist Rubik crossword clue4 letters
- 39Patronized an inn crossword clue6 letters
- 40Part of W.W. II's Pacific theater crossword clue5 letters
- 41Broncos run for them: Abbr. crossword clue3 letters
- 42Super-duper crossword clue4 letters
- 43Clean up crossword clue5 letters
- 44Initiations crossword clue6 letters
- 45Bray crossword clue6 letters
- 50"Painter of the soul": D'Israeli crossword clue4 letters
- 52Nobelist Pavlov crossword clue4 letters
- 53Singer McEntire crossword clue4 letters
- 55Third-century date crossword clue3 letters
- 561-Down members crossword clue3 letters
- 57___ rule crossword clue3 letters
- 58State on the Atl. crossword clue3 letters
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How many letters is the answer to “Without substance”?
The answer has 5 letters. It starts with I and ends with E, so you can check it against the squares you have already filled.
When was “Without substance” last seen?
Most recently in the NYT Crossword on Friday, August 29, 1997, at 17 Down.
What is the answer to the “Without substance” crossword clue?
The answer is INANE (5 letters). If you'd rather work it out yourself, the hints above give it away a little at a time.