Burn slightly Crossword Clue
4 letters · New York Times · Tuesday, May 7, 2024 · 52-Across
Appeared in 7 New York Times Crosswords between September 2000 and May 2024.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · May 7, 2024 · 52-Across · 4 letters
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What does this clue mean?
burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"
verb
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Known letters
4 lettersUse ? for blanks. Example: C?S?O?
Other answers seen for this clue
- Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between March 2003 and March 2021.SINGE5 lettersanswer page
- Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Monday, August 20, 2001.SEAR4 lettersanswer page
Other clues with the same answer
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New York Times · Monday, April 27, 2026 · 4 letters
- Do a little too well?
New York Times · Sunday, February 15, 2026 · 4 letters
- Blacken on the grill
New York Times · Tuesday, October 29, 2024 · 4 letters
- Burn a little
New York Times · Sunday, March 31, 2024 · 4 letters
- Toast, say
New York Times · Friday, March 22, 2024 · 4 letters
- Grill past perfection, say
New York Times · Thursday, November 23, 2023 · 4 letters
- Toast
New York Times · Thursday, November 9, 2023 · 4 letters
- Leave too long on the grill, maybe
New York Times · Monday, November 6, 2023 · 4 letters
- More than singe
New York Times · Sunday, July 16, 2023 · 4 letters
- Arctic food fish
New York Times · Friday, June 2, 2023 · 4 letters
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- 47-Across Nobelist who conditioned dogs to salivate
- 48-Down The "cruellest" month, per T.S. Eliot
- 49-Down Like marbled beef or blue cheese
- 50-Down Weapon for a joust
- 51-Down Gymnast Korbut
- 53-Across Terminus
- 54-Across Charles Willson ___, George Washington portraitist whose name is apt for this puzzle's theme
- 55-Across Spanish for "she"
- 56-Across Poet St. Vincent Millay
- 56-Down ___-friendly
- 57-Across Sounds familiar … or performs an action associated with 16-, 23-, 35- and 47-Across?
