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• Completely lost … or where the now-idiomatic answer to each italicized clue has a literal meaning

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 9, 2026 · 5 letters

• Befuddled

  New York Times · Saturday, September 5, 2026 · 5 letters

• Discombobulated

  New York Times · Thursday, August 27, 2026 · 5 letters

• Confused

  New York Times · Wednesday, June 24, 2026 · 5 letters

• Cruising the Caribbean, say

  New York Times · Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · 5 letters

• Bamboozled

  New York Times · Friday, November 7, 2025 · 5 letters

• Lost

  New York Times · Thursday, November 6, 2025 · 5 letters

• Bewildered

  New York Times · Sunday, October 5, 2025 · 5 letters

• On the ocean

  New York Times · Monday, January 13, 2025 · 5 letters

• Totally perplexed

  New York Times · Thursday, July 25, 2024 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 51-Down Nut part
• 52-Down Its products go up and down
• 53-Down 1-Across, for one
• 54-Across ___'acte
• 55-Across Apothecary's stock
• 56-Down Send explicit come-ons by cell phone
• 57-Across With 60-Across, risky "Jeopardy!" declaration
• 58-Down R&B singer with the hit "It's All About Me"
• 59-Down R&B group with the hit "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg"
• 60-Across See 57-Across
• 62-Across It's risky to build a house on this
• 63-Across In case