Plays intensely, in jazz slang Crossword Clue

• Mournful cries

  New York Times · Tuesday, December 16, 2025 · 5 letters

• Blows a mean horn

  New York Times · Saturday, November 29, 2025 · 5 letters

• Cries plaintively

  New York Times · Sunday, September 1, 2024 · 5 letters

• Complains loudly

  New York Times · Friday, July 14, 2023 · 5 letters

• Cries loudly

  New York Times · Monday, June 13, 2022 · 5 letters

• Sings the blues

  New York Times · Sunday, December 2, 2018 · 5 letters

• Nursery sounds

  New York Times · Sunday, June 19, 2011 · 5 letters

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• 16-Across Mom's partner?
• 17-Across What a toaster may hold
• 18-Down Earth personified
• 19-Across Un article défini
• 20-Across Modern greeting
• 22-Across It often follows something
• 23-Down Bond girl player Shirley
• 24-Across Doesn't toss
• 25-Down Choose not to pick?
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