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| 97% | 6 | Exact Match! | ||||||
noun • the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | ||||||||
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noun • the place where some action occurs • an incident (real or imaginary) • the visual percept of a region • a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film • a situation treated as an observable object • a subdivision of an act of a play or performance • a display of bad temper • graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept • the context and environment in which something is set • the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale | ||||||||
| 90% | 10 | The part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back | ||||||
noun • a person's social heritage: previous experience or training • the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground • information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem • extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured • relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation • the state of the environment in which a situation exists • (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear • scenery hung at back of stage verb • understate the importance or quality of | ||||||||
Backdrop Crossword Clue
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Exclamation before an ill-advised action, maybe"We'll see"
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| New York Times21 Jan 2024 | Across 108 | |
| New York Times26 May 1988 | Down 30 | |
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