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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ACRE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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noun

• a state in western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru

• a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries

• a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean

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noun

• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

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noun

• an unforeseen development

• an interpretation of a text or action

• any clever maneuver

• the act of rotating rapidly

• a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

• a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

• a circular segment of a curve

• a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

• a jerky pulling movement

• a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

• social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s

• the act of winding or twisting

• turning or twisting around (in place)

verb

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• turn in the opposite direction

• form into a spiral shape

• form into twists

• extend in curves and turns

• do the twist

• twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates

• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times31 Aug 2018 Down 49
New York Times17 Jun 2016 Across 20
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