100% | SLANDER | 7 | To destroy someone's reputation with a statement |
55% | SMEAR | 5 | To damage someone's reputation with lies |
43% | CHEWTHEFAT | 10 | To have a long, friendly conversation with someone ("Let's meet for coffee and ___!"): 3 wds. |
43% | CONFIDE | 7 | To share a secret with someone you trust |
43% | BLURT | 5 | To interrupt with a bold statement |
42% | BLUDGEON | 8 | To hit someone with a heavy club or object |
42% | TOGRIND | 7 | To have a grievance with someone, have an axe __ |
42% | LIBEL | 5 | False statement intended to ruin a reputation |
42% | TARNISH | 7 | To ruin someone's reputation, say |
42% | IMNOTASCIENTIST | 15 | Statement from someone you should probably respond to with skepticism |
41% | GLARE | 5 | To give someone a long, disapproving look (rhymes with "snare") |
41% | VEGAN | 5 | Someone you'd be unlikely to have a beef with? |
41% | WORKINGHARDOR | 13 | With 47 Across, facetious question to someone putting in a shift |
40% | THATSHALF | 9 | With 42-Across, encouraging words to someone making a good effort, and an apt description of this puzzle's circled letters |
40% | ROB | 3 | To forcibly take from someone, or a way to "plunder" (rhymes with "sob") |
40% | SPAN | 4 | Word with "time" to indicate a period of someone's life, perhaps |
39% | SACK | 4 | To pillage and destroy a place, or a way to "plunder" (rhymes with "back") |
39% | ITAINTOVERUNTIL | 15 | WIth 57-Across, a die-hard's statement |
38% | THREEMUSKETEERS | 15 | Group with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
38% | NATIONALPASTIME | 15 | Baseball ... with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
38% | PISA | 4 | Spot with a landmark that's inclined to impress |
38% | FDR | 3 | President with a monument next to MLK Jr.'s |
38% | ISABEL | 6 | Woman's name with a ring to it? |
38% | SENSITIVELY | 11 | With care to a person's feelings |
38% | LIKABLE | 7 | Having the qualities of someone you might want to get a beer with, say |
37% | POLYAMORY | 9 | Practice for someone with a lot of love to give? |
37% | SHORTERDAYS | 11 | Winter feature with a hint to today's puzzle theme |
37% | GRANDCENTRAL | 12 | Famous place with a hint to this puzzle's theme |
37% | AMOAMASAMAT | 11 | School phrase with a clue to this puzzle's theme |
37% | SAX | 3 | Instrument with a solo in Springsteen's "Born to Run" |