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(1/6) "The bus is almost here, but the shoelace had a plot ... It coiled up real tight and turned into a ___!" — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the August 10 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
KNOT
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
August 10 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword August 10 2025
KNOT
Complicated problem
KNOT
4
Tangled shoelace problem
KNOT
4
What shoelaces are in, usually
KNOT
4
Tie the ___ (get married)
KNOT
4
Tie the ___ (wed)
KNOT
4
Tie the ___ (wed)
KNOT
4
Tie the ___ (get married)
KNOT
4
Massage therapist's target, perhaps
KNOT
4
Massage target, perhaps
KNOT
4
Tangled shoelaces problem
KNOT
4
Tie the ___ (get married)
KNOT
4
Tangled earphones problem
KNOT
4
Mother, affectionately
MOM
3
Pig's home
STY
3
"Four score and seven years ___"
AGO
3
Prayer ending word
AMEN
4
"I ___ you one" (expression of gratitude)
OWE
3
Generation ___ (disconnect between generations)
GAP
3
Big rig, in trucker slang
SEMI
4
Green pellet in a pod
PEA
3
Mathematical collections in Venn diagrams
SETS
4
___ Clapton, singer of "Layla"
ERIC
4
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