Prune, before drying — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the May 25 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
PLUM
4 letters
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Milt ___, former NFL quarterback with a fruity surname that sounds better suited for Christmas puddings than football fields
PLUM
4
Juicy purple-colored fruit (anagram of "lump")
PLUM
4
Christmas pudding fruit (rhymes with "drum")
PLUM
4
Juicy purple-ish fruit with a pit
PLUM
4
Professor ___, character from the board game "Clue" who shares his name with a purple summer fruit
PLUM
4
Christmas pudding fruit
PLUM
4
Juicy fruit with a pit
PLUM
4
Fruit that's dried to make a prune
PLUM
4
Juicy purple-ish fruit
PLUM
4
Type of cake with fruit served during Christmas
PLUM
4
Purple or reddish fleshy fruit
PLUM
4
Dog's happy tail movement
WAG
3
Electric guitar's enhancer, for short
AMP
3
Ocean's movement, affected by the moon
TIDE
4
Travel on snow, say
SKI
3
Miguel Herran's character from "Money Heist"
RIO
3
Dry, as a desert
ARID
4
Harry Potter's magic stick
WAND
4
Navigator's guiding sheet
MAP
3
Neat and ___ (spick and span)
TIDY
4
X-___ vision
RAY
3
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