Org. whose flag has 12 stars Crossword Clue Answers (2025)

1. Disturb

6. Public square

11. ___ pal

14. Accra's country

15. Made more bearable

16. Two halves

17. *Was optimistic (In this answer, see letters 4-9)

19. Golden object in "Jack and the Beanstalk"

20. Suddenly bright stars

21. On the Caribbean, say

23. Instance

24. *Wryly humorous (... letters 2-4)

27. Miscalculations

29. Crime for a pyromaniac

30. Org. whose flag has 12 stars

31. Cereal grains

33. "Presto!"

36. Physique, slangily

37. *Fruit with a narrow top (... letters 3-5)

40. Pop

41. Compete in an aquatic meet

43. Action

44. Thing sent in a birthday text

46. Accounts

48. "I can ___" ("Tell me about it")

50. *Downgraded planet (... letters 4-6)

53. Take a turn, in chess

54. Entered swiftly

55. Cost

57. "Affirmative," in Cologne

58. Have a whack at something, or an instruction for entering each starred clue's answer?

64. For

65. Opposites of odds

66. Princess's accessory

67. ___ Mateo

68. Witherspoon of "You're Cordially Invited"

69. Terminated

1. "Blech!"

2. Vietnam's national dish

3. Tree gunk

4. Catch in a trap

5. Bowlful with ground beef and green chiles, perhaps

6. Antifur grp.

7. Infused with alcohol

8. Volcanic powder

9. Sleeping character?

10. Wednesday on television?

11. Takes someone out

12. Darling

13. Allowed by law

18. Higher than

22. Gait slower than a canter

23. Bank alternative

25. Like a movie that's not for kids

26. ___ Major (Big Dipper's constellation)

27. DIY website

28. Most tender

30. Channel where you can find "The Big Bang Theory" reruns

32. Scottish assent

34. Truth or ___

35. Put two and two together, say

38. Adam's apple location?

39. Find a new home

42. O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___"

45. Collapses, as a tunnel

47. Hang around

49. Discharge

50. Daggers and a cauldron, e.g., in "Macbeth"

51. First lady Bush

52. Unlocks

56. It's over run!

59. "Now ___ seen it all!"

60. Neckline shape

61. Possessed

62. Unrefined mineral

63. Small amount