Introduction
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This "Pitch a tent" clue appeared in the Newsday Crossword on February 21, 2024. If you are stumped with the solution, we have the answer below.
Answer
Clue: Pitch a tent
Answer: ENCAMP (6 letters)
Hints and Explanation
To pitch a tent usually refers to people camping where they erect a canvas shelter stretched over supporting poles to sleep in.
Encamp is a verb that means to settle in or establish a camp. So paired with other solutions in the grid, the answer turns out to be “ENCAMP”.
Crossword Clues on Feb. 21, 2024
Here are the other crossword clues that appeared on Feb. 21, 2024 in the Newsday Crossword.
- Clue
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- Pasta nutrient, for short
- Purina alternative
- Throat-clearing sound
- French farewell
- Regretted
- Certain committee head
- __ out (barely managed)
- Money spent
- Captain Kirk's weapons
- Films a movie
- Leave port
- Police informant
- Doing nothing
- Rainbow shape
- Tot's three-wheeler
- '70s Israeli leader
- Rule a kingdom
- Makes a mistake
- Do great on a test
- "Shaky" prefix for center
- Affirmative votes
- One glued to the tube
- Stylistically pretentious
- Loyal citizen
- Divided Asian peninsula
- Sandwich cookie
- Exercise for the pecs
- Falsehoods
- Wipe clean
- Pesky insect
- Country road
- Twirl around
- __-bitsy
- Tex-Mex shells
- Informal assent
- Old-style "Cool!"
- Spanish male friend
- Crow's cry
- "Without further __ . . ."
- Goblet's edge
- "C'mon, help me out!"
- Greek war god
- Skywalker of sci-fi
- Social equal
- Racetrack ratio
- Not trendy
- Goes bad, as fruit
- Got off a horse
- Headliner
- High __ (elite group)
- Metallic rock
- Western author Zane
- Dublin's land
- Gumbo ingredient
- Loch __ monster
- Apple desktop computer
- 1920s style, for short
- In __ of (rather than)
- Guitarist Clapton
- Coll. transcript stat
- Evening, on marquees
- Bangkok native
- Thorough investigation
- Playful aquatic mammals
- Working, as spud-peeling GIs
- Welsh __ (dog breed)
- Do not exist
- Flat-topped hills
- Ashen-looking
- Opinion survey
- Diva's solo
- Adolescent
- Stood up
- Short snooze
- CBS police franchise
- Barnyard cackler
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