Word after "heat" or "lava" Crossword Clue

Looking for the answer to “Word after "heat" or "lava"” from the USA Today crossword of December 12, 2024? It has 4 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.

Crossword answer

USA TODAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024

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Hints

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Hint 1 Meaning

Hint 2 Anagram

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More clues from the USA Today (December 12, 2024)

Across

1. Game with cues and a rack
5. Yellow ___ (dogs)
9. Org. with workplace inspectors
13. ___ Boleyn (queen in "Six")
14. Figure skating jump
15. ___ in (fully informed)
16. Take a break
17. In-N-Out Burger has a "Not-So-Secret" one
18. Congregations' songs
19. Take a difficult path
22. Swallowed down
23. Oracle
27. Change the color of
28. Pedicure targets
32. Cheese on some paninis
33. Site with vacation rentals
35. Unnamed author, for short
36. Practice of sending invoices on a schedule
40. Tune for two
41. Cooks, like clams or shumai
42. "See what's in the box!"
45. "Go away, fly!"
46. Rowing tool like a yuloh
49. Baltic country
51. Gravity, e.g., in physics
53. Try to get elected
57. Savory flavor
60. Unfreeze
61. Not fair, to an ump
62. Imply
63. Channel that covers triathlons
64. "Anyone ___ but You" (The Moldy Peaches song)
65. Language for writing webpages
66. Breaks down in a compost bin
67. Woodwind insert

Down

1. Analyzed, like a sentence
2. Like some mirrors and streets
3. Not remote
4. "I want to try!"
5. Word after "heat" or "lava"
6. Woodcutting tools
7. Like some pipes and knees
8. Loudly enjoy some udon
9. Athletes who will compete in Los Angeles in 2028
10. Dim ___
11. Mama chicken
12. Promotional pieces
15. Total mayhem
20. ". . . ___ further notice"
21. Stretch of history
24. Chill out together
25. A compliment may cause it to swell
26. Heavy weight
29. Resource in a lode
30. Recedes like the tide
31. Irritated states
33. "Don't behave so suspiciously!"
34. "So gross!"
36. Vessels for dice or tea
37. Throw forcefully
38. Language spoken in Vientiane
39. "Time for me to go!"
40. Mama deer
43. People in the short film "Nalujuk Night"
44. Periodic table element, or a container
46. Baltimore ballplayer
47. Point a finger at
48. Reacted to shocking news
50. Last word of a fairy tale, often
52. Buyer's proposal
54. Very, very
55. Enthralled
56. Has the deed to
57. "So gross!"
58. Encountered
59. Device for withdrawing $$

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Questions

What is the answer to “Word after "heat" or "lava"”?

LAMP, 4 letters: to look at.

When was “Word after "heat" or "lava"” last seen in a crossword?

In the USA Today crossword of December 12, 2024.

How many letters does the answer have?

4 letters, starting with L.