Appears (to be) Crossword Clue
Looking for the answer to “Appears (to be)” from the Washington Post Sunday crossword of November 9, 2025? It has 5 letters. Flip the tiles one at a time, try a hint first, or look through the rest of that puzzle.
Crossword answer
WASHINGTON POST SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2025
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SEEMS is the answer to “Appears (to be)”. It means to give the impression of being.
Hints
Three clues to the answer, gentle first. Open one at a time.
Hint 1 Meaning
To give the impression of being.
Hint 2 Anagram
Its letters, scrambled: ESESM.
Hint 3 Another clue
It has also been clued as “"Looking at it now / It all ___ so simple" (Taylor Swift lyric)”.
More clues from the Washington Post Sunday (November 9, 2025)
Across
- 1. Hat for Indiana Jones6 letters, starts with FFEDORA
- 7. Part of a fall pile4 letters, starts with LLEAF
- 11. Talk with one's father?6 letters, starts with SSERMON
- 17. Randy Newman song that mentions Santa Monica Boulevard7 letters, starts with IILOVELA
- 19. Go off script5 letters, starts with AADLIB
- 21. Showing faith in6 letters, starts with TTRUETO
- 22. *Pool game that uses just one striped sphere8 letters, starts with NNINEBALL
- 24. *Insects also known as blackflies12 letters, starts with BBUFFALOGNATS
- 26. "Ad ___" (2019 sci-fi movie whose title is Latin for "to the stars")5 letters, starts with AASTRA
- 27. "I ___ you good day"3 letters, starts with BBID
- 29. Hallucinate from taking a psychoactive drug7 letters, starts with TTRIPOUT
- 30. Captained3 letters, starts with LLED
- 31. *MIT climatologist who provides forecasts for the Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex blog10 letters, starts with JJUDAHCOHEN
- 35. Furtive summons4 letters, starts with PPSST
- 38. Violinist Zimbalist who directed the Curtis Institute of Music from 1941 to 19685 letters, starts with EEFREM
- 41. ___-___ (fish with a reduplicative name)4 letters, starts with MMAHI
- 42. Does some tailoring4 letters, starts with SSEWS
- 45. Course score3 letters, starts with PPAR
- 46. Commencement attendee6 letters, starts with SSENIOR
- 48. Like some flaws5 letters, starts with FFATAL
- 49. ___ society (animal welfare organization)6 letters, starts with HHUMANE
- 51. *Actor who said, "Mark my words, Seinfeld! Your day of reckoning is coming" on the finale of "Seinfeld"11 letters, starts with WWAYNEKNIGHT
- 53. *Lottery winnings9 letters, starts with MMEGABUCKS
- 56. Fanatical4 letters, starts with AAVID
- 57. Triumphant cry3 letters, starts with OOLE
- 58. Industry big shot5 letters, starts with MMOGUL
- 59. "High" or open places4 letters, starts with SSEAS
- 60. Approaches the right answer8 letters, starts with GGETSWARM
- 63. *"Be with you soon"9 letters, starts with IINAMOMENT
- 66. Lode load3 letters, starts with OORE
- 67. "Zoe" actor McGregor4 letters, starts with EEWAN
- 68. Portend7 letters, starts with PPRESAGE
- 72. *First president of Egypt14 letters, starts with MMUHAMMADNAGUIB
- 79. Initial public offering?5 letters, starts with DDEBUT
- 80. "Humble" dwelling5 letters, starts with AABODE
- 81. Boyos4 letters, starts with LLADS
- 82. Price offerings?5 letters, starts with AARIAS
- 85. "You were made for ___ other"4 letters, starts with EEACH
- 86. *___ Kenneth Dwight, birth name of Elton John8 letters, starts with RREGINALD
- 88. Like cream on scones, often7 letters, starts with CCLOTTED
- 90. Oceanography, e.g.: Abbr.3 letters, starts with SSCI
- 91. Jyn ___, protagonist of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"4 letters, starts with EERSO
- 92. Political commentator Elie who writes for The Nation6 letters, starts with MMYSTAL
- 95. *Like a certain 19th-century revivalist architecture movement9 letters, starts with NNEOGOTHIC
- 97. "___ Drives Me Crazy" (hit song by Fine Young Cannibals)3 letters, starts with SSHE
- 99. Playbill info3 letters, starts with BBIO
- 100. "Swallow Me Whole" graphic novelist Powell4 letters, starts with NNATE
- 101. *Secure home financing15 letters, starts with OOBTAINAMORTGAGE
- 109. Listings in a phone's "Recents" tab5 letters, starts with CCALLS
- 113. Appears (to be)5 letters, starts with SSEEMS
- 114. Portrayer of Buster Bluth on "Arrested Development"8 letters, starts with TTONYHALE
- 115. Pieced art piece6 letters, starts with MMOSAIC
- 116. Banking giant aptly found in an urban area4 letters, starts with CCITI
- 117. "The Twilight ___"4 letters, starts with ZZONE
- 118. *Chairman of the Federal Reserve who purchased The Washington Post in 193311 letters, starts with EEUGENEMEYER
- 120. Highly excited4 letters, starts with AAGOG
- 121. Beer garden glassfuls4 letters, starts with AALES
- 122. Kaa and Sir Hiss of Disney movies, e.g.6 letters, starts with SSNAKES
- 123. Ceremonial act4 letters, starts with RRITE
- 124. Home of the Eldorado Resort Casino4 letters, starts with RRENO
- 125. Charmin roll layer3 letters, starts with PPLY
- 126. Academic hurdles5 letters, starts with TTESTS
- 127. Skier's blanket4 letters, starts with SSNOW
Down
- 1. Ultimate5 letters, starts with FFINAL
- 2. "Für ___" (Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor)5 letters, starts with EELISE
- 3. "You've gotta admit I'm right about that!"10 letters, starts with DDONTDENYIT
- 4. Higher than4 letters, starts with OOVER
- 5. "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" singer McEntire4 letters, starts with RREBA
- 6. Bouchée ___ reine (French pastry)3 letters, starts with AALA
- 7. Vial place3 letters, starts with LLAB
- 8. Bard address letters3 letters, starts with EEDU
- 9. Sitcom with an ET3 letters, starts with AALF
- 10. "The ___ Element" (movie that isn't about boron, despite its name)5 letters, starts with FFIFTH
- 11. "Quit it!"4 letters, starts with SSTOP
- 12. "Therefore ..."4 letters, starts with EERGO
- 13. Period before an event5 letters, starts with RRUNUP
- 14. The real world, as opposed to a virtual one9 letters, starts with MMEATSPACE
- 15. Jordan hired as the Phoenix Suns coach in 20253 letters, starts with OOTT
- 16. They're in the corners of crossword squares: Abbr.3 letters, starts with NNOS
- 18. Cake or Cream creation5 letters, starts with AALBUM
- 20. Reveals5 letters, starts with BBARES
- 23. Travel mug topper3 letters, starts with LLID
- 25. Bit of onstage dialogue4 letters, starts with LLINE
- 28. Result of a car collision6 letters, starts with DDAMAGE
- 31. Sudden yank4 letters, starts with JJERK
- 32. Possesses, biblically4 letters, starts with HHATH
- 33. Quick conversation4 letters, starts with CCHAT
- 34. Rig stuff3 letters, starts with OOIL
- 36. Decaf coffee brand5 letters, starts with SSANKA
- 37. Lock of hair5 letters, starts with TTRESS
- 39. Manages to locate5 letters, starts with FFINDS
- 40. ___ v. Wade3 letters, starts with RROE
- 43. Ahab, e.g.6 letters, starts with WWHALER
- 44. Long sandwich ... or a short sandwich?3 letters, starts with SSUB
- 46. Convention goodies4 letters, starts with SSWAG
- 47. Building projection4 letters, starts with EEAVE
- 48. Ford vehicle, say?4 letters, starts with FFILM
- 50. Watch this!7 letters, starts with MMUSTSEE
- 52. "I'm totally serious!"8 letters, starts with NNOREALLY
- 53. Uma Thurman, to Maya Hawke3 letters, starts with MMOM
- 54. Braggart's big thing3 letters, starts with EEGO
- 55. Forrest in a movie4 letters, starts with GGUMP
- 58. How-to guide6 letters, starts with MMANUAL
- 61. League of ___ Voters5 letters, starts with WWOMEN
- 62. Vaccination site, often3 letters, starts with AARM
- 63. Cranky response to "Are you asleep?"4 letters, starts with IIWAS
- 64. Annoy with reminders3 letters, starts with NNAG
- 65. MLB manager Yost3 letters, starts with NNED
- 67. Conclude3 letters, starts with EEND
- 69. Cause to feel ashamed5 letters, starts with AABASH
- 70. Bag name5 letters, starts with GGUCCI
- 71. Code of right and wrong5 letters, starts with EETHIC
- 72. Female horse4 letters, starts with MMARE
- 73. Car-summoning app4 letters, starts with UUBER
- 74. Pig farm occupants4 letters, starts with HHOGS
- 75. Parting words from a padre to a compadre10 letters, starts with AADIOSAMIGO
- 76. Some guys depicted in toddlers' drawings4 letters, starts with DDADS
- 77. Wrought material4 letters, starts with IIRON
- 78. Chomp down on4 letters, starts with BBITE
- 83. Right one's wrongs5 letters, starts with AATONE
- 84. Developer of Shinobi games4 letters, starts with SSEGA
- 87. "I agree 100 percent!"4 letters, starts with AAMEN
- 88. What's going on?7 letters, starts with CCLOTHES
- 89. Tech boom subject6 letters, starts with DDOTCOM
- 93. Steakhouse selections6 letters, starts with TTBONES
- 94. Well-ventilated4 letters, starts with AAIRY
- 96. They won't show you the full picture7 letters, starts with TTEASERS
- 98. What's-___-name3 letters, starts with HHIS
- 101. Children's character who could appear on trash TV?5 letters, starts with OOSCAR
- 102. Neutral shade5 letters, starts with BBEIGE
- 103. ___ Range (section of the Rockies)5 letters, starts with TTETON
- 104. Ring-shaped landform5 letters, starts with AATOLL
- 105. Safe deposit5 letters, starts with MMONEY
- 106. Scrawny5 letters, starts with GGAUNT
- 107. Photosynthetic marine life5 letters, starts with AALGAE
- 108. Enthusiasts5 letters, starts with GGEEKS
- 110. Basket that's close to the basket5 letters, starts with LLAYIN
- 111. Be dishonest with5 letters, starts with LLIETO
- 112. Rotated fastener5 letters, starts with SSCREW
- 115. Slob's heap4 letters, starts with MMESS
- 117. Hit with a laser3 letters, starts with ZZAP
- 119. Lacrosse stick mesh3 letters, starts with NNET
Seen before
This clue also appeared in the Washington Post Sunday on July 13, 2025.
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Questions
What is the answer to “Appears (to be)”?
SEEMS, 5 letters: to give the impression of being.
When was “Appears (to be)” last seen in a crossword?
In the Washington Post Sunday crossword of November 9, 2025, and 1 more time before that.
How many letters does the answer have?
5 letters, starting with S.