Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ATASLANT Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends (8) LA Times Daily Apr 1, 2017
5% TERSE Like one-word responses (5) The Atlantic Jun 15, 2026
5% TOUCHGESTURES Phone users' motions, like those at the ends of 20-, 32- and 40-Across (13) Wall Street Journal Jun 9, 2026
5% OID Ending like -ish (3) Newsday Jun 7, 2026
5% SPRY Letters aptly missing from _ _ _ightl_ (4) New York Times Jun 7, 2026
5% AFORE Word like "ere" (5) Newsday May 31, 2026
5% LOTS "___ of love" (letter-ending words) (4)
5% LAIR Den's beginning to like atmosphere (4) (4) Puzzler Cryptic May 29, 2026
5% FRIPPERY 20 across and the like (8) (8) The Guardian Quick May 27, 2026
5% GREEK Like letters on a sorority house (5) The Atlantic May 18, 2026

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