Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TURNTOSTONE Petrify ... or what five alternating words in 17-, 23-, 29-, 43- and 50-Across can do? (11)
5% LETEM "They can do what they want" (5) Universal May 28, 2026
5% ROCKYSTART Difficult beginning, and a trait shared by 17-, 23-, 29-, 40- and 46-Across (10) Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026
5% FAULTLINES Fractured spots in the earth's crust, or what 17-, 23-, and 49-Across are (10) LA Times Daily May 27, 2026
5% HARDPRESSED Feeling the squeeze, or what 17-, 23-, 37-, and 48-Across may be (11) LA Times Daily May 20, 2026
5% URN What often holds 29-Across (3) Newsday May 8, 2026
5% CHANGEGEARS Shift, or what the ends of 17-, 23-, 38-, and 48-Across do (11) LA Times Daily Apr 16, 2026
5% FINALMAJORWORKOF With 43-Down, what 23-/29-Across was (16) New York Times Oct 18, 2009
4% CUTANDRUN Get out of Dodge, or what can precede the first words of 17-, 28- and 47-Across (9) USA Today Jun 1, 2026
4% LAMA see 23 Across (4) (4) Mirror Quiz May 28, 2026
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