"Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue "Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say last seen in New York Times puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 13 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is FULLTHRUSTERS.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FULLTHRUSTERS "Stepping on the gas, Captain!," as [circled letters] might say (13) New York Times Aug 3, 2025
6% ITOOKARISK "To protect my crew, the gamble was necessary," as [circled letters] might say (10) New York Times Aug 3, 2025
5% BORDERSTATES Geographic neighbors, or what this puzzle's circled letters literally are (12) LA Times Daily Oct 14, 2025
5% AIR It's a gas! (3) The Atlantic Oct 12, 2025
5% MAT Item stepped on at the front door, say (3)
5% CHIT Note that might say "IOU" (4) USA Today Oct 9, 2025
5% AHAB Pequod captain (4) New York Times Oct 8, 2025
5% EDITOR 'Redo it, silly!', one might say (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 2, 2025
5% ARGON Inert gas (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 1, 2025
5% LEAVESITATTHAT *Says no more (... letters 9-4) (14) Universal Sep 30, 2025

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