Where a 17-Down becomes a 23-Across Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CHRYSALIS Where a 17-Down becomes a 23-Across (9) New York Times Apr 18, 2019
3% BELT See 17-Across (4) New York Times Dec 6, 2025
3% AMMO With 23-Down, bandolier, e.g. (4) New York Times Dec 6, 2025
3% LARVA Stage between 23-Across and pupa (5) USA Today Dec 4, 2025
3% MIXINGBOWLS Places where ingredients become one ... and what the scrambled first words of 17-, 33- and 39-Across are doing? (11) Universal Dec 1, 2025
3% HOOP See 17-Across (4) USA Today Nov 27, 2025
3% OVEN Where dough becomes bread (4)
3% OMEN Portentous 17-Across (4) LA Times Daily Nov 17, 2025
3% WOMANSJOKE see 17 Across (6,4) (10) Mirror Quiz Nov 15, 2025
3% HARDY See 17 Across (5) The Guardian Cryptic Nov 14, 2025

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