Smart alec — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 8–letter crossword clue “Smart alec”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 15th Nov 1994. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Smart alec” is WISEACRE (8 letters).
We last saw “Smart alec” in NYT Crossword on 15th Nov 1994.
The 8-letter answer for “Smart alec” is WISEACRE.
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