Encourage to misbehave Crossword Answer
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urge with or as if with a goad
Encourage: inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
Misbehave: behave badly
Other Missing Letter Clues (9/21/25)
1A:
NOUN: "a usually yellow to brownish-yellow transparent mineral...used as a gem"
6A:
NOUN: "arabica coffee beans of plants grown in ...Indonesia that produce a usually full-bodied coffee of low to medium acidity"
10A:
"That ___ to you"
14A:
Addis ___ (Ethiopia's capital)
15A:
"Break ___!" (good-luck wishes to an actor)
16A:
Forbidden act
17A:
"Obviously!"
18A:
Advertising award
19A:
Speaker's platform
20A:
NOUN: "consideration of a question in open... usually informal debate"
23A:
NOUN: "a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₄ gallon"
25A:
VERB: "to miss from one's possession or from a customary or supposed place"
26A:
IDIOM: "feeling very happy"
31A:
The end of ___
32A:
Unsigned, as a letter (abbr.)
33A:
"The Death of ___ Shady (Coup de Grâce)" (2024 Eminem album)
37A:
Chemist's suffix
38A:
Broken-bone stabilizers
41A:
Call ___ day (stop working)
42A:
Burkina ___ (West African nation)
44A:
Lotion component, often
45A:
Treat in a banana leaf
47A:
ADJECTIVE: "having or involving an inconspicuous but effective point of observation"
50A:
NOUN: "the reproduction of an effect (such as sound or an image) that is very faithful to the original"
52A:
The Police's "___ Other Day"
53A:
NOUN: "wordy and generally unintelligible jargon"
58A:
English river
59A:
COMMUNICATIONS CODE WORD: "used as a code word for the [24th] letter"
60A:
Type of tea
64A:
Sailing the waves
65A:
Curly hair style
66A:
Slanted, poetically
67A:
NOUN: "a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure"
68A:
"I like those ___!"
69A:
Showered attention on someone
1D:
Novelist Amy
2D:
Letters indicating price flexibility
3D:
Tablet
4D:
BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "circa 573–634...1st caliph of Mecca"
5D:
BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Babe 1914–1956 Mildred Ella...née Didrikson... American athlete"
6D:
Rocker White or Black
7D:
Penne ___ vodka
8D:
NOUN: "any of the vascular bundles forming the framework of a leaf"
9D:
"You're ___" (1999 Vertical Horizon hit)
10D:
Like rainy-day activities
11D:
Flies like an eagle
12D:
VERB: "to link by a legal or moral bond"
13D:
___ Spice (Victoria Beckham alter ego)
21D:
ABBREVIATION: "a box or container usually made of cardboard"
22D:
Golf ball brand suffix with Max, Soft, and Straight
23D:
Sesh after a lecture, often
24D:
"___ Gold" (1997 drama for which Peter Fonda earned a Best Actor nomination)
26D:
Many a Dickens character
27D:
Surname of winemaking brothers Ernest and Julio
28D:
Food made into rings
29D:
NOUN: "a combination of nine instruments or voices"
30D:
Picnic visitor
34D:
Resident of Peru's capital
35D:
Country that will host the 2026 Winter Olympics
36D:
NOUN: "a usually large suburban building or group of buildings containing various shops with associated passageways"
39D:
VERB: "to make due return to for services rendered"
40D:
NOUN: "a [tablet] of paper that has pages held together along the top"
43D:
ADJECTIVE: "different from the ordinary, usual, or expected in usually an appealing way"
46D:
Discover upon opening one's eyes in the morning, as breakfast in bed being served
48D:
Adjective in many rappers' names
49D:
"___-boy!" (exasperated utterance)
50D:
Real estate purchase, sometimes
51D:
BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Henrik 1828–1906 Norwegian poet and dramatist"
54D:
NOUN: "a public [trade] show"
55D:
___ Scott (famed Supreme Court plaintiff)
56D:
NOUN: "the grounds immediately surrounding a house that are usually covered with grass"
57D:
Where people get pumped up
61D:
NOUN: "a set of tools or implements"
62D:
"Nicely played!"
63D:
Airport guess, for short
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Encourage to misbehave Crossword Clue FAQ
What is the 4-letter answer to "Encourage to misbehave" crossword clue?
The answer to the "Encourage to misbehave" crossword clue is GOAD . This answer contains 4 letters and was confirmed in the Missing Letter puzzle.
Which crossword used "Encourage to misbehave" clue?
This crossword clue most recently appeared in the Missing Letter puzzle on September 21, 2025 . Daily crossword puzzles often reuse popular clues, so this clue may appear again in future puzzles from the same publication or others.
What is the meaning of GOAD?
The word GOAD means: urge with or as if with a goad. This definition provides context for why it fits the crossword clue "Encourage to misbehave".
