Answer: CRUSH
CRUSH is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 35 times.
Referring Clues:
- Puppy love
 - Rush-hour subway phenomenon
 - First love, perhaps
 - Trounce
 - Infatuation
 - Prepare grapes for wine
 - More than just defeat
 - Hug tight
 - Romantic infatuation
 - Beat overwhelmingly
 - Crowd
 - Pulverize
 - Prepare grapes, in a way
 - Hug very tightly
 - Completely humiliate
 - Trample underfoot
 - Valentine recipient, perhaps
 - Compact cars?
 - Has a ___ on: is infatuated with
 - Short-lived infatuation
 - Steamroller
 - Teen's infatuation
 - Val had one on Tyler on "In a Heartbeat"
 - Defeat soundly
 - Teen love
 - Defeat utterly
 - Object of puppy love
 - Beat by a mile
 - Swoon over someone
 - Object of infatuation
 - Prospective sweetheart, say
 - Person you might pass a "Do you like me? Check yes or no" no
 - Dream
 - Person of interest?
 - Romantic interest
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - June 24, 2025
 - New York Times - February 29, 2024
 - USA Today - July 12, 2023
 - New York Times - May 16, 2023
 - USA Today - April 13, 2023
 - LA Times - November 28, 2022
 - USA Today - September 07, 2022
 - LA Times - April 13, 2021
 - LA Times - May 26, 2020
 - LA Times - February 11, 2019
 - New York Times - January 15, 2019
 - Netword - January 04, 2019
 - LA Times - November 18, 2018
 - LA Times - August 29, 2018
 - USA Today - April 24, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 10, 2016
 - Universal - July 11, 2014
 - Washington Post - March 15, 2014
 - Universal - December 04, 2013
 - Washington Post - November 08, 2012
 
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