Answer: LOOSE
LOOSE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 160 times.
Referring Clues:
- Unbound
 - Of doubtful morals
 - Relaxed
 - On the lam
 - Like some interpretations
 - Unconnected
 - Kind of change
 - Almost ready for the tooth fairy
 - Baggy
 - Like some lips
 - Off the leash
 - Ready to come off
 - Untethered
 - Freewheeling
 - Ready to fall out, as pages from a book
 - Coming unglued?
 - One way to hang
 - Not tight
 - Not tied down
 - Imprecise
 - Lax
 - Untight
 - __-leaf binder
 - Fit to be tied?
 - At large
 - Uncaged
 - Word before cannon
 - Fitting like a muumuu
 - Like pocket change
 - Flapping, maybe
 - Kind of end?
 - On the run
 - Like a fugitive
 - In need of tightening
 - No longer tied up
 - Running free
 - Let fly
 - Promiscuous
 - In danger of falling off
 - Having escaped
 - Not quite tight
 - Unpackaged
 - Unrestrained
 - Not restrictive
 - Unleash
 - Liberated
 - Unattached
 - Not tied up
 - Not at all strict
 - Casual
 - Far from snug
 - Ready to fall out, as pages
 - Fast partner
 - Relaxed in the fitting room?
 - Like a successful dieter's clothes
 - Out of the yard
 - Cannon type?
 - On the Most Wanted list
 - Unleashed
 - Unbridled
 - Like some lips or change
 - Limber
 - Word with lips or change
 - Fast partner?
 - Unfettered
 - Kind of translation
 - Like some change
 - Out
 - Informal
 - Like ship-sinking lips?
 - Like some translations
 - Kind of end
 - Laissez-faire
 - Detached
 - Ready to come out
 - Roomy
 - Roomy
 - Lacking integrity
 - At liberty
 - Like a successful dieter's old clothes
 - Like lips that sink ships
 - Slack
 - Hardly word-for-word
 - Untied
 - Out of jail
 - Free
 - Wanton
 - Not quite ready for the tooth fairy
 - See 54-Down
 - Like a tooth with a string tied to it
 - Like a tooth with a stringed tied to it
 - Rough, as a translation
 - Relaxed, so to speak
 - On the ___ (like a perp who hasn't been nabbed)
 - Like some ends
 - Like a muumuu
 - Ready to fall out
 - Free from restraint
 - Not at all snug
 - Disconnected
 - Tight's opposite
 - Not exact
 - Set free
 - Floppy
 - No longer confined
 - Opposite of tight
 - Like some screws and translations
 - Out of the barn, say
 - Hardly tight
 - Way to break?
 - Not tight at all
 - Unrestricted
 - Inexact
 - Lenient
 - "Bustin' ___" (1981)
 - "Bustin' ___" (1981 Richard Pryor film)
 - Not in a package
 - Having slack
 - Far from tight
 - Not very tight
 - In the wind
 - Far from form-fitting
 - Unstructured
 - Fast's companion
 - At ease
 - Yet to be apprehended
 - With 62-Across, handyman's assortment, and a hint to what's in each set of circles
 - Like 10 Across not in bags
 - Like baggy pants
 - With 72 Across, unfinished business
 - Like a caftan
 - Like a muumuu's fit
 - Not tight enough
 - Undisciplined
 - Needing tightening
 - Unsecured
 - Off-leash, say
 - ___ cannon
 - Like a gossip's lips
 - Partner of fast
 - Adrift
 - About to fall out, like a tooth
 - Not bound together
 - Cut ___ (let go of)
 - Free to roam
 - Immoral
 - Off the chain, say
 - "___ lips sink ships"
 - Like a tooth that's not quite ready for the Tooth Fairy
 - Like a jiggly tooth
 - Not taut
 - Like an oversized shirt
 - One way to be cut
 - Wiggly, like a tooth
 - On the ___ (running free)
 - Like a tooth that's about to fall out
 - A size too big, say
 - ___-leaf tea
 - Word before "change" or "cannon"
 - Like harem pants
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 26, 2025
 - USA Today - June 18, 2025
 - USA Today - May 14, 2025
 - USA Today - February 24, 2025
 - LA Times - February 11, 2025
 - USA Today - January 09, 2025
 - USA Today - November 25, 2024
 - USA Today - October 01, 2024
 - USA Today - September 30, 2024
 - LA Times - June 20, 2024
 - USA Today - May 21, 2024
 - New York Times - March 17, 2024
 - USA Today - February 23, 2024
 - New York Times - January 08, 2024
 - LA Times - November 09, 2023
 - USA Today - July 19, 2023
 - LA Times - May 28, 2023
 - New York Times - May 28, 2023
 - LA Times - May 06, 2023
 - USA Today - May 05, 2023
 
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