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Create friction

Last seen in LA Times Daily Crossword September 16, 2025 Answers

The crossword clue "Create friction" was featured in the LA Times Daily Crossword puzzle on September 16, 2025 and has been seen in crosswords before. We've compiled 164 possible answers from various sources. The leading candidate is RUB (3 letters), scoring a 99% match — the highest among all solutions we found.

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164 Other Potential Answers

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RUB
Create friction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 16, 2025
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CHAFE
Cause friction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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GAMEWITHINAGAME
Nintendo player's side quest, or what the circled letters of 16-, 23-, and 41-Across create
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 23, 2026
8%
GEL
Product often used to create a wet look
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 11, 2026
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WHAMMYBAR
Guitar accessory that may create vibrato
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2026
8%
ATKINS
Guitarist Chet who helped create the Nashville sound
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
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CTO
Exec who may create an AI strategy
Universal Crossword · Jan 1, 2026
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TATTOOIST
One may create art that's close to your heart
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
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ISOS
Plays that create one-on-one scoring opportunities, in basketball shorthand
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
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TAILENDS
Final parts, and what this puzzle's circled letters create
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 16, 2025
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GONGS
Instruments that may create a meditative sound bath
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2025
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CHANGEDONESTUNE
Adopted a new attitude, or what music producers did to create the answers to the starred clues?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 24, 2025
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GLEECLUBS
Groups that create harmony?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 29, 2024
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COBALT
Metal used to create a deep blue pigment
Universal Crossword · Dec 28, 2024
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MENTOS
Candy that can create a soda geyser
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 12, 2024
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GED
Test the constructor took to create 46-/53-Across?
Universal Crossword · May 28, 2024
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GRE
Test the constructor took to create 35-Across?
Universal Crossword · May 28, 2024
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ACT
Test the constructor took to create 25-Across?
Universal Crossword · May 28, 2024
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SAT
Test the constructor took to create 20-Across?
Universal Crossword · May 28, 2024
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LETSMAKEAMEAL
Contestants work in teams to create a Michelin star-worthy dinner today on ...
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 16, 2024
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FILLERWORD
Sound added to everyday speech, and what's been added to create the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2024
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ROOMFORDESSERT
Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 31, 2024
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SKIDS
Overcomes friction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 9, 2024
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STYSITUATION
*Source of friction when a messy person lives with a neatnik?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 6, 2023
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ORIGAMI
Art form used to create a crane or a masu box
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2023
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VISIONPLANS
When one of Marvel's Avengers needs to create a lineup card, __
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 24, 2022
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SPACERS
They create gaps between teeth
Universal Crossword · Jul 28, 2022
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PROSANDCONS
Both sides of an argument, and what have been switched to create the answers to the starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2022
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DOCTOREDUP
Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 11, 2022
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RADIOACTIVEDK
Process that may create alpha particles, very briefly?
Universal Crossword · Feb 16, 2022
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WARMINGDRAWER
One sketching part of a bird? (Hint: This clue's answer ignores squares 2-4. Enter a body part in those squares to create valid, unclued Across and Down answers.)
Universal Crossword · Jan 14, 2022
8%
UMAMI
It was added to create an everyday quintet in 1990
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 24, 2021
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LOVERSSPAT
Source of friction for flames?
Universal Crossword · Oct 30, 2020
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TAXBREAK
Common campaign promise, and what four black squares in this puzzle create
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 10, 2019
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BOYLESLAGER
"A bottle where the rapid decrease in pressure upon opening creates foam, please" request?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 21, 2026
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MOHS
Mineralogist who created a scale
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 14, 2026
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DMITRI
Chemist Mendeleev who created the periodic table
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
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MASLOW
Psychologist who created a notable hierarchy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 27, 2026
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NERO
Wolfe created by Rex Stout
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2026
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IAN
Fleming who created James Bond
Universal Crossword · Mar 18, 2026
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DRFRANKENSTEIN
Mary Shelley character who created a monster ... and who might've been inspired by the starred clues' answers, in modern times?
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2026
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RAIMI
Sam who created the "Evil Dead" franchise
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2026
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AFROBEAT
Genre created by Nigerian musician Fela Kuti
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 10, 2026
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SEPARATE
With 65-Across, request from some diners, or what a black square creates in rows 3, 6, 8, and 10 of this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
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DESIREPATH
Route created by pedestrians seeking shortcuts
Universal Crossword · Jan 11, 2026
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MEMECOINS
Cryptocurrency assets created for entertainment purposes
Universal Crossword · Jan 10, 2026
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STOKER
Novelist Bram who created Dracula
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 30, 2025
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ARMISEN
Fred who co-created "Portlandia"
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
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DEPTH
What a perspective drawing creates the illusion of
Universal Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
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NRC
Agcy. created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
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FDR
Pres. who created the "alphabet agencies"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 12, 2025
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NICKKROLL
Comedian who co-created the Netflix animated series "Big Mouth"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 7, 2025
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FANTA
Fruit soda created by Coca-Cola Deutschland
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2025
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OREO
Cookie that created the Dunk Club
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2025
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THEDAILYBEAST
*News website created by Tina Brown
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2025
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NARNIA
Literary realm created by C.S. Lewis
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 17, 2025
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SSN
ID created as part of FDR's New Deal
Universal Crossword · May 22, 2025
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STANLEE
Comics legend who co-created Spider-Man and the X-Men
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 5, 2025
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AIGENERATED
Like content created by ChatGPT
Universal Crossword · Apr 23, 2025
1%
IBM
Co. that created Watson
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 19, 2025
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ETTA
___ May, comedy character created by Brenda Ferrari
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
1%
PDJAMES
Novelist who created the detective Adam Dalgliesh
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
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CRUEL
Fur-obsessed vil___in created by Dodie Smith
Universal Crossword · Mar 13, 2025
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OLSENS
Twins who created the fashion label The Row
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2025
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AIRHOCKEY
Low-friction table sport
Universal Crossword · Mar 1, 2025
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GMOS
Crops created by biotech
Universal Crossword · Feb 7, 2025
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IPADS
Procreate devices
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 28, 2024
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CSPAN
Channel created as a community service
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
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AIKIDO
Martial art created by Morihei Ueshiba
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
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ESTEE
Lauder who created the Youth-Dew fragrance
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2024
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PALAU
Pacific island nation that created the first shark sanctuary
Universal Crossword · Jul 15, 2024
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CSLEWIS
Writer who created Narnia
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 14, 2024
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BBC
Television network created by royal charter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 12, 2024
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MERV
Griffin who created "Jeopardy!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 11, 2024
1%
PENNY
Novelist Louise who created the fictional police inspector Armand Gamache
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2024
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SOAP
Emmy-winning sitcom created by Susan Harris
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2024
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SETHGREEN
"Family Guy" voice actor who co-created "Robot Chicken"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 6, 2024
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SORKIN
Aaron who created “The West Wing”
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 29, 2024
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THEVIEW
TV show created by Barbara Walters
Premier Sunday Crossword · May 5, 2024
1%
ROOMBA
Item used with a Swiffer to recreate Olympic curling, in a viral video
Universal Crossword · Mar 11, 2024
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USOC
Org. created two years before the 1896 Athens games
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 18, 2024
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JIM
Henson who created the Muppets
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 30, 2024
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EEC
Org. created by the 1957 Treaty of Rome
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2023
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IPAD
Tablet with Procreate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 18, 2023
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SEGA
Company that created a Sonic boom?
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2023
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IRV
Record producer Gotti who created the BET series "Tales"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2023
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LITEBRITE
Toy that creates a glowing picture
Universal Crossword · Aug 19, 2023
1%
TYRABANKS
Supermodel who created "America's Next Top Model"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2023
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LEE
Stan who co-created Spider-Man
Universal Crossword · Jul 25, 2023
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PLAYCLOTHES
Garb Maria creates from curtains in "The Sound of Music"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2023
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ELOI
Race created by H.G. Wells
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jun 11, 2023
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FIRERAINBOWS
*Phenomena created by sunlight refracting through ice crystals in clouds
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2023
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CHARLESSCHULZ
Cartoonist who created Snoopy and Woodstock
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 26, 2023
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GMO
Biotech-created food
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 23, 2023
1%
IRONTHRONE
Seat of power created by George R. R. Martin
Universal Crossword · Mar 11, 2023
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ENERGY
Cabinet department created under Carter
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 8, 2023
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DOCTORDOOM
*Marvel supervillain who created deadly robot clones of himself
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2022
1%
TAKINGNOTES
Creating study aids during a classroom lecture, and how seven long answers in this puzzle were created?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 6, 2022
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ASWAN
Dam that created Lake Nasser
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2022
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BACHELORPARITY
Film remake that tries to prove all unmarried men are created equal?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 4, 2022
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MILNE
Writer who created Pooh and Roo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 3, 2022
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GIRLPOWER
Feminist slogan created by the band Bikini Kill
Universal Crossword · Jun 11, 2022
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SAYERS
Novelist Dorothy who created Lord Peter Wimsey
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2022
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HWANG
Dong-hyuk who created "Squid Game"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2022
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FIERI
Guy who created trash can nachos
Universal Crossword · May 7, 2022
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EVER
"Never Have I __": Netflix series created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2022
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STEVENSON
Scottish writer who created 69-Down
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 1, 2022
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BALLBEARING
Rolling friction-reducing part
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 4, 2022
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HBOMB
Cold War concern ... and what created 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 25, 2022
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SHOLEM
Aleichem who created Tevye
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 19, 2022
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CHAS
Addams who created Morticia
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 23, 2022
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OXIDATION
Process that creates rust
Universal Crossword · Jan 16, 2022
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DAM
One created Lake Mead
Universal Crossword · Jan 14, 2022
1%
PLACEOFORIGIN
Where something is created
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 8, 2022
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STRIPTEASE
1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 16, 2021
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ARTIST
One who creates
Universal Crossword · Dec 8, 2021
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LEAR
Norman who created Archie and Edith Bunker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2021
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DUCKSAUCE
Topping Daffy created?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 14, 2021
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ISSA
Rae who created "Awkward Black Girl"
Universal Crossword · Sep 29, 2021
1%
FDIC
Org. created by the 1933 Banking Act
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 29, 2021
1%
DRPHIL
TV advice show co-created by Oprah
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 2, 2021
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BETADECAY
*Process that creates an antineutrino, or what the starred answers' starts represent?
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2021
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ADOBE
Company that created the PDF
Universal Crossword · Jul 12, 2021
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CLANCY
Writer who created the Ryanverse
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2021
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NCAA
Sports org. that evolved from one created under Teddy Roosevelt
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 4, 2021
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OSHA
Watchdog gp. created under Nixon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 18, 2021
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TSA
Org. created in response to 9/11
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 18, 2021
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DALI
Artist who created fashion designs for Schiaparelli
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 7, 2021
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JULES
Verne who created Nemo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 24, 2021
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DAHL
Roald who created Willy Wonka
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 22, 2021
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ROVIO
Finnish company that created Angry Birds
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 17, 2021
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CAPP
Al who created Abner
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 3, 2021
1%
FISHLADDER
Structure that creates a path for upstream migration, and a hint to hidden words in four long Down answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2020
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SPINOFFS
Shows created from shows
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 8, 2020
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JANEAUSTEN
Novelist who created Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse
Universal Crossword · Dec 1, 2020
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PEARL
Gem created by an animal
Universal Crossword · Nov 30, 2020
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BEGET
Procreate
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 30, 2020
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OSS
Spy org. created by FDR
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2020
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USER
Person who creates a password
Universal Crossword · Nov 13, 2020
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AGATHA
Christie who created Poirot
Universal Crossword · Oct 19, 2020
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ERLE
Gardner who created Perry Mason
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 12, 2020
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TWAIN
Mark who created Huck Finn
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 27, 2020
1%
RANSOMNOTE
*Letter stereotypically created from cut-and-paste newsprint
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2020
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LORNE
Michaels who created "SNL"
Universal Crossword · Aug 25, 2020
1%
RALPHLAUREN
Fashion designer who created Polo (5 to 8)
Universal Crossword · Aug 9, 2020
1%
CRISTAL
Champagne first created for Alexander II
Universal Crossword · Jul 23, 2020
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PAINTMIXER
Hardware store gadget that creates the perfect color
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2020
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NEIL
Simon who created Felix and Oscar
Universal Crossword · May 22, 2020
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ERMA
Bombeck who said, "God created man, but I could do better"
Universal Crossword · Apr 26, 2020
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NRA
New Deal org. that created set prices
Universal Crossword · Mar 29, 2020
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ORALB
Brand created by a periodontist in the 1950s
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2020
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OILCHANGE
Basic auto maintenance, and how each answer to a starred clue was created
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2020
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LAVATUBE
Conduit created by volcanic activity
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 20, 2020
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BOMBER
Jacket whose earliest version was created for pilots
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 9, 2019
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SELFMADEMANE
Coiffure created using a mirror?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 3, 2019
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GIANT
Source of the fairy-tale sequence that creates four long puzzle puns
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 25, 2019
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USMINT
It was created in Philly in 1792
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 12, 2019
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WOOSTER
Bertie created by Wodehouse
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 6, 2019
1%
SPYRI
Johanna who created Heidi
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 1, 2019
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AYN
Rand who created Howard Roark
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2019
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STUAIT
Little created by E.B. White
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2019
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ARTICLEII
Constitution section that creates the executive branch
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 10, 2019
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DANA
Perfumery that created Tabu
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 23, 2019
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TESS
Gerritsen who created Rizzoli and Isles
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 2, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many possible solutions does "Create friction" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 164 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is RUB (3 letters).
What is the best answer for "Create friction"?
The best answer for "Create friction" is RUB with 3 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Create friction" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in LA Times Daily Crossword. It was last seen in the LA Times Daily Crossword on September 16, 2025.
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