% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "THE"

THE
part of ROTFL
word following a comma in an alphabetized list
with 64-Across, bad thing to be caught in
article that Ohio State University surprisingly managed to trademark in 2022
“___ real question is …”
helpful word in a cryptogram, often
starting word that’s often skipped when alphabetizing
not just “a”
not just *any*
with 23-Down, a person’s soul mate
with 3-Down, title setting of a 1937 Agatha Christie mystery
all-time go-between
french beverage
beverage at un café
with 40-Across, what’s fatefully “cast” in a quote attributed to Julius Caesar [German]
an alternative?
all-time connector
on-line connection?
with 14-Down, what “Fin” might mean
by-way connection
when italicized, word before something exemplary
with 61-Down, org. once headed by George H. W. Bush