What is the answer to "How words function" in the Newsday Crossword?

The answer to the Newsday Crossword clue "How words function" is USAGE (5 letters).

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How words function Newsday Crossword Clue

Across clue · from the July 22, 2025 puzzle

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USAGE

5 letters · Across · last seen July 22, 2025

Is adjacent to5 Concert's sound boosters4 Canoe or kayak4 Sch. near Hollywood4 At that time4 Jockey's seat6 Checkbook remnant4 Of the sun5 Heard too often, as a phrase5 "Semper Fi" force: Abbr.4 "What a shame!"6 Fashionable4