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The Verified Answer for Metaphoric acknowledgment is:
- HATTIP
Useful hints for “Metaphoric acknowledgment” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼I was so surprised to learn that HAT TIP is a debut in the Times puzzle! It refers to a gesture that seems so charming and old-fashioned. When could one last expect a hat tip on the street, from anyone other than a swing dancer or Pharrell? Since I was stuck on TEATIMES (and reluctant to enter SEP at 33A, as I thought it one letter too short to abbreviate September), it took a while for this entry to make itself apparent. Every so often I think about getting a real hat, as opposed to some shapeless woolly number, but I don’t like to stand out. Once upon a time it’d have been the other way around.