"___ can of worms" (complicate the situation): 2 wds. Crossword Clue

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"___ can of worms" (complicate the situation): 2 wds. Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

COMPLICATE (verb)
1. make more complex, intricate, or richer
2. make more complicated
SITUATION (noun)
1. a condition or position in which you find yourself
2. a job in an organization

Hint 2: Anagram

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PAEON

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Across

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14. Slow-cooked meat dish

15. Counterpart of "cons"

17. What scissors do

18. Drink brand with a polar bear mascot

20. If you want to share a hobby with humans from the Middle Ages, try ___-stitching, a needlework hobby with X-shaped stitches!

25. Grammy winners __ Tigres del Norte

26. ___ bank (kid's money holder)

27. If you want to share a hobby with humans from the Neolithic period, pick up this hands-on hobby of creating ceramics out of clay!

31. Brain activity test: Abbr.

32. ___-hop (musical genre)

33. Anti-narcotics group in Narcos: Abbr.

34. If you want to share a hobby with humans from the 19th century, pick up this cozy hobby of looping yarn into fun designs with a hook!

37. Sneak ___ (look quickly): 2 wds.

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41. Travels by ship, say

44. Wood-shaping tool

45. Window appliances: Abbr.

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49. Blasts with a ray gun, say

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Down

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2. Grain in a granola bar

3. Opposite of "post"

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6. Passed-down folk traditions and stories

7. ___-hoo (chocolate beverage):

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10. Furry members of the family

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21. Letters between Q and U

22. Group of crude oil-producing nations: Abbr.

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36. Coconut covering

37. Do some arithmetic

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41. AMC's "Better Call ___"

42. Ranch measure

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48. "___ Barbie Girl..." 2 wds.

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