___ leaf cluster (decoration on a medal) Crossword Clue

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___ leaf cluster (decoration on a medal) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
2. the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CLUSTER (verb)
1. come together as in a cluster or flock
2. gather or cause to gather into a cluster
CLUSTER (noun)
1. a grouping of a number of similar things
DECORATION (noun)
1. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
2. something used to beautify

Hint 3: Anagram

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Across

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16. Cut above the rest?

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19. "Star Wars" antagonist

20. New Zealand native

22. Grain used in making Cheerios

23. Something I can stand for?

26. Conductor's stick

28. Quick transition on the basketball court

31. ___ Owens (birth name of Queen Latifah)

34. Hardwood tree … or what's left after it burns

35. Serenade

36. 8-pointer in Scrabble

38. Blowgun projectile

40. For a single purpose, as a committee

43. Class for a future stockbroker, informally

44. Wolf (down)

46. Not close

48. Word with shift or skeleton

49. Not completely closed

50. Permit for an international traveler

52. Subway system

54. Equipment for a gymnast

55. — tizzy

58. Apt anagram of BRUSH

60. Kind of soup from Japan

63. Eddie who voiced Donkey in "Shrek"

65. Get right to work

68. Like many virtual meetings

69. Natural seasoning

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71. Dangerous sort of stick

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Down

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8. One playing 45s, informally

9. Hosp. area for serious cases

10. Jay formerly of late-night TV

11. Sol's sister, in Roman myth

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14. "Whew! Sweat is dripping off me"

17. Mediterranean dish whose name can be translated as "pampered daddy"

24. Network for many TV reruns

25. Bizet's "Habanera," for one

27. Comedian Bargatze

28. Razor scooters and Rubik's Cubes, once

29. Yoga pose

30. Something a Möbius strip lacks

32. All-time best-selling female rapper worldwide

33. Medicinal plants

37. Big name in New Age music

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41. Again and again

42. Low-___ diet

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47. Alternative to white or whole wheat

50. Mispell a word, say

51. "Let's go, muchacho!"

53. Herb in the mint family

55. Biblical prophet that's 51-Down without its first letter

56. Slam-___ (easy success)

57. Grain-shaped pasta

59. Ignominious failure

61. Place for a pie to cool, stereotypically

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