"___ nearly time, get ready!" Crossword Clue

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"___ nearly time, get ready!" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

NEARLY (adverb)
1. in a close manner
2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
TIME (noun)
1. a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
2. rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
TIME (verb)
1. measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
2. adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time

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8. Flutter, like a bird's wings (rhymes with "slap")

12. Singer ___ Clapton of "Layla"

13. Charged particle

14. Volcanic flow

15. "Jack and Jill ___ up the hill..."

16. How-___ (instruction manuals)

17. Leave off the list

20. "The Parent ___" (Lindsay Lohan movie)

22. Hot chocolate drink with marshmallows

25. ___ capacity, property of water that makes it a good warmth storage medium

26. ___ double (daredevil on a film set)

27. Dig into food

28. ___-Tac-Toe

31. Frozen block of water with the unique property of being less dense than the water that was used to make it

32. Kilt-wearing boy, perhaps

33. U.S. medical insurance group: Abbr.

34. Color akin to aqua or cyan

36. Shelled slow mover in the garden

38. Missy Elliott's genre

39. Boiling ___, the "hot spot" of liquid water where it starts vaporizing and escapes as steam

40. Formal wear often paired with trousers

42. Smoked meat, maybe

43. Standout color of the sea that is caused by water selectively absorbing colors and scattering this cool shade

44. System ___ Down (hard rock band): 2 wds.

46. Throat-clearing word

50. ___ up with (tolerates)

51. Not negative, for short

52. Title for a lady in Spain

53. "All Star Mr & ___" (show hosted by Phillip Schofield)

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Down

1. Kitten's cry

2. "___ you ready for this?"

3. Part of an hour, for short

4. Capillary ___, property of water whereby it can climb up thin tubes or plant stems all on its own

5. Relaxes in a chair, say

6. Sound of a dove

7. "She walked to school ___ of taking the bus"

8. What bugs and water striders do on water, due to the property of its high surface tension

9. Aladdin's treasure

10. Bird-related prefix (anagram of "via")

11. ___ on the back (approval)

19. Rat-a-___ (drum sound)

21. Cheese-loving pest

22. "___: Miami" (procedural TV show): Abbr.

23. Medicines bought without a prescription: Abbr.

24. Billiards stick

25. Recover, medically speaking

28. Bangkok cuisine

29. "___ love with you" (romantic declaration): 2 wds.

30. Young stallion

32. Portable computers

34. Gives it a shot

35. Musical gift

36. Place for a pedicure

37. Wanderer without a permanent address

40. Talk drunkenly

41. Humble homes sometimes made of grass

42. "Every problem ___ solution": 2 wds.

43. Heart rate count Abbr.

45. Bad guy, to the hero

47. Chili pepper or magma descriptor

48. Brian ___, singer of "By This River"

49. Ticked off

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