"___, or ___?!" (extremely confident rhetorical question) Crossword Clue

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"_, or _?!" (extremely confident rhetorical question) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

RHETORICAL (adjective)
1. given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
CONFIDENT (adjective)
1. persuaded of; very sure
2. not liable to error in judgment or action

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Across

1. Superstar with the confusingly titled album This Is Me ... Then, for short

4. Mlle. equivalent

8. Shade of orangey yellow

13. Genre of many a TikTok rug-transformation video

15. Shade of pinky purple

16. Apple TV+ hit with a breakout performance by Trammell Tillman

17. Potential start of a guesstimate

18. Calming prescription?

20. Word after girl or before Baby

21. Excuse for confetti, maybe

24. "Not today, ___!"

27. Warbled, maybe

29. Cauliflower ___ (affliction for many rugby players)

30. Declare positively

31. Daughter of Brangelina

33. Denomination founded by Black Americans, familiarly

34. Teachers’ union: Abbr.

35. Show about which David Ehrlich posted, "So desperate for a new episode ... I'm just gonna walk down to my local ER and watch what happens"

36. ___ Jose (home of the NHL mascot Sharkie)

37. Band whose song "Everybody Hurts" was covered by Patti Smith

38. Coffee-table object that might be covered with many incomprehensible buttons

39. Covetable metal or medal

40. Useful contacts

41. Comparable

42. Principle

43. Li'l mistake

45. Embodiment of 50–50 odds

47. Advice from a soothe-sayer?

53. Author ___ X. Kendi

55. "Um, hello?!"

56. Type of energy healing

57. Certain noncommittal answer

58. Material for some bodysuits

59. God called "that thing of fury, evil-wrought" in a translation of the Iliad

60. "Big Blue"

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Down

1. Yell contemptuously

2. Surname of three Schitt's Creek actors

3. Sight at many wedding receptions

4. Window dressings that are just asking to be destroyed by a pet

5. Is beholden to a landlord

6. "RIP Choco ___ 1983-2022 🪦" (@Klondikebar's X bio)

7. For an additional time

9. Su hermana es una tía

10. Stretch between the shoulders?

11. Name that reverses to a common street-sign abbreviation

12. Marina del ___ (area near Santa Monica)

13. "Spring forward, fall back" regime: abbr.

14. Sing like Nat King Cole

19. Worth knowing

22. Masa-based munchable

23. Philosopher who observed that extraordinary evil can be enacted by ordinary people

24. Hello Kitty and Pompompurin company

25. Lotion brand found in many drugstores

26. Solidarity with a union?

27. Nurse as a drink

28. Touched down

31. Currency that originated in ancient Mesopotamia

32. Prefix for sphere or demisemiquaver

35. "Treat" for a hiker, depending on whom you ask

39. Personal blueprints

42. Stymie, as resources

44. Betting interest

45. Dream Teamer ___ Drexler

46. Some slim woodwinds

48. Sarah McLachlan's highest-charting hit in the United States

49. Letters from Tolkien?

50. "My ___ Is Karma" (Chappell Roan song)

51. Palm Springs actor Samberg

52. NFL gains

53. "far away from this online hellscape"

54. The Golden Girls comrade of Betty, Estelle, and Rue

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