__-second rule Crossword Clue

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__-second rule Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a team that plays basketball
2. a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
(adjective)
1. being one more than four

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SECOND (noun)
1. an indefinitely short time
2. a 60th part of a minute of arc
SECOND (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
SECOND (adjective)
1. coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
2. a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
SECOND (adverb)
1. in the second place
RULE (noun)
1. (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
2. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
RULE (verb)
1. exercise authority over; as of nations
2. decide with authority

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30. Playing surface that favors topspin

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34. Bro or stepbro

36. Total score

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38. Maker of off-road vehicles

40. Guitar licks

42. Runner-up

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48. Mall pizza chain

50. Striped stone

51. Egyptair hub city

52. David of "ABC World News Tonight"

54. LED component

57. Focalin target, briefly

58. *Christmas tree in an atelier?

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66. Holds nothing back

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78. Kale and cabbage

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81. Sultry growl

83. *Courses full of twists and turns?

87. Make airtight

89. Strip in the kitchen

91. Parks of Alabama

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100. Harsh

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106. Dorm VIPs

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109. Secondhand

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Down

1. Club alternative

2. Eggs in ikura sushi

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10. Start of a show

11. Nursery nutrients

12. Head-to-toe garments

13. Han River capital

14. Poses done in a taproom

15. Campus group

17. Oracle

19. OAK alternative

24. Cook wear

28. Classic Ford

29. Ristorante menu preposition

30. Spanish girl

31. Like some eclipses

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35. Fund that might grow for decades

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