___ Wister, the so-called "father of western fiction" Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded cooperative communities (1771-1858)
2. English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SO-CALLED (adjective)
1. doubtful or suspect
FICTION (noun)
1. a deliberately false or improbable account
2. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

Hint 3: Anagram

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Across

1. Actress Green of "Casino Royale"

4. Play ground?

9. Edible part of okra

12. Word before or after "open"

14. "Weeping" giant

15. Tick off

16. Condition that Simone Biles has described as giving her a "superpower," in brief

17. Ticked off

19. Like some "On Air" signs

20. They draw people

21. Guarded

22. "Principle of parsimony" philosopher

24. Pick up

25. ___ white (lightbulb specification)

26. Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address

27. Exemplar of excellence

30. Cries of wonder

32. She was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year five years in a row

33. Adds power to, as an engine

34. Writer Capote, to friends

35. Correspondants, fréquemment

37. Stone used in ancient Greek jewelry

38. Orchestra tuner

39. Mini-brawl

40. Owned (up)

41. "___ are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made" (quote attributed to Otto von Bismarck)

42. Visionaries

44. Dining places

45. Some hot spots

48. Phys. or chem.

50. Major basketball feat … or a feature shared by 3-, 6- and 9-Down

57. Sephora competitor

58. Handle, as questions

59. Hold your horses!

60. Breaking a tie, informally

61. Article about a photo?

62. Rainbow, to some

63. P, in the NATO alphabet

64. The Titanic disaster partly inspired its invention

65. Org. that developed the "pumpkin suit"

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Down

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2. Output from Blizzard Entertainment

3. Temporarily established panel

4. Do laps, say

5. Low pressure indicator

6. You can go anywhere with one of these

7. Briefly experienced, with "of"

8. She-eep

9. Gridiron game for young tykes

10. Risks an interception, say

11. Just say "no" to

13. Pulitzer winner Ferber

15. What you have to pony up to play?

23. Oscars V.I.P.s

25. Motor oil brand

26. Epiphanic moments

28. Have one's feet up, maybe

29. Told "You're on!," for example

31. Brings an action against

36. Excel function

38. N.B.A. great Hakeem who is one of only four players ever to achieve a 50-Across (1990)

43. Big thing in California?

44. ___ Max

46. Fans

47. ___ Agnew, vice president who resigned in 1973

48. City that's an anagram of SALEM

49. Farmer's squeeze?

50. Pithy remark

51. Leg : fibula :: arm : ___

52. Crowning

53. Cut and trim

54. Tuscaloosa's Tide, to fans

55. They may be white or naked

56. High point of a trip to Italy?

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