Alexander Graham ___, telephone inventor who found arithmetic boring and preferred to find the method of solving a problem, not the answer Crossword Clue

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Alexander Graham ___, telephone inventor who found arithmetic boring and preferred to find the method of solving a problem, not the answer Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the shape of a bell
2. the sound of a bell being struck
(verb)
1. attach a bell to

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ALEXANDER (noun)
1. king of Macedon; conqueror of Greece and Egypt and Persia; founder of Alexandria (356-323 BC)
2. European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
TELEPHONE (noun)
1. electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
2. transmitting speech at a distance
TELEPHONE (verb)
1. get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone

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5. Sheep's cry

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11. Had bills to pay

12. ___ tear (common sports injury): Abbr.

13. Narcotics organization (anagram of "ade"): Abbr.

14. Monster from Himalayan legend

15. Rapper ___ Wayne of "Tha Carter III"

16. Antlered animal found in Yellowstone

17. Vehicle for winter hills

19. Stephen ___, Fields medal-winning mathematician who struggled with math during his schooling

21. Icy Arctic home

24. Tell an untruth

25. Rad or tubular, e.g. (rhymes with "clang")

26. Michael ___, inventor of the electric generator who had no formal education in mathematics and was primarily an experimentalist

30. Like chili sauce

31. PBS's "___ the Science Kid"

32. Cry for a matador

33. E.O. ___, biologist who struggled academically in math and argued that high mathematical competence is not needed in all scientific fields

36. Peels an apple (anagram of "spare")

38. ___ camp (prep area for mountaineers)

39. Suffix to "Cray" or "Motor"

40. ___ Kummer, mathematician who struggled with elementary arithmetic and was instead skilled in applied mathematics

43. College term, for short

44. "___ many cooks spoil the broth"

45. Meow-er

47. Planets, to poets

51. Dress, with "up" (anagram of "got")

52. "Russian Doll" co-creator Poehler

53. "Chicken Soup for the ___" (book series)

54. Flying "saucer," e.g.: Abbr.

55. Deep-sea eggs

56. ___ list (task list): Hyph.

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Down

1. Playfully shy (rhymes with "boy")

2. Feeling of wonderment, as at a magic show

3. Puppy doctor, for short

4. Thomas ___, light bulb inventor who struggled with math and famously said "I can always hire a mathematician, but they can't hire me"

5. Bundle of hay in the stable

6. Hydrochloric ___ (stomach substance)

7. "___ or nothing!" (risky bet in a game show)

8. Creative spark

10. "Let's ___ the best of it" (salvage)

18. Fireplace wood

19. Knights title

20. "Cut ___ slice, would you?" (request a piece of pumpkin pie): 2 wds.

21. Suffix with "self" or "fool"

22. "Fireflies ___ in the dark"

23. "Do, re, mi, fa, so, ___, do ...": 2 wds.

24. Scottish young'un

26. Speeder's penalty:

27. Kiddie "Explorer" on Nickelodeon

28. The A of IPA

29. "Y" on a questionnaire, often

31. Message from a stranded sailor

34. Weight measurements, for short

35. Plopped down on a chair

36. Poet Edgar Allan __

37. "So close"

40. Shakespeare's "You too?": 2 wds.

41. ___ over your head (shelter)

42. "That's not happening": 2 wds.

43. Bump on the eyelid

45. F1 racer

46. "Te ___" (Spanish rom-com words)

48. Pooh's hopping friend

49. ___ Light (beer brand)

50. ___-mo (like everyone's movement, to The Flash, for short)

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