'. . . and the ___ is history!' Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. sit, as on a branch
2. stay the same; remain in a certain state
(noun)
1. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

HISTORY (noun)
1. a record or narrative description of past events
2. all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ERST

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17. Swiped

18. High-society coterie

19. “New York Trilogy” author whom J. M. Coetzee described as a “real workhorse à la Balzac, yet a worldwide celebrity too” upon his death in April, 2024

21. Store whose blue-and-yellow logo echoes the Swedish flag

22. Hence

25. Opens wide

28. Parts of apts.

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35. Moonstone, e.g.

36. What a furious person may blow

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40. __ ray

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48. Like Yorick, per a Hamlet soliloquy

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