Appears less impressive Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

IMPRESSIVE (adjective)
1. producing a strong effect
2. making a strong or vivid impression
LESS (adverb)
1. used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
LESS (adjective)
1. (comparative of `little’ usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree
2. (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

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20. Bedtime attire

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31. Party leader?

32. Something seized, for short

33. Outdoor accommodations with flies

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35. Skin care brand from Japan

36. Drive

37. Give credit to

38. Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a way

39. Establishments selling craft products?

42. It's meant to be believed

43. Rich

45. Meet an unmet need

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52. Discover alternative

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Down

1. Academy figure

2. Line of passengers?

3. Relocating to a different country, e.g.

4. Destination for many a rescue

5. Birds whose wings might be folded?

6. Prefix with -trope

7. Modern pen, of a sort

8. Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisines

9. Like someone performing a monologue, maybe

10. Part of the hamstring

11. Fem. or masc.

12. Tunnel (into)

13. Lane in Superman movies

14. Just gets (by)

22. "Psst" and "Go!"

25. Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all have

26. Plant parts that develop as a seedling grows

27. Urban locale that looks out on Ellis Island

28. When anything goes

29. Tie with string

30. One getting ripped off at a venue

31. Poison classification

35. Relative of turquoise

37. Competitor of Venmo

40. Like the herbs on a 55-Across

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43. "The Duck Variations" playwright

44. Lane in Superman movies

45. States of confusion

46. About

47. Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread use

48. Berate, with "into"

49. ___ monster

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