Basically average Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BASICALLY (adverb)
1. in essence; at bottom or by one’s (or its) very nature
AVERAGE (adjective)
1. lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
2. around the middle of a scale of evaluation
AVERAGE (verb)
1. compute the average of
2. amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain
AVERAGE (noun)
1. a statistic describing the location of a distribution
2. an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual

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Across

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6. Pitcher’s no-no

10. Toothpaste variety

13. Taiwanese or Thai, say

14. Font similar to Helvetica

16. Flamenco cry

17. Gilbert and Sullivan operetta set on a Royal Navy ship

19. Springsteen's "Born in the ___"

20. Fish eggs

23. Double occurrence during déjà vu?

27. Bored feeling

28. Part of pamphleteer Paine’s signature

29. Play some tenpins

31. Hint of color

34. Get gradually dimmer

35. In the style of

36. Diplomatic officer

37. Photo finish

38. Duds

40. Central

41. Void, as a law

43. Seeming eternity

44. Edible ice-cream holder

45. Austrian painter Gustav

46. Creative endeavors

47. Luau instruments, for short

48. Orange coats

50. Spot for grilling?

52. Tutankhamen, for one

54. Groove in a dirt road

55. Feed bag bit

56. Frank

62. Letter after pi

63. Opera ___ (noble form of opera)

64. Cost for a commercial

65. Goo for roofers and road crews

66. With 67-Across, washing machine phase suggested by the circled letters (and the center of the grid)

67. See 66-Across

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Down

1. Well lah-di-___!

2. Suffix for a belief

3. Bro's sibling

4. Salad type with mozzarella, tomatoes and basil

5. Vegetable with layers

6. Sound from a flock

7. Sound from a kennel

8. Soccer star Messi

9. Los Angeles mayor Bass

10. Come to naught, figuratively

11. Snow queen in “Frozen”

12. Shakespeare king with three daughters

15. Makeshift shelters

18. Tennis serve that results in a let

22. Destroy

23. In the office, say

24. Site for a wedding

25. Brutus or Cassius, on the Ides of March

26. Sing by oneself

30. Tap flow

32. Country of West Africa

33. Like the heir, traditionally

36. Bleeps or blurs

38. Short siestas

39. Ice planet in “The Empire Strikes Back”

42. Kuwaiti monarch

44. Guardianship

46. B-flat’s twin

49. Portions (out)

51. Biggie's rap rival

52. Container ship’s destination

53. "Oh, very funny!"

57. Rightmost numeral on some clock faces

58. Mum's mum

59. The Colonel’s co.

60. Twisty fish

61. Word before a maiden name

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