"Black Velvet" singer Alannah Crossword Clue

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"Black Velvet" singer Alannah Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

VELVET (adjective)
1. resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface
2. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
VELVET (noun)
1. a silky densely piled fabric with a plain back
SINGER (noun)
1. United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875)
2. United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)

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YLEMS

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Across

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13. Line from someone reaching out?

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16. Rhyming goodbye

18. Media titan Bob

19. Derides

20. Emulative, as behavior

22. Bus hubs

23. Natural rolls

24. Bearer of the celestial sphere, in Greek myth

25. What a child might tug for attention

26. Runs or hits, e.g.

27. Sallied forth for battle

28. Dearie

29. Tablet alternatives

30. Not coming in: Abbr.

33. Slay, so to speak

34. “Le ___ Goriot” (Balzac work about a man devoted to his daughters)

35. Extensive collection

36. ___ up (sheltered)

37. Creature comforts?

38. Annie who sings “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better” in an Irving Berlin musical

39. Has as a tenant

40. Adult

41. Retinoid target

42. Finds success in a boring field?

45. Enter

46. Dismissive reply to “Who was that?”

47. Exercises

48. Tops in bed, often

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Down

1. "The Family Circus" cartoonist Keane

2. Liqueur in some sours

3. Cell arrangement?

4. Modern master?

5. Brats at mealtime

6. Branded breakfast treats

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9. Brought up to speed

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11. Do something perfectly

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17. Barbecue morsels

22. Destroy, as hopes

23. Places to train for a few rounds?

25. Pattern popularized in part by a swimsuit worn by Miss America in 1926

27. Mysteries

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30. Not even pink

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33. Some rescues

34. Nudges

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36. Detractors, slangily

37. River that empties into the Rio Grande

38. Like some barrels

39. Classic meat sauce

40. Frost

43. Digital-storage acronym

44. L.A. part

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