Brevity is the soul of ___ Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
2. mental ability

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BREVITY (noun)
1. the attribute of being brief or fleeting
2. the use of brief expressions
SOUL (noun)
1. the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
2. deep feeling or emotion

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Across

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15. Bingo card’s central square

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18. After weighing the pros and cons

19. “Let’s hope so, for all our ___”

20. Making a hash of

21. “Get ___ of yourself!”

23. Scrolling displays of stock prices

24. Seventh note of the B-major scale

26. Lose color, as old jeans

27. Bit of sparkle on a Nudie suit

29. Whisk into a fluffy topping

33. Extends credit (to)

35. High-speed action-film sequence

36. Granola bar grains

37. Devices used to enter and exit the Matrix in “The Matrix”

39. Vehicles that often have sliding doors

40. Blow a ___ (lose one’s temper)

41. Slithering creature

45. Fruity-soda brand owned by Coca-Cola

46. Sam and Dave song about gratitude later covered by ZZ Top

48. Material for drawing a hopscotch grid

51. Place that might have a population of zero

52. Spine-chilling

53. Made reference to

54. It might be dramatic or situational

55. Square footage, e.g.

56. Implements in a desktop jar

57. Camporee shelters

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Down

1. Officials on a diamond

2. Romance novelist Roberts

3. Picked up on the signals

4. They’re said to be the devil’s workshop

5. Blights on the landscape

6. From way back

7. Titular villain of the first James Bond film

8. Ball girl?

9. Like a resort near the ocean

10. Smack on the tush

11. Actress Jessica or photographer Dorothea

12. Come to pass

13. Heart-monitor sounds

16. Serving of pizza

22. Discs played on turntables

24. Folksinger Guthrie

25. Old Queens baseball stadium

26. Thwarts, as a dastardly plot

28. Rigged quiz show in the film “Quiz Show”

29. Response to “Knock, knock”

30. Slugger who broke Babe Ruth’s record for most career home runs, in 1974

31. "Ah, now it's clear"

32. Exterminator’s target

35. Go out on a limb

37. “Sun’s out, guns out” shirt

38. Org. whose members deal with hazards?

39. Starbucks equivalent of large

41. Letter before tau

42. Aristotle’s so-called fifth element

43. River that passes through Lake Geneva

44. Rotini or rigatoni

45. Money from Kickstarter campaigns, e.g.

47. “Children of Men” star Clive

49. Fuzzy residue in pants pockets

50. Piano’s eighty-eight

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