Brown, in a way Crossword Clue

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Brown, in a way Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
2. heat by a natural force

Hint 2: Clue Definition

BROWN (noun)
1. a university in Rhode Island
2. an orange of low brightness and saturation
BROWN (adjective)
1. (of skin) deeply suntanned
2. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
BROWN (verb)
1. make brown in color
2. fry in a pan until it changes color

Hint 3: Anagram

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

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10. Brand of tights with an apostrophe in its name

15. Expansive marine exhibits

16. Really fancy

17. 1991 blockbuster with the tagline "One breath of oxygen and it explodes in a deadly rage"

18. Fax predecessor

19. Grand Tour, e.g.

20. Buyer

21. Like ideal arrivals

23. "___ pics!"

24. Conceptual framework

28. Follower of X or G

29. Peacock's home

30. Word that becomes its opposite when its first letter is removed

31. "Gotcha," to a beatnik

33. Piece of cartoon memorabilia

34. Steamed

35. 'Golden goal' periods, for short

36. "Miracle on 34th Street" actress Maureen

38. Certain Ivy Leaguer

39. Painter ___ Thomas, first Black woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum

41. Passes out

42. Bracketed disclaimer

43. Lover of sugar

44. Results of swiping

45. Lend, informally

47. Second-smallest U.S. state capital by population (about 14,000 people)

49. Animals with prehensile proboscises

51. "The One"

56. First name in cosmetics

57. Pioneering P.D.A.

58. Ship back?

59. Soft drink originally made with egg whites

60. Short

61. Rock instrument

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3. Small smack

5. Milky Way's nearest major galaxy

6. #MeToo movement activist Burke

7. Expanse

8. Observation by Oscar Wilde about the relationship between reality and creativity

9. Mangia!

10. Not 21-Across

11. Elysia

12. False idol in the Old Testament

13. Army specialist with a headwear-inspired nickname

14. Where students learn about congress

20. "___ Sancte Spiritus" (medieval Latin hymn)

22. Things often refilled, informally

24. Cardiac exam on a treadmill

25. Gochujang, e.g.

26. Blade runner?

27. Before, in olden times

32. "Lord, have mercy!"

35. One attracted to all gender identities, for short

37. Tilling aid

40. The Indianapolis 500 has 200 of them

44. President who married one of his kindergarten classmates

46. Membership categories

48. Loggers' competition

50. Former French president ___ Coty

52. Weather phenomenon often appearing in the evening

53. Dum ___ (potato-based curry dish)

54. List header

55. List ender

57. Some notebooks, in brief

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