Cause a stink? Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
2. a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
(verb)
1. become physically weaker
2. break down

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STINK (verb)
1. smell badly and offensively
2. be extremely bad in quality or in one’s performance
STINK (noun)
1. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
CAUSE (noun)
1. any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
2. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
CAUSE (verb)
1. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
2. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

Hint 3: Anagram

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20. Machu Picchu constructor

21. Not remain silent, maybe

22. Top choices?

23. Customary behaviors

24. Dr. Frankenstein, in 1931's "Frankenstein"

29. First in a line of 14 popes

30. Draft cattle

31. Not in financial trouble

34. ___ riser

37. Dollop

40. With 44-Across, Veronica Quaife, in "The Fly"

42. Prefix with presence or science

43. Light hit at the plate

44. See 40-Across

47. Combine

48. Megastar's venue

50. Slopes to the side

51. Isolate, in corporate-speak

53. "Stop," as said to someone filling a cup

54. Jigsaw, in "Saw"

62. Silently acknowledge

63. Wallop

64. Matcha or Darjeeling

65. Affectedly cute

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73. Join securely

74. Historian's segments

75. Cut up

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27. Speck

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32. Fight à la the Capulets and Montagues

33. Finalizes the business agreement, say

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38. "Consider this taken care of"

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42. Member of the genus Pongo, informally

45. Like a used grill

46. Pet pest

48. Etta James, vocally

52. Plan (to)

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54. Being dragged along

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57. City square

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