Character often found in books? Crossword Clue

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Character often found in books? Crossword Answer

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CHARACTER (noun)
1. a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person’s qualifications and dependability
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
CHARACTER (verb)
1. engrave or inscribe characters on
OFTEN (adverb)
1. frequently or in great quantities
2. many times at short intervals

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Across

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16. At some point in the future

17. Old-timey exclamation of surprise

18. Call forth, as spirits

19. Sharknado actress Reid

20. Was shown on TV

21. Taking orders, in a way

26. Period of a soccer match

27. “Fifty Shades of Grey” heroine Anastasia

28. Page on the cover of Time in 2021

30. Offensive player farthest from the line of scrimmage

35. Farewell to un ami

36. Bird associated with the goddess Athena

37. Spoon in a tureen

38. Serves out a sentence

40. Jewish text whose name means “instruction” in Hebrew

41. Scratch pad?

43. Catches rays at the beach

44. Polite dismissal of a hovering salesclerk

48. Elvis impersonator's expression

49. “Smiley’s People” star Guinness

50. “That took forever!”

52. Film in which Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn play married lawyers

56. As soon as possible

57. Particular annoyance

58. Most rational

59. Like “Saturday Night Live” segments that aren’t live

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Down

1. Former CBS procedural with several spinoffs

2. Cabinet dept. that includes the Government National Mortgage Association

3. Word that might be shortened to a single letter in texts

4. Fixes, as a situation

5. Piano key above G

6. Keeper of a journal

7. Off course

8. Didn't I tell you?

9. Name of a limited-edition Miss Piggy perfume

10. “Tulsa King” actress Sciorra

11. Figure frequently depicted with a pitchfork

12. Be crazy about

13. Arrives in time for

14. Studied suspiciously

22. “Kate & ___” (nineteen-eighties sitcom)

23. Greeting-card message for an ailing friend

24. Jersey color for the San Jose Sharks

25. Two-time Oscar winner Mahershala

26. Circle of hangman players?

29. Explosive reactions

31. Body of water east of Sweden

32. Madison Avenue guy

33. Held tightly (to)

34. Sneaker brand since 1916

36. Leave out

39. Agcy. that many phone scammers pretend to work for

40. "You missed your chance"

42. Tractor with a scoop

44. Prefix with mural or venous

45. ___ baller (kitchen gadget)

46. Kirkpatrick who served as the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. under Ronald Reagan

47. Clean and neat

48. Drains away, as strength

51. Pre-K attendee

52. Notes or Reminders, e.g.

53. Unit in a workout routine

54. Now ___ seen everything!

55. Where breakfast might be served on special days

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