CONTRACTION: "[fails to be]" Crossword Clue

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CONTRACTION: "[fails to be]" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

CONTRACTION (noun)
1. the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
2. (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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12. ABBREVIATION: "which was to be demonstrated"

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24. VERB: "to administer a [certain injection] to"

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35. Made lunch for, say

36. Part of 16-Down

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1. ___-Town (Midwestern city, casually)

2. Massage

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