Control things Crossword Clue

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Control things Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. castrated bull
2. an indication of potential opportunity
(verb)
1. be a guiding or motivating force or drive
2. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CONTROL (verb)
1. handle and cause to function
2. exercise authoritative control or power over
CONTROL (noun)
1. a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
2. discipline in personal and social activities
THINGS (noun)
1. any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

Hint 3: Anagram

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23. Image in a grimoire

24. Small, winged singer

25. One well-versed in competition?

27. Stick out in a sea of blue?

28. Abets

29. Like green-headed mallards

30. Mechanical recall

31. Literal or metaphorical trackers

35. Nothing more than

36. Drying chambers

37. Murmur dotingly

38. Sean Wang film that won the 2025 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature

39. Airer of Elvis’s 1968 “Comeback Special”

40. Con

41. Sole

42. Old Italian dressing?

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1. Piece in some protective hair styles

2. Word in a warning

3. Existential question

4. “Cantar de Mio ___” (Spanish epic)

5. Work out regularly

6. Popular guy, so to speak

7. Form a secret alliance?

8. Hardens

9. Met, as a committee

10. "It seems to me ..."

11. ___ Stables (site of a Herculean labor)

12. Minds, as advice

13. Seed in some mole recipes

14. Region that includes Riverside, for short

15. Rhymes, slangily

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20. Periods

21. Something to believe in

23. It might fuel a grudge

24. Untouched areas

26. “Kia ora” language

27. Title of a fifth episode, maybe

29. Haze

30. Options for getting high at night?

31. Rum brand with a fruit bat in its logo

32. Comes about

33. Provokes

34. Lone ending

35. Film for which Youn Yuh-jung won Best Supporting Actress, in 2021

36. Pap performers

38. Decision rued by reproductive-justice advocates, familiarly

39. Words on an e-cigarette package

42. Gravitational phenomenon

43. Otherwise

45. Certain bodega sentry

46. Surgical sites, briefly

47. “It’s a ___ right now”

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