Crank cases? Crossword Clue

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CRANK (verb)
1. start by cranking
2. rotate with a crank
CRANK (noun)
1. a whimsically eccentric person
2. an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
CRANK (adjective)
1. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

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Across

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8. Bubbles

13. Sauce in Italian-American cuisine

14. Knocked out

15. It's in right now

16. Was worthy of

17. Having a single purpose

18. Light that goes up when things are going down?

20. Snatch

23. Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short

25. Home to the Arco di Constantino

26. Present a chance to get ahead

29. Spaniards roll them

30. Was really moving, in slang

31. "Uh ... I guess"

32. Sources of 24/7 support

33. Many an attachment

36. Ones catching waves?

37. Longtime name in Cuban politics

38. Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"

39. Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans

41. Easily removed locks

42. Limited assignment

45. Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)

46. Appropriately change course

48. Spirals out of control?

50. Panhellenic Games venue

51. Can't cool off

52. Gifted

53. Culinary concurrence

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Down

1. Understands

2. Site of some piercings

3. "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeer

4. Fangorn resident

5. Sweet doings at a county fair

6. ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster

7. Cry that might be made with a bow

8. Responders to cruise ship emergencies

9. It works in translation

10. Crunchy snacks

11. Fine-tunes

12. Divider of lots

13. Really into

15. 21st-century first lady

19. Attire for many a flamenco dancer

22. Upright bar

24. Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"

27. Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet

28. Colorful swimmers in the Amazon

30. Energy device that reflects sunlight

31. Rings up

32. Can hold one's own, in modern lingo

33. Bread purchase in the U.K.

34. Like a building's central air conditioning

35. Dogbane?

36. Like drug dens, sometimes

37. FAQ heading

38. East African honorific

40. Reduce to a pulp

43. Minute

44. Pay attention to

47. Zip

49. Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short

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