Cream of the athletic crop Crossword Clue

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ATHLETIC (adjective)
1. vigorously active
2. having a sturdy and well proportioned body
CREAM (noun)
1. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
2. the best people or things in a group
CREAM (verb)
1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
2. remove from the surface

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Across

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16. Dose that might feature blotter art

18. On shelves

19. “What can you do!”

21. Fully cooked

22. Like a game that’s impossible for both sides to win

23. Array at a perfumery

25. Sportscaster Andrews

26. Accounts of great adventures

29. Salon ___ Refusés (historic art exhibition of works rejected by the Paris Salon)

30. Put some money down

31. Actress who played Brooke Taylor Windham, the accused murderer in “Legally Blonde”

32. Political-campaign wordsmith

33. Sound of disapproval

36. Astronomical namesake of a Frederick Douglass publication

37. Nonfiction films, for short

38. Person taking a comprehensive approach

39. Goes wild

41. More than just interested

42. Souped-up vehicle

44. Request from a bar patron who just wants a shot

47. Activity whose experts really have chops?

48. Maritime

49. Give a false impression of

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51. Covers

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Down

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2. Cry upon seeing a package

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5. "Weekend, here I come!"

6. First-rate

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8. Stat for a QB

9. Small crown

10. People tasked with locking down auditions

11. High-pH substances

13. Property that can be measured in kilograms

15. One whose pitches are high and outside?

17. What some eye-strain-reducing glasses are designed to block

20. Antelopes seen in Nairobi National Park

23. Red granite, for Wisconsin

24. Pole tossed in a traditional Scottish sport

27. Words from a quitter

28. Hot or cold breakfast choices

30. Schemes

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32. Beer pong target

33. Represented proportionally

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35. D.C.’s lobbying industry, metonymically

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37. Some tractors

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40. Big hunk of bacon

42. Drink served at Heorot, in “Beowulf”

43. Web addresses

45. Not feel so hot

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