Criminal mastermind ... or 55-Down, in a way Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a person who leads (especially in illicit activities)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MASTERMIND (verb)
1. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
MASTERMIND (noun)
1. someone who creates new things
2. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
CRIMINAL (noun)
1. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
CRIMINAL (adjective)
1. involving or being or having the nature of a crime
2. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure

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14. Small, in Montreal

15. Tip-top

16. Plan that's sure to fail ... or 1-Across, in a way

18. Movie medium [Find out]

19. She's a sheep

20. Language similar to Hindi

21. Citation abbr.

23. Puts into law

25. 2019 movie whose title is Latin for "to the stars"

28. Surface that might be blank

29. Up-front cost ... or 18-Across, in a way

30. Fight over territory

32. Sign outside a full show

33. Feeling of deep unease

36. Jeremy who was in the NBA

37. Fence entryways

39. Cow sound

40. Mommies' sisters

42. First words of Genesis ... or 58-Down, in a way

47. Ocean-dwelling game fish

48. Already?

50. Inflict upon

51. Sonic ___ (explosive sound)

53. Brief vow

54. Comparative word

59. Overrule

60. Project loudly

61. Item in a gymnastics gym

62. Became bigger

63. They may be clear

64. Feeling down

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Down

1. Shares possession of

2. Temper, as metal

3. Rap's Lil ___ X

4. More widely dispersed

5. Farm family?

6. Question to Brutus

7. It's rolled at a casino

8. Water ___ (bug that uses surface tension to walk)

9. Red root vegetable

10. Use for litmus paper

11. Chess pros

12. Minute part of a min.

13. It contains the meniscus

17. Chiding syllables

22. Granola __

24. Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about felines

25. Italian word for "forward" whose letters appear in "Latvian"

26. Difficult to find

27. Kerfuffles

29. Needing to repay

31. Chimney ducts

33. French pals

34. Not even one

35. Found someone to go out with

37. Makeup for everyone?

38. Condition at a garage sale

40. Soaks (up)

41. They're foot-long

43. Former "Game of Thrones" service

44. Chow down

45. "Haven't the slightest clue"

46. Stop working, as a phone line

49. Social standard

51. ___ B'rith

52. Fairy-tale foe

54. "Suitable for all viewers" rating

55. That girl ["Red" fish]

57. Type

58. Crunch muscles [Potent green brew]

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