Critical countenance Crossword Clue

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COUNTENANCE (noun)
1. the appearance conveyed by a person’s face
2. the human face (`kisser’ and `smiler’ and `mug’ are informal terms for `face’ and `phiz’ is British)
COUNTENANCE (verb)
1. consent to, give permission
CRITICAL (adjective)
1. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
2. urgently needed; absolutely necessary

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Across

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9. Renders insensitive

14. Yiruma instrumental often mis-associated with the Twilight franchise

17. "Nice try!"

18. Methodical system, for short?

20. Valuable endgame resource in Catan

21. They might be even, ironically

23. Do something human, per Pope

24. Sources of engineered DNA

26. Helped

28. Rudely dismisses

30. Caboose, affectionately

32. 'Get with the program!'

35. Fictional establishment where Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes performs

39. City Cori Bush repped from 2021 to 2025

40. Love Jones and Boyz n the Hood actor

41. ___ Zhongshan, known as the "father of modern China"

42. Hard to believe, in a sense

44. Mendacious

45. "i wanna be included on that email"

46. 48 teaspoons

48. Texting tech

49. Logical beginning

50. Member of the Donner party?

52. Impostor, to a chocoholic

54. Getting up there, say

59. Picture-perfect Washington attraction?

60. Tiffany designer ___ Peretti

61. Side that might be served with kalua pork

62. Advantage

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Down

1. They may start and end in different seasons

2. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot band

3. "Zero stars. Wouldn't go near it."

4. Stat measured in pixels

5. Wear a hockey jersey to a wedding, say

6. Got away from

7. Loser of every election, to skeptics

8. Title holders

9. Well done you!

10. Sea-urchin roe

11. "I am so dead"

12. Pappardelle al cinghiale animals

13. 100 percent certain

15. Clarice Starling's employer

16. "Yo ___ boricua" (1995 Taino hit)

22. Designer who said, "In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human"

25. Doing the ___ (being extra)

27. Business with high net profits?

29. Squid Game creator ___ Dong-hyuk

30. It might turn heads in a quiet space

31. Roti ingredient

33. Latin for "oneness"

34. Transparent Minecraft block

36. They bend in water

37. ___ Jxmmi, rapper who is half of the duo Rae Sremmurd

38. Things in opposition

43. Fried spring roll that might be served with sawsawan

45. Any line of latitude, paradoxically

47. ___ Like (BuzzFeed vertical for Latino culture)

49. Vamoose

50. Component of a fire walker's path

51. Element used in fire extinguishers?

52. Bún ___ (Vietnamese pork-and-noodle dish)

53. It might fall off a shelf?

54. Direction opposite SSW

55. Pile of fabric?

56. Mop & ___ (floor-polish brand)

57. Cinematic tech

58. Setting for many toasters?: abbr.

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