Derogatory portmanteau for those who don't think for themselves Crossword Clue

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DEROGATORY (adjective)
1. expressive of low opinion
PORTMANTEAU (noun)
1. a large travelling bag made of stiff leather
2. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

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Across

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5. Dynamos

14. Sign believed to portend the future

15. Feature of many a '70s bicycle

16. Actor Damon of “Good Will Hunting”

17. Purchase for someone dressing as King Kong for Halloween

18. Common street-lining tree

19. ___ Doolittle, role for Audrey Hepburn

20. Bible book between Daniel and Joel

21. Splits with an axe

23. Tiny thing to pick at

25. Subj. for a nonnative speaker

26. Moved (toward)

27. Play, as a guitar

29. Have a meal at home, say

30. Dwells on for too long, as a point in a debate

33. Actor Armisen or Astaire

34. Attach as an afterthought

35. "___ that work for you?"

37. Abrupt film transition

39. Sired, as a child in the Bible

40. "Give me your paw!"

41. Most widely spoken Dravidian language

42. Big name in S.U.V.s

45. "So-o-o gross!"

46. Artificial water reservoir

47. Apt surname for a bookworm

49. Shrek and Fiona, at the end of "Shrek"

51. Pale and weak

52. "I won't make that call"

54. Accessory for Superman and Supergirl

55. Sound made by a D.J. starting a record

56. Word at the end of a walkie-talkie message

57. Period of low rainfall

58. "Bless this ___" (rhyming words on a household sign)

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1. Alternative to Hello Fresh or Blue Apron

2. "If you have any other ideas …"

3. "I'm gonna get those jerks!"

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5. ___ lazuli, deep blue gemstone

6. Name rhymed with "says" in Taylor Swift's "Betty"

7. Undeveloped parcel of land

8. Experimental musician Brian

9. Basin that might be turned into a bass for a jug band

10. Words replaced by a colon in an analogy

11. Reduce, ___, Recycle

12. Big name in furniture

13. Shoplift, say

15. Tied together, as hay

19. Opposite of odd

22. Athletic shoe brand with three diagonal stripes in its logo

24. Afghanistan's neighbor

27. Transition between topics

28. Old Ford famously offered in "any color … so long as it is black"

30. Like the boonies

31. Unpredictable ocean danger that might sink ships

32. Algae that you can't make wine out of, despite the name

34. Microwave button used for frozen food

36. Knockouts

39. First lady Truman

41. Use rope to secure

42. The daily ___ (regular routine)

43. Device "fed" with coins at a parking spot

44. "___ at the Bat"

46. Sing like Frank Sinatra

48. Sticks of dynamite that don't go off with a bang

50. Wrap with tzatziki sauce

53. Oolong or Darjeeling

54. End of many a web address

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