Direct and serious Crossword Clue

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SERIOUS (adjective)
1. appealing to the mind
2. completely lacking in playfulness
DIRECT (verb)
1. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
2. take somebody somewhere
DIRECT (adjective)
1. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
2. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
DIRECT (adverb)
1. without deviation

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18. "What's up?"

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24. Acronym typed before sharing a cool new fact

25. Automobile

26. "Hurry up, already!"

28. Clean Air Act org.

31. Pots and ___

32. Element of pure awesomeness

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35. Some locked boxes in escape rooms

36. Gave temporarily

37. One of an Olympic trio for Eileen Gu

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40. Workout spot

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42. Sinus doc

43. Quarterback Manning

45. Component of some cauldron decorations

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Down

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2. Wheel bar

3. Don't go

4. "Give it a go!"

5. Goes on and on

6. Not glossy

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11. Prefix for "space"

12. Trudge

14. Here be dragons!

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22. Diminished, like the moon

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27. What-___ (hypotheticals)

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30. Kehinde Wiley's field

31. Scheme

32. Walked into the shallow end

33. Copy

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35. Visualize

38. 3D hospital scans

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44. Allows

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48. Smoothie bowl berry

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