Earns, after deductions Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

AFTER (adverb)
1. happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
AFTER (adjective)
1. located farther aft

Hint 2: Anagram

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NEST

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20. Settle, as an account

22. European capital that has been continuously inhabited for at least 5000 years

24. Tiny pieces from

26. Have company over

27. Takes a quick peek toward

30. Fill a suitcase

32. Fork's tine, e.g.

33. Chopped in small pieces, as a tomato

35. "Star Wars" character who says to Chewbacca "190 years old? You look great!”

36. Imagined worst-case scenario, in humorous memes

39. Word between the last two things in a list

40. Lubricate again

41. Cable channel for true crime

42. Just begin to awake

44. Responsibility for a citizen

46. "And yet …," in internet shorthand

48. Group of four

49. "Don't be a child!"

51. Someone predicting failure

55. ___ Tyler, Arwen portrayer in "The Lord of the Rings"

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58. "Sorry, I ___" (confession from someone sharing a hotel room)

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Down

1. T-shirts and blouses, e.g.

2. Baghdad's country

3. Color of unbleached linen

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5. "Well, I'm afraid this is the new reality"

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8. Scandinavian furniture chain

9. Measurement around the waist

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11. 1965 hit that opens "I know a girl who's soft and sweet / She's so fine, she can't be beat"

17. "From that eternal silence, something more / A ___ of new things; and vile it were" (Tennyson line)

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28. Behave as though you're better than

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31. Bendy body part

32. Precursors to Blackberrys, for short

34. Totally, in slang

37. Short unit of time, for short

38. Opium tincture sold over the counter until the early 20th century

43. Use an oar

45. Weep

47. Awards for N.K. Jemisin and Isaac Asimov

49. Sticky blob of gunk

50. "Only a ___ in Their Game" (Bob Dylan song)

52. A "Star Wars" character he is!

53. Greek god of love

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