Easter Island's country Crossword Clue

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Easter Island's country Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast
2. very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COUNTRY (noun)
1. the territory occupied by a nation
2. a politically organized body of people under a single government
ISLAND (noun)
1. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
2. a zone or area resembling an island

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
CHIEL

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1. Lock combinations?

6. ___ League

10. Single instruction

14. Enemy W.W. II vessel

15. Turner of old movies

16. Powerful impulse

17. Group of grumps sitting around kvetching?

19. Elmer's nemesis

20. Meeting, casually

21. A smartphone has lots of these

22. Centerpiece of "The Hobbit"

23. Community property pronoun

25. Like barked orders

26. Ali vs. Frazier, e.g.?

34. Genre for GloRilla

35. Official mandate

36. Fellow fighter

37. Brand once known as "Standard Oil Company of Indiana"

39. Mardi Gras day, in brief

40. Works on a muffler, say

41. Welcome figure on Wall Street, unwelcome figure in a china shop

42. See 50-Down

44. To and ___

45. Welcome sight on a whale-watching cruise?

48. Poindexter

49. TV freebie of a sort

52. Dark-skinned fruit

55. Pieces of advice

59. Primordial substance

60. Painstakingly explain something ... or a hint to 17-, 26- and 45-Across

62. Takes a tour of

63. Compassionate

64. Terra __

65. Does the math, in a way

66. Pot grower?

67. H, on the N.Y.S.E.

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Down

1. Tarot suit associated with the element of water

2. Yamaha product

3. What makes a stud become studious?

4. Fully get

5. Hog's home

6. "That's a real shame"

7. Steakhouse order

8. Marchers in sidewalk cracks

9. Howl at the moon

10. Chevy S.U.V.

11. Authentic

12. Ones from platypuses have leathery shells

13. Fly by night ... or by day

18. Compact holder

22. Neighbor of Ont.

24. Red carpet hairstyle, perhaps

25. Jost's longtime "Weekend Update" co-anchor

26. Food you might eat wearing a bib

27. Overplay for the audience

28. Was the bigger person, say

29. Follow, as advice

30. Have faith in

31. Canines, e.g.

32. Mega

33. Big name in chicken or boxing

38. 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma"

40. "Get Smart" bad guys

42. Suffix with beat or neat

43. Throw off

46. Stick in the ground?

47. Just about anything on a string

50. With 42-Across, the Mafia

51. Cultivated, in a way

52. Start a turn in Twister

53. Time to do without

54. Gary's ___ Towne Tavern (rival bar on "Cheers")

56. Minuscule amount

57. Short stroke

58. Batting avg., e.g.

60. Rocksteady relative

61. "___ bin ein Berliner"

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