Engine problem Crossword Clue

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Engine problem Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an explosion that fails to occur
2. a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
(verb)
1. fail to fire or detonate

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PROBLEM (noun)
1. a source of difficulty
2. a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
ENGINE (noun)
1. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks
2. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

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18. Cracked open

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22. Show the ___ (orient)

24. Bent the truth

25. Belt out a tune

26. Agreement

28. Stage group often dressed in black

30. Pester incessantly

31. Unit of bread

33. Ride waves à la Kelly Slater or Bethany Hamilton

35. Easy toss

38. Grab on to

40. Stopped temporarily

44. Newspaper opinion piece

46. Make a scarf or a sweater, say

48. Tubular pasta

49. The place to be

52. More than just misplaced

53. Prior to

54. Extra fat

56. Regret

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Down

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27. Post-silent-era film

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