Escape-room objective Crossword Clue

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Escape-room objective Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. move out of or depart from
2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
(noun)
1. an opening that permits escape or release
2. euphemistic expressions for death

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ESCAPE (verb)
1. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
2. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
ESCAPE (noun)
1. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
2. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
OBJECTIVE (adjective)
1. serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
2. undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena
OBJECTIVE (noun)
1. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
2. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

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Across

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28. Includes in a convo, in a way

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Down

1. "Yeah, obviously"

2. Pejorative nickname for the New York Yankees

3. Many a stuffed monkey

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5. White lie from a parent who’s not really paying attention

6. Not for everyone

7. Suggested subtly

8. Dresses often worn with niqabs

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10. School orgs. without students

11. Sets of points, in math

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17. With revisions

21. Way off base

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26. Sensational

28. Rival

29. Exclamation from a craps player

30. It’s invested by experts

32. Selena’s music

34. Winner of ten World Series as a player and three more as a coach

36. Short while (or long while), informally

38. Spot for a beaker

41. Job shared by the protagonists of the film “Late Chrysanthemums”

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46. Tertiary story line

47. “Ain’t gonna,” in a different register

48. Patisserie purchase

50. Blues disk?

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52. Réunion currency

53. Grandfather of Zoe Kazan

57. Well-suited

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