Evade capture by Crossword Clue

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Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CAPTURE (noun)
1. the act of taking of a person by force
2. the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property
CAPTURE (verb)
1. take possession of by force, as after an invasion
2. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
EVADE (verb)
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. escape, either physically or mentally

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Across

1. Seafood pieces in chowder

6. Extremely angry

11. Pekoe or Earl Grey

14. Air on TV again

15. Canon camera competitor

16. Race, as an engine

17. "Rain-holder" happy

19. Historical period

20. "Hey you!" whisper

21. YIELD and STOP

22. Horse rider's strap

23. Creative thoughts

25. __ mignon (steak serving)

26. Fog or steam

28. "Humble" home

30. Painter Picasso

31. Academy Award

33. Long, long __ (way back)

36. "Pearly Gates" happy

39. Prefix meaning "recent"

41. Brief movie excerpt

42. Carefree capers

44. Poke fun at

45. Speaks unclearly

47. Military horse

49. Large shopping bag

50. Sir __ Newton

52. Makes a mistake

56. Hurricane's center

57. "Lunar" happy

59. Close friend

60. Stovetop cooker

61. Southeast Florida city

62. Crafty

63. Walk inside

64. Any metal for recycling

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Down

1. Corn or soybeans

2. Camera glass

3. Curved lines

4. __ choice exam

5. __-cone (icy treat)

6. Taj Mahal's country

7. Doorbell sounds

8. Similar (to)

9. Freight weights

10. U-turn from WSW

11. Foliage on elms and oaks

12. Weird and spooky

13. __-garde (cutting-edge style)

18. Software customer

22. Get __ of (throw out)

24. Second attempts, informally

25. Expect in the future

26. Wind-moving barn-top gadget

27. "Without a doubt!"

28. Muscle soreness

29. Shout from Scrooge

30. Bowling target

31. Heavy burden

32. Benchmark: Abbr.

34. Bit of DNA

35. An hour after noon

37. Antlered animal

38. Of college life

43. "Ready when you __"

44. Computer repairer, for short

45. Ladder rungs

46. Faithful

47. Three-stripe soldier nickname

48. "Baked" side dish, slangily

50. Tennis great Lendl

51. Mailed out

53. Lion sound

54. Italy's capital, in Italy

55. Quick scissor cut

57. Metallic mineral

58. Three letters in "mommy"

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