Failure to be Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. the state of not existing

Hint 2: Clue Definition

FAILURE (noun)
1. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
2. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

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6. Lowers, like lighting

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15. That single time

16. Zip

17. Seemed to go on forever

20. Yeoman’s “you betcha!”

21. It may be dedicated

22. On ___ (carousing)

27. Superior squads

30. Broadway signals

31. Elk stalkers

32. Fearsome fate

34. Bitter brew

37. Appearing mysteriously, maybe

41. Scoreboard abbr.

42. One, in Austria

43. Comparable to the hills?

44. Threadbare

46. Fish-catching flier

47. Field with many boats

52. Key of Florida

53. Candle count

54. Bit of advice

57. Quibbles

62. “What’s going ___ there?”

63. Longest street in town, maybe

64. Starr and Simpson, say

65. Catches a glimpse of

66. Poli sci study

67. Haughty type

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Down

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2. One-___ vitamins

3. Theme park fun

4. Golfer Crenshaw

5. Status follower

6. Where, to Juanita

7. Market measure

8. Former telecom giant

9. Rep.’s counterpart

10. Joins together

11. Tease relentlessly

12. Committee type

13. Barista's creation

18. Long stretches

19. Fully fill

23. Curry accompanier

24. City on the Trans-Siberian Railway

25. Pics that get clicks

26. Battle of the bulgy?

27. Each

28. Bit of hair

29. Outback runners

32. Up to, so to speak

33. Dominate during play

34. 1974 role for Marty

35. Heap

36. Roddick with a racket

38. Infamous Emperor

39. Foolhardy

40. Road trip pastime

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45. __ before (not later than)

46. Crude group?

47. “Stand and Deliver” Oscar nominee

48. Mutinee-beset movie minesweeper

49. Hudson of “Boston Blue”

50. Hyderabad’s ___ Gandhi International Airport

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55. Really enthused about

56. Subtle hiss

58. r u kidding me?!

59. Chinese steamed bun

60. Station begun in Atlanta

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