Fairy tale opening Crossword Clue

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Fairy tale opening Crossword Answer

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(adverb)
1. on one occasion
2. at a previous time

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FAIRY (noun)
1. offensive term for a homosexual man
2. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
OPENING (noun)
1. an open or empty space in or between things
2. a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
OPENING (adjective)
1. first or beginning

Hint 3: Anagram

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

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13. Extract, as minerals from soil

14. Gobi Desert continent

15. Egg cells

16. Avian scavengers with red heads

19. Tread the boards

20. Feathery neckwear

21. Smitten Kitchen blogger Perelman

22. Some QB protectors

24. Neatens up text boxes, say

27. Hangry plea

29. Demo release

31. Secretly included on an email

34. Pop singer Carly ___ Jepsen

35. "The Incredibles" supersuit designer Mode

36. Portuguese phone greeting

37. Health retreat

40. Recipe amt.

42. Addams cousin

43. Gambling town near Tahoe

45. One of eight, on an octopus

47. Supple

49. Paperwork for leisure travelers

53. Nonprofit journalism agcy.

54. Most civil

58. Rotten

59. 20-vol. lexicon

61. Karate rank

62. Dallas City Hall architect I.M. __

63. Part of speech that requires a direct object

67. Enter a race

68. Benefit

69. Baking tool with holes

70. Actress Adams of "The Muppets"

72. Screen found in many a living room, or what 16-, 29-, 49-, and 63-Across can be called

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1. "I do" location

2. Card with two pips

3. "Knives Out" protagonist

4. Grody

5. Hitchcock film with nonhuman villains

6. Capital of Cuba

7. Columbus sch.

8. Untamed

9. Penalties for missing due dates

10. ___ favor ("please" in Spanish):

11. Indulged too much

12. May, in June

17. Bear who steals "pic-a-nic" baskets

18. __ Eats: DoorDash rival

23. Upper House of Congress

25. Cell service initials

26. High-end camera, for short

28. Language ending

30. Large cask

31. Running tally of drinks at a pub

32. Pharaoh played by Elizabeth Taylor

33. Puzzle

38. Collects $200 in Monopoly

39. Class with easels

41. Least fancy

44. Valuable excavation find

46. Team VIP

48. Real or ideal suffix

50. Cry of victory

51. Antiseptic fluid

52. Czech or Pole

55. Olympic swords

56. Start a tennis rally

57. Neighbor of Nepal

60. Gorilla researcher Fossey

64. Indefinite amount

65. Nervous twitch

66. "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" aunt, familiarly

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