"Fear of Flying" author Jong Crossword Clue

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"Fear of Flying" author Jong Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any plant of the genus Erica

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

AUTHOR (noun)
1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
AUTHOR (verb)
1. be the author of
FLYING (adjective)
1. moving swiftly
2. hurried and brief
FLYING (noun)
1. an instance of traveling by air

Hint 3: Anagram

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AREIC

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17. Palindromic address with an apostrophe

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19. Olden times

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23. World Cup cries

24. Fib

25. Slender

29. Left and right turn indicators, e.g.

33. Home for an eagle

34. "Big Mistakes" character played by Mark Ivanir

36. ___ chi

37. Charred vegetable often paired with tahini

41. Key next to F1

42. "Lovely ___" (Beatles song)

43. Size above Medium

44. Scallops, shrimp, etc.

47. Adorable ones

48. Surgeons' workplaces, for short

49. Period in office

51. Money put into a bank account via smartphone

57. Radio knob

59. Great Plains nation

60. General feeling

61. Move like a sci-fi blob

62. Identified

63. Limbs on cacti

64. Fed a line to

65. Coin ___

66. "It's on my to-do ___" ("I haven't forgotten about that")

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Down

1. Beaver's creations

2. Computer whose original model featured a translucent blue exterior

3. Representative Ilhan

4. Italy's capital, in Italian

5. Tiny rock

6. Took without permission

7. Loafers and sneakers

8. ___ to (take care of)

9. Element in water

10. Dudes

11. Rower's tool

12. "___ of the Tiger"

15. Unsteady

21. Place to stay

22. ___ economy

25. Wise people

26. Part of a poem

28. Rapper ___ Kim

29. Super-long story

30. Asteroids game developer

31. "Tootsie" Oscar winner Jessica

32. Web locations

34. ___ it my way

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38. Process of wearing away

39. Fluff, like pillows

40. Back muscle for short

45. "Ha, I ___ you!" ("Gotcha!")

46. Spherical object

47. Doctrines

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50. Outer boundaries

51. Puzzle with an exit

52. Future atty.'s exam

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54. Apple assistant

55. Certain PCs

56. Midterm or final

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58. Promise of payment

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