Fill-in-___-blank Crossword Clue

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Fill-in-___-blank Crossword Answer

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Helpful Hints

(definite article)
1. A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
(adverb)
1. By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; used before comparatives.

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FILL (verb)
1. make full, also in a metaphorical sense
2. occupy the whole of
FILL (noun)
1. any material that fills a space or container
2. a quantity sufficient to satisfy
BLANK (noun)
1. a blank gap or missing part
2. a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
BLANK (adjective)
1. complete and absolute
2. (of a surface) not written or printed on
BLANK (verb)
1. keep the opposing (baseball) team from winning

Hint 3: Anagram

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

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16. "Up" protagonist

17. Backstory

18. Make a speech

19. Tie the ___ (get hitched)

20. *City hub

23. Jerk

24. Spanish for "aunt"

25. Hunter constellation

27. Movie chain

30. “You have a point”

33. Pieces of food for a pet, say

36. Bit of unfinished business

38. "___ been that long?"

39. Fable

40. "Alien" genre

43. "Game of Thrones" star Headey

44. South American mountain range

46. *Career revival

48. Loud noise

50. Warty amphibian

52. 'To be,' in Spanish

54. "Golly ___"

56. MPG part

58. Word-based contest, and what the starred answers are doing, collectively, when read as clues for single letters

64. Plow-pulling pair

66. Bottled water brand

67. Discipline with cobra pose

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71. Feature of a bagel

72. Winter vehicles

73. Horse gait

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Down

1. Rights org. for over 100 years

2. Marvel superhero

3. Action word

4. Sit in a sauna

5. Big whoop

6. "___, There and Everywhere"

7. Home to the Azadi Tower

8. Saying

9. Derisive looks

10. Exclamation in a "Cathy" comic

11. Fruit-shaped bike accessory

12. Einstein ___ Bagels

13. Secondary social media accounts, for short

21. Late time in ads

22. Like red velvet cake

26. Dental care brand

27. Place to exchange vows

28. Disney heroine with a sidekick named Pua

29. Breakfast option such as Trix or Chex, e.g.

31. Chapel Hill school (Abbr.)

32. Official decree

34. Tiny bit, in recipes

35. Wager

37. Tries to find

41. ___ Fighters, rock band

42. Fantasizes

45. Wimbledon divisions

47. Biblical garden

49. Narrows gradually

53. Have a ball!

55. Country home to Luxor and Cairo

56. "___ Spice," Victoria Beckham's nickname

57. Trade show

59. Not prerecorded

60. Praise highly

61. Crude person

62. Frozen waffle brand

63. Right, on a map

65. Bill ___ the Science Guy

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