First course, for short? Crossword Clue

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First course, for short? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. formally making a person known to another or to the public
2. a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COURSE (noun)
1. general line of orientation
2. (construction) a layer of masonry
COURSE (adverb)
1. as might be expected
COURSE (verb)
1. move along, of liquids
2. hunt with hounds
FIRST (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
2. the time at which something is supposed to begin
FIRST (adjective)
1. indicating the beginning unit in a series
2. serving to set in motion
FIRST (adverb)
1. prominently forward
2. before anything else

Hint 3: Anagram

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21. Share on social media

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43. Financial review

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66. Pickling liquid

67. Eight, in Italian

68. Tropicana Field player

69. Druids, e.g.

70. Previously owned

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Down

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2. Bathroom, in Brisbane

3. Boxer's warning

4. Diamond gofers

5. Tropicana Field locale, familiarly

6. About 31,700 square miles, for Lake Superior

7. Does some road repair

8. They have nos. at banks

9. Indefinite degree

10. Nightlife enthusiasts

11. Crowd noise

12. City with an opera house next to a fjord

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17. Cal. spans

20. Lizard with a dewlap

21. Maker of ScanSnap scanners

22. Of a particular race or culture

23. Tidy sum

25. Broadway opening?

28. Org. in “The Rookie”

29. Bundle of yarn

31. Places for scouts’ merit badges

33. Flight features

35. What an analogy colon means

37. Tribute with many put-downs

40. That's disgusting!

45. Parting words before ending a call

47. Choices for parents-to-be

49. Books with cross references?

52. "Bo-o-oring!"

54. Trivial complaint

55. Show signs of waking up

56. Makeup of some cat food

58. Not good at all

59. Headed out

61. Network for 1-Down

62. Scoreboard amts.

63. Summer, in Martinique

64. Silent approval

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