Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff Crossword Clue

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Hard-to-clean-up sparkly stuff Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. be shiny, as if wet
(noun)
1. the occurrence of a small flash or spark
2. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPARKLY (adjective)
1. marked by high spirits or excitement
2. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
CLEAN (verb)
1. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from
2. clean one’s body or parts thereof, as by washing
CLEAN (adjective)
1. free of restrictions or qualifications
2. free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed
CLEAN (adverb)
1. completely; used as intensifiers
2. in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
CLEAN (noun)
1. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead

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21. Fizzled out completely

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24. In the style of

26. Brand of cooler named for a mythical beast

27. Play loudly, as from a speaker

29. Break away (from)

33. [That looks delicious …]

36. Flashy cycling maneuvers

38. Shared by us

39. What a new hire might learn, with "the"

40. Thats not good!

41. "Sunday Night Football" producer

43. Floating markers

44. Wet floor?

45. Thats not good!

47. Opera excerpt

49. Casual turndown

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65. Mimicked

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Down

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2. Make a case for

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5. Nothing

6. Dr. Seuss' "And to Think That ___ It on Mulberry Street"

7. 4 on a par 3, e.g.

9. Like good omens

10. College instructor, for short

11. “To thine own ___ be true”

13. Sudden, powerful gust of wind

16. Used a stool, say

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22. Homes on branches

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27. Climactic fight in a video game

28. 0% filled

30. Fun word to shout into a canyon

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33. Puts on, as a jacket

34. Yokel

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37. Marks, as a ballot square

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42. Pored over

43. Not act up

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48. Making a plate appearance

50. Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him

51. Fuzzy-feeling leather

52. Extremes of the earth

53. Nightwear, informally

54. Oblong tomato type

55. Lose traction

56. "OK, go ahead"

58. Casual collared shirt

61. Desire

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