Heavy hitter in a courtroom? Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HITTER (noun)
1. someone who hits
2. (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
HEAVY (adverb)
1. slowly as if burdened by much weight
HEAVY (adjective)
1. lacking lightness or liveliness
2. slow and laborious because of weight
HEAVY (noun)
1. an actor who plays villainous roles
2. a serious (or tragic) role in a play

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16. Off in the distance

17. Custom-sewn, as a suit

18. Bone alongside the radius

19. Scarred the land to get ore

20. Stop or yield, e.g.

21. Petty quarrel

22. “They ___ my salary” (“I got a pay cut”)

24. Shake a leg

27. Figure in many a tall tale

29. Felt the aftereffects of a workout

30. Winged olive-branch carriers, symbolically

31. Deck-swabbing implement

32. Change course

33. Animation studio whose branding features an anthropomorphic desk lamp

34. In real time, as a broadcast

35. Forbidden-fruit taster

37. Weaver of rattan furniture

38. Exits an aircraft

40. “Gravity” star Bullock

41. Available for less

42. Socket for a USB cable

43. Beehive State collegians

44. Glowing lines at a light show

50. Completely believes

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53. Main part of a website’s URL

54. Talk back to

55. Eats in the evening

56. Champagne cork’s sound

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1. Tidbits for aardvarks

2. Save me a __!

3. Beneficiary of a will

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7. Country whose official language is Farsi

8. Was a passenger

9. ___ & Lomb (company that makes contact lenses)

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11. British luxury S.U.V.

12. Elaborate drama performed by singers

14. Barely on-the-radar celeb

15. Person hawking wares

23. Authorizes

24. Don’t feel entirely convinced

25. Jim Carrey character who wears Hawaiian shirts

26. Make ___ at (regard lovingly)

27. “Sly” relatives of dogs

28. Common cameo shape

30. Seedy bar

33. Like the walls of some dens

34. Item used to signal Paul Revere

36. Unit equal to four qts.

37. Diamonds and graphite, chemically

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42. Butter ___ (ice cream flavor)

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46. Eighteen-wheeler

47. Right away

48. Office missive

49. Something counted by a smartwatch

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