Highest-ranked, in a tournament bracket Crossword Clue

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TOURNAMENT (noun)
1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
2. a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize

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17. Successful new companies valued at $1 billion

18. Greek goddess of the Earth.

19. Come out ahead

20. Call from a cow

26. Perform in a play, say

29. Make public, as grievances

30. Important spots on treasure maps

32. It was ceremoniously pounded into America's first transcontinental railroad (and then replaced with an iron one!)

38. Accumulations of metal in the earth, e.g.

40. "A proper copper coffee pot," and "Red leather yellow leather," for two

41. British actor Stephen

42. Poetic tribute

43. Lion's home

44. Like a toddler with the sniffles

49. ___ Fighters (Dave Grohl’s band)

52. Subject of many Chinese Cultural Revolution posters

53. Throws with a high arc

56. Second half of a facetious phrase about telling someone a secret

62. Withhold one's identity

63. Like some Central American pyramids

64. Carriage driver's handful

65. Having the necessary skill

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2. Powdered orange drink

3. Opera solo

4. Legal

5. Big ___ (stretch of the California coast)

6. Pot's counterpart in the kitchen

7. Made decisions without oversight

8. Erik who composed "Gymnopédies"

9. Spanish "to be"

10. Grumpy ___, feline of internet fame

11. Egg cell

12. Car that's been taken back by the bank, informally

13. Canadian gas brand

15. Portuguese "John"

16. Arrive on the ground

22. Island nation of Oceania between the Philippines and Guam

23. Walk like a crab

24. Some convention center events

25. Believer in a nonintervening god

26. Twenties' dispenser

27. I.O.U.

28. Vocal range above a baritone

31. Participated in a Winter Olympics sport

33. You inherit them from your parents

34. The largest playable one in the world has 28,750 pipes (Philadelphia, Penn.)

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36. Secret agents

37. French verb conjugated suis, es, est, etc.

39. Digits on a tax form

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46. Turkic speaker

47. Mom in "For Better or for Worse"

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49. Like a mattress ideal for a back-sleeper

50. Ancient Greek theaters

51. Heavens

54. Initials on a college party invitation

55. Robert Johnson allegedly sold his to the devil in exchange for mastery of the guitar

57. Battery that's "not included" with a toy, often

58. French wine

59. Colorful fish in a pond

60. Word after Holiday or Days

61. Take advantage of

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