Hurdle for Ph.D. students Crossword Clue

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Hurdle for Ph.D. students Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

HURDLE (noun)
1. the act of jumping over an obstacle
2. a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
HURDLE (verb)
1. jump a hurdle

Hint 2: Anagram

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Across

1. Wooden construction that becomes more and more unstable until it eventually topples

11. Nailed as a test

15. Officially induct into office

16. Turn, in a board game

17. Scope of broadcasts that are not just local

18. Flower that shares its name with part of the eye

19. F.B.I. guy, e.g.

20. Fitzgerald of jazz

21. Extremely muscular, in slang

22. Comes out on the bottom

24. Abolitionist Truth

26. Ludwig ___, West German chancellor of the 1960s

28. Put in the oven after searing on the stove

29. Org. that issues 9-digit IDs

30. Tax-collecting agcy.

32. Souvenirs that might collect on a refrigerator

33. Place haphazardly

34. Vape

35. Old-fashioned stew

38. Editor's "not my mistake"

39. Act like a couch potato

42. Removes, as a door

44. Grammatical case in German and Russian

46. "Toy Story" character who springs into action to help rescue toys

48. Pig ___ (ade-may up-ay anguage-lay)

49. G-rated slang for "very"

50. Speak inarticulately, as when intoxicated

52. Created

53. Ingest, as a pill

54. Asteroids and Space Invaders, but not Mario Kart

56. "I'm done talking!," on a walkie-talkie

57. Confidential communication channel

58. Strong cravings

59. Select group honored on the third Monday of February

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Down

1. Commercial ditties

2. Causes to love

3. Actress Rothwell of "The White Lotus" and "Insecure"

4. Word in the names of three African countries and one Oceanian country

5. In the past

6. "Name That ___ "(music-themed game show)

8. Powerful punch

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11. "My opinion is correct, isn't it?"

12. Circles found around the sun, scientifically

13. Most corrupt

14. The Gobi and the Sahara

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23. Island nation in the Indian Ocean

25. Tripping after taking LSD

27. Sluggish or lethargic

31. Opposite of a slowpoke

33. Little rascals

35. Fisher Price product for a new walker, say

36. Taking time off after having a baby, maybe

37. Become less liquidy, as a simmering stew

39. A, B complex, C, D, E or K

40. Clear as day

41. Inceptions

43. Comfort

45. Food item steamed in grape leaves or corn husks

47. Spiritual guides

51. "Umbrella" singer, to fans

54. Certain viper

55. H.S. diploma equivalent

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