Innovator Crossword Clue

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Innovator Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art
2. someone who marks a trail by leaving blazes on trees

Hint 2: Clue Definition

INNOVATOR (noun)
1. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

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5. "The Nanny" actress Drescher

9. Flappy Bird and Tamagotchi, for two

13. Burden

14. Smart home assistant

15. Still competitive

16. Entertainer who is on-line a lot?

19. Zodiac ram

20. Stop

21. "My ___ are open"

24. Some remote batteries

25. Climbable feline structure

27. Not wholesale

29. Rice-A-___

30. ___-J (rock band named after a keyboard shortcut)

31. Wee

32. Milk container

34. Makeup tool that helps outline arches

38. Genetic duplicates

39. Hand-y salon treatments

41. Utah's capital (Abbr.)

44. Slightly open

45. Walter White's beard

46. Where the sky and sea "meet"

48. Title for MLK

49. Dedicated poem

50. Player's peak performance

51. Gin's partner

53. Region in which cyclones are likely to form

59. Quiet period

60. Go longboarding

61. Chauffeur-driven vehicle

62. Teensy

63. Fragile: Handle With ___

64. Basketball infraction

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Down

1. Scribble

2. College, to an Aussie

3. Really enjoyed

4. Workplace-regulation org.

5. Sheets of ice

6. Gym units

7. Chopping tool

8. "Don't reckon so"

9. ___-O-Fish (McDonald's offering)

10. Turkish city known for its pears, honey and muscat grapes

11. Gas pump option

12. One might be blocked off for a farmers market

14. Typeface similar to Helvetica

18. Film that might have a car chase

21. People with Ph.D.s

22. "6-7," e.g.

23. "I wish you wouldn't go"

25. Word after "Marine" or "Peace"

26. The "a" of a.m.

28. Name hidden in 'partial eclipse'

29. Less cooked

32. "___ O'Brien Needs a Friend" (podcast)

33. March Madness org.

35. Red, in Spanish

36. Fond of

37. Bent the truth

40. Spot

41. "Do you give me permission?"

42. End an online session

43. Pub ___ (bar-to-bar events)

45. Future bass or bedroom pop, e.g.

47. Suggest

48. Bus map line

51. Russian ruler until 1917

52. Baby hippo

54. Key above ~

55. Reggae precursor

56. Summer Olympics host in 2016

57. "New Strategy in a War on the ___" (Australian headline)

58. Dial-up pioneer

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