Kick butt, so to speak Crossword Clue

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Kick butt, so to speak Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice
2. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths
(verb)
1. exercise authority over; as of nations
2. decide with authority

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPEAK (verb)
1. exchange thoughts; talk with
2. use language
KICK (noun)
1. the act of delivering a blow with the foot
2. informal terms for objecting
KICK (verb)
1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
2. stop consuming

Hint 3: Anagram

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LURE

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18. Happens

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22. Ingredient in a zombie

23. Late ___

24. Anxious

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26. Org. that watches television

27. Tackling the task at hand

31. Dump

32. Unceasingly

33. Hotel room coolers, for short

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35. Cut (in)

38. Flabbergasted feeling

40. Prefix meaning "heavens," as the name of a planet suggests

42. Low

45. Result of missing the boat

49. Activist who was Time's 1963 Man of the Year, familiarly

50. Sweeping

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52. Furious feeling

53. Rescue squad pro

54. Country whose seven-letter name can be spelled using only one-point Scrabble tiles

56. Striking through

59. "___ what I'm talkin' 'bout!"

60. Standard

61. Lead-in to -drome

62. Oversupply

63. Full of energy

64. ___ Mix

65. Catch a glimpse of

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Down

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2. "Am I wrong about that?"

3. "Please, I know better than that"

4. "You know better than that"

5. Sotto __

6. Sporting flats, say

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9. Early ancestor

10. (The) OK

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13. Trig ratio

21. Like a run that sends the game into extra innings, say

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28. __ de plume

29. Increase one's intensity

30. 'Hard pass!'

34. Mal de ___

36. Channel with the longtime slogan "We Know Drama"

37. Legal setting

38. 37-Down order

39. Roused

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42. See 11-Down

43. Loved every second

44. The New York Islanders in the early 1980s, e.g.

46. Early pop music's ___ Brothers

47. Honorific title

48. Pestering type

49. Minor snafu

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55. Put away

57. Space between here and there

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