Like a neglected garden Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. being very thin

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

NEGLECTED (adjective)
1. lacking a caretaker
2. disregarded
GARDEN (noun)
1. a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
2. a yard or lawn adjoining a house
GARDEN (adjective)
1. the usual or familiar type
GARDEN (verb)
1. work in the garden

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19. Rock that's broken open to reveal crystals

20. Run the ___ (span the complete range)

22. Prefix that means "new"

23. Actress James or Tomlin

24. Grannies

25. Use a phone to contact

26. Initialism on a pay stub

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29. They might be ordered à la carte from a Mexican food truck

30. ___ Tuesday, (one name for the final day of Carnival)

31. Circus performer on a wire

35. Each

36. State one’s beliefs

37. Brazen

38. Like a disposable towelette

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42. ___ wolf (possibly antisocial sort)

43. Superman's family

44. It might be wrapped in wrapping paper

45. First responder, in brief

46. Prefix with active or grade

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48. Connected with

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55. Highly valued and respected

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Down

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2. Go totally nuts

3. Waiting to talk to a receptionist, perhaps

5. Burning funerary heap

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8. Field day activity that involves balance with speed

9. Headmaster Dumbledore

10. Short spell

11. Bird that can rotate its head 270 degrees

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13. What's typically sought in the plot of a romance novel

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24. Mother-of-pearl

25. Children's author and illustrator Eric

27. Something to light that's kept in a book or a box

28. Repeated cry from a group of protesters

29. The ones right here

30. Kind of cheese or army knife

31. Like many board games and card games

32. "Pinky-swear?"

33. Large lady in a fairy tale

34. Incarnations

38. Got together

39. Biblical woman whose name sounds like a big name in dictionaries

40. Worth mentioning

41. Made amends, as for one's sins

43. Nairobi's country

44. "Aw, I fell for it!"

46. Break in relations

47. Heap

49. Run out of juice, as a phone

51. Crunchy sandwich that often comes with a toothpick

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