Long of "The Best Man" Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

BEST (noun)
1. Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
2. the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
BEST (adjective)
1. (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
2. (superlative of `good’) having the most positive qualities
BEST (adverb)
1. from a position of superiority or authority
BEST (verb)
1. get the better of
LONG (adjective)
1. good at remembering
2. planning prudently for the future
LONG (verb)
1. desire strongly or persistently

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Across

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16. First

17. ___ a pitch (throw the ball in the dirt just to see if the batter chases it, say)

18. Rock Band relative, familiarly

20. Interjection akin to a facepalm

21. Zero-degree locale

24. City that briefly served as the Kingdom of Italy’s de-facto capital during the Second World War

26. Part of a body-weight circuit, perhaps

27. Amount

29. “Ashes of laughter, the ghost is clear / Why do the best things always disappear / Like Ophelia / Please ___ my door”: The Band

30. Type of metamorphic rock

33. Wetland plant

34. Author and filmmaker who wrote “The First Bad Man”

36. Supermodel Hadid who, with her sister Bella, donated a million dollars to support relief efforts in Gaza

37. Genre with ties to jazz

38. Bernadette Mayer’s “Incandescent War Poem ___”

40. Strategy to attract more website visitors, briefly

41. “Dear ___” (John Prine song)

45. Blush

47. Need for making latkes

49. Coating of frost

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52. Pause

53. One way to stand

55. Bars for the underage?

58. Schemes

59. Twitch user, e.g.

60. Eddard Stark’s elder daughter, in “Game of Thrones”

61. Fixate on, with “over”

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Down

1. Strong two-pair hand, in poker jargon

2. They tell people where to go after walking down the aisle

3. Small feature on a nautical chart

4. Pokémon Go, e.g.

6. Etcher’s substance

7. Surprised utterance

8. They’re often upsetting

9. It’s found next to a quote

10. Not bare

11. Name whose characters mean “sun” and “origin”

12. The poet Sinan Antoon or the filmmaker Hassan Blasim, e.g.

13. Moral philosopher’s consideration

15. Open-mouthed

19. "Way cool!"

22. Agency with P.P.E. standards

23. Repentant about

25. Actor Lash of old Westerns

28. Forerunner of Windows

31. Uproar sounds

32. Uses a stun gun on

34. Quick post-wedding getaway, in modern slang

35. Genre for Ayumi Hamasaki

36. Congo Basin dweller

38. Rows

39. Social-media suffix for Book- or Clean-

42. Flat-topped hills

43. Less happy

44. Chatters

46. Calligrapher's supply

48. Tank growth

51. Alliance since ’49

54. “Yo No Soy ___ Mujer” (Paulina Rubio song)

56. “Hang on a sec,” in texts

57. Last word of “Ulysses”

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