Metaphorical beginning or ending Crossword Clue

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Metaphorical beginning or ending Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

METAPHORICAL (adjective)
1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
BEGINNING (adjective)
1. serving to begin
BEGINNING (noun)
1. the time at which something is supposed to begin
2. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

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16. .08 for 49 of the 50 states

17. 'Not good!'

18. Classic Indian film series by Satyajit Ray, with "The"

19. Some docking helpers

20. "Sweeney Todd" subject

21. Heading on a Spanish menu

22. However, in a tweet

23. Statue in East Asian temples

24. Org. with an annual Thanksgiving competition

25. Business tycoon Sam

27. "Splendid" things in a Khaled Hosseini title

29. Offering at a BBQ joint

32. Words to a genie

33. "Keep Commerce Human" sloganeer

34. Angsty feeling associated with exclusion

35. Team sometimes called the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball

38. Something often labeled with the name of a gem or precious metal

39. Bush and Obama had theirs

40. Eurasian divide

41. "Spamalot" title

42. Get out of Dodge

43. Cheap tissue descriptor

44. ___ joint

45. Some DNA sharers

47. Huck Finn's father

51. Being, in Bordeaux

52. First name in classic horror

53. G-rated verbal double-take

55. School on the Thames

56. Nookie nook?

57. Isn't wrong?

58. What's kraken?

59. Big 12 team from Salt Lake City

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Down

1. Features of many M. Night Shyamalan films

2. Home to Pearl Harbor

3. Bandleader who mentored Louis Armstrong

4. Greek counterpart of 12-Down

5. Haphazardly add

6. Military hats that may be worn with epaulets

7. "Well, it seems nothing more can be done"

8. Some congratulations

9. Classic analog camera style

10. Falls for some bait, maybe

11. Aromatic bloom

12. Roman counterpart of 4-Down

13. Finalize, in a way

14. Target of a therapeutic tea bag

23. One of 21 popes

24. Actress Taylor-Joy

26. Title abolished in 1917

28. Some ports, for short

29. Julia Child catchphrase

30. Statement of existential solitude

31. Best-selling comedic autobiography of 2011

33. Title seen in a tea caddy

34. Price of passage

36. Arkansas : Nebraska :: Argon : ___

37. Some characters in the Tony winning play "Doubt"

42. Dining spot with a European vibe

43. Subservient sort

44. Boxing ring encouragement

46. Voltaire's penultimate play

48. Tools in a saddle shop

49. Clog, e.g.

50. “___ Nagila” (Jewish folk song)

51. Some creatures in the ocean's "midnight zone"

52. Courting gentleman

54. On-air marketplace, for short

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