Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end Crossword Clue

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Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end Crossword Answer

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SOUTHWEST (noun)
1. the southwestern region of the United States generally including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, California, and sometimes Utah and Colorado
2. the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
SOUTHWEST (adverb)
1. to, toward, or in the southwest
SOUTHWEST (adjective)
1. situated in or oriented toward the southwest
2. coming from the southwest
MIDWEST (noun)
1. the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

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28. Trouble

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33. Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam?

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42. Rock's Plastic ___ Band

43. Central parts of planets

44. Hairdresser's supply

45. Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class

46. Soft shots in tennis

48. Meditative chants

49. Plant used in pickling

50. H.S. exam whose highest score is 36

53. Source of income for a website

55. Half of a popular social media app

57. Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets

58. Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula?

63. Affectionate term for una madre

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65. Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue

66. "Big" comic protagonist

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76. Wii remote batteries

77. Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age"

78. Sensation before a migraine, medically

79. Gets married while wearing protective gear?

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1. Word on either side of "or no"

2. Overrun

3. Add electronically, in a way

4. Like a really big fan

5. Go wrong

6. Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?)

7. The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks

8. "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden")

9. High degree

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38. Guitar string material

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41. What kitsch exhibits

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51. Former transportation secretary Elaine

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56. In that case

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59. — Vegas

60. Sensation

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68. .........

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71. Via

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