Nickname that drops "hard" Crossword Clue

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NICKNAME (noun)
1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name)
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing
NICKNAME (verb)
1. give a nickname to

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Across

1. Singer Braxton

5. Like some winter windshields

9. ___ Bauer (brand of outdoor gear)

14. 'Soon!'

15. Me too

16. Stable job

17. Spirit of the Caribbean

19. Haggard

20. Creamy dish made with arborio rice

21. Angela on "The Office," e.g.

22. "Bring it on!"

23. Four-time N.B.A. M.V.P.

28. Nick, e.g.

30. Collected

31. Evil computer of classic film

32. Kind of seeds found in a basket in King Tutankhamen's tomb

35. Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South"

37. Group with a coat of arms

38. Unspecified ones

40. Wednesday a.k.a. ___ day

41. Like some fat

43. Purposely wrongs

45. What's more

46. Joan known for his "dream paintings"

47. Make out, perhaps?

48. Pillow fight setting

51. Juicer’s juice

55. Determination

56. Shade provider along Central Park's Literary Walk

58. A-tier

60. Chock-full ... like three squares (and foods) in this puzzle

62. Touch-and-go

63. Force felt on Earth, for short

64. Goddess whose name is an anagram of her mother's

65. Feelings of getting older

66. Volcano seen on HBO's "The White Lotus"

67. Port in 50-Down

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Down

1. Fruity pastry

2. Live

3. Like the jungle at daybreak

4. At the helm

5. "___ that right?"

6. Number for December

7. Bird with noted calf muscles

8. Short blue person?

9. Chả giò, on a Vietnamese menu

10. Enervate

11. Temptation for Homer Simpson

12. Na+ or Cl-

13. Real lifesaver, for short

18. Starting group

21. Not accept an outrage, say

24. Amazon smart speaker.

25. Jeers

26. Tempting words on a Wonderland cake

27. Is really good, in modern slang

29. Legal mulligan

32. What an old car might be sold for

33. ___ Ferrante, author of the "Neapolitan Novels"

34. Brown-bag item

36. "OK, that makes sense"

39. Münster man

42. Puts to work

44. Northern Italian city known for its cheese

49. "The White Lotus" actress ___ Lou Wood

50. Arabia Felix, now

52. Perturbed

53. Fortune 500 company started by a blacksmith, informally

54. Civic's class?

57. Sports org. with a Tour

58. Open show of intimacy, for short

60. Mud

61. Tiny "farmer"

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