Not phony Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
2. capable of being treated as fact
(adverb)
1. used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal
(noun)
1. any rational or irrational number
2. an old small silver Spanish coin

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PHONY (noun)
1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
PHONY (adjective)
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Hint 3: Anagram

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EARL

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20. Cheese sometimes flavored with hot peppers

23. Opposite of WSW

24. Kinda sorta

25. "Terrible" age

28. Free-roaming horse

32. Consume celery sticks, say

34. Hoodwink

35. Small contribution to a tip jar

37. Word after "French" or "free"

40. Fish such as a manta

41. Surface for working a jigsaw puzzle

42. Have a lasting effect

45. Winter hrs. in Pittsburgh

46. Like a hero who deserves credit

47. Tooth care specialist

50. Tofu protein

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53. Many many moons

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63. Like the Sahara

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66. Summer camp setting

67. Telly watcher

68. Like melted marshmallows

69. Googly-___

70. Oolong and rooibos

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1. Mamas mama

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3. Bring home, as a salary

4. Makes ecstatic

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6. Midwestern Native

7. Depend (on)

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26. Financial ctr. in Manhattan

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28. EGOT winner Rita

29. Feeling anxious

30. "Cheers" regular

31. Queer representation advocacy org.

33. Up in the air, for short

34. Mediocre grade

36. U-shaped stringed instrument

38. Law & Order spinoff familiarly

39. How a good decision might be made

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44. Worked, as dough

48. Whole bunch

49. Still making payments

52. Fossil-yielding rock

54. ___ out (eliminate as a possibility)

55. What a busboy may carry

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57. Mother of a foal

58. Sneaker brand

59. Brooklyn hoopsters

60. Mattress issue

61. IT VIP

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