Not sharp, as a pencil Crossword Clue

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Not sharp, as a pencil Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make numb or insensitive
2. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
(adjective)
1. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
2. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PENCIL (noun)
1. a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face
2. a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
PENCIL (verb)
1. write, draw, or trace with a pencil
SHARP (adjective)
1. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
2. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
SHARP (adverb)
1. changing suddenly in direction and degree
SHARP (noun)
1. a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
2. a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

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Across

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6. Bitter-smelling

11. Cell signal unit

14. Pleasant smell

15. Heavyweight African animal, informally

16. Application

17. Circle, cone, cube, cylinder, heart, pentagon, star, triangle

19. So-so, in modern slang

20. Scrapes (out), as a living

21. Mental slip-up

22. Univ. degrees for executives

23. Many a prom tuxedo

25. Train track part

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33. Growth in a fish tank

36. Steaming mad

37. Girlfriend or boyfriend, informally

38. Gruesome

39. Cooks just the outsides of

40. Nuisance

41. A narcissist has a big one

42. Giving the go-ahead

43. Keto and paleo, for two

44. Boot, good, loom, moon, pool, rook, woof

47. In one's birthday suit

48. Skeptic's remark

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58. Shoe's bottom:

59. Play-__

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62. Musical Yoko

63. With everything on the line

64. Like a pyramid or sphere

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67. Vulgar

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Down

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2. Tot's three-wheeler

3. Comic actor Seth

4. "If you want me to be honest ..."

5. Golfing standard

6. Region

7. Intel product

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10. Nickname for Dorothy

11. Insect that stings

12. Home to Hanoi and Hong Kong

13. Cincinnati team

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22. Sch. with a T station

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26. Lumberjack's tool

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29. The "T" of L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+

30. Platoon V.I.P.

31. Sunrise direction

32. Ping-Pong dividers

33. Like most cheeses with rinds

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35. Punxsutawney Phil, for one

39. Classic arcade game with bull's-eye rings

40. Strongly desires

42. Like a centenarian

43. "For suresies"

45. Purchase

46. Bottle served at a trattoria

49. Exclamation while pulling a rabbit from a hat

50. The King of Rock and Roll

51. Marsh plants

52. Object of adoration

53. Zero

55. Rights advocacy org. since 1920

56. Dermatologist's focus

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