Noted defector of 1961 Crossword Clue

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Noted defector of 1961 Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DEFECTOR (noun)
1. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
NOTED (adjective)
1. widely known and esteemed

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Across

1. Daze

7. Far from gregarious

12. Iga who’s won the U.S. Open, French Open and Wimbledon

19. Hook’s field

20. Stripe-shirted character found in kids’ books

21. Graceful entry into the pool

22. Fall beverage only available to those in the know?

24. Rides with toes off the board

25. Play around, so to speak

26. Mobile CPR pro

27. Out of the ordinary

29. Body art, informally

30. Link letters

31. Pewter, e.g.

33. Biscotti flavoring

34. Blade for an Olympian

35. Dolt

37. Chance for the comic’s apprentice to perform?

40. Writers Beattie and Patchett

41. Legal drama fig.

44. One may be bonded

45. Oracle’s temple?

48. Canaries, for example

52. Tickle

53. Physician Virginia, for whom a newborn test is named

54. Half of Popeye’s adopted baby’s name

55. Braz. neighbor

56. Plant with starchy corms

57. Like the start of knighthood

59. Phone screen array

60. Inner ear, of a sort

61. Have a mortgage, say

62. Things smelled in some churches?

64. High return

65. Dissenting vote

66. Düsseldorf dissents

67. Simple shack

68. Relinquish

69. Before, in ballades

70. Casino table covering

71. Guy who cooks

72. Pediatric patient

73. Carousal

75. Come back from a 30-40 score in tennis?

78. Word on a bill

79. Italicize, e.g.

81. Charger unit

82. Make a list of all of the cards in packs of tarot?

86. Stop fretting

90. Day divider

91. Harness races

93. Frees of skin

94. Name after Sallie, Fannie or Ginnie

95. Home base?

96. Twitter/X alternative with a butterfly logo

98. Early hrs.

99. Another name for broad bean

100. Capital of South Australia

102. A dentist’s Boley gauge, e.g.?

106. Inconvenient, in a way

107. Tea treat

108. Officially prohibit

109. Takes out

110. Round at the bar, perhaps

111. Loyalty program accrual

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Down

1. Prove the practicality of a bib

2. Cassiterite, notably

3. “The Little Mermaid” villainess

4. Birkenstock buy

5. Cause of some tics, in brief

6. Reuben base

7. “You’ve gotta be kidding!”

8. Pew group

9. Creaky, maybe

10. Ukraine’s main port

11. Internet gamer who may spend V-Bucks

12. 1919 George Gershwin composition

13. Designer Vera

14. “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” playwright

15. Billboard displays

16. “The Mikado” town

17. Leveling tool

18. Math logic puzzle invented by Tetsuya Miyamoto

21. Second-highest mount in the Cascade Range

23. Dog topper

28. Orange coat

31. Nickname for the Governator

32. “Metropolis” director Fritz

34. Europe’s highest volcano

36. The title role in Verdi’s “Attila,” e.g.

38. Met, as a challenge

39. Phrase tacked on for emphasis

41. Trembly trees

42. 2002 M. Night Shyamalan film

43. Escapee’s destination, maybe

45. “You don’t need to remind me”

47. Scout’s discovery

48. “You can’t make me!”

49. One of the letters of DNA stands for it

50. “What is it?” drawing created by Roger Price

51. Filled in

52. Penitent person

54. Overlook description

57. Displayed derision

58. How an unwelcome guest may be received

59. Fallen flier

62. Surge of new arrivals

63. Buy from Burpee

68. Spot for garbage or laundry, in some buildings

71. Romantic milestone

72. Samhain celebrators

74. Unspoiled spot

76. Extremely

77. Two tablets, perhaps

79. Bitter rant

80. Ring decisions

82. Like marquetry

83. Melon or bean

84. “Spill!”

85. Piano pieces

86. Subject of Abu Simbel statues

87. Manaus’s river

88. “I don’t want to hear your excuses!”

89. Pines

92. Coordinate

93. Coat on a bench, say

96. Torment with nasty remarks

97. Green shade

99. Evian alternative

101. Pre-5G mobile tech letters

103. Rooftop sound

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