NOUN: "a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

METAPHORICAL (adjective)
1. expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another
OBSERVATION (noun)
1. the act of noticing or paying attention
2. the act of observing; taking a patient look

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Across

1. NOUN: "a sport...that emphasizes the use of quick movement and leverage to throw an opponent"

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10. Hebrew consonant

14. "Just hold on ___!"

15. Cynthia who won a Tony for the Broadway version of "The Color Purple"

16. "___'s Gold" (1997 Peter Fonda movie)

17. MBA applicants take it

18. Tosh or Gabriel

19. Disney CEO Robert

20. PLURAL NOUN: "false or affected [weeping]"

23. Faux ___ (social mistake)

24. Gymnastics surface

25. NOUN: "the quality or state of...depicting realism (as in art or literature)"

33. Suffix with ranch

34. Vermont ski resort

37. Sign on for another tour

39. NOUN: "a slice of meat cut from a fleshy part of a beef carcass"

41. Therefore

42. NOUN: "something on which something else is established"

44. NOUN: "a small graphic representation (such as a map or picture) [presented] within a larger one"

46. 2023 role for Ryan Gosling

47. NOUN PHRASE: "the place or area where someone lives"

50. NOUN: "a drink made of dry white wine and crème de cassis"

51. Photos, casually

52. PHRASE: "occasionally"

60. Walk with a long stride

61. VERB: "to arise from bed"

62. French pair

64. "Benedict Arnold!"

65. Ridiculous

66. To be in Bordeaux

67. NOUN: "something frail, slight, or fleeting"

68. "Oppenheimer" director

69. Famed New York City restaurateur Toots ___

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Down

1. Sharp Projection

2. ABBREVIATION: [one of the branches of the American armed forces]

3. Word in letter openings

4. They have eight arms

5. Some bank transactions

6. "You start to wonder while sitting at ___ light" (Jonny Lang lyric)

7. NOUN: "medium-sized tubular pasta"

8. Courageous Knievel

9. "The Sound of Music" song

10. NOUN: "a state...free from noise or uproar"

11. Kurylenko or Korbut

12. Social equal

13. PRONOUN: "that which belongs to [a female]"

21. Mama ___ Elliot

22. "Toodle-oo!"

25. "Procrastinate" or "promulgate," say

26. "You shall see a fox die ___ hour be past" (line from a Charles Kingsley poem)

27. Waken from slumber

28. NOUN: "a dominant idea or central theme"

29. John Lee Hooker's "Out the Door ___"

30. NOUN: "a line for leading or restraining an animal"

31. "Donnie ___" (2001 thriller with Jake Gyllenhaal and Drew Barrymore)

32. ___ on (encouraged to misbehave)

36. Such a long time

38. NOUN: "something that stimulates or restores"

40. Hold for someone else, as a door

43. Little play

45. Numskull

48. NOUN: "rise, beginning, or derivation from a source"

49. Compounds containing element number 8

52. Took a plane

53. NOUN: "a round soft flat unleavened bread"

54. Decides (to)

55. "You leave ___ choice"

56. ABBREVIATION: "and others"

57. NOUN: "any of various large vigorous scombroid fishes...that are usually dark above and silvery below and include many that are valued as food or sport fishes "

58. "Breaking Bad" drug

59. Currency in Cork and Cologne

63. NOUN: "a member of [a certain age cohort]"

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