On-line bait? Crossword Clue

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On-line bait? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. anything that serves as an enticement
2. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
(verb)
1. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ON-LINE (adjective)
1. on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
2. connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
LINE (noun)
1. a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
2. a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface
LINE (verb)
1. make a mark or lines on a surface
2. be in line with; form a line along

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21. Tons

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29. Some green fundraisers?

30. Quick refresher

32. Hidden ___ (if-you-know-you-know spots)

33. Certain Anabaptist group

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36. Chocolatier, say?

38. Consume crudités, for example

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45. Mini-___ (convenience store)

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53. Initialism for a Black dialect

54. Stays drawn

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56. Finish line of the rat race, maybe

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2. Afresh

3. Saltimbocca protein

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6. Rubs the right way?

7. Mannish

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10. Itty-bitty

11. Completely destroy

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13. "One of you squealed!"

14. More than that?

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22. Ski-___

23. "Boy, do I have a story for you!"

24. Legacy image files: abbr.

25. Question to which "Crystal" might be a reply

26. Fills up, as a dance floor

27. "That settles that!"

28. "Help wanted" sign?

30. Playground game that combines spelling and basketball

31. Fitting rhyme for claws

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37. Gender-neutral pronoun

39. Constitution or Wisconsin, in D.C.

41. Greeting perfected by debutantes

42. Word before days or dressing

43. Touches down

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46. Headliner, maybe

47. Tennis great Sampras

48. "Bonne __!"

49. Encounter

51. Star Wars actor Billy ___ Williams

52. Colony resident

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