Opportunities to get back on track? Crossword Clue

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Opportunities to get back on track? Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

TRACK (noun)
1. any road or path affording passage especially a rough one
2. (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data
TRACK (verb)
1. travel across or pass over
2. go after with the intent to catch
BACK (noun)
1. a support that you can lean against while sitting
2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen
BACK (verb)
1. give support or one’s approval to
2. establish as valid or genuine
BACK (adverb)
1. in or to or toward a past time
2. at or to or toward the back or rear
BACK (adjective)
1. located at or near the back of an animal
2. of an earlier date

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18. Pattern on some school uniforms

19. No harm no foul!

20. ___ world (hypothetical stage in the origin of life on Earth)

22. JCPenney competitor

23. It's straight from the horse's mouth?

24. Third-person possessive pronoun with two apostrophes

26. The Imitation Game setting, for short

27. Designation for summer hrs. in London, Ontario, and Gainesville, Florida

28. Meal plans

30. South Korean polymath Terra ___

31. Exactly what you need

33. Historical symbol of Festival de Cannes

34. Food that can be prepared a la cubana or a la valenciana

35. Lickety-split, say

38. Jaws that might be gaping

39. Least thought through

40. "I've ___ enough!"

43. Touring group?

46. Like one's legs after climbing up a lot of stairs, maybe

47. Counterpart of tired and inspired, in a meme

49. "Certainly so"

50. Get outta here!

51. ___ by (followed without objection)

53. Game that uses hand signals

55. Professional in a pickup game, e.g.

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57. Food hall or bistro, for example

58. Like the walls of some retro living rooms

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1. Available for employment

2. ___ to the spot

3. Really puts one's foot down?

4. Almost 1 percent of the atmosphere

5. Cave with a distinctive sound?

6. Kinda sorta

7. UTF-8, for example

8. Got settled before watching a movie

9. Not very convincing, say

10. Symbol hidden in the FedEx logo

11. Person who's really good at solving problems?

12. Language in which Elena Ferrante's novels were first published

13. Intuitively picking up, maybe

17. Like pilots when they're not working?

21. Course in which you might get an A?

24. "Okey dokey, your grace!"

25. Völva of Norse mythology, e.g.

28. Item thats made to measure

29. Gamer's plan, informally

31. God referenced in the proclamation "God is man and man is God"

32. Going quickly

33. Piece of Lab evidence?

35. "You've made that abundantly clear"

36. Home of the Fish River Canyon, Africa's largest canyon

37. A Literature of ___ Own (Elaine Showalter book)

40. Spam maker

41. Fit for growing crops

42. Showed off, for short

44. ___ wren (songbird found in grassy marsh habitats)

46. Cod piece?

48. Animal on the cover of Stephen Graham Jones's The Only Good Indians

50. Eschew

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