Pale and sickly Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SICKLY (adjective)
1. somewhat ill or prone to illness
2. unhealthy looking
PALE (adjective)
1. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
2. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
PALE (noun)
1. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
PALE (verb)
1. turn pale, as if in fear

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34. Pen points

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39. Gallops into the sunset, say

41. "I've seen better"

42. Attend without a date

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46. Strategic disk game played on a vertical board

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51. Device once used with a Blockbuster rental

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57. May honoree

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62. A step above amateur

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Down

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