Pesto or Hollandaise, e.g. Crossword Clue

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Pesto or Hollandaise, e.g. Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. add zest or flavor to, make more interesting
2. behave saucily or impudently towards
(noun)
1. flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

HOLLANDAISE (noun)
1. eggs and butter with lemon juice
PESTO (noun)
1. a sauce typically served with pasta; contains crushed basil leaves and garlic and pine nuts and Parmesan cheese in olive oil

Hint 3: Anagram

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CAUSE

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19. ___ throw, or foul shot, an unopposed basketball shot you can attempt now that you're closer to 50a

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22. Prickly desert plant

24. Messy pig home

27. Bronze sheen from being at the beach

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31. "___ and Peace" (Leo Tolstoy novel)

32. ___ League (Harvard or Brown, e.g.)

33. Like a limbo bar, later in the game

34. Low choir voice or a fish

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38. Stitched edge of a dress

40. "___ you know?" (fun fact starter)

41. Prompt to go on

43. Suffix with psych or narc

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6. Mafia boss title

7. Difficulty ___ (settings in a video game)

8. "Go ___!" ("Shoo!")

9. Stop sign's color

11. "I can't ___ pizza-lover" (dislike): 2 wds.

17. Atomic energy organization: Abbr.

18. "No ___, no reward"

20. Sound that bounces back

21. Solo, ___, trio

23. Broken down car’s aid

24. "Black ___" (ballet-themed movie starring Natalie Portman)

25. Assigned work

26. 12-month periods, for short

27. '__ the season to be jolly'

28. Actress ___ Gardner of "Mogambo"

29. Big Apple's school: Abbr.

33. Actor Bruce of “Enter the Dragon

34. Flower that is yet to bloom

36. ___ bump (celebratory sports gesture where you "jump" at each other)

37. Chop into cubes

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40. The ‘D’ of CD

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