Philosopher with a contradictory surname Crossword Clue

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Philosopher with a contradictory surname Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. English poet (1880-1958)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CONTRADICTORY (adjective)
1. unable for both to exist or be true at the same time
2. in disagreement
CONTRADICTORY (noun)
1. two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot be false) at the same time
PHILOSOPHER (noun)
1. a specialist in philosophy
2. a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity

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5. Look forward to

10. Glowing ring

14. Brit’s exclamation

15. Strong cotton cloth

16. From the top

17. 'I guess that's that'

19. Young Sheldon star Armitage

20. “The City by the Bay”

21. Mtn. stats

22. Build up slowly

24. "I need a hand here!"

28. Preclude

29. Believe, as a story

31. Rep. with almost 10 million Insta followers

32. Hosp. scan

33. Squash, maybe

35. Wire measure unit

36. Voters in favor

37. Couple’s dance

40. ''Les États-___''

43. Very long period

44. Blazing, as an angry person’s eyes

48. Age cohort, briefly

49. Get some calories

50. Quintillion, in metric prefixes

51. Silent approval

52. Comic strip since 1954

55. Tot watcher?

57. Poetic pronoun

58. Snowmobile brand

60. Word shouted over waves

61. It may be checked at a checkpoint

65. Fast forward?

66. “You ___ one!”

67. Be disposed

68. CEO’s colleague

69. Center of emotions

70. Tacks on

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Down

1. Italian composer Zanotti

2. "Sorta" suffix

3. Animosity-driven cases, e.g.

4. ___ Rock (Uluru)

5. “___ fair in love...”

6. The Eagles’ “___ Woman”

7. “...old woman who lived in ___”

8. End for infant or project

9. Decimal base

10. Ethiopia's — Selassie

11. Pre-med subject

12. Work’s opposite

13. Totally dominate

18. Portugal’s capital, to natives

21. Cinemark competitor

22. Core set

23. Yoga need

25. Put down

26. Long weapon

27. “T’ain’t” rebuttal

30. Open up, as records

34. Second ltr. afterthought

35. Word on bathroom doors

36. Rose up the charts in the 1980s

38. Inflict upon

39. Kenya neighbor

40. Repulsed response

41. Zero out of two

42. Stuck

45. Ticked off

46. Paul in politics

47. Joseph of ice cream fame

49. Ending used at Emory

50. ___ Pie (classic ice cream treat)

54. Chain parts

56. Blood-carrier

59. Object

60. Phone fun

61. Crazed crowd

62. ___ Jima

63. Sen. Sanders’s designation

64. Crown installer, briefly

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