Phony social media follower Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PHONY (noun)
1. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
PHONY (adjective)
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
FOLLOWER (noun)
1. a person who accepts the leadership of another
2. someone who travels behind or pursues another

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25. Resembling bone

27. Overnight option

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45. Crush a test

48. Muse depicted with a lyre

49. Like raw footage

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53. Competition with clowns, maybe

55. Showbiz "grand slam," familiarly

56. Scrooge's shout

57. Our planes don't have seats!

61. Social worker

62. Undertake, as a journey

64. College admissions fig.

65. Whence St. Francis

67. Quite spirited

68. Bulletin board addition

71. A chair might cover one

74. Place to store magazines

76. Broody genre

77. First college in the modern era to boast a 15-0 football team

78. Bump on the head, say?

80. Our tech products fall apart easily!

84. "However …," in texts

85. Sportsbook figures

87. Grinning Face With Sweat, for one

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7. “Beavis and Butt-Head” spinoff

8. Common soccer score

9. Two-year periods

10. Common soccer cheer

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12. ___-rock (music genre)

13. Nickname for Britain's King Edward VII

14. Encroach (on)

15. Horror movie staple

16. Grande's perfume line

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