Polka ___ (pattern) Crossword Clue

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Polka ___ (pattern) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

POLKA (noun)
1. a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
2. music performed for dancing the polka
POLKA (verb)
1. dance a polka
PATTERN (noun)
1. a customary way of operation or behavior
2. a perceptual structure
PATTERN (verb)
1. plan or create according to a model or models
2. form a pattern

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19. Lyricist Gershwin

20. Basketball stat: Abbr.

21. Things found in mittens and on clocks

23. New York basketball player

27. Railroad terminal

29. Heaviest fencing sword

31. Nickname for a grandma

32. Respected person in a community

33. Perfect romantic partner

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36. Deduce

37. 1960s model Sedgwick

38. Suddenly kicks the bucket

40. Latest fashion

41. Word after Space, Information or Industrial

42. Wriggler who might help with composting

43. Aspect

44. Actress Thompson of "Dear White People"

46. Easy basketball play

48. Scoreboard letters for the Flyers or Eagles

50. Rx dosages: Abbr.

52. Extend, as by moving a hemline

54. Entertainers who got famous because of their parents

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61. Differences in earnings between genders or races

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18. Hammer-wielding Avenger

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34. Chicago exchange, in brief

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40. Zesty flavor

43. Fish appendages

45. Marshmallow treat by a campfire

47. Kind of pressure or review

49. Source of creativity, in modern lingo

51. Long, drawn-out story

53. Sound from a clock

54. "It's ___ or never!"

55. Clean water org.

56. Hook on a coat tree

57. Song to dance to, informally

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