“Pretty please, with sugar on top?“ Crossword Clue

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“Pretty please, with sugar on top?“ Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

PRETTY (adverb)
1. to certain extent or degree
PRETTY (adjective)
1. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
2. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
SUGAR (noun)
1. an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain
2. informal terms for money
SUGAR (verb)
1. sweeten with sugar

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Across

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22. Person in charge: Abbr.

23. Town, in German

25. ___ take (dramatic reaction)

27. Credit card option

28. ___ rap (genre for Juice WRLD and Lil Peep)

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30. Eats a fancy meal

31. Means of supporting oneself?

34. Hay bundle

35. Former Kansas City Royals manager Ned

36. More than just venting

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42. See 41-Across

43. Palindromic “before”

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51. Roofing gunk

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54. "Ugh, you win"

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Down

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2. Not perfectly spherical

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6. Uttered

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9. Necktie relative

10. Castle protector

11. Rivian offerings, for short

12. Gender-neutral term for a niece or nephew

13. Firmly resolved

16. Clobber

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24. Japanese rice bowl

26. Individual bests, for short

27. Purveyor of reds and whites

29. Lugosi of Dracula

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40. Big-mouthed fish

44. Rub out

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47. Moved furtively

48. Muscular

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56. Drag along

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