Quick on the __ Crossword Clue

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Quick on the __ Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
2. a process of taking up or using up or consuming

Hint 2: Clue Definition

QUICK (adjective)
1. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
2. accomplished rapidly and without delay
QUICK (adverb)
1. with little or no delay
QUICK (noun)
1. any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
TAKEUP

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Across

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7. Drops on the lawn

10. Star performer at a recital

11. Extremely simple card game

12. Dishes with a DIY, anti-corporate aesthetic?

15. More than the lion's share

16. "___ 2K" (sports video game series)

19. Personal appearance

20. Waist accessory that hasn't been washed in years?

24. "The Undying" author Boyer

25. Word before "torch" or "bar"

26. Appear threateningly

27. What a circle in a Venn diagram represents

28. "The Menu" actor Hong

29. Tries to hit the ball

31. T-shirt in the winter, e.g.?

33. Connector of seas

36. Merit

37. Meow Mix eater

40. Speaks softly and lovingly

41. "Our Lady" artist López

42. No-loss, no-gain situation

43. Precious in a Mormon kind of way?

46. 'And another thing . . .'

47. Person wielding the banhammer

48. Portuguese greeting

49. Highly motivated

51. Sweet covering for an apple or a pretzel... and, when reparsed, a feature of one word in each of this puzzle's theme entries?

54. Home of WWE on cable

55. Enhance

56. Big Hit Music's biggest act

57. "No you don't" response

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Down

1. Creator's creations

2. Hydrocarbon with single bonds

3. Place to moor a boat

4. "Battleship" success

5. Hoping to find, in personal ads

6. '. . . you get the idea'

7. Resided

8. Before the crowds arrive, maybe

9. Sardonic

10. Flat on one's back

12. Cougars, by another name

13. "Eve's Bayou" director Lemmons

16. Like highlighters, typically

17. Place for personal updates

18. Bank foyer installations

21. Currency that's an anagram of "lira"

22. Instrument introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants

23. Blink-and-you'll-miss-it anomaly

28. Greek letter often used to abbreviate "Christ"

29. They may be taken in by the pound

30. Emerged victorious

31. Paper alternative to plastic

32. Vegetables mentioned in "King Kunta"

33. Pond growth

34. Animal in "The Wiz"

35. "Why did the chicken cross the ___?"

37. "Invisible Cities" novelist Italo

38. Authorization

39. *Minimal bikini bottom

41. Slightly

42. Stood in line

44. Bike without pedaling

45. Bones next to radiuses

50. "No Time to Die" actor Malek

51. Den baby

52. "That's great news!"

53. Stick in a pool hall

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