Race that no one can win cleanly Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

CLEANLY (adverb)
1. smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly
CLEANLY (adjective)
1. habitually clean
RACE (verb)
1. compete in a race
2. cause to move fast or to rush or race
RACE (noun)
1. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
2. a canal for a current of water

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Across

1. It may be found at the end of the line

5. One-on-one clashes in "Hamilton"

10. Go on a spree, maybe:

14. Just chillin'

15. Fury

16. "Escape (The ___ Colada Song)" (last Billboard #1 hit of the 1970s)

17. "The Last Supper" painter

20. Saul Goodman's field in "Better Call Saul"

21. Refs' ring rulings

22. Sign at the start of a maze

23. Tie score

25. ___-bitsy

27. "The Luncheon" painter

31. Org. that issues lots of refunds

34. Dominates, like a team in a blowout victory

35. Golfer's sand-filled hazard

36. "I don't love it, I don't hate it"

37. Sweet Japanese rice cake that may be filled with ice cream

39. __ Moines Iowa

40. State flower of New Mexico

42. Soldier's food kit, for short

43. Very large number

46. Castle, in chess

47. Newly include

48. "The Buffet" painter

50. ___ Mawr College

51. "There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's ___.": Poor Richard's Almanack

52. Spot for a sun chair

55. Pantry problem

57. '___ it or lose it'

60. What you might punnily call 17-, 27- and 48-Across, given the paintings in their clues?

64. Upright support in a wall

65. Instrument accompanying many a singalong

66. Bring in the crops

67. Parlor inkings, informally

68. Not follow the path

69. Boundary-pushing

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Down

1. Permeate

2. Brainstorm

3. Swayed to the music, say

4. Cornish game __

5. Hidden area of the internet

6. Computer command used to fix a mistake

7. Big ones cause conflicts

8. Had the best score midgame

9. Monterrey Mrs.

10. Like hedgehogs and cacti

11. Help for a guesser

12. Not never, but never again

13. Doubles team, e.g.

18. Not much

19. Storage room in a church

24. Fraternity/sorority event

25. Squid's squirter

26. One may have a pocket ... or be found in one

27. Punctuation found in this clue, for example

28. Love, euphemistically

30. ___ Cruz, at 6'7" the tallest shortstop in M.L.B. history

31. "Wha?! … That makes no sense"

32. Intel-gathering mission

33. Order at a soda fountain

38. Unscripted comedy

41. ___ Mountains, Europe/Asia boundary

44. 'Hurray!'

45. Trounce

49. Drink garnish

50. For the ___

52. "Hey, you!"

53. Lead-in to boy or girl

54. Like an archer's bowstring before a shot

55. Biology lab gel

56. Grammy alternative

58. Kind of party

59. Award that the best plays are nominated for

61. Computer networking addresses, for short

62. Small complaint

63. High dudgeon

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