Really nasty fall? Crossword Clue

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Really nasty fall? Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

REALLY (adverb)
1. used as intensifiers; `real’ is sometimes used informally for `really’; `rattling’ is informal
2. in actual fact
NASTY (adjective)
1. offensive or even (of persons) malicious
2. exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent

Hint 2: Anagram

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Across

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25. Coolers, for short

26. 'Jeez!'

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31. One of two in Raphael's "Sistine Madonna"

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34. "Bad hair day" hair

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38. Prepares for company, maybe

40. Networking assets

41. Second City district, with "the"

43. Plumbing and welding, e.g.

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49. Where to go for a run

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53. Many a Chilango

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Down

1. It's usually followed by an "s"

2. Indicators of awareness

3. Ding thing?

4. Bygone "before"

5. Books that go into intimate detail?

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7. Good riddance

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10. Accessory turned down on a cap

11. Humor without a traditional punch line

12. Create ripple effects, in a way

13. Scallops can have hundreds of tiny blue ones

15. "It's a date!"

21. It's a wrap

23. Hairstylist's concern

24. Go back to the beginning

26. Whence the line "Beware the ides of March" in "Julius Caesar"

27. Comment from one who's going along

28. Where to see fresh coats of white?

30. First gear?

32. Rorschach patterns

35. "I'm this-a way!"

37. Goofballs

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42. White-collar figure

45. Pointy-topped red-and-green headwear

46. Tuber that's the source of tapioca

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51. National capital that's home to Mykhailivska Square

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55. Something that's hatched

56. Half of some matching sets

58. Work that traces the evolution of lang. over 1,000 years

60. "And ___ long gone when ___ next to me" (Taylor Swift lyric)

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