Reduce as expenses Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. decrease gradually or bit by bit
2. strip the skin off

Hint 2: Clue Definition

REDUCE (verb)
1. cut down on; make a reduction in
2. take off weight

Hint 3: Anagram

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

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25. College club jewelry (E)

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29. Ark groups

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36. Prom attendee

37. Hem and ___

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41. Slightest trace

42. Certain pod legume (R)

44. Train to O'Hare (M)

46. Sweet winter drinks

47. Fannie __ mortgages

48. Aussie hoppers

49. Discard

52. Mideast rice serving

54. Prepares, as pizza dough

58. Wide footwear letters

59. ABA member

60. Largely gone Asian lake

62. Sharply sloped

63. Grandma

65. Greet another Marine (G or R)

68. Prairie storehouse

69. Locket shapes

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72. Color TV pioneer

74. Frequently, poetically

75. Pleasant change

77. Streetcar director

78. What domed stadiums prevent

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Down

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12. Even if, in verse

13. Wizard

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17. Take after

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