Running expert, for short Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a person active in party politics

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

RUNNING (noun)
1. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
2. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
RUNNING (adjective)
1. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
2. measured lengthwise
EXPERT (adjective)
1. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
2. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood
EXPERT (noun)
1. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully

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21. Native area

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24. Curling stone’s makeup

25. Movements for crusaders

26. Go past

27. Banned pesticide

29. Kuwait’s Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, e.g.

30. Meditative sounds

31. Country singer Bryan

33. Last of a really big litter of Persians? (Janis Ian)

37. Make a meaningful connection

39. Tear

40. Auction unit

41. Smart

45. Ticket cost, of a sort

46. City between El Paso and Fort Worth

50. “Our neural processing units never produce hallucinations”? (Shakira)

54. Kitten handle

56. Holiday in Hanoi

57. Hymns of thanksgiving

58. Palette contents

59. Conks out

60. Green start?

61. Promises up and down

62. Cy Young Award winner Hershiser

63. They’re almost out of H.S.

64. Fields of endeavor

65. Loft bundle

66. Leprechaun? (Mariah Carey)

69. “6-7,” in 2025, e.g.

70. Boxer’s feet

71. Cacao container

72. College figure

73. Dodgers’ catchers?

75. Nipper's co

76. College figure

77. Head for the heavens

78. Archie Bunker’s neighborhood

79. Far from welcoming

80. “Tron: Ares” star Jared

81. Kin of a dish antenna? (The Drifters)

83. Song mixture

85. Kid, say

87. Pickleball need

88. Charles’s sister

89. Little rascal

90. Subj. for immigrants

91. Honey bunches

94. Voice mail reminder to yours truly? (Eric Carmen)

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101. Suppositions

104. Vaccine type

105. "Just ___ suspected!"

106. Cologne coin

108. Drawing room

110. Hydrogen nucleus’s lack

113. Warning to someone whose fly is down? (Eminem)

116. Suffering from cabin fever, say

117. Track features

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120. Bring to bear

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1. Candy wafer brand

2. Starting squad

3. Course lists

4. Critic’s concern

5. Blessing preceder

6. Ankle bone

7. Golf's Ernie

8. Weasel's kin

9. Like Bengali and Marathi

10. Gasparilla Pirate Festival setting

11. Carrier once owned by Howard Hughes

12. Takes off the bench

13. Spot for a shot

14. Lawyers' org

15. Alcove for eaters

16. “___ to Kill” (John Grisham novel)

17. "Gymnopédies" composer

18. Forbidding

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34. Has a go at

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36. Tissue masses

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43. Retreats

45. Ready for submitting, as an application form

47. Item with decreasing usefulness?

48. Sweat or tears, e.g.

49. Nucleus setting

51. Certain

52. Hits up privately on Insta

53. Schreiber of “Spotlight”

55. Gracefully light

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64. Their crowns are creased

66. Black-plumed water bird

67. Gather

68. Business big shots

69. Remote button

70. Demure

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74. Hotel room convenience

76. Measure the depth of

77. Where there’s a weigh?

78. Fragrant substance from rose petals

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84. Sledder’s start

86. Middle ear bone

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94. Parabola or hyperbola, e.g.

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96. Sings the praises of

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