Sanctum, maybe Crossword Clue

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Sanctum, maybe Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
2. a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SANCTUM (noun)
1. a sacred place of pilgrimage
2. a place of inviolable privacy
MAYBE (adverb)
1. by chance

Hint 3: Anagram

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20. Winter time at Caltech

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26. Field or glade, e.g.

28. One with a big heart?

29. Brush up on, maybe

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36. It might interrupt a stream

37. Increase

38. Like an insurmountable situation

39. Future home of the WNBA's Tempo: abbr.

40. Dauntless

42. Surprising lack of recognition during awards season

44. Skin-deep?

46. Vlogging mic

49. Japanese honorific often used among colleagues

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59. Lays (down)

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Down

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15. Previously

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29. Poke fun at, maybe

30. Delegated, as a responsibility

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48. Fitting rhyme for perplexes

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