Science fiction franchise featuring sandworms Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans

Hint 2: Clue Definition

FRANCHISE (noun)
1. a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company’s goods or services in a particular area
2. a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
FRANCHISE (verb)
1. grant a franchise to

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14. Command after "copy"

15. Storytelling dance

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17. Tailor, perhaps

18. The Little Mermaid prince

19. Cash drawer

20. Spanish for "How are you?"

23. British knight's title

25. World of Warcraft, for one (Abbr.)

28. Online shopping icon

31. Mufasa and Scar have them

34. Nickname for a 2000s Yankees superstar

36. ___ and turf

38. "Go get that stick, Rover!"

40. Chuckled to be polite

43. Provide funding for

44. Large flightless birds

45. Classy fellow

46. Stares open-mouthed

48. Trade show

50. Fire up, like an engine

51. Chicks' mothers

53. EMT's procedure

55. Like many laundromat appliances

60. Autograph

61. Piece of rock climbing gear

62. Home to Rome

65. "Crying in H ___"

66. Genealogy chart

67. "___ in the court!"

68. Tools for gardening

69. Tournament ranking

70. Body parts that sniff

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1. Place to get a facial at a luxury hotel

2. Softest mineral

3. Regarding

4. Florist's clippings

5. Valiant

6. '___ the Man' (2006 movie)

7. Offended

8. Epic poem about the Trojan War

9. Space devoid of matter

10. "Last one in the pool is a ___!"

11. Toddler's boo-boo

12. Fuse with heat

13. "More cowbell!" sketch show

21. Wipe clean

22. Big mess

25. Marathon, for example

26. Antler part

27. Dutch cheese

29. Cunning ploy

30. Response to "You'll never believe this!"

32. Old-fashioned anesthetic

33. "This Ain't a ___, It's an Arms Race" (Fall Out Boy song)

35. Give subtle suggestions

37. State of change

39. Flat-screen, say

41. Typical middle-schooler, by age

42. Pet welfare org.

47. Bull's noises

49. Possible choice

52. Reproductive part of a fern

54. Prefix for "virus" or "grade"

55. Goodbye, in 62-Across

56. Fairy tale monster

57. Pentathlon blade

58. Clarinet, for example

59. June honorees

60. (Face-palm emoji)

63. Jeet Kune Do founder Bruce

64. Twelve-mo. periods

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