Shoestring Crossword Clue

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Shoestring Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. add alcohol to (beverages)
2. spin, wind, or twist together
(noun)
1. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
2. a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns

Hint 2: Clue Definition

SHOESTRING (noun)
1. a lace used for fastening shoes
2. a small amount of money

Hint 3: Anagram

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

8. ___ in time (right before the deadline)

12. Strong smell

13. Applaud

15. Our planet

16. Nothing, in Spanish

17. Italy's capital, in Italy

18. Have a heated discussion

19. Tool for whipping yolks and whites

21. Stockholm resident

22. Two-person playground plank

23. Wedding cake level

25. Strike with a palm

28. Sales staffers

32. Choose by voting

36. Swampy ground

38. Forbidden thing

39. Facts and figures

40. Dwelt (in)

41. 'Treble' symbol on music

42. Tapped thing on a smartphone

43. Revered celebrity

44. Piece of paper

45. Voices above basses

47. Keyboarding mistake, for short

49. Small squares of butter

51. Puts into law

56. Found a sum

59. Tool for wine bottles

62. Gym's steam room

63. Creme-filled cookie

64. 'That's funny!'

65. ___ circle (closest friends)

66. Walk through water

67. Hardly __ (rarely)

68. Fortune teller

69. __ Angeles, CA

70. Appear to be

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1. Shades of color

2. Wise maxim

3. Inn for skiers

4. Lobster's cousins

5. Hard-to-read handwriting

6. Frequently, informally

7. Checkers or Monopoly

8. Tool for twisting off tight lids

9. Strong desire

10. Small earring

11. 'My country, 'tis of __ . . .'

14. Job for a performer

15. Art studio stand

20. Toward the sunrise

24. Topped, as cupcakes

26. In a group of

27. Turn on one foot

29. ___ model (person to emulate)

30. Leg joint

31. Cushiony

32. Modify, as a manuscript

34. Elite English prep school

35. Tool for metal tuna containers

37. Depend (on)

40. Shopper's handwritten paper

44. Boys in a family

46. Trooper's speed detector

48. Orange __ (teas)

50. Garbage-filled barge

52. Has sore muscles

53. Desire strongly

54. Giggling sound

55. Bunch of bees

56. Without a warranty

57. Great ___ (large dog)

58. Sand hill

60. Spoken aloud

61. Decorate in a new style

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