Sign of desperation Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DESPERATION (noun)
1. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
2. desperate recklessness
SIGN (noun)
1. structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
2. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
SIGN (verb)
1. mark with one’s signature; write one’s name (on)
2. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
SIGN (adjective)
1. used of the language of the deaf

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22. Saps

24. Consider as one's residence

27. Mrs. Addams, to Mr. Addams

29. Val who played Iceman in "Top Gun"

30. Guimarães greeting

33. "Neato!"

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36. Genre for Blackpink and Twice

37. Counteract negativity using lavish generosity

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41. Bit of marginalia

42. Dealt with

43. Weight plate units: Abbr.

44. Place to get "pawmpered," say

46. Case for military police

47. Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute

49. Suffix with peace but not war

51. Philosopher William of ___

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56. Assuming that

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Down

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2. "Really, my pleasure"

3. "Sticky" birthday treats?

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5. Blame (on)

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9. Calypso cousin

10. Flat, say

11. Zest

12. Highlight ___

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14. Some airport data, in brief

17. Carnivora or Lagomorpha

19. Word with rock or medicine

24. When doubled, a fluffy Chinese dog

25. Hilton competitor

26. Is

28. Went (for)

30. Workplace with few barriers

31. Became tarnished

32. Lhasa ___

33. "I heard you the first time! Geez!"

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36. Had no doubt

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39. Unexciting, as a party

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45. Like some readers

48. Young's partner in accounting

50. Rich soil deposit

51. Saps

52. Stop the bleeding, say

53. Sicken with sweetness

54. Fit

56. Sacred bird to the Egyptians

58. Info on Zillow: Abbr.

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60. Shout at a Greek wedding

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