Soccer star Messi Crossword Clue

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Soccer star Messi Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SOCCER (noun)
1. a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal
STAR (verb)
1. mark with an asterisk
2. be the star in a performance
STAR (adjective)
1. indicating the most important performer or role
STAR (noun)
1. a star-shaped character * used in printing
2. the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub

Hint 2: Anagram

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NIELLO

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19. Springsteen's "Born in the ___"

20. Fish eggs

21. Basically average

23. Double occurrence during déjà vu?

27. Bored feeling

28. Part of pamphleteer Paine’s signature

29. Play some tenpins

31. Hint of color

34. Get gradually dimmer

35. In the style of

36. Diplomatic officer

37. Photo finish

38. Duds

40. Central

41. Void, as a law

43. Seeming eternity

44. Edible ice-cream holder

45. Austrian painter Gustav

46. Creative endeavors

47. Luau instruments, for short

48. Orange coats

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52. Tutankhamen, for one

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55. Feed bag bit

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62. Letter after pi

63. Opera ___ (noble form of opera)

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67. See 66-Across

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11. Snow queen in “Frozen”

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15. Makeshift shelters

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22. Destroy

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24. Site for a wedding

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26. Sing by oneself

30. Tap flow

32. Country of West Africa

33. Like the heir, traditionally

36. Bleeps or blurs

38. Short siestas

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46. B-flat’s twin

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51. Biggie's rap rival

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53. "Oh, very funny!"

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60. Twisty fish

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