"Step one: make sure everything is in tune"? Crossword Clue

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"Step one: make sure everything is in tune"? Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

MAKE (verb)
1. put in order or neaten
2. eliminate urine
MAKE (noun)
1. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
2. a recognizable kind
STEP (verb)
1. treat badly
2. measure (distances) by pacing
STEP (noun)
1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal
2. a short distance

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33. Put a new price on

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47. Mirror pic letters on social media

49. "Now play C major and C minor descending"?

53. Aware of

57. Onigiri wrapper

58. Tonewood used to make ukuleles

59. Parting mot

60. Shortly, quaintly

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69. Photo __

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8. Tie at a racetrack?

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15. Like tulle

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25. Sunflower kin

26. Tommy Pickles, for one

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35. "Why are you still here?"

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38. Theater director's deg.

40. Nutty confections

41. Sukiyaki noodle, maybe

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49. ___ mail

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51. Birth day party?

52. Caravan's rest spot

54. Cold brew style

55. Pave the way for, as a topic of conversation

56. Removes

59. Prerequisite to a deal

62. Here, in Le Havre

63. Spains El __

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