Strategic Crossword Clue

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STRATEGIC (adjective)
1. relating to or concerned with strategy
2. highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war

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1. Do some sums

4. "Sum" homophone

8. ___ couture

13. Not against

14. Flibbertigibbet

16. Stripped-down NPR music event

18. Role-play

19. ___ Braden (civil rights activist)

20. Really lay on, like a horn

21. Butt one can bum

22. Ocean color

24. ___ fairy

26. Luau dish

27. Ingredient in beer and bread

31. 'Soon!'

33. Poetic shoutout

35. What a facepalm might mean

36. Crow sounds

37. More unusual

39. "Da ___" (nickname for a world-famous Chicagoan)

40. Accessibility law, for short

41. Insta post

42. Queen Latifah, e.g.

44. Like a friend who always has your back

47. That lady

49. Vintage

50. Purr-fect spot for sleeping, playing and scratching

53. "Te ___ mucho!"

54. Cheeky

56. Celebrity couple?

57. Rodent in a lab

58. YouTubers and TikTokkers, e.g.

61. Green Bay Packers fan

62. ___ tai

63. Scatter some seeds

64. Nile vipers

65. Likely response to "Who wants to go to Disneyland?"

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1. Enthusiast

2. "Stay tuned . . . we'll be right back!"

3. Like an arid climate

4. Play part

5. Sick burn

6. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"

7. '. . . you get the idea'

8. Pullover shirt with buttons at the neckline

9. Like knowledge that might elicit a "How on EARTH did you know that?!"

10. Lyft alternative

11. Ripped

12. Phone number add-on (Abbr.)

15. Father-___ (expectant parent)

17. Japanese soup stock

23. Roller coaster, e.g.

25. Channel with "Young Sheldon" reruns

28. Highway beautification program

29. Game series with warp pipes and mushroom power-ups

30. Questlove's band

32. Apex

34. Omit the word "not" in "Thou shalt not commit adultery" (as happened in a King James reprint dubbed the Wicked Bible), say

38. ___ golf

39. N95 masks, e.g.

43. Swell smell

45. Not quite right

46. Shoestrings

48. Lure into a sting operation

51. Actress Daly

52. Property documents

54. Fashionable Manhattan neighborhood

55. Once more

58. Includes on an email

59. J to ___ L-O! The Remixes (2002 album)

60. "I SO did not need to know that"

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