Struggle to get a foothold Crossword Clue

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Struggle to get a foothold Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an aimless drawing
2. a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
(verb)
1. feel searchingly
2. write down quickly without much attention to detail

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FOOTHOLD (noun)
1. an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
2. an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments
STRUGGLE (verb)
1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
2. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
STRUGGLE (noun)
1. an energetic attempt to achieve something
2. an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

Hint 3: Anagram

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18. Continue a subscription

19. Exceed the posted limit

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21. In unison

22. ___-Tac-Toe

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26. Scotland's national flower

30. Make coffee or beer

31. "You ___ me at hello"

32. Epic tale

34. What a phoenix rises from

37. Feels unwell

39. 'my bad'

41. Acorn producers

43. Ruins

45. "Hello! I'm a cat!"

47. See 65-Down

48. Part of a train track

50. Sparkle like ice in the sun

52. Opportunities

55. Ginger ___ (soft drink)

56. Beetle larvae

57. Pre___ (future doctor's program)

59. Ice cream drinks

63. Cuban dance with yambú and guaguancó styles

64. Addition or subtraction, for example

66. Personal heroes

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69. __ mortals

70. Remarked

71. Penny's value

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Down

1. Totals

2. Object created by a movie's art department

3. Part of a crossword

4. Good things to have

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6. Messes up

7. Show on TV again

8. Easy peasy!

9. Instruction given while covering someone's eyes

10. "... huh, nevermind"

11. PHX ___ (basketball venue in Arizona)

12. Tall building

15. Car's slowing mechanism

17. Revises a manuscript

23. Time-tested and still worthy

25. Art-supply company that sells its best-known product in multiples of eight

26. Unfreeze

27. Stuff held by a scrunchie

28. At rest

29. Inflated sense of self-importance

33. Sleeve filler

35. Sunrise direction

36. ___-ball (arcade game)

40. Abbreviation on a gas-station sign

42. ___ Francisco

44. The Sunflower State

46. Mother of Pebbles on The Flintstones

49. "When life gives you ___ ..."

51. Pacific Northwest airport named after two cities

52. Like unrefined oil

53. Good sense of ___

54. Reddish-brown photo tint

56. Gloomy

58. Place to order pastrami on rye

60. ___, the Universe, and Everything (Douglas Adams book)

61. Ripped

62. ___-nosed kid

65. Body of water connected to the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal (Continued at 47-Across)

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