Stuff growing on a tree trunk Crossword Clue

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Stuff growing on a tree trunk Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GROWING (noun)
1. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
2. (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
TRUNK (noun)
1. a long flexible snout as of an elephant
2. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

Hint 3: Anagram

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SOMS

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Across

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14. Trims, say

16. Bullet point on an agenda

17. ___ Scotia

18. Actress Judi with an Oscar and a Tony

19. Hawaiian bird with a reduplicative name

20. Smooths (over)

22. Pest at a comedy club

24. Soda-bottle units

25. Food court locale

26. "This American Life" host Glass

27. Suffix in the names of many languages

28. "Please don't go!"

30. French cosmetics company founded in 1909

32. ''For __ a jolly good fellow''

34. Crafts partner

36. "A Whole New ___" ("Aladdin" song)

37. CVS rival … or a phonetic hint to the answers on this puzzle's perimeter

40. 'What a shame'

43. Chopped down

44. Broody music genre

47. Hardest substance in the human body

49. Aide: Abbr.

51. Sound from a pound

53. Energy-carrying chemical found in all living things, in brief

54. Santa makes one

56. Pompadour or pigtails

58. "Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the ___ one of all?"

60. Site of a paper jam

61. Milkshake flavor

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Down

1. Jaguar’s home?

2. Totally ban

3. Faithful follower

4. Clear, as a board

5. Base of a statue

6. March 15, e.g.

7. Diarist Anaïs

8. ___ Sketch (classic drawing toy)

9. Kitchen fixture that might have a double or single basin

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11. Army leader

12. May Birthstone

15. Shape of conchiglie pasta

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23. Ronald McDonald, e.g.

25. "This one's on me!"

29. Cry of frustration

31. "Titanic" heroine

33. Did the backstroke, say

35. Works with a needle

38. One-named Hello singer

39. Induct into a Hall of Fame, perhaps

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41. Most populous Canadian province

42. 2014 nonfiction best seller subtitled "A Brief History of Humankind"

45. "Shaken, not stirred" drink

46. Use DoorDash or Grubhub, e.g.

48. Some speech impediments

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52. Not see the ___ for the trees

55. Amazing bargain

57. 'To recap . . .'

59. Decays

60. British baby carriage

63. The first T in TNT

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