Swinger's goal, perhaps Crossword Clue

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Swinger's goal, perhaps Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
2. (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course
(verb)
1. make a score (on a hole) equal to par

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SWINGER (noun)
1. a person who engages freely in promiscuous sex
2. someone who swings sports implements
PERHAPS (adverb)
1. by chance

Hint 3: Anagram

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29. Hot environment

30. Throwing weapons for the Dark Knight

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34. Sword's alternative

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40. Doozy

41. Trap in the water

42. Catches

43. Ticket selector

44. Thorough, say

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47. (The) shaft, so to speak

48. Not all there upstairs?

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Down

1. Target for surgical excision

2. Time

3. Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastime

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5. Sheesh!

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8. All worked up

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12. Just

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14. Camped out, say

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23. Fake poster

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27. Has no control

30. Word with shadow or shoe

31. Lo ___

33. Contradict

36. Abba's "___ Last Summer"

38. Outlet for the Jordan River

39. Super-keen

40. Weak amount of medicine

41. Primary PC storage

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45. Praises

46. Fails to keep things down

48. Nota ___

49. Classic film character who says "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time"

50. Proofreader's command

51. Kansas' Fort ___

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