Tales told by flashlight Crossword Clue

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FLASHLIGHT (noun)
1. a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

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Across

1. Puppetry and animation

5. Piedmont province with a namesake wine

9. Stopped lying?

14. Title for Jane Goodall

15. Those guys'

16. ___ Summer (program for Annapolis freshmen)

17. Switch to a shorter line, say

18. Product that might feature a dandelion on the label

20. Spare part?

21. Melts down

22. Mention in passing

24. It's -90° at the South Pole: Abbr.

25. Like racehorses' hooves

26. Ship-stabilizing materials

31. Some repurposed cornfields

33. Small branch of Marvel Comics?

34. Pick

35. Common adult ed class

36. Brand whose logo has an A-shaped caliper

37. Doesn't take the regular train home, maybe

39. Mylar alternative

40. Capture a moment, in fiction

41. Even outcome

42. Chaney of classic horror

43. Enter here!

46. "Don't kid yourself"

51. Elicit the facepalm emoji, say

52. 'Don't panic'

53. "Later, luv!"

54. Materialized

55. Leader of China?

56. Feeling the flu, say

57. Steps on a scale?

58. "Whoa ... that's too much for my brain to handle!"

59. Characters from Crete and Sparta?

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Down

1. Skilled

2. Call ahead, in a way

3. End of a NASA countdown

4. Completist's goal

5. The Handmaid's Tale author

6. Eggshell, for one

7. Much merch

8. Cinephile's online resource

9. Milky Way, e.g.

10. Feature of a big-budget feature, perhaps

11. HDTV component?

12. Transportation company in more than 60 countries

13. Bonus

19. ___-green

23. Request from someone who has completed all the courses?

26. Turkey Day instruction

27. Fit

28. Florida setting for "The Birdcage"

29. Whizzed

30. "Elvis at ___" (classic album of Memphis recordings)

31. British rowhouses

32. Every day, say

33. More than just smile

38. Fabric made from flax

41. It might get put through the wringer

43. Jalapeño topper?

44. Popular brand of 18-Across

45. Looks below the surface?

46. Group of Alpha males?

47. Nestlé's bubbly chocolate brand

48. "This way, guys!"

49. Certain psychedelic

50. Pool assignment

53. Bitumen lookalike

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