Texter's "Beats me" Crossword Clue

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Texter's "Beats me" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

BEATS (noun)
1. a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop)

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