The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky Crossword Clue

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The so-called "heart of the scorpion" in the night sky Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the brightest star in Scorpius

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SO-CALLED (adjective)
1. doubtful or suspect
SCORPION (noun)
1. the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about October 23 to November 21
2. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio

Hint 3: Anagram

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SANTERA

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Across

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17. Airport transports, perhaps

18. Export from Jamaica

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20. Petite ___

21. Number of fingers on dos manos

22. Recipe fig.

23. Be all in a tizzy

24. Complicated

25. Ready to rinse, say

28. Shared

29. Cooks up, so to speak

30. Horse race measures

32. Went wrong

33. Painting technique in which the artist applies new paint atop a just-painted layer

34. '. . . etc, etc.'

35. Longtime candy company based in San Francisco

36. Color akin to amarillo

37. Cart for the Budweiser Clydesdales, e.g.

38. Speck

39. Termite, e.g.

41. Fired (up), in old slang

42. Japanese game using pentagonal pieces

43. Jack ___, Best Supporting Actor nominee for 1940's "The Great Dictator"

44. Fateful encounter

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48. Nearly every third baseman and shortstop in M.L.B. history

49. Sign of hunger

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Down

1. At-home distraction?

2. Like the crowd after a buzzer beater, say

3. Quarrels

4. Sound accompanying a shake of the head

5. Attacked, as a castle

6. "Hang on a second …"

7. Request to be impressed

8. Expressions of befuddlement

9. Since

10. Breakup line

11. End result of a starter

13. Assumes control

14. Holiday honoring Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of fortune

15. Hard to navigate

21. Stoop (to)

23. Mr. Rogers, to his neighbors

24. Prefix from the Greek for "alone"

26. Styles of singing

27. Hot times in la cité

28. Leaves in a hurry, informally

30. It flows where the wind blows

31. One of 11 for Big Ben

33. Like an important decision

34. Reason one might get extended time on the PSAT

35. Tried to hit

38. "___ is it?"

39. Nova preceder

40. Like some horse feed

42. [Gulp!]

45. "___ and the Thirteenth Confession" (Laura Nyro album)

46. Subject of a ganzfeld experiment, in brief

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