Though-provoking Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. of an obscure nature
2. (of darkness) densely dark
(adverb)
1. to an advanced time
2. to a great depth; far down or in
(noun)
1. a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
2. literary term for an ocean

Hint 2: Clue Definition

PROVOKING (adjective)
1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

Hint 3: Anagram

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10. NOUN: "a person admired for achievements and noble qualities"

14. Shielded from the wind

15. NOUN: "a licensed health-care professional who practices independently or is supervised by a physician, surgeon, or dentist and who is skilled in promoting and maintaining health"

16. Rink leap

17. Nighttime twinkler

18. NOUN: "a country estate"

19. South Africa's unit of currency

20. NOUN: "[a legal detainment] made not by a law officer but by a[n ordinary person]"

23. E-mail program folder

24. ADJECTIVE: "slightly or moderately wet"

25. NOUN: "a large wild animal of the [feline] family"

28. Increase

30. Rowing machine unit

33. Common font

34. Count Chocula's inspiration, casually

35. Asian territory in the board game Risk

36. VERB: "to give in trade; barter"

37. Baker's powder

38. Warsaw Pact's rival

39. ___ qua non (required item)

40. Decide not to include

41. PLURAL NOUN: "the three goddesses, Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis, who determine the course of human life in classical mythology"

42. Neighbor of Minn. and Que.

43. Similar (to)

44. They're tossed at Highland Games

45. NOUN: "a game played by teams of players on horseback"

47. ___ beans (side dish for Hannibal Lecter)

48. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "region in southern Africa north of the Orange River and south of Lake Ngami in Botswana and the northwestern part of the Republic of South Africa"

54. Goodall or Fonda

55. Make amends

56. Locks in a barber shop

57. Alan in "Manhattan Murder Mystery"

58. "Impression, Sunrise" painter Claude

59. "___ bien" (Spanish for "OK")

60. VERB: "to detach from a source of dependence"

61. ADJECTIVE: "out of place in given circumstances"

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1. Like "der" words in German (abbr.)

2. Prefix meaning "elevated"

3. "That's really cool!"

4. NOUN: "a [gardening] method developed especially for arid and semiarid climates that utilizes water-conserving techniques (such as the use of drought-tolerant plants, mulch, and efficient irrigation)"

5. VERB: "to produce (something, such as a useful device or process) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment"

6. NOUN: "a jump (as in figure skating or skiing) that consists of at least five but less than six revolutions"

7. Web addresses

8. Actress Fisher

9. NOUN: "a short canal leading from a minute orifice on a small elevation at the medial angle of each eyelid to the lacrimal sac"

10. Mozart set an opera in one

11. VERB: "to cause irritation or annoyance to"

12. Musical with "Seasons of Love"

13. Long in the tooth

21. NOUN: "eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something"

22. NOUN: "a sharp blow or knock"

25. Low voice

26. Golfer ___ Irwin (who won the U.S. Open three times)

27. NOUN: "a large black-and-white mammal (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of chiefly central China"

28. Salt amount

29. NOUN: "a usually conical kiln used for drying hops, malt, or tobacco"

31. Person on Yelp, often

32. Lip-___

34. Moore nominated for Best Actress for 2024's "The Substance"

35. ADJECTIVE: "offered, put forward, or being such without apology or qualification"

37. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city and port south of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay in southeastern Honshu, Japan population 3,688,773"

41. Most-liked, casually

43. In the style of

44. Military academy attendees

46. Upstate New York city

47. Monetary penalties

48. Dark-green food

49. Molecule part

50. Rice-A-___

51. ___ up (become less strict)

52. Solemn ceremony

53. Tempting trouble

54. NOUN: "either of two complex cartilaginous or bony structures in most vertebrates that border the mouth"

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