Traffic might factor into it, for short Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain’s western Pyrenees
2. the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TRAFFIC (noun)
1. social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with’)
2. buying and selling; especially illicit trade
TRAFFIC (verb)
1. deal illegally
2. trade or deal a commodity
FACTOR (noun)
1. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
2. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
FACTOR (verb)
1. consider as relevant when making a decision
2. resolve into factors

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27. Cutesy-___

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51. Jeopardy winner, e.g.

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