VERB: "to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole" Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
2. shorten

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REDUCE (verb)
1. cut down on; make a reduction in
2. take off weight
INTENDED (adjective)
1. future; betrothed
2. resulting from one’s intentions

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Across

1. NOUN: "a roll of paper money"

4. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country...on a peninsula projecting into the Persian Gulf"

9. One key (abbr.)

13. "Sounds cool, bro"

15. Bring together

16. NOUN: "a medium-sized apple with crisp yellowish-white sweet flesh"

17. Deborah in "The King and I"

18. COMBINING FORM: "nine"

19. Like hipster towns

20. NOUN: "well-educated people who guide or try to guide the political, artistic, or social development of their society"

23. Epitome of slipperiness

24. ___ Tour (frequent performance for Jay Leno)

25. NOUN: "the action or practice of [flipping] through television programs usually by use of a remote control"

33. NOUN: "something that a person does often in a regular and repeated way"

34. Like many fountains at night

35. Goddess seen at dawn

37. Dresdens river

38. Stress, in “Sopranos” scripts

39. WWII battle site in France

40. NOUN: "a member of [a certain age cohort]"

41. Veer left, say

42. Don, as clothing

43. NOUN: "something or someone that was popular once, but is not popular now"

46. PREPOSITION: "by way of"

47. Nat. on the Mediterranean

48. NOUN PHRASE: "something that shows the kinds of things that are happening, popular, important, etc., in a culture at a particular period in history"

56. Where the New Orleans Jazz moved in 1979

57. NOUN: "an herb that has a sweet smell and that is used in cooking"

58. Enjoy a hot tub

59. NOUN: "the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet"

60. Phrase uttered when a youngster tells you they've never heard of your favorite band

61. One of the deadly sins

62. "Where have ___ you before?"

63. Tries out

64. ADJECTIVE: "crucially important"

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1. Open-source website

2. The Gulf of ___ (Djibouti is on it)

3. NOUN: "embarrassing or incriminating information"

4. French for "what"

5. Years, in Latin

6. NOUN: "a high-pitched sound like that made by a light stroke on a crystal goblet"

7. For __ (not free)

8. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "(Lynn) Nolan, Jr. 1947– American baseball player"

9. Australian Open champ of 1995, 2000, 2001, and 2003

10. NOUN: "a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires"

11. Utah ski resort

12. NOUN: "a predominantly fawn-colored Old World bird (Garrulus glandarius) of the crow family with a black-and-white crest and wings marked with black, white, and blue"

14. Dog or cat treat of a certain brand

21. NOUN: "the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter"

22. Cluster of hair

25. Word in several cereal names

26. Actor ___ Joel Osment

28. Peter ___ Steak House (famed Brooklyn restaurant)

29. Watched someone through a telescope, e.g.

30. ADJECTIVE: "going beyond others or beyond due limit"

31. Western Union rival

32. Make mean-spirited attacks

36. Word in some business names

38. Devoured

39. When many people wake up

41. One of the "South Park" kids

42. INTERJECTION: "used to get someone's attention"

44. React wistfully to, as an old photo

45. Lets the other driver go first

48. Part of a rose

49. NOUN: "a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account"

50. NOUN: "the condition of being known or recognized by many people"

51. General __ chicken

52. Part of a sword

53. Sean Connery played one in "The Name of the Rose"

54. Roof overhang

55. Vodka brand

56. Weapon in action movies

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