Was overprotective, in a way Crossword Clue

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OVERPROTECTIVE (adjective)
1. overly protective

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Across

1. Makes a sullen face

6. Beetle amulet in ancient Egypt

12. Sudden and unexpected

16. ____ algebra

17. Still in its packaging

19. 50/52-Across musician

21. #1 hit from 50/52-Across ("You can feel it all over")

24. Like a scratchy voice

25. Best possible

26. Billionaires' boats

30. Resident of Africa's fourth-largest country

32. Secrecy contracts, in brief

33. Name that's a body part backward

36. Obligation

37. #1 hit from 50/52-Across ("Why did those days ever have to go?")

39. Greek i

40. Perched

41. Fraudulent offer

42. Not sinking

44. Like pagodas and some cakes

46. "Clemency" star Woodard

47. ___ point (center)

50. With 52-Across, double album released on September 28, 1976, that spent 13 straight weeks at #1

52. See 50-Across

56. Spy's identifier

57. Bloc party?

61. Whistlers in the kitchen

62. ___ Kreme

63. Doughnut quantities

64. Work ___

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Down

1. Buddy

2. ___-Wan Kenobi

3. Vase with a base

4. Popular times for tacos

5. Pancake-flipping tool

6. Feng __

7. Scoop holder

8. Declare definitively

9. Segments of news shows

10. Venues for concerts and competitions

11. Road curves

13. "Star ___ II: The Wrath of Khan"

15. Profound

18. Like some humor and runs

20. 'Oy ___!'

21. Grain storage structures

22. Broadway star Menzel

23. Argue against

27. "Demon Slayer" or "Attack on Titan"

28. Contents of plastic sleeves or jewel cases, informally

29. LOL

31. Love it!

33. They might be thatched

34. Pioneer in arcade games

35. Devoured

38. This means __!

39. Cry in response to a doorbell

41. Feature of "rendezvous" and "laissez-faire"

43. Celebratory hoopla

44. Start liking

45. Broadband connection type, in brief

47. Government agcy. founded to enforce antitrust laws

48. I see!

49. Formally yielded

51. Pig's cry

53. Ivy League school in New Haven

54. Sign of things to come

55. ___ up (come clean)

58. '. . . or thereabouts'

59. Nail polish brand

60. It has M.S.G. in it

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