What a bad student might play Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. failure to attend (especially school)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

STUDENT (noun)
1. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
2. a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
MIGHT (noun)
1. physical strength

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Across

1. Bit of regal headwear

7. Singer Horne

11. Develops alopecia

19. Total

20. 2022 World Series champ

22. College town nicknamed "A2"

23. Like the Gospel of Mark, sequentially?

25. Concert lineups

26. Matriarch of six of the 12 tribes of Israel

27. Make a choice

28. Trouble

30. 1982 film whose name is a security program

31. Text that says "Congratulations! You've won a MacBook Pro," probably

33. Prepare for a mechanic's certification exam?

40. Pulsates

42. Rock's Plastic ___ Band

43. Central parts of planets

44. Hairdresser's supply

45. Molecule that might be modeled with Twizzlers and gummies in biology class

46. Soft shots in tennis

48. Meditative chants

49. Plant used in pickling

50. H.S. exam whose highest score is 36

53. Source of income for a website

55. Half of a popular social media app

57. Discontinued iPods designed to fit into watch pockets

58. Original people to move into Cancún's peninsula?

63. Affectionate term for una madre

64. Designation for the Louisville Bats and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp

65. Preceder of Peacock and White in the game Clue

66. "Big" comic protagonist

67. "Don't look at me for help" … or a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme

75. Dove's dwelling

76. Wii remote batteries

77. Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age"

78. Sensation before a migraine, medically

79. Gets married while wearing protective gear?

85. Quarrels

86. Itty-bitty

87. Japanese craft that literally translates to "tray planting"

88. "This Is your brain on drugs," e.g., for short

89. Best-selling romance author Jimenez

90. One of 2,214 for Babe Ruth

92. "Shrek!" author William

94. Common item at a checkout line, informally

96. #1 spot in London?

97. Honkers without horns

99. It might come with a shell

100. Go over again

103. List of restaurant offerings for kids not yet three years old?

107. Kerfuffle

108. Oodles

109. Someone who might issue a travel warning?

110. Roger that

112. Name that means "pink" in Spanish

114. Relative of a husky

118. Wedding planner's aid?

122. "5 stars"

123. It might raise a bunch of dough

124. Stab of pain

125. $ values

126. Businesses offering mud masks

127. Pulls the chain of, so to speak

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Down

1. Word on either side of "or no"

2. Overrun

3. Add electronically, in a way

4. Like a really big fan

5. Go wrong

6. Bad thing not to get (especially at the office?)

7. The Cinnamon Dolce or the Blonde Vanilla, at Starbucks

8. "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden")

9. High degree

10. "Is it time to rethink this relationship?"

11. Hilarious thing

12. Like George H.W. Bush, but not George W. Bush

13. Starters' followers

14. Businesses whose employees work standing up

15. Carry in

16. "Chiseled" features

17. Destiny in life

18. Hippocratic oath followers, for short

21. Stop! That hurts!

24. Car financing figs.

29. List shortener

32. "Hidden Figures" co-star Janelle

34. Breathable fabric used in mosquito nets

35. ___ child

37. Menzel of Broadway

38. Guitar string material

39. Fish traditionally in the British dish "pie and mash"

41. What kitsch exhibits

46. ___ Lama

47. Part of a bedtime routine

49. Healthy, fiber-rich snack

50. Where some bills originate

51. Former transportation secretary Elaine

52. Chinese competitor of Amazon

54. Loses freshness

56. In that case

57. Grp. that Sweden joined in 2024

59. — Vegas

60. Sensation

61. Removes from the top of one's profile, as an Instagram post

62. Hearts or spades, but not diamonds

68. .........

69. Classic Orson Welles protagonist

70. Ameliorates

71. Via

72. Feature of undermixed batter

73. Greek god whose name becomes a flower if you move the first letter to the end

74. Golden Globe nominee Rooney

79. "V," to a violinist

80. Padmé Amidala's home planet in "Star Wars"

81. If only!

82. Steel girder

83. Bete-___

84. Images that can rip off human creators, perhaps

85. Pretzel topper

90. Trees with heart-shaped leaves

91. Creature, cutesily

93. Candies that crack with a crunch

95. Last of the 13 original colonies to be founded

97. Some lawn ornaments

98. Part of E.N.T.

100. Kicked oneself for

101. Prettifies

102. 500 mg 2x/day, e.g.

104. Source of a natural sweetener

105. Last name shared by three actors on "Schitt's Creek"

106. Russian denials

111. The Panthers of the A.C.C.

113. Midwest city whose name becomes a Southwest city if you move the first letter to the end

114. Not around, informally

115. Hirt and Hirschfeld

116. Día de ___ Reyes Magos

117. They're often depicted with green skin, for short

119. Something much needed after an all-nighter

120. Today preceder

121. Leave speechless

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