What breaks before spreading? Crossword Clue

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What breaks before spreading? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. information about recent and important events
2. the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPREADING (noun)
1. process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space
2. act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time
BEFORE (adverb)
1. earlier in time; previously
2. at or in the front

Hint 3: Anagram

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SEWN

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24. First novel translated from Mandarin to win an International Booker Prize

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29. Tool for an acupuncturist

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31. Smallest Great Lake by volume

33. Reddit forum that might require some proof of identity

34. "It's no ___!"

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44. Seize

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1. Droop

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