What those close to failure are said to be on Crossword Clue

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FAILURE (noun)
1. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
2. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
CLOSE (verb)
1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
2. come to a close
CLOSE (adjective)
1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
2. of textiles
CLOSE (adverb)
1. near in time or place or relationship
2. in an attentive manner
CLOSE (noun)
1. the last section of a communication
2. the temporal end; the concluding time

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20. Showing signs of spring, say

21. T-slots?

22. Former CBS procedural that co-starred LL Cool J, informally

23. Like bows, at times

24. Aquarium device

25. Judge

27. Hare-brained

28. Dealt with something

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34. Ring master?

35. Rainer who was the first person ever to win two consecutive acting Academy Awards

36. Tough crowd

38. Took Marie Antoinette's advice?

40. Pen holder, paper tray, memo pad, etc.

46. Wild chase?

47. Certain radio components

48. Contribute to the pot

49. Yes or no?

50. Binged, with "out"

51. Multinational communications giant founded in 1964

52. Words after "Honey!"

53. Budding actresses

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55. Giant, as a mattress

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1. Deficient

2. Mexican fried pastry often covered in cinnamon sugar

3. Groups of female elephant seals

4. Hindu clerk

5. ___ Howard, first Black player on the Yankees

6. Proved useful

8. Old blades

9. "Don't worry, no injury!"

10. Farm structure in which ears are stored

11. Mexican revolutionary Zapata

12. 0% in New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware

13. Solitary

14. Rover

24. Religious right?

26. Prohibition ___

28. School memento

29. Doc's license plate in "Back to the Future"

30. Staple of slapstick comedy

31. Ce n'est pas du fast food

32. "Oh, golly"

37. Browns

39. ___ egg (chocolate treat with a toy)

41. Ski race that debuted at the Olympics in 1988

42. Gentle hills

43. Mr. Miyagi, to the Karate Kid

44. Faux —

45. Pest with a repetitive name

47. Cavort

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