Where idols go head-to-head? Crossword Clue

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Where idols go head-to-head? Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
2. emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)

Hint 2: Clue Definition

HEAD-TO-HEAD (adverb)
1. even or close in a race or competition or comparison
HEAD-TO-HEAD (adjective)
1. involving two persons; intimately private
2. inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

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Across

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8. Egyptian god of the underworld

14. Dr.’s order?

17. Substances found in cured meats and explosives

18. Theme park with attractions like The Count's Splash Castle and Oscar's Rusty Rotten Rockets

21. High marks

22. "That's enough bickering!"

24. Valletta's land

25. Sci-fi protagonist who says "I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life"

27. Max's opposite

28. Morpheus, to 25-Across

29. Good ol' boy

31. Actor Thomas ___ Church

34. Stares stupidly

35. General who crossed the Rubicon

37. Snubs

39. Ultimate end, to Aristotle

40. TV E.T.

41. Secondary list of options

43. ___ Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" painter

45. Queen ___ Land (region of Antarctica claimed by Norway)

47. Classification that anyone can donate to

48. Got off

49. With warts and all

53. Pesto ingredients

55. Made less angry now

58. Ozone no-no, for short

59. The dash in many an emoticon

60. It's a "tyrannical discipline," said Sylvia Plath

61. Titular role in a 2024 Disney prequel

63. Derived from gold

66. Steals, informally

67. Something a bug produces

68. Certain Army noncom

70. Points to a church?

71. What the 7 may mean in 7/11

73. Brewed beverage

74. Perseveres

76. Certain drink + what that drink has a lot of = women's lifestyle website

80. "Horsefeathers!"

82. Fiddlesticks!

83. Combine using heat without melting, as particles

85. Make a lot, say?

86. Famed firefighter Red

88. "All right, but that's not my opinion"

90. L.A.P.D. unit?

91. The Lamb

93. Devoted effort to looking attractive

96. Leaning

98. Bandage brand

99. Possessed, biblically

100. Word before winner or after Wonder

101. Brick homes

103. Buffalo’s home: Abbr.

104. 'Sprechen __ Deutsch?'

106. Eponym of element 96

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113. Like the cultivation of land

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116. Zero

117. Co.'s $$$ head

118. Steal for ransom

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Down

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2. "Come on and let loose for a while!"

3. Name of Ohio State's buckeye mascot

4. Wrinkly fruits

5. Parts of many online handles

6. Davis of Thelma & Louise

7. ___ quam videri (North Carolina’s motto)

8. 1940s spy grp.

9. Ready … or a word after ready

10. Chemist's variant

11. Violent seizure, as of property

12. Sign me up!

13. He scattered his brother's remains across the land and usurped his throne

14. Soothing goo

15. Hawaiian for "long mountain"

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23. Hosp. areas

26. "I'm flattered!"

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32. State capital that's closest to the U.S. Capitol

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36. Kyrgyzstani mountain range

37. Urchins

38. Fans out

42. Small part in a gig

44. British isle

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48. Plot divisions

50. Traumatize

51. Assuming that's true …

52. He led his brother to his demise by endangering his nephew

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56. First enactors of democracy

57. Fencing contests

60. Chemistry lab dropper

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65. GPS lines (Abbr.)

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78. Big name in makeup

79. Music score squiggle

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84. Ixnays from Irkutsk

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95. Touch lightly, as a gas pedal

97. Floral victory symbol

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