Word after "laughing" or "ideal" Crossword Clue

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Word after "laughing" or "ideal" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes
2. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines
(verb)
1. show off
2. attack with gas; subject to gas fumes

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LAUGHING (adjective)
1. showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
IDEAL (adjective)
1. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
2. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
IDEAL (noun)
1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
2. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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23. Like many Gaelic speakers

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28. Cowboys wide receiver ___Dee Lamb

29. Muppet drummer

33. Donate

34. Early video game console

35. Main arteries

37. Hard-to-please performers

39. Bitter conflict

41. Alas!

42. Obey

43. Part of a sleeve, perhaps?

45. ___ the line

48. Sound from a small dog

50. Treat for a chipmunk

52. Traveling remote worker

56. Got up

59. 19-Across solo

60. Alliance headquartered in Brussels

61. Crossed one's fingers

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63. Pack away

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2. Source of some pop-ups

3. Touring band's assistant

4. Timbuktu's country

5. Tons

6. Command to a team of sled dogs

7. Children’s-book character ___ Bedelia

8. Fielder's equipment

9. Feel free to skip it!

10. Flabbergasted feeling

11. The p in mph

12. Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl," e.g.

14. Some bakery loaves

21. "Let's suppose that . . ."

22. City near EPCOT

25. Match ___ (engage in a battle of the minds)

26. "Abbot Elementary" principal Coleman

27. "Agreed!"

30. Sticky label at many conventions

31. Roth ___

32. Central point

33. Cloudy sky's color

34. Very dry

36. Like a checked-out library book

37. Get ready to cook

38. Muffin variety

39. Bashful

40. Bigelow product

44. South Koreans and Kazakhs

45. Bruschetta ingredient

46. Public speaker

47. Provides funds for

49. Euphoric

51. Scams

52. Suffix for "evil"

53. Opposite of "false"

54. "You ___ seen nothin' yet!"

55. Mascara target

56. ___/her pronouns

57. 2,000-pound unit

58. Choose

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