Word before "circus" and "market" Crossword Clue

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Word before "circus" and "market" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MARKET (noun)
1. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
2. a marketplace where groceries are sold
MARKET (verb)
1. make commercial
2. buy household supplies
CIRCUS (noun)
1. a genus of haws comprising the harriers
2. a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
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Across

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6. "Criminal Minds" law organization (Abbr.)

9. Cowboys Are My Weakness novelist Houston

12. Yoga pose

13. "A Shropshire ___" (A.E. Housman poetry collection)

14. "How ___ Supposed To Live Without You" (Michael Bolton hit song) (2 wds.)

15. Christmas story by 25-Across/39-Across based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale

17. ATM access code

18. "The Mammoth Hunters" novelist Jean

19. Break a fast

20. Soak up the sun

21. "God bless us, every ___!" (Tiny Tim prayer)

23. "The ___ on the Shelf" (Christmas book sold with a toy)

25. With 39-Across, writer of "Wicked," 15-Across, and 54-Across

29. Actor Zac of "The Lorax"

33. Shakespeare's "Much ___ About Nothing"

34. Former "The Daily Show" correspondent/writer Cenac

36. "Can't ___ Me Love" (Beatles hit)

37. With 44-Across, Eartha Kitt Christmas song with the line "Hurry down the chimney tonight"

39. See 25-Across

41. "The Catcher in the ___"

43. ___ the question (propose marriage)

44. See 37-Across

47. "Go Set a Watchman" author Harper

49. Wriggly

53. "Much ___ About Nothing" ("The Simpsons" episode)

54. Christmas story by 25-Across/39-Across based on "The Nutcracker"

56. Australian outlaw Kelly

57. "Positively Entertaining" TV channel

58. Commercial writer

59. Do some sums

60. Bus stop (Abbr.)

61. Ones browsing the Web

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Down

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2. Biblical twin of Jacob

3. Airport boarding zone

4. Clear out with Liquid-Plumr, say

5. "I'll pass," slangily

7. Brush with liquid while roasting

8. Picks out of a lineup, for short

9. Fairy-tale bear whose porridge is too hot

10. "London Fields" novelist Martin

11. Luxurious fur

16. Distrustful (of)

20. Favorite texting partner, for short

22. In your dreams! (2 wds.)

24. "Unhand me!" (2 wds.)

25. "Fill 'er up!" fill

26. Suggested vitamin intake (Abbr.)

27. Quite a stretch of time

28. Thanksgiving tuber

30. Result of a successful squeeze play, for short

31. "The Fault in ___ Stars" (John Green novel)

32. Science Guy Bill

35. Caught on video

38. "___ to Remember" (song from "The Fantasticks")

40. Flips (over)

42. "The Waste Land" poet T.S. ___

44. Munich actor Eric

45. Did an impression of

46. "Billy ___, Sailor" (Herman Melville novel)

48. "So Big" novelist Ferber

50. Carlisle Cullen's wife in the Twilight series

51. Shakespearean king who says, "Oh, that way madness lies"

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54. Sue Grafton's "___ for Homicide" (2 wds.)

55. __ Claire Wisconsin

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