"You've ___ your match" ("You have tough competition") Crossword Clue

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"You've ___ your match" ("You have tough competition") Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

TOUGH (adjective)
1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
2. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
TOUGH (noun)
1. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
2. an aggressive and violent young criminal
COMPETITION (noun)
1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
2. the contestant you hope to defeat

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10. Weed-tackling tool

11. Big brass instrument you may spot in a marching band

12. "Mamma ___! Here We Go Again" (2018 film starring Lily James)

13. Burst ___ the scene (appeared unexpectedly)

15. Puts into service

17. Kit ___ (chocolate treat)

19. "___ New World," heavy metal song by Iron Maiden that takes its name from a dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley

21. People fool others on the first day of this month

24. Scarlett O'___ of "Gone With the Wind"

26. "All ___ on the Western Front," song by Elton John that takes its name from an anti-war novel by Erich Maria Remarque

27. Denver ___, NFL team that won the Super Bowl 50

31. Scanned lines on store items: Abbr.

32. "American Girl" singer ___ Petty

33. "The book covers everything from ___ Z": 2 wds.

34. On the beach

37. On a regular ___ (frequently)

39. Sushi roll eggs or an anagram of 35d

40. Liquids for quills

41. "___ and Juliet," Dire Straits song that takes its name from a Shakespearean play about star-crossed lovers

44. Corporal's superior, for short

45. Letters suggesting an alter ego

46. Chow __: noodle dish

49. "We need this now!" in the E.R.

53. Wee bit

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56. "Public" or "private" follower

57. Dial-up pioneer: Abbr.

58. Word after pig or bull

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2. Millions and millions of years

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6. Toy company that makes Monopoly and Scrabble

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8. "Ray Donovan" actor ___ Schreiber (anagram of "veil")

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11. King ___ (ancient Egyptian pharaoh, familiarly)

14. "___ dokie!" ("Alright!")

18. Ctrl and del's buddy

20. Broke into a sprint

21. Band with the hit "Barbie Girl"

22. Baby dogs

23. Like Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne

24. "The White Lotus" network: Abbr.

25. Limb with a funny bone

28. "The ___ of Amontillado," progressive rock song by the Alan Parsons Project that takes its name from a gothic tale by Edgar Allan Poe

29. Big name in elevators

30. "Help us!" letters at sea

32. Souvenir shop shirt

35. Vein fill

36. Disc-shaped vacuum cleaner from iRobot

37. Gargantuan

38. Nervous and fidgety

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42. What 14d is slang for

43. ___-to-order (specially designed)

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47. Fair-hiring letters

48. Feeling green, perhaps

50. On ___ (where this clue isn't)

51. "Got it, captain!"

52. Bridge weight unit

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