Zoom background effect Crossword Clue

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Zoom background effect Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. make a smudge on; soil by smudging
2. make dim or indistinct
(noun)
1. a hazy or indistinct representation

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BACKGROUND (verb)
1. understate the importance or quality of
BACKGROUND (noun)
1. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
2. scenery hung at back of stage
ZOOM (verb)
1. rise rapidly
2. move along very quickly
ZOOM (noun)
1. the act of rising upward into the air
2. a rapid rise

Hint 3: Anagram

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23. Bout "souvenir," perhaps

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33. Basketball player Sue

34. Surface for tree pose

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37. Current that brings warm water into the Atlantic

39. Implicitly understood

42. Give in

43. Tooth or head trouble

44. "___ what I'm thinking ..."

45. Tablet with a Mini version

49. Veggie under a fairy tale mattress

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51. Mat in a ryokan

53. Reason to cancel a barbecue

55. "Zip it!"

57. Opposites of 36-Across

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66. Bend out of shape

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9. Part of a play

10. "Thanks, but that ___ be necessary"

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12. Second person pronoun

13. “Unholy” singer Smith

18. Rocks in a drink

19. Primary conduit

24. Knuckle-headed move?

25. Spill the beans

27. Wrath

28. Some might pop up

31. "That time works for me"

32. ___-focused

33. "Scram!"

35. Prep for a major renovation, say

36. Currency in Kyoto

38. Place to take a break on a road trip

39. Bar spout

40. Unreturnable serve

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44. Clue

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50. Property claims

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56. App operator

58. Yap or yammer

59. Under the weather

60. AAA service

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