Bad spot for a tear, in brief Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

SPOT (noun)
1. a job in an organization
2. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
SPOT (verb)
1. detect with the senses
2. make a spot or mark onto
BRIEF (noun)
1. a document stating the facts and points of law of a client’s case
2. a condensed written summary or abstract
BRIEF (adjective)
1. (of clothing) very short
2. concise and succinct
BRIEF (verb)
1. give essential information to someone

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21. Handle

22. Product that "can cut a slice of bread so thin you can almost see through it!," in old ads

24. Try to open, as a gift

25. Toon fighter of Skeletor

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27. Features of jalapeños and piña coladas

29. Coach Lasso on TV

31. Confirmation, e.g.

32. Brand with a line of "Calm + Restore" products

34. Bunless cookout entrees

37. Land

38. Natl. economic stat

40. Spirit for a spritz

41. Moves one's butt (over)

44. Book reviews of sorts?

47. Reason to take iron supplements

49. Concave umbilicus

50. Gives one's all

52. Given reluctantly

54. The Aztecs of the N.C.A.A.

57. Damning info

58. Some hosp. workers

59. Texter's Bye!

60. It squirts on a squid

63. Royal house of Mary, Queen of Scots

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70. Sci-fi-inspired greeting that's a hint to eight squares in this puzzle

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77. "Au ___ les Enfants" (1987 film)

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97. Over and over

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103. They contain brains

105. Sorority member, endearingly

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4. Barely managing

5. Coffee holder

6. Lit ___ (rhyming class nickname)

7. Antique purchase for an audiophile

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