Director of the 1988 film “School Daze” Crossword Clue

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Director of the 1988 film “School Daze” Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
2. United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
(adjective)
1. towards the side away from the wind

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DIRECTOR (noun)
1. the person who leads a musical group
2. someone who controls resources and expenditures
SCHOOL (noun)
1. a large group of fish
2. the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
SCHOOL (verb)
1. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
2. educate in or as if in a school

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23. Barrier

24. Possible sign of anxiety

26. Titan punished by Zeus

29. Comes down hard, in a way

30. Fan's sound

31. Fan's sound

32. Unpunctual

33. Much depleted tributary of the Colorado River

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35. Preps for a rainy day

36. Drink once pitched as the “Choice of a New Generation”

38. Team for three-time W.N.B.A. M.V.P. A’ja Wilson

39. Busker’s makeshift tip jar

40. Wood used to make cricket bats

42. Pair seen at a salsa club?

46. “Please stay calm—everything’s fine”

48. “Halt!,” at sea

49. Alexander the Great’s kingdom

50. Far from loquacious

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52. It might be crushed in a McFlurry

53. Selects for a position

54. "Huh?'

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1. He’s told “You broke my heart” in “The Godfather, Part II”

2. “Superbad” screenwriter Seth

3. Aquarium buildup

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5. “What fantastic news!”

6. Less explicable

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8. Somnifacients, more familiarly

9. IComfort brand

10. Journey on the California Zephyr or the Glacier Express

11. Calls a bunch of names, say

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14. Guiding principles

15. Pours poorly, perhaps

19. Cinematographer’s wheeled platform

23. Stock offerings?

25. Spiced brew

26. Inconveniently missing

27. Abandoned, as a lover

28. “Not sure why you’d bother to tell me”

29. Question for a possibly new acquaintance

32. Some handheld breakfast fare

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39. Elephant-seal breeding groups

41. Cowboy’s neckline?

42. Technique used to animate video-game characters, briefly

43. Eager, as an attitude

44. Easter baby, often

45. Huge hit

46. Defensive alliance since 1949: Abbr.

47. ___ beans

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