Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr. Crossword Clue

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Freddy Krueger's locale: Abbr. Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

LOCALE (noun)
1. the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)

Hint 2: Anagram

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22. Only U.S. prez born in Kentucky

23. Letters for a sellout

24. Whistle blower

25. "I had something come up," maybe

28. Square root

30. 2003 Will Ferrell film

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32. Custom in Japanese food service

34. Went letter by letter, to Brits

36. Brief verse from Japan / With seventeen syllables / Illustrated here

39. Item seen rolling through this puzzle

40. Fixes, as a piano

42. Evolutionary "missing link"

44. U.F.C. fighting style

45. Mole, e.g

47. Slobbery smooch

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52. Delivers, as a baby

53. Before, poetically

54. T. rex fossil named after its discoverer

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57. The Big Apple's ___ Drive

58. Singer DiFranco

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Down

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4. … __ quit!

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6. Perishable bit of apparel

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46. Sameness

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