Like birthday candles before the party starts Crossword Clue

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Like birthday candles before the party starts Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. not set afire or burning
2. without illumination

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BIRTHDAY (noun)
1. the date on which a person was born
2. an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)
BEFORE (adverb)
1. earlier in time; previously
2. at or in the front

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Across

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14. Friend of Mickey and Goofy

15. Actress Kendrick

16. “___ all good”

17. Nursery rhyme about a disastrous trip up a hill

19. How salt and pepper may be added, in a recipe

21. Southeast Asian language

22. Knotted neckwear

23. Susceptible to sunburn

24. "Four score and seven years ___..."

26. Pesky summer swarm

28. Nursery rhyme about the perils of sitting on a wall

31. Doesn't waste

32. Dine

33. How heavy metal bands typically play

37. ___ Z, a.k.a. Zoomers

38. Comedian Schumer or Poehler

39. Verbalize

40. Water in French

41. Subject of a will

43. "My Zoom joke flopped … I guess it's not remotely funny," e.g.

44. Marx who co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto"

45. Nursery rhyme about the hazards of decaying infrastructure

48. Energy, idiomatically

51. Flat tire's lack

52. Fashion magazine with a palindromic name

53. Commodity measured in barrels

54. Hypotheticals

56. Typeface used for emphasis

59. Nickname for the World Series … or what you might call 17-, 28- or 45-Across?

62. Word repeated in a double negative

63. Operatic highlight

64. Purpose

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67. Drunk-ish

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Down

1. Angler's supply

2. Eight-armed creatures

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4. Obstacle for a would-be castle attacker

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6. Acorn bearing tree

7. Downhill skiing event

8. Poet St. Vincent Millay

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10. R&B singer Baker

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14. Turn at the turntables, for short

18. One might be squeaky or shaped like a bone

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27. Sch. in Lower Manhattan

28. Ginormous

29. Country south of Saudi Arabia

30. Fallback option

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36. Christmas season

38. Kind of clock that's ultraprecise

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43. Hawaiian taro dish

44. Pass idly, as time

46. Bottled water brand

47. Respond to a stimulus

48. To date

49. Sparkly headwear

50. ___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants)

55. Dart around

57. Very small

58. Hearty meal in a bowl

60. Place for a snuggly cat

61. Valvoline competitor

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