Running backs gain them Crossword Clue

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Running backs gain them Crossword Answer

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RUNNING (noun)
1. the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
2. the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
RUNNING (adjective)
1. (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
2. measured lengthwise
GAIN (noun)
1. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
2. a quantity that is added
GAIN (verb)
1. earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
2. increase or develop

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16. Sandwich spread

17. NOUN: "a scene or place characterized by frivolity and ostentation"

19. Prefix with pop or Caribbean

20. Ambulance occupant, briefly

21. Uber __

22. Did some gabbing

24. ADJECTIVE: "[featuring] gruesomeness depicted in vivid detail"

25. Cather who wrote "O Pioneers!"

26. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city on the Thames River in south central England that is the...site of [a noted] University"

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32. Cafe au ___

33. Harvey, Martin, and Jobs, for three

35. Get a look at

36. NOUN: "brilliant or conspicuous success"

38. "___ to My Family" (Cranberries hit)

39. Chef's hat

41. "Cumpleaños ___" ("Happy Birthday to You," in Spanish)

42. "I guess that would work"

45. Certain Iraqi

46. NOUN: "a radioactive metallic element produced artificially"

48. Evening strolls

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51. Norway's capital

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1. Fortify, as a dirt road

2. Criticize severely

3. "___ that a shame!"

4. 56, one way

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6. NOUN: "a [certain]-handed person"

7. TV spots, often

8. Moo goo ___ pan

9. When a TV show will start

10. Kid-sized orders, often

11. ADJECTIVE: "having a nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or illogical quality"

12. Jane ___

13. Oak or maple, say

23. Top-level, as celebrities

24. "I've ___ Feeling" (Beatles song)

25. VERB: " to vacillate irresolutely between choices"

26. Upstate New York city

27. TRADEMARK: "used for a precision cutting hand tool with a sharp, replaceable blade"

28. NOUN: "the use of extreme dilatory tactics (as by making long speeches) in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly"

29. Perennial plant

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47. Romanian Rhapsodies composer

49. 100% of the time

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56. 'Do __ others . . .'

57. NOUN: "keen enjoyment"

60. PREPOSITION: "in the capacity or character of"

61. ___ league (sports organization)

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