"Why did the chicken cross the ___?" Crossword Clue

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"Why did the chicken cross the ___?" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
2. a way or means to achieve something

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHICKEN (noun)
1. a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
2. a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
CHICKEN (adjective)
1. easily frightened
CROSS (verb)
1. meet at a point
2. to cover or extend over an area or time period
CROSS (adjective)
1. extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis
2. annoyed and irritable
CROSS (noun)
1. any affliction that causes great suffering
2. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

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15. More than the lion's share

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19. Personal appearance

20. Waist accessory that hasn't been washed in years?

24. "The Undying" author Boyer

25. Word before "torch" or "bar"

26. Appear threateningly

27. What a circle in a Venn diagram represents

28. "The Menu" actor Hong

29. Tries to hit the ball

31. T-shirt in the winter, e.g.?

33. Connector of seas

36. Merit

37. Meow Mix eater

40. Speaks softly and lovingly

41. "Our Lady" artist López

42. No-loss, no-gain situation

43. Precious in a Mormon kind of way?

46. 'And another thing . . .'

47. Person wielding the banhammer

48. Portuguese greeting

49. Highly motivated

51. Sweet covering for an apple or a pretzel... and, when reparsed, a feature of one word in each of this puzzle's theme entries?

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55. Enhance

56. Big Hit Music's biggest act

57. "No you don't" response

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1. Creator's creations

2. Hydrocarbon with single bonds

3. Place to moor a boat

4. "Battleship" success

5. Hoping to find, in personal ads

6. '. . . you get the idea'

7. Resided

8. Before the crowds arrive, maybe

9. Sardonic

10. Flat on one's back

12. Cougars, by another name

13. "Eve's Bayou" director Lemmons

16. Like highlighters, typically

17. Place for personal updates

18. Bank foyer installations

21. Currency that's an anagram of "lira"

22. Instrument introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants

23. Blink-and-you'll-miss-it anomaly

28. Greek letter often used to abbreviate "Christ"

29. They may be taken in by the pound

30. Emerged victorious

31. Paper alternative to plastic

32. Vegetables mentioned in "King Kunta"

33. Pond growth

34. Animal in "The Wiz"

37. "Invisible Cities" novelist Italo

38. Authorization

39. *Minimal bikini bottom

41. Slightly

42. Stood in line

44. Bike without pedaling

45. Bones next to radiuses

50. "No Time to Die" actor Malek

51. Den baby

52. "That's great news!"

53. Stick in a pool hall

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