Ancestor of a cello Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ANCESTOR (noun)
1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
CELLO (noun)
1. a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

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20. Blustering

21. Parents' sisters

23. Help

24. Access, as an app

27. Observes with an open mouth

31. Actress Seyfried or Bynes

32. Titular Jane Austen woman

33. In favor of

34. Get a peek at how sausage is made, so to speak

37. Picnic pest

39. Kid-lit girl who lives at the "tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel

40. "___: Impossible" (action film franchise)

42. Wore a red nose and giant shoes, maybe

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44. Mother-of-pearl

45. Goes all out attacking

48. Horror film director Eli

49. Frolic

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56. Be ruthlessly aggressive

57. Solemn promises

58. Backyard bleater who might help eat some weeds

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6. Pretentious display

7. Entertain, as with picture books

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14. Promiscuous party

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22. Constant and steady

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25. Neighbor of a Yemeni

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27. Big name in S.U.V.s

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30. Visibly muscular

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