Rhetorical question after an ill-timed joke Crossword Clue

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ILL-TIMED (adjective)
1. badly timed
RHETORICAL (adjective)
1. given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

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8. Alternative to wrapping paper, at a shop

15. "Didn't see ya there!"

16. Taking extended time off

18. Guarded on the sides (by)

19. Making a mistake

20. Walk or talk aimlessly

21. Jessica of "Tootsie"

22. Put under the ground

23. What are the ___?

25. Some proper nouns

27. Open, as a jacket

28. Title song on a 1973 Marvin Gaye album

33. Civil rights leader ___ B. Wells

34. That, in Spanish

35. Good item to have in your wallet if you need your car towed

36. ___-Tac-Toe

37. One of five for any Shakespeare play

38. Disingenuousness

40. Trig function used for right triangles

42. Pioneer in video and arcade games

43. Feature of some sweatshirts

44. Southern cornbread

46. "___ Line is it Anyway?" (improv show since 1988)

50. Steel parts of some boots

52. Counterparts of flats, in music

53. Designated route for a ship

54. Y.A. fiction, by another name

55. Incoming flight at an airport

56. Without exceptions

57. Alternative to Google Meets or Zoom, casually

58. Shoe that sounds like it would be appropriate footwear for a spy

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1. Red Monopoly building

2. Now, in Spanish

3. Sharp bit on a rose stem

4. Gives one's two weeks' notice

5. "Ah, everyone has finally left"

6. Shoe that sounds like it would be appropriate footwear for a plumber

7. ___-Tiki expedition

8. Errand runner

9. Embedded design on a mosaic

10. Spanish custard dessert

11. Muscle-bone connector

12. Pasta dish that's made in the oven

13. Exercised too much, maybe

14. Crossed (out)

20. Violinists and flautists, e.g.

22. Not-quite-ready-for-launch releases

24. Head-in-the-clouds

26. Unkind

27. Gullible answer to a trick question designed to make you talk about skivvies

28. Drain, as from soil

29. Chargeable two-wheeled alternatives to bikes

30. Ink designs on skin

31. French aunt

32. Black-and-white predator

39. One-named singer with the most-watched Super Bowl Half Time show of all time

41. Antarctic penguin variety

44. Defunct carrier associated with the "Golden Age of Air Travel"

45. Some German cars

47. Dracula-based Count in "Nosferatu"

48. Part of a skeleton or a book

49. Fragrant chemical compound

51. Vena ___ (passage to the heart)

52. Actor Astin or Bean of "The Lord of the Rings"

53. Cooke known as the "King of Soul"

54. "American Dad!" channel

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