Rita of the "Fifty Shades" movies Crossword Clue

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FIFTY (noun)
1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
2. a United States bill worth 50 dollars
FIFTY (adjective)
1. being ten more than forty
SHADES (noun)
1. (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
2. (plural) something that reminds you of someone or something

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Across

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8. Scattered

14. Words before ask, admit or go

15. First name of the "Princess of Pop"

16. Donned quickly

17. Puts in order

18. Fuel for a family feud

20. "Oh, ___ on!"

22. Food label abbr.

23. Kitchen alternative to tallow

25. Grammy-winning song (2013) that begins "The snow glows white on the mountain tonight"

28. Gen-Xer's "excellent"

29. Black-and-yellow demarcation

32. Cootie-free greeting

34. Foster kid in "Taxi Driver"?

35. Bargaining subjects

36. Frank who wrote the music and lyrics to "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"

38. Like a Mediterranean diet

41. Endurance event, for short

42. Bending over, perhaps

43. Word before or after book

44. Ugh!

46. QB Dawson who faced Bart Starr in Super Bowl I

47. Prune, say

48. Exhibited perfect brakes

54. Sommelier, e.g.

55. Tolled

56. In the shop, say

57. Dish, at times

58. Was overrun

59. Performs a perfect dismount, e.g.

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1. Storage units

2. "Didn't see ya there!"

3. Crib for a doll

4. Trim

5. Literature Nobelist who wrote "Dodsworth" and "Kingsblood Royal"

6. Berkshire institution

7. Vietnamese currency

8. Like "Animal Farm" and "Don Quixote"

9. Flight of fancy

10. "Ritorna vincitor" singer

11. Training facilities?

12. Mortimer who once made a guest appearance on "The Muppet Show"

13. Average booster

19. Side order with curry

23. It has its peaks and valleys

24. Ethiopian emperor Selassie

25. Part of U.C.L.A.

26. High ways

27. Vehicles seen in the films "Dazed and Confused" and "Two-Lane Blacktop"

29. Basketball legend Maravich's nickname

30. Some seaside attractions

31. Disturbing, in a way

33. Name in the baking aisle

36. Brief office hookup?

37. __ chart

39. Dismissed, with "at"

40. Word with game or control

43. Old-fashioned club

44. Sex therapy topic

45. Pay for

47. "C'mon, please?"

49. Starched

50. Port WSW of Algiers

51. Gram alternative

52. Certain bond, informally

53. Ministre d'___

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