Sea ___ (spiky creature) Crossword Clue

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Sea ___ (spiky creature) Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. poor and often mischievous city child

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SPIKY (adjective)
1. having or as if having especially high-pitched spots
CREATURE (noun)
1. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
2. a human being; `wight’ is an archaic term

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Across

1. Sloped playground fixture

6. Buddies

11. Book parts that typically face outward on shelves

12. Person providing child care while living abroad

14. “Easier said than done”

18. Name shared by six Russian tsars

19. It might be boosted by a compliment

20. Rides for cyclists

21. Greek counterpart of Mars

22. Mint or dill, for example

23. Snakelike fish

24. Maintenance cuts for bangs

26. Person to whom a check is made out

27. Distort

29. 1990 anti-discrimination law, briefly

30. Articles of faith

31. Lyric that precedes “don’t talk back” in a 1958 hit song by the Coasters

34. Place to play Skee-Ball or Space Invaders

37. Blouse, e.g.

38. Sweet, starchy Thanksgiving side

42. Trounces

43. Passionate enthusiasm

45. Cinema’s Spike or Ang

46. Opposite of "least"

47. ___ market (place to look for secondhand treasures)

48. Like the cream of the crop

50. 911 responder: Abbr.

51. Buddies

52. Tried to catch

53. Annual celebración depicted in Pixar’s “Coco”

56. “The Sun Also Rises” author Hemingway

57. More courageous

58. Alternatives to truths, at slumber parties

59. Setting for an exchange of vows

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Down

1. Paste-like substance used to fill nail holes

2. Graceful and agile

3. Refuse to take "no" for an answer

4. Important college official

5. The “E” of E.T.A., for short

6. Lower legs

7. Dances at a luau

8. When You Wish ___ a Star

9. “In like a lion, out like a lamb” month: Abbr.

10. Look of scorn or skepticism

11. Scream while watching “Scream,” perhaps

13. Lament

14. Rigatoni and penne, shapewise

15. Inflatable bed

16. After-bath garments

21. Senate staffer

22. __-panky

25. Do some autumn yard work

26. Veggie in a pod

28. O.K. Corral figure Earp

30. It might be corrected by autocorrect

32. Some website pop-ups

33. Speaks like this, this sci-fi character does

34. Activated, as a home-security system

35. Rent sharer, affectionately

36. Filling for an éclair

39. Major celebrity

40. Shooting star

41. Edible sunflower parts

43. Doles (out)

44. Warm up in the microwave, say

47. Thumbs-down verdict from a fact checker

49. Butterfly-to-be, maybe

51. Word before 'pressure' or 'review'

52. Ringlet of hair

54. Genetic material in chromosomes

55. Degree for an aspiring C.E.O.

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