The Big Band ___ Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
2. a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BIG (adjective)
1. given or giving freely
2. very intense
BIG (adverb)
1. in a boastful manner
BAND (noun)
1. an unofficial association of people or groups
2. a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure
BAND (verb)
1. attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify
2. bind or tie together, as with a band

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Across

1. With 11-Across: Country music great who made her first public appearance on Friday since her longtime husband Carl Dean's death on March 3rd

6. 1992 Michael Jackson hit whose video featured Michael Jordan

9. "___ Couple" (Lee Ann Womack song)

10. Much ___ About Nothing

11. See 1-Across

13. German for "the"

14. "Mr. Blue Sky" band, 1977

15. Bryan who sings "Please Forgive Me"

17. Saying you've gotta go to the bathroom in a restaurant but then sneakily paying for everyone's dinner instead, e.g.

20. 12 inches

24. Like the god Ganesha

27. Two-___ (like some trash bags)

29. With 29-Across: Tennessee city where 1-Across's namesake amusement park is located, and where she delivered her remarks

32. Become maggot-infested

33. See 29-Across

34. "Dear Yoko" subject

35. "The Kid ___ in the Picture" (1994 Hollywood autobiography by Robert Evans)

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Down

1. Nitwits

2. ___ fours (crawling)

3. "Bad, Bad, ___ Brown" (Jim Croce hit)

4. Amphibious assault ship, for short

5. Dunking Ming

6. "Red Table Talk" host ___ Pinkett Smith

7. Scott or Driver

8. Model Kate

12. Part of a church

16. ___ Jam (record label since 1984)

18. "The ___ Squad"

19. "Movin' ___" (theme song to "The Jeffersons")

21. Phantom's place

22. Suffix meaning "field of study"

23. Daly and Stecklein, for two

24. "The Greatest American ___"

25. "___ Fist" (Marvel TV series)

26. Brussels-based org.

30. "No ___, and, or buts!"

31. Lily Allen's "As Long As I ___ You"

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