"The Tortoise and the Hare" author Crossword Clue

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"The Tortoise and the Hare" author Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

TORTOISE (noun)
1. usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
AUTHOR (noun)
1. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
2. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
AUTHOR (verb)
1. be the author of

Hint 3: Anagram

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Across

1. Supersonic speed number

5. Cookies that are sometimes dunked in milk

10. Whole lot

14. Cousin of a clarinet

15. What "duty-free" means

16. Westover with the best-selling memoir "Educated"

17. Theatrical description

20. Position of greatest stress

21. "Campbell's Soup Cans" painter

22. "__ longa, vita brevis"

23. Iditarod entries

26. Follower of double-you, ex, wye

27. Dog crossbreed known for its teddy bear appearance

31. Recovered from a fall

34. Modern anxiety source, in brief

35. Small cove

36. Applications

37. Sandwiches that often contain tuna

39. Overnight ___ (breakfast option)

40. Brewery offering

41. Crimson Tide univ.

42. Large cove

43. Track exposures to a disease, as an epidemiologist might

47. Hosp. V.I.P.s

48. Note on a failed test, maybe

49. Ball club V.I.P.s

52. Valiant

55. Amy who voiced Joy in "Inside Out"

57. Use deductive reasoning ... or a hint to what 17-, 27- and 43-Across all have

60. Proctor's cry at the end of a test

61. South Korea's second-largest city

62. Actor Esparza

63. Calf's meat

64. Stretch of work

65. Custom gift site

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Down

1. Chocolaty coffee drink

2. Despise

3. Nail polish layers

4. His and ___

5. Available if needed

6. Went bad

7. Saison of the 2024 Paris Olympics

8. Rowers blade

9. Annual festival in Austin, Tex.

10. Sound system

11. Paris's Notre-Dame, for one

12. West Coast gas brand

13. Roald who wrote "Matilda" and "The BFG"

19. Instrument that may be included in a birthday goodie bag

24. Take down, as a bouncy house

25. Arrogant sort

27. "Gloomy" fellow

28. Chats with on Insta

29. Lo-cal

30. Toward the sunrise

31. One layer in a seven-layer dip, informally

32. Norway's capital

33. "Riverdale" or "XO, Kitty"

37. __ and cheese

38. Ambulance personnel, in brief

39. Start of a count

41. >7 on the pH scale

42. Colorful summer drinks

44. Gardeners tool

45. Come up with a new schedule

46. Quantity

49. Show bad sportsmanship, in a way

50. Kids might be given these with crayons

51. "r u kidding!?"

52. Flat-screen, say

53. Scary-sounding Great Lake

54. Corn waste

56. Bring on, as workers

58. Pecan or pistachio

59. CBS procedural that ran for 15 seasons

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