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Coming of Age (meta)

· By rickybillingsgate

Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a five-letter word.
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  • kurtalert 🤓6:32 · 2024-04-25T17:56:18.498Z
    Very nice, smooth meta - thanks Ricky.
    • I K Snamhcok 3s · 2024-04-25T19:06:07.797Z
      Quite nice!
      • Hector 🤓8:42 · 2024-04-25T21:13:48.727Z
        Nice (as those ABOVE AVER)!
      • Laura M 🤓13:05 · 2024-04-26T21:34:26.256Z
        Enjoyed this, thanks!
        • Abide 🤓11:45 · 2024-04-26T22:04:43.980Z
          Very effective "penny drop" moment! Thanks for the puzzle.
          • An Ephemeral Collation 🤓5:14 · 2024-04-28T21:10:43.296Z
            I wish I fully understood how I was supposed to get to the meta (I got lucky guessing five-letter words that felt related to the theme implied by the title), but honestly I'm just glad that I got it. Nice work, Ricky!
            • rickybillingsgate constructor · 2024-04-30T01:41:15.867Z
              Thanks for solving! I will post the answer on xword-muggles.com after tomorrow's deadline
            • Capn Rick 🤓10:10 · 2024-05-06T13:43:53.505Z
              Nicely done, Ricky! Enjoyed it!
              1A
              Lose strength
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              Across
              1. 1A
                Lose strength
              2. 5A
                High-end camera
              3. 10A
                Arthur of tennis
              4. 14A
                Noted human rights lawyer Clooney
              5. 15A
                ___ shirt (colorful short-sleeved attire)
              6. 16A
                Festooned with bathroom tissue, informally
              7. 17A
                Apple variety named for a town in Ohio, not Italy
              8. 18A
                Quick snacks
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                Be in charge of
              10. 20A
                * River creature creation
              11. 22A
                Asia's shrinking ___ Sea
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                Dumbbell abbr.
              13. 24A
                Issa of "Insecure"
              14. 25A
                Like a body no longer at rest?
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                Falls flat on one's face
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                * Green Day or Black Sabbath
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                Places for shooting stars?
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                Thai currency
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                Drinking spot?
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                * Catholic liturgy from 1570 to 1969. familiarly
              21. 38A
                Company with a bucket list?
              22. 41A
                Lukas of "Inception"
              23. 42A
                Suffix with disk
              24. 45A
                * Crossbar supporter
              25. 48A
                Six-point throw, briefly
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                Bang up, say
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                Injury application, sometimes
              28. 52A
                Call letters of the 80s?
              29. 53A
                Eggnog ingredient
              30. 54A
                * Male news crew employee
              31. 57A
                University of Hawaii campus locale
              32. 58A
                Snarl
              33. 59A
                Something often stuck to an envelope
              34. 60A
                Coarse powder
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                Pertaining to the iris
              36. 62A
                Once again
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                Holders of some dry bouquets
              38. 64A
                They're raised by farmers
              39. 65A
                Salon selections
              Down
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                Tweet
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                Slide presentations?
              3. 3D
                It means "I bow to you" in Sanskrit
              4. 4D
                Mt. hgt.
              5. 5D
                Beady-eyed maze explorer
              6. 6D
                Drop in speech
              7. 7D
                Bit
              8. 8D
                HS class with lots of bonding
              9. 9D
                Batteries for remotes, perhaps
              10. 10D
                Pumping
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                Give a keynote before, say
              12. 12D
                Ancient Greek
              13. 13D
                Genre for Skrillex
              14. 21D
                US benefits plan law of 1974
              15. 22D
                Aviary cry
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                Legal deeds
              17. 26D
                Hush-hush compact
              18. 28D
                Letters on Cards hats
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                Charged, in a way
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                Resistance units
              21. 32D
                Prejudice
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                Red-bearded god
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                Annual dinner
              24. 37D
                Indy 500 initials
              25. 38D
                CIA enemy in many a Cold War novel
              26. 39D
                More sudsy
              27. 40D
                An official language of Barcelona
              28. 43D
                Boss Tweed's Hall
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                Certain runner
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                Majs.' superiors
              31. 47D
                Cue preceder
              32. 48D
                Immune system circulators
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                Muscle-bone connectors
              34. 51D
                "That is to say..."
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                Spanish sparkling wine
              36. 55D
                Assert as a fact
              37. 56D
                Opposite of extremely
              38. 57D
                "Get in contact," in textese
              39. 58D
                Manipulate, as a sore muscle
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