Level 447 Solution

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Solution Grid

1 C
A
N
N
O
N
2 I
O
N
3 A
N
T
E
A
T
E
R
D
C
E
L
P
U
4 U
5 C
H
E
C
K
S
N
N
I
I
6 T
I
L
D
E
O
V
E
7 I
N
T
E
L
L
I
G
E
N
C
E
R
C
S
E
E

Across

1. CANNON
  • Civil War weapon
  • Big gun
  • Artillery piece
  • Artillery gun
  • Howitzer, e.g.
3. ANTEATER
  • Aardvark
  • Termite hunter
  • Pangolin, for one
  • Sticky-tongued mammal
  • Sticky-tongued nest raider
5. CHECK
  • Cash alternative
  • Tab
  • Verify
  • Word that can precede the first words of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 27-Down
  • After-dinner request
6. TILDE
  • Diacritical mark
  • Spanish squiggle
  • Spanish diacritic
  • Se�or's squiggle
  • ~
7. INTELLIGENCE
  • News.
  • G-2.
  • What's lacking in an idiot or dope
  • Clientele in shambles, divided by 'good' news
  • It's almost bright going to Clare for news

Down

1. CONCLUSION
  • Ending
  • Logical?
  • End; decision
  • Worked on councils at the end of 15 across
  • Reasoned deduction
2. INDEPENDENCE
  • *Freedom from control
  • See 20 Across
  • Ended nice novel, welcoming writer's lack of bias
  • Ended nice novel welcoming writer's lack of constraint
  • Liberty
4. UNIVERSE
  • Cosmos
  • 36-Down are here
  • All that exists
  • All there is
  • Cosmologist's concern

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