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"Creep" group
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Buff, so to speak
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Int'l alliance in the process of incorporating Finland and Sweden
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Hang tight
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Opera commissioned by Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt
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Like some bonds or bears
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"Por ___ lado..."
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Stalk, e.g.
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Matter at hand
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Hits with a line, e.g.
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Repeats
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South Asian
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Curious
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Break, e.g.
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Randall Munroe book that gives a method for crossing a river by removing its water
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Duelist, e.g.
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Part of QED
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Feeds pigs
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"Nature's fork," according to Regular Show
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People making the news?
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Curses
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Broke down, belittingly
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Pelt
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On
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One of many classic pirate prosthetics
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Packing
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47-Down worshiper, e.g.
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Count in England?
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___ Mundial
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Word before beverage or swim
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One accepting change, maybe
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Kendrick Lamar, on his first four mixtapes
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Loss, for one
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Minute
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Crop circle creators, maybe, for short
Down
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"Terrible" stage in infant development
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Turning tool
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Vodka brand made from grapes, fitting its French origins
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Got fresh
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Vodka brand made from corn, fitting its Texan origins
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Yemeni port where Cain and Abel are said to be buried
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Uses an in, maybe
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"Thanks, Captain Obvious," even more rudely
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And
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Not slack
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Galena, for one
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Reality show where you can make thousands of dollars by not having sex (to think I do that for free)
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Seeing red
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Fuss
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Oracles
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Big no-no term
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Big, big, big screen format
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Lion's pride?
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Means-justifiers
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Basil, e.g.
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Cookie that just dropped a Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie flavor that honestly looks pretty great
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NYT or WSJ competitor
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"God gives his biggest naps to his ___ soldiers"
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Backless seat
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Swill
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Jacked man Jackman
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It's sworn to a lord
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Popular but brutal Argentine dictator Juan
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Wear away
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"There's a difference between finding the ___ and founding the ___" - Matthew Broussard, on Ernst Gräfenberg
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Don't seek, maybe
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Last word in American coinage
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Goddess of destruction with a skirt made of human arms
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Grub
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Scenery-chewer
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