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Pulls back, as a tideAcross
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Pulls back, as a tide
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From a distance
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Podium for a witness
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Captain of the Ark
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An attempt of a film shot
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Had
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*Come to an agreement with your fists? (3 Wds.)
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Actor’s dialogue
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Civil rights activist C.K. _____
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Unsealed, as an envelope
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Act I finale of “Hamilton”
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Type of screen on many laptop computers (Abbr.)
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*Nemesis of a clown and a penguin? (2 Wds.)
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Common pub drink
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Like Paul Rudd, according to People magazine in 2021
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Former name for the Indo-Aryan language Odia
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Shouted
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Skyrocketes?
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One who consumes
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Rotate
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Explosive made of gunpowder and sand, for Minecrafters (Abbr.)
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*Shakespeare’s patron Elizabeth, for one? (2 Wds.)
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It’s for horses, and it’s better for cows?
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Oblivious
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Genre of Jay-Z, MC Hammer and LL Cool J (Hyph.)
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Sea in the South Pacific
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Press
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*Monarch of CNN interviewing fame? (2 Wds.)
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Construct, as a monument or a bridge
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Chemical compound in urine
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“Therefore...” in Latin
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Mock
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Acquires
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He and Rachel were famously on a break in “Friends”
Down
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Split ones happen to dry and brittle hair
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Period or spell
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Put cake batter in the oven
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Actors Michael or Martin
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Went to, as a meeting
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Iconic NYC toy store ___ Schwarz
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Main villain of the “Samurai Jack” cartoon
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Sat for a test again
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Only; lone
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Some people have an identical or fraternal one
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Hathaway or Frank
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Can’t live without
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Degree awarded to people who work on your teeth (Abbr.)
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UN agency focusing on workers’ rights
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German-made pistol used by James Bond: Walther ___ (Abbr.)
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Instrument for John Coltrane or Duke Silver, for short
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“Do or do not, there is no ___”
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Gently set down (Var.)
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Transparent
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Alternative to Southwest or JetBlue
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Twelve hours from midnight
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Gershwin or Glass, for two
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Piece of equipment used to keep a horse’s saddle in place, also called a cinch
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Laughing henchman from “The Lion King"
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Yummy
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Doris Day song “Que ____, ____”
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Moon-landing spacecraft (Abbr.)
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Frank, Frank Jr. and Nancy
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Life is better under this, if you believe a singing crab
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Sound of a space gun?
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A favor for a favor: “Quid pro ___”
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Detach, as a computer or a phone
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Jamie Foxx received an Oscar for playing this eponymous singer in a 2004 biopic
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A long, narrow, winding ridge in a glacier
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Not there?
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Result of a brainstorm
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Photos, for short
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Despise
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Spanish Catalan artist known for “The Farm” and “The Poetess,” Joan ____
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Belonging to the director of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
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Nonprofit groups that are independent from the government (Abbr.)
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Famous New York opera, or famous New York art museum, for short
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Billy Joel’s 1977 love song “Just the Way You ___”
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Is done with working (Abbr.)
Crossword: Royal Treatment