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Give escort time -- this is just the beginning (7,3)Across
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Give escort time -- this is just the beginning (7,3)
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Pans back to piece of cake (4)
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Choose the French preserves (7)
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Kind of question reflecting self-doubt? (7)
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Grateful teen's pa prepared zucchini noodles, say (6-4,5)
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Hole in the head central to Pacino's trilogy (7)
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Guy goes for tropical fruit (7)
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Now and then AT&T sends messages about ecstasy (2,5)
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Italian wine shop backordered bottle for a manicurist (7)
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I can't accord Ivan fudged shot record (11,4)
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Trace of blood found in most recent diagnostic (3,4)
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Sitting on top of car after disastrous SAT (7)
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Sci-fi creature woke disgruntled (4)
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Used clock component (6,4)
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Heretic captured in finale of "Law & Order," for instance (9)
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Earns what sounds like a fancy vacation (7)
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Today I learned latter parts of "Ode to Mark" in Spanish (5)
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Are flutes terribly relaxing? (7)
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Supreme Court selection frustrated Bateman? (3,4)
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Snack company lifted ban on topless disco (7)
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Michelangelo masterpiece: pocket made of bread (empty inside) (5)
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Old British coin's cost announced? (8)
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Nonbeliever turned up without mom, stuck around (8)
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Quickly go through recycled letters from ad reps (5-4)
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Mixed up Obrecht and Zuckerberg, say (4,3)
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Put down roots around a city in the Pacific Northwest (7)
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This is how the Japanese express thanks? In focaccia, rigatoni? (7)
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"Cairo": an arrangement for simple wind instrument (7)
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Virginia liked urban environment initially, for what it's worth (5)
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"I understand Lasso's gone?" (5)
Cryptic #3 - "What's That Supposed to Mean?!"
