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Set of pictures at a dentist’s Crow’s sound Reprieves Event for meeting new people “I love,” to Cato Perfect world “The one thing that’s clear to me …” 20 Picked 21 Appear 22 “Smoking or
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23 Boxing achievements, in brief 24 Distant 29 Narrow water
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33 Villainous count in the Lemony Snicket books Obama’s successor Jason’s ship 6 9 15
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Many millennia Police operation … or, when read another way, what a grammarian would like to do to 18-, 24-, 52and 65-Across? Day-___ paint Japanese soup Boaters’ implements Some woodwinds
Lose traction on the road Vietnamese soup What Google’s Ngram program tracks, for word usage Narrative connector Peach pit or walnut Greedy one 58
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Tick off What car wheels turn on Polite affirmative
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Blow away Jealous words of congratulations Cultural spirit “You can’t joke about that yet” 12 FedEx rival 13 Thanksgiving dessert
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65 66 One might apply gloss to them Things for sale Old-fashioned wine holder Unsuccessful Thorny parts of roses Group of three Enters hurriedly Often-unheeded advice from dentists Ohio city that was once the Rubber Capital of the World Liable to tip over, maybe Expressed amazement Labourite’s opponent, in British politics “Most likely …” Big electronics chain License plates Choir member “Fingers crossed!” Planted, as discord Sound to fear in the savanna Currency with a “€” symbol When planes are due to take off, for short That guy “What ___, chopped liver?” Biden and Pence, in brief Actor Holbrook 10%-er: Abbr.