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Deciding contest Musical whose preshow warning about cellphone use says that knights “may drag you onstage and impale you” God on a mission? Cry after a windfall

What might keep you on pins and needles?

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Northern hemisphere? Antivenoms, e.g. World’s rarest goose Symbol found in Pac-Man and on slot machines Going ___ Rode the bench First, and so far only, chimpanzee to orbit Earth Its tributaries have colorful names

Cry from Homer “I want to, but really I shouldn’t ...”

[Violin emoji] Stand-up person? “You did great!” Moving company? Suboptimal ending Name on an envelope

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Sitarist Shankar Informed of Time to draw? “Getting ___ is no problem. You just have to live long enough”: Groucho Marx

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Selling point Prop (up) Cruel ruler Spent

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Drink brand that sounds like a shout Novelist Leonard Act bullish? Printer brand Slips into Where Life Savers and pop-top cans were both invented Howard or Spelman: Abbr. Hit, in a way Fall sound Brood

It’s got a big mouth “Jingle Bells” contraction

Answers to yesterday’s puzzle