Crossword No. 0406
Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
*Leave briefly
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Follow
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Colorful
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freshwater fish Midwest hub
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Mystical
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character Celeb with a
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good friend named Gayle World leader
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born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Hankering
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Subdued hue
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Seriously vex
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*Final say
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Aromatherapy
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provider, perhaps
How best to
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determine consent Coral-based
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ecosystems Went the
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distance
Pioneer in color
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TV Start of all
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Washington, D.C., ZIP codes Contingent of
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like-minded voters Nation on the
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Gulf of Oman Like some
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Quad Cities residents *All for one
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Louvre Pyramid
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architect Witty Mort
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Mulligan
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___ Wee Reese
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Fund-raising
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group for the G.O.P. Didn’t fail
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Subs Animals that
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become different Bit of body ink animals when
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TV screen type, their first letter
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for short is changed to an
“M” *Flies frequently
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Oodles
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Fruit often
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served in ball
form “Brava!” elicitor
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Busybodies
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Underhanded
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tactics Not manually
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operated Bring on
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Longtime news
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anchor Jim “Seeing the
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other side of the
matter …” Blunted blades
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Cereal “for kids”
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She released
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“30” in ’21 Broadcast again
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Farming prefix
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Word with wave
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and pool
“___ luck!”
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Political
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commentator
Joy
Arctic people
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Get-go
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Monopoly
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holding Punctuation mark
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missing in “Let’s eat people!” (at least one would hope!) … as well as from the starred clues
DOWN
PUZZLE BY DAMON GULCZYNSKI
Musical form
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heard in some Bollywood films [Don’t forget
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about me!]
Fleeting moment
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Move about
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Doxycycline
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target
Some playground
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attendants Wonderland twin
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Pixie stick?
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Not conned by
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Minor anomaly
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Shiny fabric
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Spring’s opposite
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Brutish sort
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No-good,
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backstabbing scoundrel
“How bizarre”
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Disney’s Queen
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of Arendelle Pedagogic org.
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Unfounded
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rumor Unchanging
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State capital in
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the so-called “Treasure Valley”
“Me and
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Bobby ___” (posthumous #1 hit for Janis Joplin)
Something
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staked Difference
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symbol, in math Singer/
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songwriter Guthrie Blindingly bright
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D.C. nine
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Buffalo’s county
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Pet in the town
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of Bedrock
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