Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
Ancient arts
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venue
The willies
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Try for a hit
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1979 J. D.
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Souther hit with a rhyming title “Ugh, we nearly
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had it!” Beam
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Forcefully
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Desert home,
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maybe
N.L. East team,
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on scoreboards Step toward
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nirvana
Hall monitors,
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for short Edmond ___
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a.k.a. the “Father of Whist”
Axe target
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Constantly
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evolving social phenomenon Magazine
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purchase Smoothie fruit
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Pontiac, for one
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Old pad holders
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Means of escape
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Completely
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consume Seat in
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Parliament? Longevity
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Westernmost
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city on the African mainland Winter hrs. in
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St. Louis Team that
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moved back from St. Louis in 2016, informally Letters used in
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the absence of a letter
___ Productions,
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media company since 1986 One way to run
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End of many
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addresses What’s measured
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in watts Symphony
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originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte Shape of a
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logistic curve Takes credit, in a
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way
“___ luck!”
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DOWN
Cries of
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exasperation Revenue source
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for a Girl Scout troop
Bush growths
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Air France hub
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Prefix with
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classical Casting choice
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Ophthalmologist’s
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Bonheur who
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painted “The Horse Fair”
In no time
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Southern
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Comfort cocktails Singer/actor
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Gibson in the “Fast & Furious” franchise
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Dept. of Labor
14 Is undecided
32 arm
Creamed
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“Nifty!”
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Good day?:
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OK Abbr.
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“Got it!” “Things Fall
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Actor George of Apart” novelist
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“Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf?” Thalia,
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Aglaia and More than sore
23 Euphrosyne, in
___ art myth
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Comics read “The accuser of
28 42 from right to left our brethren,” Bob ___, “To Kill per Revelation
30 a Mockingbird” 1970s-’80s
46 villain sitcom setting
Election night
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fig. Roman
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emperor who overthrew Galba Sockeye
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relative Kerfuffle
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Old
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televangelism org. Vitamin stat