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Click a cell once to enter an answer, and click that same cell again to switch between horizontal and vertical orientations
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Shift
key to enter multiple characters for rebus answers
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Description
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.
(period)
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ord, or
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uzzle
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quare,
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ord, or
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uzzle
Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts
[
and
]
OR
Shift
with arrow keys
Move cursor perpendicular to current orientation without changing orientation
Tab
and
Shift+Tab
Move cursor to first unfilled square of next or previous unfilled clue
Home
OR
End
Move cursor to the beginning or end of a clue
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Tower-building game
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Tower-building game
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Tax org.
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Speck of dust
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One might be set before an early flight
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Serving of butter
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Cause to laugh
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Summer camp boat
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Bill in a tip jar
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"___ la vista!"
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Professional whose job involves critical thinking
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Place for gloss
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Cleaning cloth
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"Is this someone I know?"
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"Pronto!"
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Dishes served with dressing
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What electrolytes contain
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Has to pay back
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"Nose goes" phrase
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What punch cards are designed to reward
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Haunted house sound
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Former wound
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Destiny
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Word before "projection" or "plane"
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Where "it's fun to stay," in a Village People hit
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Palindromic "help!"
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"___ can't win 'em all"
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Cooling systems, for short
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Furniture, rugs, e.g., for a residence
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Early video game console
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Place a wager
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1986 autobiography of the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll"
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Grieve
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"What ___ your plans?"
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Grandmas
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Otherwise
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___ de plume
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Gets bigger
DOWN
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Face card with the lowest value
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Gusto
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Prefix meaning "one billionth"
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"I'm a dog and I'm angry" sound
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Aviator Earhart
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Former Apple music device
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Used a doorbell
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Take the helm
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"I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich ___" ("Anchorman" quote)
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"This Is Us" actor Epps
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Walrus feature
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Ninety degrees from norte
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Elf's pointy body part
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___ salts
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Used to be
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Religion also known as "The Craft"
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The month of August has 744
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Beginning phase
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Wows
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"___ Jackson & the Olympians"
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Challah unit
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Map book
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"Same!"
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Eyelid afflictions
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Shape of some chore chart stickers
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Poetry event
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"Have it your way"
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Marine predators
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Gymnast Mary ___ Retton
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Feeling sore
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City-related
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Anoushka Shankar's instrument
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Monte Cristo meat
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Great Plains tribe
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Totally wallop in competition
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Drops the ball
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Infamous Roman emperor
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Tabloid couple
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"The Godfather" composer Rota
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Chew like a beaver
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USA Today Saturday, Jul 26, 2025 First Base
Daily Puzzle | By Winston Emmons
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