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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
  • Click the clues to move the cursor directly to the cell for that answer
  • Hold down the Shift key to enter multiple characters for rebus answers

Basic Keyboard Shortcuts

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Tab and Shift+TabMove cursor to first unfilled square of next or previous unfilled clue
Home OR EndMove cursor to the beginning or end of a clue
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Exclamation before the 10th inning
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Exclamation before the 10th inning
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Facets
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Gabriel García Márquez's "Love in the Time of ___"
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Cousin of a squadron
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Greek goddess whose namesake NASA mission plans to land the first female astronaut on the moon
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Folk song figure who is implored not to cry
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Allow
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___-ops
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High-traffic hosp. areas
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German article
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Sierra ___
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Mall stall
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Globular regalia
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Marché de ___ (French yuletide market)
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The Wicked Witch of the West, in "Wicked"
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Grammy's Album of the Year winner for 2024's "Cowboy Carter"
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Someone with a burning desire
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Uncomplicated
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Take off
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Show visible disdain
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Crazy, sexy or cool: Abbr.
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Place to buy a toy for a toy
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Boolean operators denoted by v-like symbols
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Professional in risk assessment
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"___ be my honor"
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Kid-lit character with telekinetic abilities
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"Brand New Key" singer, 1971
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Sticky stuff
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Tool to unlock most modern cars
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Perform a classic magic trick that's depicted figuratively in this grid?
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Target of a military hunt
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Heidi Klum, for one
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Birthplace of Halle Berry and Simone Biles
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Ruse
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Yarn spinner's tool
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Like plump peaches, typically
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Poker declaration
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Kinsey scale rating for someone equally attracted to men and women
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___ voce (musical notation meaning "soft voice")
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Lager alternative
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Paint sometimes made with egg yolk
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"Bearded" flower
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Uncomplicated
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Part of the Hagia Sophia with a celebrated mosaic of Mary and child
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Curve on a score
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FaceID or TouchID
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Important info for an airport pickup, informally
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What an apartment may be converted into
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Musical notes
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Mocking comments, maybe
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Never ever ever
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"You win!"
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___ America, network behind "Killing Eve"
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Sprinkled with seasoning, in Italian
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Classic arcade game in which characters can dunk at humanly impossible heights
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Poetic preposition
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Surrey town known for its salt
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Yoga pants fabric
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"Drink up!"
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Unavailable, as a doctor
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Parodia and peyote, for two
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Wear down
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Ending with Smith or Barnard
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TV series whose name is shown on a vanity license plate in its opening sequence
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Traffic cone
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Obsolescent data storage options
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Freebie at most American diners
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Country that elected its first female P.M. in 2022
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Hate, hate, hate!
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Sticky stuff
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Leatherworker's tool
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Court
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Swab
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Hullaballoo
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Prefix with -phyte
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Bigeye tuna
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Back talk
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Nemesis
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