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"The Winner Takes It All" group
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"The Winner Takes It All" group
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Buckeye State cagers
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Act like a Gloomy Gus
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Come down in buckets
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Geometry class calculation
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Acts like a Nosy Parker
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___ ape (tailless monkey of Gibraltar)
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Sword handles
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"You wouldn't dare!" response
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Singer with #1 singles in seven consecutive decades
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Fjord's relative
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Goddess often depicted holding an ankh
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Swank with two Oscars
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Inclined
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Speedy plane of the past
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Style guide listings
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Respect, in slang
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Cabins and cottages
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Strike a stance
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Drag to court
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Winter Palace occupant
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"And just like that!"
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Cook quickly
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Tesla rival
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Fresh from the oven
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Pickup part
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Glare blockers in cars
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Chestnut cousin
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Source of arrogance
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Like much folklore
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Finalize, as a comic strip
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Africa's third-longest river
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Took testimony from
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Firebird options
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Fandom focus
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Walk laboriously
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Hyphenated IDs
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"Ah, of course!"
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Text message status
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LAPD call
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Punt, e.g.
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Canyon pack animals
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"We Have the Meats" advertiser
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Affectionate touch
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NPR host Shapiro
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Leguminous plant
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"Go introduce yourself!"
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One might be utilized to diagnose a torn ACL
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Boring spot in the gulf
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Tennis great Sampras
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English class assignments
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It serves a sentence
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Wrong
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Shake off
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Dreads wearer
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Smartphone download
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Seasoned worker
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Cross-shaped letters
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Brand with a Max variant
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Good-but-not-great grade
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Texter's "Then again..."
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Man of La Mancha
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Nuanced
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Bolted down
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Visibly embarrassed
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Wind turbine parts
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Blows away
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Heptathlon septet
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Works with a shovel
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Figure with equal angles
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Maryland's state bird
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Diameter halves
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Enjoys a snowy hill
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Passes over
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Uncommonly bright
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Series installments, casually
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"Some Words With a Mummy" writer
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Banned pesticide
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WSJ Thursday, Apr 24, 2025 Just Ignore It
Daily Puzzle | By By Zhouqin Burnikel/Edited by Mike Shenk
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