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and
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OR
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with arrow keys
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and
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Move cursor to first unfilled square of next or previous unfilled clue
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ACROSS
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Percolate
5
Vodka nickname
10
Smeltery byproduct
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Hand (out)
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Pier foundations
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Too smooth-talking
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Hebrew month
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Pattern of pixels
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Metaphor for silence
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End of the Pledge
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Keep busy
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Beethoven masterwork nickname
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Brings up
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W-2 recipient
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Channel for hearings
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'80s album in the Grammy Hall of Fame
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Bedazzle
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Meat-and-potatoes
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Paid-for ink spots
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Fuel source
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College Football Live airer
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Dickinson preposition
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Hardly a tough course
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Odyssey singers
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Oral comeback
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Approximate miles in Earth's diameter
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Word on maps near Juarez
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More than ready
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Not taken in by
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Direction opposite moonset
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Bring to bear
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Cold feet
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"Not so fast!"
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Betsey portrayer in 2019's ...David Copperfield
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Spill it, with "up"
DOWN
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Two-sharp scale
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Downsize
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Mississippi's source
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Unsettle
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Barbecue entree advisory
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"Pencils down"
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Norway's patron saint
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Big name in bricks
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River through the French Alps
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"Too bad, almost!"
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Literary land of the little
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Emulating
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Locker locale
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__ facto
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Structure on Missouri's quarters
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Evita dwelling
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Art sch. course
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Pointless
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Vertical part of a stairway
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Throw barbs (at)
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Pinch hitter's reward
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Ft. Worth campus
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Ancient history study
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"Now, where __?"
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Brown glaze for scones
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The least bit
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Breathing space
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Fare schedule
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Represent falsely
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Water in Florida's state song
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Meddlesome people
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Spirited feelings
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Sleep on it
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Ventricle outlet
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Fleet vehicle
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Head and Shoulders alternative
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Camels in quantity
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Service seating
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"What a relief!"
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Newsday Friday, Jun 13, 2025 OMNIVOWEL ACROSSES
Daily Puzzle | By Billie Truitt, edited by Stanley Newman
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