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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

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ShortcutDescription
Letter / NumberFill in current cell and advance cursor to next unfilled cell in the same word, if any
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Tab and Shift+TabMove cursor to first unfilled square of next or previous unfilled clue
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Open a __ worms
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Water faucet
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Beer, slangily
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Climate-changing current
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Sound of little feet
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Perfumery staple
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Macbeth prop
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Any system's esoterica
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Welcomes warmly
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__ de Janeiro
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Marshlands
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Dudes
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Stinging insect
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Tweak, as manuscripts
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Christmas song
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Windblown pile of snow
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Vine-covered
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"And another thing..."
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Treasure Island monogram
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Acquisition
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Ladybug, e.g.
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Angry dispute
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Former Asian political demarcation
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Loosen, as laces
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Common blood type, briefly
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__ the side of caution
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Henry Ford contemporary
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Meeting outline
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E pluribus __
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Invites
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Go out with
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Generous severance package
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More, in Mexico
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Balkan native
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Relate
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Upper limits
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Skilled
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Bit of antiquity
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Buzzers in the air
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Romulus' twin
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Prim and proper person
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Topographical details
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Bygone office copies
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Painter Gauguin
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Sharp knock
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Newbie
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"Moving right __..."
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Baking amts.
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Director Kazan
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Big Apple's Arthur __ Stadium
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Pompous person
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Multiple choice quartet
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Rugged cliff
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Be positioned
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G major analog
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Urban race participant
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"Hakuna __" (Lion King song)
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Georgia neighbor
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Equally scarce
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Attached by pressurized heat
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"We'd better skip it"
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Quaint pet name
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Weaver in rattan
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County north of Limerick
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Divine guardian
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Austin Powers' father
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About 900,000 grams
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Renounced under oath
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Corkscrew shapes
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High anxiety
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"Not to worry"
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Volkswagen compact sedan
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UK lexicon
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Nutritionally not kosher
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'70s German chancellor
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Martini's partner
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Nationality suffix
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James __ Space Telescope
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Skyrocket
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Metric prefix
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Travails
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Boundary-pushing
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Steakhouse serving
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See-through dessert
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Dutch cheese
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Large family
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Stadium level
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"Are you __ out?"
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Refuse to approve
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Slanted letters, for short
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Skip over vocally
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Jam-packed
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Pastel hue
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Anatomical air bag
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Quench fully
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Rubber gasket
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Prepare for a road trip
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Baloney
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Second chances
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Beethoven's German birthplace
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Prophet
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British blackjack
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City south of Denver
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Tips off
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See 90-Down
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First-born Beatle
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Sketched
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Challenge authority
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Taproom choices
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Put forth
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Underground molten rock
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Bring to __ (start bubbling)
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Sports replay speed
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Noncommittal reply
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Sierra Club cofounder
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"It will come __ surprise..."
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Genesis paradise
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AOL and rivals
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British 28-Across
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Timeworn
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With 63-Down, meditation accessory
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Overthrow
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Extremely prevalent
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Sports arbiter
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Larynx location
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Vegetable soup morsel
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Capital of Eritrea
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Hapless person
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__ nerve (funny-bone part)
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TV chef Guy
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Foolish
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Helicopter blade
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Part of many an urban bus system name
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Clooney married to George
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Hay bundle
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Ending meaning "ruler"
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Bits of paint
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Diploma recipient
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Color close to beige
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Do something with
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Daily Puzzle | By Billie Truitt, edited by Stanley Newman
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