"Yeah he brought me gifts and told me these stories but said he couldn't be with me because of ""the sea""" (Looking Glass)
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Across
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"Yeah he brought me gifts and told me these stories but said he couldn't be with me because of ""the sea""" (Looking Glass)
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Swedish vodka brand that's almost the best?
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Helpful hint
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Abbr. after a hot take
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Spine-tingling video genre
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"He's like "i'm only 17, i don't know anything" and then he's like "slept next to her but I dreamt of you" so wtf am I supposed to do with that???" (Taylor Swift)
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Coveted flower on "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette"
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Beauty company that apparently is not named for a Greek goddess but stands for "evolution of smooth"
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They're always asking what's wrong with you (Abbr.)
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Story before the story that comes after the story
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"He told me i'm "not the girl for him" and then started hitting on my mom, woowwwwww cool cool ok" (Fountains Of Wayne)
Down
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Upside-down mammal
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Baseball stat
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Venomous snake
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"A complete sentence," per Shonda Rhimes
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Like somebody who's almost nobody?
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"Delish!"
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Sci-fi imprint that publishes Martha Wells and Becky Chambers
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Did something amazing, in slang
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Unrefined person, like a wild pig (but not quite)
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This clue has two
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Cred
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___ Lipa Year (missed opportunity to exploit 2024's calendar, 10-Across)