You may have to go on it if the speaker of 29-Across catches you eating its homophone
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Across
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You may have to go on it if the speaker of 29-Across catches you eating its homophone
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Mushrooms may marveously masquerade as this
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Paper ones are apt mid-February decor
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"One could say that..."
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Some chilled, non-monstrous coolers
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How "you look," in Lyons
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"____ Off," per Bogdanovich
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Lessened the impact of
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The "Moonlight ____" was never called as such by its composer
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In song, it "saw me standing alone / without a dream in my heart." At a bar, it might quench said loneliness (with a touch of citrus, to boot)
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Aware of
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Declaration by someone who's seen how the sausage gets made (or who's seen a factory farm)
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Non-aquatic surfing venue
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"Brief Encounter" director
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On YouTube, the queen to Quan's don
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Measurement needed for sewing a bodice
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"In olden days, a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking / But now, god knows / Anything ____"
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Arise
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A "seen"-but-unanswered double- or triple-____ might arouse anxiety in a sender; an ur-____ might arouse curiousity in a scholar
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Egyptian deity who assisted in protecting mothers, children, and childbearth (and doubling the sole vowel transforms this into a stinging swarm)
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Surgery that opens up the ol' noggin (well, the skull, at least)
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Papyrus is a much-derided one
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It's on the edge of town, per the Boss
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Whistling one is fine, but you might need to get some rhythm, too (if you get the blues)
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A mineral that nat'rally looks lite-ly spiky (for the Greek etymologists out there, it's made of soda and stone)
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"2001: A Space Odyssey"'s introduces the monolith (var.)
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Like the dawn, from the Roman goddess of daybreak
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A snowy city—that sounds like a Grecian goddess
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Split ___: shots well-utilized by dePalma
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Alternatives to pilsners or ales
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Redhead associated with Green Gables
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Direction that sounds (mostly) like a music fest
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Celtic sea god whose name resembles old Italian coins, minus a vowel
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A type of flower or sea-plant whose name means "daughter of the wind"
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Fatally unsuccessful French dividing line
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The only thing you need to succeed in America...riiiiight?
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Strategies that "Big Brother" contestants start considering as the competition whittles down
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Where much of "Moby Dick" takes place
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A treaty that prohibits nuclear explosions or experiments, for short
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Those for whom Holi is holy
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Leave it at the door...
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...unless you're this boxer, who had the right to say he was The Greatest
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Nickname for "His Girl Friday" star Russell, perhaps
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One of ten items to put down, to show loyalty to a Zoomer
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The sounds of silence? No—the sound of snakes!
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Near-homophone for another divine 4-across substitute (and prince of 48-across)
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Nickname for "Crocodile Rock" singer, perhaps
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Eating a devil's food cake may feel like one
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Graceful heron variety
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Medical tool for looking into that aforementioned noggin
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Likely-exctinct Hawaiian honeyeater birds—or, phonetically, the sounds you might make if you somehow got the chance to see them
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CIA forerunner that included John Ford and Sterling Hayden as assets
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Like a tryst with no expectations (or an acronym for one of the two 2011 rom coms featuring a star hot from "Black Swan" about such a romantic situation)
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"Mangia!" in Massachusetts
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Pink and purple flower, or its protein-packed bean
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"What, you don't like this shipment of two-story beds?" "Yeah, it's a load'a ___"
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Item for a lapidarist
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The title of the late-'00s rom com "Definitely Maybe" is one
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The highest common factor that exactly divides two or more numbers: abbr.
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The Victorian one saw the wide-spread use of placing 8-across on greeting cards
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With an appropriate accent mark, title role for Blanchett
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Deep-fried tortilla topped with the good stuff—a tlayuda, or Oaxacan Pizza, counts as one
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Itty-bitty shoesies (var.)
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Attracts in a heart-softening way
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What my bedroom was in high school (and college, and my twenties...)
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Alternate spelling for the Celtic god of love, youth, the summer, and poetry
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Employer of the protagonist of the early-'10s rom com "She's Out of My League"
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Drop a pick-up line, say
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Take 47-down to the next level, without making a whole to-do about it
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The current, crumbling state of a place erected to honor the loves and gods of old (who we've gotten to know quite a bit throughout this puzzle!)
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They could be satin and flouncy or flannel and button-up; either way, they're cozy
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Bad thing for a car tire or a relationship to be in
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One half of the duo behind "Double Fantasy"
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Basic monetary unit of Romania; a 'B' at the front turns it into a basic color unit for Luxembourg or Djibouti
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The answer's singular, but a bunch of these make for a heart-healthy, fiber-rich breakfast
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Its capital is SYD
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Cathy Enright 1:31:47 · 3 days ago
This was so so coooool!! I hope you make more. It challenged me a LOT! And I needed to use the web to help so I probably cheated. Oops! But, I wanted to solve it, and I feel like I will get better this way. Such clever clues Megan! You have a gift!