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◆ · By Leonard Williams · Published 2024-07-02T00:00:08.266Z

Hope you enjoy these puzzles. Read Cross-pollination at https://crosspollination.substack.com/. On Threads or X (a.k.a. Twitter), follow me @polslaw.
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  • kurtalert 🤓5:54 · 2024-07-02T15:12:55.111Z
    Good one, thanks Leonard.
    • Leonard Williams constructor · 2024-07-02T22:49:42.920Z
      Thanks for the comment. It’s great to hear from you.
    • scout 38:00 · 2024-07-02T16:28:50.746Z
      as an avid debate watcher, had a lot of fun with this one, thanks!
      • Leonard Williams constructor · 2024-07-02T22:50:57.114Z
        Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. I hope it was more fun than the debate itself.
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:57 · 2024-07-02T17:03:18.657Z
        Fun, thank you!
        • Leonard Williams constructor · 2024-07-02T22:51:33.474Z
          Thanks. I hope it was more fun than the debate itself.
          • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓3:57 · 2024-07-03T00:54:13.182Z
            That's be a low bar… I tried to watch but only lasted a couple minutes. (I keep getting reminded of this David Sedaris essay which I can't believe is from 2008…)
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        Affirmation in Acapulco
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          Affirmation in Acapulco
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          Like most debates
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          Pub portions
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          Even trade
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          Debate topic, like immigration or reproductive rights
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          "It's kinda the same ..."
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          Small burger on a small bun
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          Brand of Easter egg dye
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          ___ talk
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          A debate or a press conference, e.g.
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          Stewart of "The Daily Show"
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          Cookie often mixed with ice-cream
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          Japanese soup
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          Hotel ___
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          Stereotypical pet name, once
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          Casts aside
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          Spin room occupants
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          Competition
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          Slanders
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          Periodontist's concern
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          Alphabetic quintet
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          Guilty or not guilty, say
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          Seeds for one's "pet"
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          3-Down for "King Kong"
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          Direct competition between contestants, like a debate
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          Labor Day mo.
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          CA coppers
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          Portuguese coastal city
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          One way to get from SFO to LAX
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          Necessity for a televised debate
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          Turns off by a bad performance perhaps
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          Strand (in winter)
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          Like a debate involving direct competition
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          Place for eggs
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          Baseball Hall of Famer nicknamed "Gorgeous George"
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          "___ Out" (Pixar film)
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          MGM, e.g.
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          Crystal gazer's words
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          Cut down
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          Value of a Filipino coin
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          The D of FDR
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          Key of "1812 Overture"
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          Curly haired painter of TV fame
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          Shorthand for one who prefers platonic relationships
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          Hare competitor, in fable
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          Diplomatic understandings
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          No longer relevant, as a 16-Across
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          ___ Beach (town on the Central Coast of California)
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          Sends in, as a payment
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          Reels, for short
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          Fair or even-handed
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          Male offspring
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          Winter hours in DC
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          Awesome emoji?
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          Roma, for instance
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          "The More You Know" spot, e.g.
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          Shelter from the rain
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          Concern for a chiropractor
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          Carptenter's groove
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          Prompted
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          Raise one's spirits
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          Pumpkin seed
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          Option
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          Olympian messenger
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          One response to "Where's that pie that was in the fridge?"
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          Embellish
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          Forbidden, in Islam
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          Give consent to receive marketing emails, e.g.
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          Unwanted marketing emails
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          Actress Olin of "Chocolat" fame
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          Prefix for liberal or conservative
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          That in Toledo
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