Loved it! (On 27A, sharks get the attention, but apparently snails have even more — a garden snail has about 14,000, while others can have over 20,000!)
Noah G 🤓17:05 · 2024-09-27T16:25:41.963Z
Wow. Awesome puzzle. Kept me on my toes. Loved it!!!
French farewell which implies a more permanent parting than "au revoir"
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French farewell which implies a more permanent parting than "au revoir"
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Pet who may be prone to hairballs
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Popular (if not particularly privacy-focused) alternative to Outlook
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"___ my watch!"
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First of a Latin trio
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Bald bird
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Odette, in a 1994 animated musical film
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___-I-Am (Seussian character who seems oddly hyperfocused on getting people to eat things they don't want)
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Stun
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Enzyme ending
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Scourge of the New York City Subway
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Ergonomic kitchen brand
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Sun Devils' sch.
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Mufasa or Simba (although not at the same time)
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What necessitated Noah's Ark
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Diagnostic tool
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Crest competitor
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Outback hopper, for short
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Gimlet ingredient
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Certain turkey
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Best
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___-62-Down (common soccer score)
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One of three in an octopus
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Cursed amphibian in a German fairytale
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Like Yale's undergraduate program since 1969
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Planet which may, at one point, have been home to microorganisms
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Takes, as a cuckoo does another bird's eggs
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Tried to get elected to
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"Realm" to which 6-Across, 16-Across, 23-Across, 38-Across, 40-Across, 1-Down, 8-Down, and 58-Down all belong... and which is presumably ruled over by 17-, 27-, and 47-Across
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Proto-___-European (proposed linguistic ancestor)
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"Take It to the ___" (1970s hit song)
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Depend (on)
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Very brightly colored
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Quotidian
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Brand in the freezer aisle
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Qatar's capital
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Tabloid couple
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Aurora's Greek counterpart
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Like a car in need of a shine
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Accessory for Mr. Peanut
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Roadie's responsibility
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Endangered antelope (add a letter at the end to get a synagogue scroll)
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"That's All" band
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Big ___ (fast food staple invented in Pittsburgh in 1967)
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Golden ___ (one getting on in life)
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Ingrid's "Casablanca" role
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"___ we forget..."
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Bad way to go?
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Swedish footballer Alexander who plays for Newcastle United
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"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"
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Duke rival: Abbr.
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One of about... um... 50? 100? 500? 1000? - just a really staggeringly large amount and they're constantly falling out and growing back - in the mouth of a shark