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· By Hydrologist Guy · Published 2024-06-15T10:55:12.111Z

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  • Jessica 🤓2:27 · 2024-09-14T04:06:20.224Z
    I like your cryptic puzzles, thanks.
    1A
    This is a grouping of facial whiskers. As two words, it's what you said / After watching your friend hit his head with a hammer. (You said it as you pointed to his head.)
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    1. 1A
      This is a grouping of facial whiskers. As two words, it's what you said / After watching your friend hit his head with a hammer. (You said it as you pointed to his head.)
    2. 6A
      It's a crisis, a dire "sitch"! You must act NOW; you have no choice! / You can hear the sound of "urgency" when you give the word your voice.
    3. 7A
      Libraries have these, and so do trees. / The government's got three. (The U.S., but not Chinese).
    Down
    1. 1D
      At this contest rife with running races, / You'll see many unfamiliar faces. / You'll do this to them. Makes sense because / The contest has the name it does.
    2. 2D
      This word describes an asparagus bit -- a vegetable, you can't refute. / Ah, but if you remove the very first letter, the word will bear some fruit!
    3. 3D
      This unreactive gas can't be called rare; it's one of the most prevalent by far. / It's the third most common gas that we breathe. (As a pirate would say, "Ar!")
    4. 4D
      A guess that is borne of intuition alone -- after indistinct thoughts stew and cook. / If you come up with this guess behind Notre Dame, perhaps you could write a book?
    5. 5D
      Insert a space inside this word that refers to spoken votes. / You'll get a two-word phrase for what a given one connotes.
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