In the beginning, our protagonist was brought into this short life. (Not a pretty picture.)
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In the beginning, our protagonist was brought into this short life. (Not a pretty picture.)
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Then he was ceremonially given a name. The rite of name-giving is too long for the grid, so I agilely continued it around the corner at 10D
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Until
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Holy French woman (not an abbreviation for a change
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"It sounds like you are residing on Hear Ave." "Look again, I live on ___ __."
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Baltimore's st.
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Not off
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Where a 15A works
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giggle, I'm such a wit
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Overhang
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So I was going to clue this entry "Irish Pop" but I thought I'd peek at Crosshare suggestions. And I saw this: ""Mikey has a puzzle on an indie site / Something something solver is a fan / Mikey says to solver, 'Do you like the clues?' / And solvers sing this as they solve throughout the land / Ob-la-di, ob-la-___ / Puzz goes on, brah / La-la, how the grids go on.." Oh, that Mikey! He cracks me up.
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At midlife he got wed, but ruefully his life is to take a downward turn
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___fix meaning "before"
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He away and got sick bringing us to the beginning of the end
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Letter addendum
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In Mexico the other Norwegian river
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Give in to gravity
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@
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Dorm supervisor
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If that long running sketch show wasn't at night and .... (okay, clue writing fatigue has set in.)
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The next day his ailment did not improve; which is a generous way of saying he was at death's door
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Pertaining to the musician who returned from the underworld
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Basilica section
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Ultimately, his corpse was interred bringing our story to a nice and inevitable end
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Penultimately, bad news not to be outdone, found he had ceased living
Down
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Transported by a vehicle designed for the purpose of transporting people
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Culture Made Stupid says as a money-saving tip you should go to this rather than the ballet as this will often include a ballet but a ballet will never include this
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Hwy. No.
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Tucker, grub
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Programming discipline
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Overact
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Addition to a bill
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Not out
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Major appliance for cooking
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see 5A
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Musical speeds
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Some nobles
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Yikes! A computer is trying to write my essay and .... the pointless, inane, vapid veribiage..... sheesh
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Concerning legal rules of conduct....
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After Bull A gored the matador that brought out ____ _
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Pport in Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido
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Choice conjunction
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Maker of whole grain cereals that I had never heard of; the name evokes buckwheat but with the final letter changed
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Out of date
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Horse with attitude
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Egg on
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Claim a meta is easy and you're sure to get it if you just give it a little time
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NY engineering school
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Spin doctors field
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Audio medium (perhaps the last physical one?)
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