I can't believe I didn't realize that when I made it! I love "O Pioneers!" so much (the seed to this) and have been torn on reading "My Antonia" since I feel there's no way it could live up to it!
seanm 🤓8:19 · 2021-03-25T04:35:56.401Z
O yes, so fun. Appreciated the Full House reference!
Only four-letter word in title of novel whose second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
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Horizontales
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Only four-letter word in title of novel whose second line is "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness"
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It was first introduced by the American Ever Ready Comp. in 1911
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Amenable (to)
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What I do at Target ("SPEND MORE THAN I SHOULD" does not fit)
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1913 Willa Cather novel whose first edition proclaims it a "stirring romance of the Western prairies"
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Give out your address?
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It was originally composed in 1880 for that year's Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony
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Food in Spanish that is 16-Down with a letter doubled
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"You think my efforts will prevent me from doing this? Just watch!"
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Some watch displays, briefly
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___ list
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A famous one was joyful
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Last year, we got some flurries in late April - and that's ___ joke!
Verticales
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In addition
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Type of download whose name can be found within FLAPPY BIRD (there's a throwback!)
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Island chain?
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His first solo album was 1974's "Here Comes the Warm Jets"
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Up
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I don't know much about arteries - ___ learn more
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Part of a church that is a homophone with the plural of 2-Down
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"Que ___ ___ (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"
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Gems from a pitcher (Nolan Ryan threw seven!!)
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Reacted to fireworks - or a very awesome crossword puzzle
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The Drifters founder McPhatter who shaped early doo-wop and R&B
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Some are pale
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It was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1936
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Third-person singular possessive
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___ game (not one I'd play)
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"Remember when my friend and I each read half of Much ___ About Nothing for school?" "Yeah, she read Much ___ and you read Nothing" ("Full House" quip)