with 9 across, a respectful response from the dressing room
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Horizontales
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with 9 across, a respectful response from the dressing room
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--
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a doughy baker's boy, in literature
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a pronoun
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"the big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for money usually costs a lot less." ~ irish writer brendan _____,
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hey, slangily
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main roads between cities, abbrev.
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a map of a song
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etched for tone
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prefix showing unity
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nonsense, in short
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the best of times, and/or the worst of times, briefly
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a mediocre response to "how was it?"
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its sign is a bouncing pinky
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music, or speckles
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a complete sentence, e.g.
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too long
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a short album
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actor pacino
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mounds made by a colony
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playful swimmer
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a good tune
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trademark
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quirky phrase
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walkman descendant
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home of the best food in austin, with rd.
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fifths of bees
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love, cutesily
Verticales
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-hee, or -shirt, or -time
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casual greeting
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@
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inapplicable, briefly
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“strength is an ___________. one cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. show me a man with a tattoo, and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.” ~jack london
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edit a photo
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a text of gratitude
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an enthusiastic yes
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___ height: the distance between a guitar’s frets and the strings
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a state of tinyness
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_ _ o k
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throw shade
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A la poupee or drypoint, for example
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paper on paper
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an unnecessarily gendered award for performers
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a switch is less without it
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how people approach wellness, in short
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a longer 27 across
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part of a mcdonald's song
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one type of doc
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you'll find it in pens, bottles, skins, screens, and some cars