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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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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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.
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Libraries have these, and so do trees. / The government's got three. (The U.S., but not Chinese).
Verticales
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.
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!
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!")
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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?
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.