1: Accept the first autofill Crosshare spits out. 2: Notice a preponderance of proper names. 3: Write bad clues that 9-Across multiple entries. 4: Hit "Publish" while shouting "Sorry, honey, it's Thursday!"
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Orizzontali
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1: Accept the first autofill Crosshare spits out. 2: Notice a preponderance of proper names. 3: Write bad clues that 9-Across multiple entries. 4: Hit "Publish" while shouting "Sorry, honey, it's Thursday!"
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Pianist Claudio who was as skilled at interpreting the Classical and Romantic repertoire as 5-Down Sontag was at interpreting the thorny metaphors surrounding illness in American society
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6-Across, 1-Down and 3-Down, but not 8-Across, 4-Down or 5-Down
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Nickname for a former First Lady of the country bordering Claudio 6-Across's native Chile
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When NBC made Lisa Kudrow's "Friends" and "Mad About You" characters twins, e.g.
Verticali
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Bob of "Full House" who was the Bert to Dave Coulier's 3-Down
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Roman fountain that I can't find any evidence of comedian Bob 1-Down ever visiting, but who knows, maybe he did
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Muppet who might have sung "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" as a duet with 4-Down LuPone, if 4-Down LuPone had ever appeared on "Sesame Street"
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LuPone who sang the title role in the original Broadway run of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "8-Across"
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Essayist Sontag who was a fountain of insights, like Rome's famous 2-Down Fountain