Chess, for example, according to some of my less athletic friends
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Orizzontali
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Chess, for example, according to some of my less athletic friends
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One of 10 or less in a grocery store line, unless you're an asshole
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Drop and roll partner
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Let
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No more than
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Prepare a present
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Ctrl-v
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Earn
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It costs a $1.19 right now
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Tanya Weinreis: "I feel for local businesses... now facing the terriying prospect of Joe Biden."
Colbert: "I gotta say that is a tough line to sell. Who's terrified of Joe Biden, other than ___?"
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Lion lair
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The white ones far outnumber the black ones on a certain instrument
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Like a Jack-o'-lantern on Thanksgiving
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Small bit of a gig
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Remote batteries
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A ways away
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Like the trajectory of a lobbed ball
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Regarding Kimberly Guilfoyle's 6-minutes screaming at the camera, Colbert: "Her ex-husband is the governor of California, I'm guessing that wasn't an amicable split. But I think I know who was awarded custody ___."
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A butcher's knife, harpoon, or an alligator according to Homer Simpson
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Sharpened toothbrushes, perhaps
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"___ well that ends well"
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Colbert: "Wait... am I a Republican? Do they have ___ for that?"
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Irritates
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Flotsam or Jetsam, e.g., Ursula's hench-fish
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Angsty and listening to, let's say, Fall Out Boy
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Place for pigs
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Well known Italian fashion house
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Put the pedal to the metal, literally
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NNW opposite
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Colbert: "According to one campaign aid, 'Don Jr. represents the emotional center of the MAGA universe...' And it makes sense, he's like a black hole, ___."
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It's ripped to get you high
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Length times width, for a rectangle
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Ménage à ___, literally, household of three
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Liquid oxygen, for a rocket ship
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Selections of whiskeys
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Jibe
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___ and Fury, bombshell book about the Trump White House
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"Drug Abuse Resistance Education", but since that's hard to remember, how about "Drugs Are Really Expensive"
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Clarinets, oboes, and the like
Verticali
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Having a strong, pleasant taste
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Setting
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One of two whose net worth is about a quarter of a billion dollars (damn, I wish my parents put me to work on Full House as a toddler!)
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College military program, for short
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Moved one's seat up and down
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Coming out phrase, or what suspiciously many women have told me when I ask for their number
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Jacob and Edward, of Twilight fandom (I'm on Jacob's for life!!!)
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The "dumb" Trump. Jesus, what a low bar
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You know they're getting lit during the holiday season
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Like some dreams and potatoes
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A movement backward in faith
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Implement for a 32-Down
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HMO alternative (Wow, TWO options to overpay for healthcare? What a great system!)
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Brain test, abbr.
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Your not supposed to pick your own (or anyone else's, really)
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Super Bowl LII champion
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"Sure, we can enforce a ___ code, forbidding spaghetti straps and shorts that go above the mid-thigh, but how can we make the kids wear masks???": Many school principals right now
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Scary Spice, by a less frightful, less tangy name
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Offroading autos, for short
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On a boat, bitch
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Crew member?
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Profession that might claim a canary as a business expense
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Extremely
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In good shape, or attractive in British slang
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Word repeated before, "go away!"
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Like some cheese, or me after watching a shampoo commercial
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Camping necessity
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Historic symbol of communist ideology -or- Elmo, for example
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The ___ Tape, alleged piece of black mail Putin has over Trump
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Important thing to be aware of when going for the G-spot
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Take the wheel
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Full or new, for example
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Get laid
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Bolted down some white powder
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It has three of them
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A Stark from Game of Thrones
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Plead
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Eternal companion, abbr.
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Something yelled during a Ménage à 59-Across, perhaps