MEANING OF THE THEMERS: HU[-mantis]SUE, I[-wasp]ETRIFIED, GIZ[-moth]WOMP, CEL[-tick]NOT, STI[-flea]YAWN, TO[-bee]XACT, DOYOUW[-earwig]S, BURNIN[-grub]BER, and IC[-ant]ELL
If you call glasses these, you're honestly just asking to be called a nerd. I don't make the rules
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Orizzontali
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If you call glasses these, you're honestly just asking to be called a nerd. I don't make the rules
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Take part in a play, or a part in a play
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Refractive item that splits Raven into the five parts of her personality in the "Teen Titans GO!" episode "Some Of Their Parts"
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*Bodily organ material without a prayer?
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Would it not make more sense if it were "moo ___ beef" since it has "moo" in the name
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"Yo", formally
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And what follows, shortly
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*How Gloria Gaynor describes her reaction to a yellow jacket flying off?
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Participate in a Q&A
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"HEY! EVERYONE AT THIS SPORTING EVENT! I AM A FUCKING PATRIOT!!!"
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Regret, as Tom Cardy might after eating a big breakfast (this is a callback)
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Legendary
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*Prolific Something Different constructor letting a butterfly out of his stomach?
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*Interlocking symbol that isn't tied up with a parasite in its hair?
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Indigenous tribe's land, informally
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Gym ___ (exercise nuts)
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Fried Italian entrée that originates from STL (hey norah this one's for you)
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Wriggler wrangler
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"shut up shut up shuT UP STOP TALKINGGGG"
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*Hold back one's boredom while holding back a pet irritant?
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Rita whose "Praising You" was produced by Fatboy Slim
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Actor and martial artist who played The Emperor in the live-action "Mulan"
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Mid
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Chew (on)
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Prefix for "J" or "pop"
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*Words that specify buzzing off?
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*Interview question to Elijah Wood about exterminating a nocturnal vermin?
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Saucer
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"I'm Sooo Swamped!" nail polish brand
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Tranquility
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MLA formatting alternative
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*Peeling off an insect larva when peeling off?
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Medication that John Mulaney attempted to get a prescription for by claiming he sometimes gets nervous on airplanes
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Trombone sounds heard in Jacob Mann Big Band's "Don't Fly Spirit"
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"What's In My ___?" (YouTube series where musicians and other celebrities shop at Amoeba Records)
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*It's obvious when a colony member isn't involved?
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Neil Cicierega song that has such genre tags as Yodeling and Jingles on rateyourmusic.com
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You probably have lived through more than I have (Abbr.)
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Champ-___ (singular Parisian avenue (look with this many themers sometimes you have to make compromises (it's also just a variant spelling of a name but nobody is named this)))
Verticali
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African butter variety
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Places
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Notable Lil Pump ad-lib
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On line?
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One of many on a reversible pillow displaying Nicolas Cage's face, perhaps
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Continent.
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One who tries too hard with their aesthetic, in gen Z slang that I've never heard anyone use
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Former Rwandan people
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Character that the golden ratio is often written as
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Kept, as thawed meat
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Bone that sounds like a Lil Wayne song if you move the last syllable to the front
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Zonk out
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Ban or mute someone, say
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Foldable Motorola
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YouTuber Tom or Wozniak
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"thx" counterpart
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Band with such songs as "Ocean Man", "The Fucked Jam", and "Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)"
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It goes with went
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Some upper arm muscles, to exercise nuts
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"Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)" rap duo, to fans