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Nightclubs Crossword Clue
Answer: CABARETS
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Darkly gloomy Crossword Clue
Answer: SOMBER
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Words on a Valentine Crossword Clue
Answer: ILOVEYOU
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Speak highly of Crossword Clue
Answer: PRAISE
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They may be marked with x’s Crossword Clue
Answer: ALGEBRAPROBLEMS
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Feel bad about Crossword Clue
Answer: RUE
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Peach center Crossword Clue
Answer: PIT
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Worry Crossword Clue
Answer: FRET
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Sings like Ella Fitzgerald Crossword Clue
Answer: SCATS
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Sun Bowl setting Crossword Clue
Answer: ELPASO
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Dishonorable fellows Crossword Clue
Answer: CADS
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Burden for an ant Crossword Clue
Answer: BREADCRUMB
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Paris pal Crossword Clue
Answer: AMI
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Back end Crossword Clue
Answer: REAR
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Drive forward Crossword Clue
Answer: IMPEL
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Checkers side Crossword Clue
Answer: RED
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Mag. workers Crossword Clue
Answer: EDS
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Rock’s ___ Leppard Crossword Clue
Answer: DEF
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Disconcert Crossword Clue
Answer: ABASH
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“The Persistence of Memory” painter Crossword Clue
Answer: DALI
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Shade source Crossword Clue
Answer: ELM
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Witnesses to an event Crossword Clue
Answer: BYSTANDERS
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Word on an octagon Crossword Clue
Answer: STOP
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Flutist’s neighbor, in an orchestra Crossword Clue
Answer: OBOIST
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Classroom challenges Crossword Clue
Answer: TESTS
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River of Spain Crossword Clue
Answer: EBRO
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AND, OR or NOT, in mathematical logic Crossword Clue
Answer: BOOLEANOPERATOR
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Having more customers, say Crossword Clue
Answer: BUSIER
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Oscar nominee for “Tootsie” Crossword Clue
Answer: TERIGARR
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Coldly determined Crossword Clue
Answer: STEELY
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Keyboard key, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme Crossword Clue
Answer: SPACEBAR
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Spying org. Crossword Clue
Answer: CIA
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Marshy area Crossword Clue
Answer: BOG
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Turns aside Crossword Clue
Answer: AVERTS
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Jane of English literature Crossword Clue
Answer: EYRE
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One ___customer Crossword Clue
Answer: TOA
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More limber Crossword Clue
Answer: SUPPLER
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On-air campaign expense Crossword Clue
Answer: SPOTAD
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Ball Crossword Clue
Answer: ORB
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Shape badly Crossword Clue
Answer: MALFORM
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Support for a casket Crossword Clue
Answer: BIER
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Farmer Hoggett’s wife, in “Babe” Crossword Clue
Answer: ESME
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Take a breather Crossword Clue
Answer: REST
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Kelly of morning TV Crossword Clue
Answer: RIPA
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Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt Crossword Clue
Answer: SCARAB
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Managed to acquire Crossword Clue
Answer: CAMEBY
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Maker of Samba sneakers Crossword Clue
Answer: ADIDAS
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Important times Crossword Clue
Answer: ERAS
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Genre for Ursula K. Le Guin Crossword Clue
Answer: SCIFI
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Dream location Crossword Clue
Answer: BED
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Sports shockers Crossword Clue
Answer: UPSETS
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Cabernet sauvignon alternative Crossword Clue
Answer: MERLOT
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Zeppelins’ kin Crossword Clue
Answer: BLIMPS
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Amy Winehouse song Crossword Clue
Answer: REHAB
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Move swiftly Crossword Clue
Answer: DART
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Golfer Ernie Crossword Clue
Answer: ELS
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Police informer, informally Crossword Clue
Answer: STOOLIE
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Tyrants Crossword Clue
Answer: DESPOTS
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Official witness Crossword Clue
Answer: NOTARY
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Songstress Celine Crossword Clue
Answer: DION
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Smelly flow Crossword Clue
Answer: SEWAGE
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Shaped like a doughnut Crossword Clue
Answer: TORIC
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Recedes Crossword Clue
Answer: EBBS
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Boxing ring event Crossword Clue
Answer: BOUT
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Flower on a Valentine Crossword Clue
Answer: ROSE
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Designer Wang Crossword Clue
Answer: VERA
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Vitality Crossword Clue
Answer: PEP
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Key beside Q Crossword Clue
Answer: TAB
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British singer Rita Crossword Clue
Answer: ORA
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Basic education trio, humorously Crossword Clue
Answer: RRR
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