| Bad conversationalist | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tedious person | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            22 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Very dull person (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            19 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            19 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            05 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Universal | 
            16 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            02 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Calibre is a nuisance (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            02 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
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            | Severn ____, tidal surge | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            11 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting person | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tire through tedium | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tolerated | 
            Commuter | 
            28 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing, like a lengthy lecture | 
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            | Tiresome speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Do some drilling | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Make yawn, say | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fail to engage | 
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            | Tiresome nuisance (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            26 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Dull person to talk to at a party | 
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            | Put up with a dull conversationalist (4) | 
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            | Tediously dull person (4) | 
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            | Yawn inducer, like a lecture | 
             | 
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            | The tedious fellow gives you a wave (4) | 
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            | What the Severn has, and maybe the Ebro | 
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            | Total snoozefest (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            20 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Be carrying, or carried (4) | 
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            | Induce a yawn, say | 
             | 
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            | Tiresome person | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Use the drill, nuisance though it is (4) | 
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            | Very dull person (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            22 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Make hole in (4) | 
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            | Cut a circular hole | 
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            | Real snoozer | 
            Universal | 
            15 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Evoke yawns from your audience | 
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            | Produced, as a fruit | 
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            | His tediousness, one put up with | 
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            | To drill is a tedious thing (4) | 
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            | Does he make holes in one's interest? (4) | 
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            | Calibre of a firearm (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            26 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pierce is tedious person | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Someone who puts their audience to sleep | 
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            | Be dull | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Total snoozefest (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            12 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Dullard | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
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            | Dullard, pig by the sound of it? | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            19 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing, like a lengthy lecture | 
             | 
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            | Drill tedious person (4) | 
             | 
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            | Make people yawn | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill for gold and be about to get it (4) | 
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            | Drill is a nuisance! (4) | 
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            | Annoy with tediousness | 
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            | Put up with an awful nuisance (4) | 
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            | Tolerated pain in the neck | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            09 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person one put up with (4) | 
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            | Put to sleep, in a way | 
            Universal | 
            04 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Dull person gives wave | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            03 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tedious person | 
            Commuter | 
            03 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            03 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | The tedious fellow gives us a wave (4) | 
             | 
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            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
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            | Tolerated | 
            Commuter | 
            21 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer, like a lecture | 
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            | A little comb or electric drill | 
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            | Drip … or drill | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Endured tiresome individual eager to get well? | 
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            | Dull speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tunnel (into) | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Dull person using drill (4) | 
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            | Person who's not the life of the party | 
            Universal | 
            28 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting person | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Someone who's no fun to talk to | 
             | 
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            | Carried, though it's a nuisance (4) | 
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            | Tedious person who carried a child (4) | 
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            | Prove tedious (4) | 
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            | Carried it along to make a hole (4) | 
             | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
            Universal | 
            03 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill holes | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            31 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tire puncture (4) | 
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            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
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            | Produced a tidal wave (4) | 
             | 
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            | Wild pig was a bit of a yawn, we hear (4) | 
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            | Make one yawn | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            27 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Dull person in tunnel | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            27 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill down (4) | 
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            | Uninteresting person | 
            Commuter | 
            18 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put up with tedious person | 
             | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tunnel (through) | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person giving wave | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            06 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            06 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Or be content with such water. Well! (4) | 
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            | Drill | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            29 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            29 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gave birth to a drill hole (4) | 
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            | Gave birth to - drill hole (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            28 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome talker | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tedious sort | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            14 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Make someone yawn | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person | 
            Commuter | 
            09 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome nuisance (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gave birth? What a drag! (4) | 
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            | To use drill may prove tedious (4) | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Real snooze | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cause people to yawn | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Manage to get through a tidal wave (4) | 
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            | Does one make holes in one's interest? (4) | 
             | 
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            | Tire, weary (4) | 
             | 
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            | Make yawn | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tolerated tedious person (4) | 
             | 
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            | Carried drill (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 
            01 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill hole | 
             | 
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            | Put up with a pain in the neck (4) | 
             | 
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            | Tolerated drill | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            29 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tidal flood can be a bit of a yawn (4) | 
             | 
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            | Wearisome talker (4) | 
             | 
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            | Speaker with nothing interesting to say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dull & tedious person | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting person | 
            Commuter | 
            10 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cause of yawns? | 
             | 
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            | Sounds like pig is a nuisance | 
             | 
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            | Uninteresting person | 
            Commuter | 
            24 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Severn ___, surge wave in south-west England | 
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            | Apt rhyme of "chore" and "snore" | 
            Universal | 
            13 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tedious fellow | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fail to amuse | 
             | 
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            | Make a hole in, though it's a nuisance (4) | 
             | 
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            | Tedious individual (4) | 
             | 
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            | Stood up to drill (4) | 
             | 
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            | Stomached | 
            Commuter | 
            11 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Endured tidal wave rushing up a narrow estuary (4) | 
             | 
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            | Cause of some nodding | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Someone who just won't stop talking | 
             | 
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            | Make a hole in a tattered robe (4) | 
             | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Drill (a hole) | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            27 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drill (into) | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | No excitement, thanks to the writer? (4) | 
             | 
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            | Give birth to a child | 
             | 
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            | Uninteresting person | 
            Commuter | 
            17 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pierce to make a hole | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing, like a lengthy lecture | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest or yawn-inducer, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Go through a tidal flood (4) | 
             | 
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            | Well, he won't offer much interest (4) | 
             | 
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            | Person no one wants to listen to | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Suffered pain in the neck | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Dull or uninteresting person, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snoozer of a speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | A tidal wave; a tedious or tiresome person or thing; or, a gun's calibre (4) | 
             | 
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            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
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            | Not-very-fun person | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting lecture, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snooze | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Drill for tedious person (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cause sleepiness, in a way | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Dig someone who's tiresome (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Unexciting person | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Total snoozefest | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            24 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing talk | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            31 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Drill carried | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            27 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Snoozer | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Person who makes you yawn | 
            Universal | 
            16 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sleep-inducing talker, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One who might make you yawn, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Endured | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducing, say (anagram of "robe") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep with a lecture, say | 
            Universal | 
            30 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Yawn producer | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ho-hum thing | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            09 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave birth to | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Hardly the life of the party | 
            Universal | 
            07 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Induce a yawn, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Person who'll make you yawn | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Induce a yawn, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Really monotonous lecture, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting person | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawner | 
            Universal | 
            02 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Person that's dull company, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tedious person; drill | 
            The Times Concise | 
            15 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting sort | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Make yawn | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tedious sort | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cause of yawns? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Assumed to be tedious person | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            16 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Drill (into) | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fail to entertain | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Make a hole in second rock that may hold gold | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            31 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Drip | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Be obnoxiously repetitious? Extremely, initially | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            04 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Leave yawning | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tedious person | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Produced, as fruit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tolerated swine in conversation | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            27 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fail to interest | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Drill jade | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            19 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep, so to speak | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Make weary | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            08 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
            Universal | 
            03 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Far from being the life of the party | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tedious fellow | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            23 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Universal | 
            21 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tedious speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Deliver a dull speech to, say | 
            Universal | 
            21 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Make holes | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Make yawn, say | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Diameter of a tube or gun barrel | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            06 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest or yawn-inducer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Wild animal said to be nuisance | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            15 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Inside diameter of a pistol | 
            Family Time | 
            11 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tidal flood | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            10 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tidal river wave | 
            The Times Concise | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Dull movie, say | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Dull movie, say | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome one | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fail to excite | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Made a deep, round hole | 
            Family Time | 
            29 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Make yawn, perhaps | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tedious sort | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            23 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Drill (into) | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tedious sort | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Cause to yawn | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Make yawn | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Put up with pain in the neck  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiresome sort giving wave | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            23 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting person | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Put through tedium | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Induce yawning | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drill holes | 
            Family Time | 
            08 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Cause of yawns? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snooze inducer | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Snooze inducer | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiresome speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Dull person | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Windbag, say | 
            Universal | 
            26 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Religious graduate hides hole in wet blanket | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            23 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Wearisome speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Make people yawn | 
            Family Time | 
            04 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tedious person gives wave | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            07 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Drill | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            07 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tedious person | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Put up with drill  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snoozer | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Stuck first of borrowed money in Oslo  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Induce a yawn, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Unfortunate neighbor at a dinner party | 
            Universal | 
            08 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Cause to yawn | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Dull person in tunnel | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            29 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting sort | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Move to tears, say? | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Wave, one that may be crashing?  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Use a drill | 
            Universal | 
            26 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Put up with someone hard to put up with  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cause extensive yawning | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | One who makes you yawn | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sleep-inducing pill? | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Induce a yawn with dull talk | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dull company | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person gives wave | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            06 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-evoking person | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Soldiers stand around for drill  | 
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            | Snoozer of a speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ someone to tears | 
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            | ___ someone to tears | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Produced, as fruit | 
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            | Tedious sort | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tedious speaker | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Drill into wood | 
            Family Time | 
            09 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | One eliciting yawns | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | One eliciting yawns | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Cause of some nodding | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Cause of some nodding | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Drag | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sleep-inducer? | 
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            | Make a tunnel | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            02 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Fast-running water: such a tedious thing | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            25 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Put up with irritating person  | 
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            | Monotone lecturer, say | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tedious fellow | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Male animal on air is weary | 
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            | Tedious person; steep wave | 
            The Times Concise | 
            06 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing sort | 
            USA Today | 
            27 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Make a tunnel | 
            Jonesin | 
            21 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Causing yawning | 
            Family Time | 
            13 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Drag | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Drag | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bother about robe  | 
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            | I go on live to be probed by old Republican  | 
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            | Party pooper | 
            The Washington Post | 
            22 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Party pooper | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Yawner | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Cause to yawn | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tedious person | 
            Universal | 
            26 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Party pooper | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Yawner | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | ''Feats in mouth'' person, per Henry Ford | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tedious talker | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Induce a yawn with dull talk | 
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            | Tedious person | 
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            | Yawner | 
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            | Tedious talker | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
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            | Make a tunnel | 
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            | Party pooper | 
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            | Monotone lecturer, say | 
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            | Yawn-inducing sort | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
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            | Yawner | 
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            | Cause of some nodding | 
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            | Drag | 
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            | Drag | 
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            | One eliciting yawns | 
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            | Party pooper | 
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            | One who is dull and glum | 
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            | Tiresome talker | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker or event, say | 
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            | Cause to yawn, maybe | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Gun barrel feature | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Dig into | 
            Universal | 
            19 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Real snoozefest | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Real snoozefest | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Induce yawns from | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | A drill bit will do it | 
            Family Time | 
            29 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Bind book of Scripture  | 
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            | Dull person can be a pig by the sound of it  | 
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            | Drill a hole in | 
            Family Time | 
            13 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            01 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Do tunneling | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Displayed calibre  | 
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            | Induce ennui in | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Droning lecture, e.g | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Droning lecture, e.g | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | A person who talks when you wish him to listen | 
            The Times Specialist Sunday | 
            07 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep | 
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            | Tiresome talker | 
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            | Dig into | 
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            | Real snoozefest | 
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            | Induce ennui in | 
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            | Cause to yawn, maybe | 
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            | Droning lecture, e.g. | 
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            | Gun barrel feature | 
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            | Dull speaker | 
            Universal | 
            30 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Drill; dull person | 
            The Times Concise | 
            22 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            Universal | 
            10 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Put up with pain in the neck | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            31 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Uninteresting person | 
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            | Drill a hole in | 
            The Times Concise | 
            18 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tidal flood is a nuisance | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            16 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Leave yawning | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Dry-as-dust sort | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome one | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Cause someone to yawn | 
            Family Time | 
            26 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Snoozer | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Cause to yawn | 
            Family Time | 
            12 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome talker | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Snoozer | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
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            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
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            | Dull speaker | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
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            | Total snoozefest | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Droning lecturer, say | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Droning lecturer, e.g | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Ho-hum sort | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | ... endured pain? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            06 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Drill — dull activity  | 
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            | Cause of much yawning | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Use a gimlet | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Gun measure | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Make yawn | 
            Family Time | 
            02 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Droning lecturer | 
            Universal | 
            15 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Severn phenomenon that fails to generate interest? | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            25 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Dull one | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Use an auger | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Live around gold mine  | 
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            | Tiresome person | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Wearingly dull one | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Dull person; hole | 
            The Times Concise | 
            19 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Wearisome one | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Cause to yawn | 
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            | Gun measure | 
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            | Cause of much yawning | 
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            | Use a gimlet | 
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            | Speaker that makes one cry? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            01 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Droning lecturer, e.g. | 
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            | Yawner | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Gun barrel measure | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Endured weary drill  | 
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            | Produced, as fruit | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Stood and gave birth  | 
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            | Endured weary drill | 
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            | Make yawn | 
            Universal | 
            01 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | The mayor of Dullsville? | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            30 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Put up with tedious character | 
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            | Tolerated back in Esher obviously  | 
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            | Tire | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            17 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cause yawns | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Do some drills? | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tunnel of Love run through live  | 
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            | Tiresome person | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Ear bender | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Do drilling | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Carried by a wave? | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            24 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Snoozefest | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            12 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Reduce to tears, in a way | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Barrel diameter | 
            New York Times | 
            20 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Drill (into) | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Yawn inducer | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tolerated | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tiresome person | 
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            | Hardly the life of the party | 
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            | Gun barrel measure | 
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            | Produced, as fruit | 
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            | Tolerated | 
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            | Yawner | 
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            | Do drilling | 
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            | Ear bender | 
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            | Tiresome one | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
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            | Gasbag | 
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            | Dullsville dweller | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
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            | The mayor of Dullsville? | 
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            | Barrel diameter | 
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            | Do some drills? | 
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            | Drill (into) | 
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            | Lea Michele "Mama Who ___ Me" | 
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            | Make yawn | 
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            | Tiresome person | 
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            | Cause yawns | 
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            | Reduce to tears, in a way | 
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            | Tiresome sort to make a hole  | 
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            | Drill | 
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            | Barrel measure | 
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            | Supported | 
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            | Sidearm's stat | 
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            | Grandaddy "Kim You ___ Me to Death" | 
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            | Drill | 
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            | Inner diameter | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
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            | Dull person | 
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            | Auger | 
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            | Homophone for 55-Down | 
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            | Auger | 
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            | Tiresome sort | 
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            | Hollow out | 
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            | "Zzz" inducer | 
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            | "A person who talks when you wish him to listen," per Ambrose Bierce | 
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            | Yawner | 
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            | Predictable person | 
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            | Endured | 
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            | Use an auger | 
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            | Use an auger | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
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            | Cylinder diameter | 
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            | Yawn producer | 
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            | Party pooper | 
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            | Tiresome sort | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
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            | Yawner | 
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            | Cylinder diameter | 
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            | What lame band will do | 
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            | Gun barrel measurement | 
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            | Snoozefest | 
             | 
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            | Gun barrel measurement | 
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            | Drill (into) | 
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            | Tiresome speaker | 
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            | "Every hero becomes a ___ at last": Emerson | 
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            | Drill a hole | 
             | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
             | 
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            | Induce yawns | 
             | 
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            | Cause yawns | 
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            | Barrel's inside diameter | 
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            | Windbag | 
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            | Drill | 
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            | Put to sleep | 
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            | Windbag | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
             | 
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            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
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            | Induce yawns | 
             | 
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            | Tedious type | 
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            | Person droning on about tax law, probably | 
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            | Drill | 
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            | Put to sleep, so to speak | 
             | 
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            | Gun measurement | 
             | 
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            | Leave yawning | 
             | 
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            | Produced, as fruit | 
             | 
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            | Party pooper | 
             | 
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            | Lame show | 
             | 
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            | Yawn-inducing type | 
             | 
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            | Make yawn | 
             | 
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            | Drill a hole | 
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            | Cause to yawn | 
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            | Carried | 
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            | One who talks only about himself, say | 
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            | One who's easier to pray for than to visit, according to C. S. Lewis | 
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            | Put to sleep | 
             | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
             | 
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            | Make a tunnel | 
             | 
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            | Bring to tears? | 
             | 
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            | Drag | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Use an auger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Make yawn | 
             | 
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            | Bring to tears? | 
             | 
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            | Wet blanket | 
             | 
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            | Make a hole | 
             | 
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            | Ho-hum sort | 
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            | Yawn producer, perhaps | 
             | 
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            | One causing ennui | 
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            | Make weary by being dull | 
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            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
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            | Put to sleep | 
             | 
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            | Droner, usually | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, so to speak | 
             | 
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            | Use an auger | 
             | 
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            | Use a drill | 
             | 
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            | Drill holes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, so to speak | 
             | 
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            | Use a shop tool | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
             | 
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            | Dullsville denizen | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
             | 
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            | Gasbag | 
             | 
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            | Drone, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Make yawn | 
             | 
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            | Party pariah | 
             | 
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            | Dull fellow | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
             | 
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            | Inner diameter | 
             | 
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            | Dullsville resident | 
             | 
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            | Gasbag | 
             | 
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            | Gun barrel diameter | 
             | 
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            | Interest-reduction cause? | 
             | 
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            | Induce ennui | 
             | 
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            | See 25-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn-inducing speaker, say | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Barrel statistic | 
             | 
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            | Drill | 
             | 
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            | Droner, often | 
             | 
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            | Dullsville denizen | 
             | 
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            | What unexciting drillers do? | 
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            | Hollow out | 
             | 
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            | Barrel diameter | 
             | 
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            | Partygoer to avoid | 
             | 
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            | Yawn-inducing speaker, say | 
             | 
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            | See 25-Across | 
             | 
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            | Tube's inner diameter | 
             | 
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            | Inside tube diameter | 
             | 
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            | Tiresome sort | 
             | 
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            | Gun-barrel diameter | 
             | 
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            | Induce yawning | 
             | 
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            | Dullsville denizen | 
             | 
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            | Real drag | 
             | 
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            | Drag | 
             | 
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            | Real drag | 
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            | Had on one's back | 
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            | Bloviator, often | 
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            | Was worthy of | 
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            | Yawn producer | 
             | 
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            | Drag | 
             | 
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            | Ear bender | 
             | 
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            | Tube diameter | 
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            | Dullsville resident? | 
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            | Yawn producer | 
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            | Was worthy of | 
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            | Tiresome person | 
             | 
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            | Uninteresting one | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep | 
             | 
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            | Wearisome speaker | 
             | 
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            | Real drag | 
             | 
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            | Uninteresting one | 
             | 
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            | Wet blanket | 
             | 
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            | Reduce to tears, in a way | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tedious type | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Inside diameter, as of a gun | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep | 
             | 
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            | Make a tunnel | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yawn producer | 
             | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
             | 
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            | The death of the party? | 
             | 
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            | One who makes you yawn | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, in a way | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cause of ennui | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "A person who talks when you wish him to listen": Ambrose Bierce | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dullard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Party pariah | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Turn off | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Drip | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dull person | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Do drilling | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Wearisome one | 
             | 
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            | Schmo | 
             | 
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            | Cause of some yawns | 
             | 
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            | Put to sleep, in a way | 
             | 
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            | Crashing sort | 
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            | Long speech, often | 
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            | Stomached | 
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            | Make a tunnel | 
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            | Long speech, often | 
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            | Ho-hum character | 
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            | One who makes you yawn | 
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            | Inner diameter | 
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            | Cause of some yawns | 
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            | Evoke yawns | 
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            | One who goes on and on and on... | 
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            | Party pooper | 
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            | Hollow out | 
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            | Wet blanket | 
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            | Cylinder diameter | 
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            | Gave birth to | 
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            | Induce yawns in | 
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            | Word defined by Ambrose Bierce in 17-, 39-, and 61-Across | 
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            | Brought forth | 
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            | Yielded | 
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            | See 33A | 
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            | Dull guest | 
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            | Droner, often | 
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            | Tedious one | 
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            | Resident of Dullsville | 
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            | Put to sleep, maybe | 
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            | Gun barrel diameter | 
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            | Use a drill | 
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            | Cause to yawn | 
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            | Gun stat | 
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            | Yawn inducer, perhaps | 
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            | Cause ennui | 
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            | Yawn inducer | 
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            | Yawner | 
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            | Yawn producer | 
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            | One who causes eyes to glaze over | 
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            | Unwanted guest | 
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            | Drilling tool | 
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            | Wet blanket | 
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            | Tunnel | 
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            | Cause yawns | 
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            | Crashing type? | 
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            | Dull person | 
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            | Inside diameter | 
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            | Hardly the life of the party | 
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            | Fail as a raconteur | 
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            | Crashing type? | 
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            | Tube's inner diameter | 
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            | Inside diameter of a gun | 
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            | Reduce to tears, maybe | 
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            | Word with crashing or tidal | 
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            | Use an auger | 
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            | Yawn causer | 
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            | Cylinder diameter | 
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            | Tedious person | 
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            | Drill a hole | 
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            | Brought forth | 
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            | Drip | 
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            | Crashing type? | 
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            | Tears provoker? | 
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            | Tidal wave | 
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            | Partypooper | 
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            | Dull fellow | 
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            | Endured | 
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            | Induce yawns | 
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            | Caliber | 
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            | Use a gimlet | 
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            | Cause a ho-hum | 
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            | Afflict with ennui | 
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            | Kimono is a dull one | 
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            | Gauge | 
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            | Eagre | 
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            | Tidal wave | 
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            | Tunnel | 
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            | Windbag | 
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            | Source of "ear-itation" | 
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            | Nudnik | 
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            | Dull speaker | 
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            | Crashing __ | 
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            | High wave | 
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            | Cause to nod | 
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            | Tire | 
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            | Long-winded speaker | 
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            | Carried | 
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            | Stood | 
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            | Auger | 
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            | Yawn maker | 
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            | Cause ennui | 
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            | Prolix person | 
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            | Buttonholer | 
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            | Tidal flood | 
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            | He makes you yawn | 
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            | Nonstop talker | 
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            | Evoke yawns | 
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            | Induce ennui | 
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            | Dull one | 
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            | Windbag, e.g. | 
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            | Party drag | 
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            | Dispenser of ennui | 
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            | Party pooper | 
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            | Tidal or colossal | 
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            | Tidal flow | 
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            | Abrupt tidal rise | 
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            | Tiresome one | 
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            | ___ from within | 
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            | Stuffed shirt | 
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            | Dull lecturer | 
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            | Social menace | 
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            | Hollow part of a tube. | 
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            | Cause of 66 Across. | 
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            | Nonstop talker. | 
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            | Hole size. | 
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            | Type of talker. | 
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            | Hollow out. | 
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            | Tidal wave. | 
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            | Tire. | 
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            | Prolix one. | 
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            | Dry-as-dust one. | 
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            | Cylinder diameter. | 
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            | Humdrum one. | 
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            | Caliber. | 
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            | Long-winded. | 
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            | Weary. | 
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            | No asset to a party. | 
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            | Dull conversationalist. | 
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            | Yawn provoker. | 
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            | Tiresome person. | 
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            | Tiresome affair. | 
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            | Nuisance. | 
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            | Evoke yawns. | 
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            | An unwelcome guest. | 
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            | Annoying drip | 
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            | 20-Across, e.g., especially during solving | 
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            | "It's such a ___ Being always Poor" (Langston Hughes) | 
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            | Person to be avoided. | 
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            | Perforate | 
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            | Carried. | 
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            | Use a gimlet. | 
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            | Prosy talker. | 
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            | Endured. | 
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            | Carried or supported. | 
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            | Man of many words. | 
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            | Deadly company. | 
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            | Cause of ennui. | 
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            | Tedious one. | 
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            | "A person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it," according to Henry Ford | 
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            | Long-winded one. | 
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            | Hollow part of a pipe. | 
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            | Drill. | 
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