| AI program |
Commuter |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Spam generator |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2025 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Spam source |
USA Today |
10 Aug 2025 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Spam generator |
Universal |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Automated social-media poster |
|
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| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Automated computer program (3) |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Jun 2025 |
| CAPTCHA catch |
|
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| Automated Web browser |
Newsday |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Spam sender |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Apr 2025 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Automated online program |
|
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| Suffix with "Chat" for an AI that talks to you |
|
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| Automated "helper" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Mar 2025 |
| AI interface |
|
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| Spam creator |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2025 |
| Web-crawling software |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Spammy social media account |
USA Today |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Spamming account |
TV |
02 Feb 2025 |
| You can cast this |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Source of online spam |
|
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| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Autoreply sender |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Spam spreader |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2024 |
| X follower, perhaps |
New York Times |
21 Dec 2024 |
| Automated spammer |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Spam sender, sometimes |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2024 |
| Artificial human, informally |
|
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| Many a customer service assistant, nowadays |
New York Times |
28 Oct 2024 |
| Chat ___ (AI you can talk to) |
|
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| Plant sci. |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Spam sender |
Universal |
07 Oct 2024 |
| Online account run by a computer, casually |
|
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| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Non-human, automated message responder ... also a word that goes with "fly" to refer to an insect (also called a warble fly) |
|
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| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Aug 2024 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2024 |
| Automated internet annoyance |
|
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| Web crawler, e.g. |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2024 |
| Spam account |
TV |
14 Jul 2024 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Nonhuman poster on social media |
|
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| Online chatter? |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Captcha target |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2024 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 May 2024 |
| Social media annoyance |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2024 |
| Non-human X user, for short |
|
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| Automated account on social media |
|
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| Captcha capture |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2024 |
| One stymied by security questions, say |
New York Times |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Burning brightly |
Newsday |
12 Apr 2024 |
| Automated browser |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Computer programme starts to break out tasks |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Apr 2024 |
| Automated customer service agent |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2024 |
| Automaton |
Universal |
27 Mar 2024 |
| One who flunks the CAPTCHA test |
|
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| Software application that runs automated tasks |
|
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| Automated program |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Feb 2024 |
| Source of many a blue-check X reply, nowadays |
|
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| Automated program (3) |
|
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| Spam maker |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Source of some online spam |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Customer service "assistant," at times |
New York Times |
10 Dec 2023 |
| Cousin to a droid |
|
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| Droid |
|
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| Droid |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Captcha target |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Automated account |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2023 |
| - |
New York Times |
12 Oct 2023 |
| Automated account |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2023 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Automated Web browser |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2023 |
| Fake user |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2023 |
| Plant sci |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Web-crawling software |
Newsday |
16 Aug 2023 |
| Suffix with "chat" for a computer program you can talk to |
|
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| Chat ___ (AI you can talk to) |
|
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| Spammy commenter |
Universal |
26 Jul 2023 |
| Automated message-spewing program |
|
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| Automated spammer |
Universal |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Many a Twitter poster |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2023 |
| Automated Twitter account |
USA Today |
27 Jun 2023 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Droid |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jun 2023 |
| Spam-generating Twitter account, say |
|
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| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 May 2023 |
| Automated account on Twitter, say |
|
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| Web crawler, of a sort |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Automated account targeted by CAPTCHA |
|
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| Automated spam creator on Facebook, say |
|
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| Many a Twitter profile, allegedly |
|
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| Automated tweeter |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Automated web software |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2023 |
| Automated Twitter account |
USA Today |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Nonhuman internet 'account holder' |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2022 |
| Search engine spider, e.g |
Universal |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Automated Twitter account |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2022 |
| Transformer, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2022 |
| Automated online account |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2022 |
| Autonomous program |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Oct 2022 |
| Autonomous program |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2022 |
| Web-crawling software |
Newsday |
29 Sep 2022 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Web-crawling software |
Newsday |
21 Aug 2022 |
| Spam producer |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2022 |
| CAPTCHA prey |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Jul 2022 |
| CAPTCHA target |
Universal |
14 Jul 2022 |
| Spammy Twitter account |
Universal |
09 Jul 2022 |
| Program that spits out spam |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Droid |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jun 2022 |
| Droid |
Universal |
02 Jun 2022 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 May 2022 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2022 |
| CAPTCHA target |
Universal |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Automated Twitter user |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Automated Twitter user |
The Washington Post |
20 Apr 2022 |
| Fake user |
Universal |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Mechanical sci-fi creation |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2022 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Electronic data miner |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2022 |
| Spam generator |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Maggot first in beef to turn |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Maggot first in beef to turn |
|
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| Web automaton |
Premier Sunday |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Automated Twitter account |
|
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| Automated spam sender |
LA Times Daily |
01 Nov 2021 |
| Automated web scraper |
Universal |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Oct 2021 |
| Twitch or Twitter spammer |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Droid cousin |
Family Time |
05 Sep 2021 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Spam source |
USA Today |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Automated Twitter account |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2021 |
| Poster impostor? |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2021 |
| Data-mining software |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2021 |
| Automated Web browser |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Relatives of glockenspiels |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Hum opening of television program |
|
|
| Droid |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2021 |
| Automaton, for short |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2021 |
| Chat ___ (talkative AI) |
|
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| Net automaton |
Premier Sunday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Spam-spreading program |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Spam-spreading program |
The Washington Post |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Spam caller, e.g |
New York Times |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Autonomous program |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Study of plants, for short |
|
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| Spam generator |
Universal |
10 Nov 2020 |
| Droid |
LA Times Daily |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Droid |
The Washington Post |
30 Oct 2020 |
| Spam spewer |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2020 |
| Automated Twitter account |
Universal |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Spam sender |
New York Times |
02 Aug 2020 |
| Automated computer program |
|
|
| Automated web browser |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Automated computer program |
|
|
| One making a malicious attack, maybe |
New York Times |
29 May 2020 |
| Spam sender |
Universal |
11 May 2020 |
| Source of false impressions online? |
The New Yorker |
11 May 2020 |
| Tweet creator, at times |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2020 |
| Tweet creator, at times |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2020 |
| Search engine spider, e.g |
Universal |
29 Mar 2020 |
| Web-crawling software |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Spam source |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Spam producer |
Universal |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Program built to interact with humans online |
|
|
| Automated spam creator |
The Washington Post |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Automated spam creator |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2019 |
| Spam-sending program, for short |
Universal |
09 Dec 2019 |
| CAPTCHA failer (hopefully) |
Universal |
09 Nov 2019 |
| Nonhuman Twitter account |
|
|
| Nonhuman Twitter account |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2019 |
| Program that performs repetitive tasks |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Spam generator |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2019 |
| Spam generator |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2019 |
| Spam generator, briefly |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2019 |
| Automated producer of spam |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2019 |
| Message-spewing program |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2019 |
| These two things |
The Washington Post Sunday |
30 Jun 2019 |
| Half behind machine |
|
|
| Automated blog participant, for short |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2019 |
| Automated blog participant, for short |
The Washington Post |
29 May 2019 |
| Automated computer program |
|
|
| Many a Tweeter |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Many a Tweeter |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2019 |
| Unpaid tech worker? |
Universal |
04 Apr 2019 |
| Twitter spammer |
Universal |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Non-human player in a video game, say |
|
|
| Web-crawling software |
USA Today |
14 Feb 2019 |
| Many a spam creator |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2019 |
| Automated producer of spam |
|
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| Spam generator |
|
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| Unpaid tech worker? |
|
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| Automated blog participant, for short |
|
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| Many a Tweeter |
|
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| Spam generator |
|
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| Many a spam creator |
|
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| Twitter spammer (4) |
|
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| Spam generator, briefly |
|
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| Message-spewing program |
|
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| Web-crawling software |
|
|
| Spam sender, for short |
USA Today |
26 Dec 2018 |
| Internet automaton |
Premier Sunday |
09 Dec 2018 |
| Web-crawling app |
Universal |
02 Dec 2018 |
| Web crawler, e.g |
The Washington Post |
01 Dec 2018 |
| Web crawler, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
01 Dec 2018 |
| AI game participant |
Universal |
19 Sep 2018 |
| Spam producer, for short |
The Washington Post |
21 Aug 2018 |
| Spam producer, for short |
LA Times Daily |
21 Aug 2018 |
| Web-crawling software |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2018 |
| Questionable Twitter poster, perhaps |
Jonesin |
17 Jul 2018 |
| Autonomous program |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jul 2018 |
| Computer-controlled game character |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2018 |
| High-tech agent |
LA Times Daily |
29 Apr 2018 |
| High-tech agent |
The Washington Post |
29 Apr 2018 |
| Hi-tech worker |
The Washington Post |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Hi-tech worker |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2018 |
| Plant sci |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2018 |
| Plant sci |
The Washington Post |
07 Mar 2018 |
| Frequent Twitter poster |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2018 |
| Spam sender, for short |
|
|
| Autonomous program |
|
|
| Web-crawling app |
|
|
| Web crawler, e.g. |
|
|
| Spam producer, for short |
|
|
| Computer-controlled game character |
|
|
| Web-crawling software |
|
|
| AI game participant |
|
|
| High-tech agent |
|
|
| Frequent Twitter poster |
|
|
| Many an online nuisance |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2017 |
| Start computer to remove old autonomous program |
|
|
| What may have a strong net effect? |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Spam-sending software |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2017 |
| Web crawler |
New York Times |
12 Jun 2017 |
| Autonomous software program |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2017 |
| Automated miner |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2017 |
| Droid |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2017 |
| Droid kin |
Universal |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Web-crawling software, e.g |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Web crawler |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Web crawler, e.g |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2017 |
| Droid |
|
|
| Droid |
|
|
| Many an online nuisance |
|
|
| Web crawler |
|
|
| Web crawler, e.g. |
|
|
| What may have a strong net effect? |
|
|
| Web-crawling software, e.g. |
|
|
| Automaton, in sci-fi slang |
Universal |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Droid |
Premier Sunday |
25 Dec 2016 |
| Plant science (Abbr.) |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2016 |
| Automaton, briefly |
Universal |
09 Oct 2016 |
| Data miner |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Web crawler, e.g |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2016 |
| Automaton, in sci-fi slang |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2016 |
| AI game competitor |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2016 |
| Turing test participant |
New York Times |
19 May 2016 |
| 'Droid |
Universal |
05 May 2016 |
| Droid |
Jonesin |
05 Apr 2016 |
| Internet __ |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2016 |
| Sci-fi servant |
USA Today |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Automaton, in sci-fi slang |
|
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| Internet __ |
|
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| AI game competitor |
|
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| Automaton, in sci-fi slang |
|
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| Sci-fi servant |
|
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| Web crawler, e.g. |
|
|
| Automaton, briefly |
|
|
| Plant science (Abbr.) |
|
|
| Droid cousin |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2015 |
| Mendel's sci |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2015 |
| Certain sci-fi fighter |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Google worker |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2015 |
| Autonomous computer program |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2015 |
| Kind of fly |
Universal |
31 Jan 2015 |
| High-tech worker |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Repetitive-task computer program |
|
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| Google worker |
|
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| Certain sci-fi fighter |
|
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| Droid cousin |
|
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| Mendel's sci. |
|
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| Web-crawling software |
|
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| Autonomous computer program |
|
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| Spam producer |
|
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| Spam generator |
|
|
| Mendel's sci. |
|
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| Computer program that works automatically |
|
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| Kind of fly |
|
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| CAPTCHA target |
|
|
| Many a modern commenter |
|
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| High-tech worker |
|
|
| Spam generator |
|
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| Droid cousin |
|
|
| Spam producer |
|
|
| Many a Google program |
|
|
| Bit of Google programming |
|
|
| Automated online script, as it were |
|
|
| Mechanical man, for short |
|
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| Spam sender, often |
|
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| Plant sci. |
|
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| Plant sci. |
|
|
| Ending with spam |
|
|
| Sci-fi sidekick, often |
|
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| Autonomous computer program |
|
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| Automated computer program |
|
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| Automated piece of software |
|
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| Autonomous program |
|
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| Autonomous computer program |
|
|
| 'Droid kin |
|
|
| Automated task performer, briefly |
|
|
| Sci-fi sidekick, maybe |
|
|
| Search engine spider, e.g. |
|
|
| Mechanical combatant, for short |
|
|
| Sci-fi sidekick, sometimes |
|
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| Hi-tech worker |
|
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| Hi-tech worker |
|
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| Droid |
|
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| <<NO CLUE>> |
|
|
| Automated Web browser |
|
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| Software agent |
|
|
| Automaton, for short |
|
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| Mechanical combatant, for short |
|
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| Automaton, for short |
|
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| 'Droid |
|
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| Hi-tech battler |
|
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| 'Droid |
|
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| Hi-tech battler |
|
|
| Automated task performer |
|
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| Droid |
|
|
| Automaton, briefly |
|
|
| Android, for short |
|
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| Droid |
|
|
| Science fair creation, briefly |
|
|
| Automated Web assistant |
|
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| Automated task performer |
|
|
| Program that performs repetitive tasks |
|
|
| Gray's field: abbr. |
|
|
| Burbank's sci. |
|
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| 24/7 computer program |
|
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| High-tech helper, briefly |
|
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| High-tech helper, briefly |
|
|
| Plant sci. |
|
|
| Sci-fi sidekick, possibly |
|
|
| 9-Across, e.g., informally |
|
|
| Repetitive computer program |
|
|
| Mendel's field: Abbr. |
|
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| Agric. course |
|
|
| Mendel's field: Abbr. |
|
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| High-tech battler |
|
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| Agric. course |
|
|
| Mechanical man, for short |
|
|
| Study of plants: Abbr. |
|
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| Droid cousin |
|
|
| Automaton, briefly |
|
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| Automaton, briefly |
|
|
| Asa Gray's sci. |
|
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| Sci. course |
|
|
| Mechanical man, for short |
|
|
| Horticulturalist's subj. |
|
|
| Horticulturalist's subj. |
|
|
| Burbank's sci. |
|
|
| Automaton, for short |
|
|
| 'Droid |
|
|
| Larva of a certain fly |
|
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| Parasitic fly larva |
|
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| Australian scrounger |
|
|
| Zool. sibling |
|
|
| HS course |
|
|
| Purchased, on the NYSE |
|
|
| Plant-life sci. |
|
|
| Plant sci. |
|
|
| Sci. of flora |
|
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| Fly larva |
|
|
| Sci. of plants |
|
|
| Gray area: Abbr. |
|
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| A science: Abbr. |
|
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| Asa Gray's forte: Abbr. |
|
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| Science subj. |
|
|
| Horse pest |
|
|
| Plant study: Abbr. |
|
|
| Plant study: Abbr; |
|
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| Science study: Abbr. |
|
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| Science course: Abbr. |
|
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| Plant science: Abbr. |
|
|
| Of plants: Abbr. |
|
|
| Science of plants: Abbr. |
|
|
| Botfly larva. |
|
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| Spam producer, briefly |
|
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| Hard worker? |
|
|
| Science: Abbr. |
|
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| Group like a chamber of commerce: Abbr. |
|
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| Important science: Abbr. |
|
|
| Course of study: Abbr. |
|
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| Science subject: Abbr. |
|
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