| Young lads |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2026 |
| Young guys |
Premier Sunday |
26 Jul 2026 |
| Clothing store section |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2026 |
| Young men (4) |
Puzzler |
13 May 2026 |
| Beastie ___, hip-hop group who drop the band name in the lyrics to the 1986 song "Fight for Your Right" |
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| "To All the ___ I've Loved Before," teen rom-com starring Lana Condor as a high schooler whose fake romance turns into a happily-ever-after |
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| Young men float soundly on sea's surface (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
10 Feb 2026 |
| Backstreet ___ |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Lads |
USA Today Quick |
04 Jan 2026 |
| see 12 Down (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Dec 2025 |
| Lads |
Commuter |
17 Dec 2025 |
| see 1 Across (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Nov 2025 |
| The Beach ____ |
USA Today Quick |
15 Sep 2025 |
| "To All the Men I've Loved Before," change a word to correct the title of a romcom featuring Noah Centineo |
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| School bathroom sign |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2025 |
| "The ___," satirical superhero TV series where Will Ferrell makes a brief cameo as himself in Season 4 |
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| see 14 Down (4) |
Mirror Quiz |
25 Jun 2025 |
| Pop band (with 16 ACROSS) (4) |
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| ____ Keep Swinging, David Bowie single |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Martin Lawrence and Will Smith are bad ones in a series of movies |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Lads |
USA Today Quick |
17 May 2025 |
| "To All the ___ I've Loved Before" (Netflix film) |
Universal |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Yobs confused in TV comedy by Mrs Brown's lot (4) |
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| It might be tough getting the men away from them (4) |
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| Crosby piece played by youngsters |
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| All Eton grads |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2025 |
| College-based drama nominated for Best Film Oscar (6,4) |
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| Many Cub Scout members |
USA Today |
05 Mar 2025 |
| See 22 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
28 Feb 2025 |
| "To All the ___: P.S. I Still Love You," teen rom-com that features characters, John, Peter, and Lara Jean in a high school love triangle |
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| "To All the Men I've Loved Before," change a word to correct the title of a romcom featuring Noah Centineo |
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| ____ will be ____ |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Feb 2025 |
| Lads |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2025 |
| So, by arrangement, we get male children (4) |
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| There are jobs for the sons in nepotism! (4) |
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| "The ___ of Summer": Don Henley song |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jan 2025 |
| The Lost ___ ("Peter Pan" group) |
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| Jobs for the sons in nepotism! (4) |
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| Bossy, heartless, wild fellows |
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| Backstreet ___, famous boy band whose members sported milk mustaches in a "Got Milk?" ad |
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| Defunct magazine whose name is still synonymous with tales of derring-do. (4,3) |
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| 1998 drama starring David Wenham and Toni Collette, The - (4) |
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| Young men |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Jan 2025 |
| Australian - Choir (4) |
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| Backstreet - - -, pop group |
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| Children slip away from broadcast, possibly (4) |
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| Young lads |
Commuter |
26 Nov 2024 |
| "___ Don't Cry" (1999 Hilary Swank movie) |
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| Elitist changing negative answer to positive after raising children (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Lads |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Sep 2024 |
| TV series starring Karl Urban & Jack Quaid: "The ___" |
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| Some youngsters |
Newsday |
29 Aug 2024 |
| "The History ___" (Tony-winning play by Alan Bennett) |
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| Said floats are for the children |
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| They're "back in town," per a 1976 hit |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Nothing put in by southern children (4) |
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| Spencer Tracy won an Oscar for his role as Father Flanagan in the 1938 film, ... Town (4') |
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| When repeated thrice, a Lady Gaga song that is synonymous with "guys" |
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| They will, of course, be themselves (4) |
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| Lads |
The Times Concise |
29 May 2024 |
| See 6 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
26 May 2024 |
| 2004 stage work by Alan Bennett; 2006 Tony Award for Best Play winner (3,7,4) |
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| Surname of the 17th GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, in office from 1996 to 2001 (6,4) |
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| "The ___ Are Back" (1994-95) |
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| "The ___ in the Boat" (2023 movie) |
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| Mrs Brown's ___, Brendan O'Carroll sitcom (4) |
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| "To All the Men I've Loved Before," change a word to correct the title of a romcom featuring Noah Centineo |
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| Movie, The ... from Brazil |
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| Eton students, traditionally |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Beastie or Backstreet follower |
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| 1938 film starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney (4,4) |
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| "Killing ___," 2020 song by Halsey that samples audio from "Jennifer's Body" |
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| 50 year-old men, minus 41 years |
Family Time |
17 Sep 2023 |
| "The Nickel ___," Colson Whitehead novel that won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
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| Lads |
Universal |
07 Aug 2023 |
| Lost ___ ('Peter Pan' group) |
New York Times |
16 May 2023 |
| Word with Beach, Beastie, and Backstreet, in band names |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2023 |
| Young men |
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| Lads |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Mar 2023 |
| All Eton grads |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2023 |
| Backstreet ___, "I Want It That Way" band |
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| Clothing store department |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2022 |
| "Backstreet" band |
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| "12 O'Clock ___," 2013 documentary film about dirt bikers from Baltimore, Maryland |
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| See 17 |
The Guardian Weekend |
21 May 2022 |
| Clothing store department |
Newsday |
20 May 2022 |
| Young people cry when lifted up over your head |
The Guardian Cryptic |
19 Apr 2022 |
| "Backstreet" or "Beach" follower |
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| "I Want It That Way" band Backstreet ___ |
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| Ruffian upset small lads |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
16 Nov 2021 |
| Lads |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Lads |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Men-to-be? |
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| All of the survivors on the island in 'Lord of the Flies' |
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| Young males |
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| "Bad ___," hit song by pop duo Wham! from their debut album "Fantastic" |
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| Lizzo title lyric repeated three times before 'Make a girl go crazy' |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Young men |
The Times Concise |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Some Little League players |
Universal |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Young lads |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2021 |
| Clothing store department |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Clothing store department |
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| Newell's Old ___, Argentine sports club for which Diego Maradona played from 1993 to 1994 |
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| Retro funk and pop song by Lizzo which was included in Time's Top Ten Best Songs of 2018 |
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| "Bouncing" babies |
Universal |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Lads |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Dec 2020 |
| "To All the ___ I've Loved Before," 2014 novel by Jenny Han that follows a teen's love life |
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| Will Smith's "Bad ___" |
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| Young men or unruly yobs? |
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| Lads |
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| Lads |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Some babies |
Thomas Joseph |
29 May 2020 |
| Eton enrollees |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2020 |
| Young males |
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| Male children |
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| "To All the ___ I've Loved Before," 2018 rom-com film starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo |
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| Lads |
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| Pop music's Backstreet __ |
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| Pop music's Backstreet __ |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2019 |
| Some sopranos |
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| Roughly half of a typical kindergarten roster |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jul 2019 |
| Eton College enrollees |
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| Eton enrollment |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Certain Scouts |
Universal |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Men-to-be? |
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| Song by Lizzo that featured in the period drama "Dickinson" |
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| Certain Scouts |
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| Roughly half of a typical kindergarten roster |
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| Eton enrollment |
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| Beach --, group |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Sep 2018 |
| Lads |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2018 |
| All students at Eton |
USA Today |
02 Sep 2018 |
| First and last word of a common four-word saw |
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| First and last word of a common four-word saw |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jul 2018 |
| Beach or Backstreet follower, in music |
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| Beach or Backstreet follower, in music |
LA Times Daily |
16 Apr 2018 |
| Word after Backstreet or Bowery |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2018 |
| Cub Scouts, traditionally |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Feb 2018 |
| All students at Eton |
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| Beach or Backstreet follower, in music |
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| First and last word of a common four-word saw |
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| Young fellows |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2017 |
| Young fellows |
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| Half of the Brady kids |
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| Lads |
Universal |
24 Sep 2017 |
| Most Little Leaguers |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2017 |
| Blue-clad youngsters? |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Blue-clad youngsters? |
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| They will be themselves |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Apr 2017 |
| School restroom sign |
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| School restroom sign |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2017 |
| Word before and after "will be" |
Universal |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Lads |
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| Word before and after "will be" |
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| School restroom sign |
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| Young fellows |
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| Most Little Leaguers |
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| Blue-clad youngsters? |
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| Target demographic for Hot Wheels |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2016 |
| Word before and after 'will be' |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2016 |
| All Harrow students |
New York Times |
11 May 2016 |
| All students at Eton |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2016 |
| Historic Omaha suburb |
LA Times Daily |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Historic Omaha suburb |
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| Word before and after "will be" |
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| Target demographic for Hot Wheels |
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| Lads |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Clothing store section |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2015 |
| Clothing store section |
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| ___ of summer (baseball players) |
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| Men in the making |
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| Tom and Huck, e.g. |
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| Department store section |
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| Clothing department |
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| Cub Scout members |
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| Beastie follower |
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| Half of the Brady kids |
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| Men of the future? |
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| Lads |
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| Lost ___ ("Peter Pan" group) |
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| School door sign |
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| Eton students |
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| Word repeated in "___ will be ___" |
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| Those back in town, per Thin Lizzy |
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| Cub Scouts, e.g. |
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| Thin Lizzy "The ___ are Back in Town" |
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| School restroom sign |
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| Clothing store department |
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| Many scouts |
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| Most Little Leaguers |
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| Most Little League ballplayers |
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| The Bowery ___ |
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| Clothing department |
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| Most Little League ballplayers |
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| School restroom sign |
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| Men of tomorrow |
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| Department store section |
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| Clothing department |
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| Most Little Leaguers |
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| Sign on a school door |
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| About half of all schoolchildren |
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| Hardy characters? |
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| Wendy Darling's charges |
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| Little shavers |
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| "The History ___" (Tony-winning play) |
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| Welk's band, affectionately |
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| Military school attendees, traditionally |
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| Mohel's patients |
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| Young men |
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| Grade school door sign |
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| "___ Don't Cry" |
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| Word before and after "will be" |
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| Clothing-store section |
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| They may be good or old |
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| Store department |
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| Store department |
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| Young men |
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| Bowery ___ |
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| Eton students |
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| Dad's lads |
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| Striplings |
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| Backstreet __ |
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| Word before and after "will be" |
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| Young lads |
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| Military school attendees, mostly |
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| Word before and after "will be" |
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| Lads |
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| Sign on an elementary school bathroom door |
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| Babies in blue |
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| Little shavers |
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| Male children |
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| Word before and after "will be" |
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| Vienna __ Choir |
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| See 9-Across |
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| Little shavers |
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| They're represented by blue |
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| Spanky and Alfalfa, e.g. |
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| Restroom label |
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| Men of tomorrow |
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| Alger's readership |
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| They're represented by blue |
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| Sign on a grade school door |
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| Little guys |
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| Word on some doors in elementary schools |
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| Some youngsters |
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| The Hardy ___ |
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| Wally and the Beaver |
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| "___ Town" (Spencer Tracy Oscar vehicle) |
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| Some scouts |
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| Babies in blue |
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| Elementary school bathroom sign |
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| Some children |
|
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| "__ on the Side" (Goldberg film) |
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| Grade school door sign |
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| ___ Town |
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| "The__of Summer". |
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| Lads |
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| Young ones |
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| "The _____ of Summer" |
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| "___ Town," 1938 Tracy film |
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| "The _____ From Brazil" |
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| Kahn's "The ___ of Summer" |
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| They will be themselves |
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| End products of snips, snails and certain tails |
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| "___ Town," 1938 Rooney film |
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| Dandiprats |
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| Father Flanagan's ___ Town |
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| Mr. Chips's charges |
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| They will be themselves, proverbially |
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| Altar and tom |
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| "The ___ of Summer" |
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| Young ones |
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| Some campers. |
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| Space cadets. |
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| Shoe scuffers and pants tearers. |
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| Dennis the Menace and others. |
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| ___ Town, in Gov. Crosby's state. |
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| They're aided by PAL. |
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| "Snaps and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails." |
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| Children |
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| Family members. |
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| Men. |
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| Fair-haired ones. |
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| Urchins. |
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