| "___ LOCK" (KEY HIT BEFORE THIS CLUE WAS WRITTEN) |
|
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| Uppercase letters |
Commuter |
23 Aug 2025 |
| Baseball hats |
Commuter |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Outdoes |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Limits on headgear (4) |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Toothpaste lids (4) |
Mirror Quick |
09 Jul 2025 |
| Puts a limit on |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Baseball hats |
Commuter |
30 May 2025 |
| Mushroom tops |
Newsday |
25 May 2025 |
| Hats |
USA Today Quick |
08 May 2025 |
| Items of clothing that may be worn backward |
New York Times Mini |
04 May 2025 |
| Bottle lids |
|
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| Tooth toppers |
|
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| Limits; berets |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Lids |
LA Times Daily |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Offerings at Lids |
Universal |
03 Apr 2025 |
| WITH 8-ACROSS, WHAT WAS LEFT ON WHILE MAKING THIS PUZZLE |
New York Times Mini |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Not exactly cars, but they may be bangers (4) |
|
|
| Things on Giants |
Family Time |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Limits; hats |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Baseball hats |
Commuter |
13 Mar 2025 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Berets and beanies |
Thomas Joseph |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Worn by sports people representing their country (4) |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
Family Time |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Mushroom tops |
Commuter |
12 Feb 2025 |
| LETTERS USED TO WRITE THIS CLUE |
|
|
| Sets a limit on |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
Newsday |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Toothpaste tube tops |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Places a limit on (4) |
|
|
| Puts limit on number of hats (4) |
|
|
| Dental crowns |
|
|
| Sets limits for those who get selected for international (4) |
|
|
| Goes one better than the national players? (4) |
|
|
| Headgear for going up in space (4) |
|
|
| ___ Lock (keyboard key) |
|
|
| They get doffed if one tells a better story (4) |
|
|
| Does better than, on return from space (4) |
|
|
| What Blue Jays often have on their heads |
Universal |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Mushroom tops |
LA Times Mini |
17 Sep 2024 |
| Baseball hats |
Newsday |
09 Sep 2024 |
| Salary limits |
Premier Sunday |
01 Sep 2024 |
| Headgear up in space (4) |
|
|
| Upper limits |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Beanies |
LA Times Daily |
26 Aug 2024 |
| FEATURE OF THESE LETTERS |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Baseball game souvenirs |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Peaked headgear (4) |
|
|
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Jul 2024 |
| Betters (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
26 Jul 2024 |
| - lock, computer key (4) |
|
|
| Baseball game souvenirs |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Nickname of the team that calls D.C. home |
|
|
| Limits for flat headgear (4) |
|
|
| Baseball headwear? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Is the culmination of |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2024 |
| FEATURE OF THESE LETTERS |
USA Today |
20 Jun 2024 |
| (Salary [___ lock] |
|
|
| (Salary [?) lock] |
USA Today Quick |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Boys' hats |
|
|
| Coverings for the head (4) |
|
|
| Does better than the internationals? (4) |
|
|
| School hats (4) |
|
|
| Word after small or all |
|
|
| Puts a lid on |
USA Today |
21 May 2024 |
| Mushroom tops |
Universal |
21 May 2024 |
| Imposes an upper limit on (4) |
|
|
| Baseballers' headgear |
|
|
| All __: medium for shouty emails |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2024 |
| Salary ___ (limits on compensation) |
|
|
| Sets an upper limit |
|
|
| WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Bottle tops |
Family Time |
01 Apr 2024 |
| Baseball headgear |
Commuter |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Headwear items (4) |
|
|
| THESE LETTERS |
Universal |
19 Feb 2024 |
| What NORAD and 'NCIS' both have |
|
|
| Baseball hats |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2024 |
| LETTERS LIKE THESE FOR SHORT |
|
|
| Criticises fashion accessories (4) |
|
|
| At first, clubs always pursue several international players |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Beanies |
Commuter |
05 Jan 2024 |
| Puts lid on (4) |
|
|
| Salary ceilings |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Washington, DC NHLers, familiarly |
|
|
| Puts an upper limit on |
|
|
| Baseball hats |
LA Times Daily |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Upper limits |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Nov 2023 |
| What shouting is often written in |
New York Times Mini |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Means of emphasis |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Marker lids |
USA Today |
22 Oct 2023 |
| INDICATORS OF SHOUTING IN TEXTS |
Universal |
14 Oct 2023 |
| Lids offerings |
LA Times Daily |
30 Aug 2023 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Aug 2023 |
| Ballpark souvenirs |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Aug 2023 |
| Beanies and berets |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2023 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Aug 2023 |
| "A League of Their Own" hats |
Universal |
07 Jun 2023 |
| Items tossed at a graduation |
Universal |
01 May 2023 |
| Baseball players' hats |
Newsday |
01 May 2023 |
| Tops of mushrooms |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2023 |
| ___ Lock (keyboard piece) |
|
|
| Baseball hats |
LA Times Daily |
14 Dec 2022 |
| Bottle tops |
LA Times Daily |
29 Nov 2022 |
| IN ALL ___ |
USA Today |
26 Nov 2022 |
| Word after 'ice' or 'Sno-' |
USA Today |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Puts a lid on |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2022 |
| Beanies and berets |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Oct 2022 |
| MLB sun-protectors |
Family Time |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Aug 2022 |
| MLB sun blockers |
Family Time |
22 Jul 2022 |
| Many ball players wear them |
Family Time |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Opposite of all lowercase |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Ballpark souvenirs |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Baseball players' headwear |
Universal |
27 May 2022 |
| Cardinals block the sun with them |
Family Time |
22 May 2022 |
| Bottle tops |
USA Today |
11 May 2022 |
| Parts of bottled sodas |
Family Time |
28 Mar 2022 |
| Bottle tops |
USA Today |
11 Jan 2022 |
| Tube tops |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Dec 2021 |
| ___ Lock (laptop key) |
|
|
| What OPEC and NATO are both in? |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Feature of the last word in this CLUE |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2021 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Tops of toothpaste tubes |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2021 |
| 'UH-OH, I THINK MY ___ LOCK IS ON!' |
USA Today |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Tams or tuques |
Canadiana |
26 Jul 2021 |
| Spots for team insignias |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2021 |
| Locks toppers |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Liters of soda have them |
Family Time |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Summits |
Newsday |
20 Jun 2021 |
| Trump's kitten removed from septic tank? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
04 Jun 2021 |
| ___ lock (uppercase letter generator) |
|
|
| Toppers with visors |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Toppers with visors |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2021 |
| Beanies |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Feb 2021 |
| Hats |
The Times Concise |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Pen parts |
Jonesin |
02 Feb 2021 |
| Sides came to grips with spending limits |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Jan 2021 |
| Limits clothing accessories, say |
|
|
| Limits |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2021 |
| Some can be unscrewed |
Universal |
22 Jan 2021 |
| Upper limits |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jan 2021 |
| WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN |
Universal |
12 Jan 2021 |
| ___ Lock (key on a computer keyboard) |
|
|
| Beanies, for one |
|
|
| Beanies |
|
|
| ___ Lock (keyboard key) |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2020 |
| Things baseball uniforms and toy pistols have |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Pen lids |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Berets and beanies |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Sep 2020 |
| What your answers must be written in to understand the theme |
Jonesin |
22 Sep 2020 |
| Puts a limit on |
USA Today |
24 Aug 2020 |
| Berets and beanies |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Puts a limit on |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Baseball hats |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Baseball hats |
The Washington Post |
09 Jul 2020 |
| 2018 Stanley Cup champs, to fans |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2020 |
| Limits borders of cash crops |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Twist-off bottle tops |
Newsday |
25 May 2020 |
| Baseball headgears |
|
|
| Ceilings |
New York Times |
17 Apr 2020 |
| Mushroom tops |
USA Today |
12 Apr 2020 |
| Trump's precautions lack routine |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Apr 2020 |
| Ammo sold in rolls |
The Washington Post |
06 Mar 2020 |
| Ammo sold in rolls |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2020 |
| Starts of many names |
The Washington Post |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Lens covers |
Family Time |
09 Dec 2019 |
| Letters like THIS |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Some MLB wear |
Family Time |
19 Aug 2019 |
| Headgear for big characters |
|
|
| Puts a limit on most of room on the way up |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jul 2019 |
| Exceeds limits |
|
|
| Mushroom parts |
The Washington Post |
29 Jun 2019 |
| Mushroom parts |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jun 2019 |
| Baseballers' toppers |
Newsday |
11 Jun 2019 |
| THIS CLUE HAS NINETEEN |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2019 |
| ___ Lock, keyboard key to generate capital letters |
|
|
| Places for baseball team insignia |
New York Times |
19 Mar 2019 |
| Mushroom tops |
Universal |
18 Mar 2019 |
| ___ Lock (key used by typists to express annoyance) |
|
|
| Upper limits |
Universal |
26 Jan 2019 |
| Mushroom heads |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jan 2019 |
| Salary limits |
USA Today |
05 Jan 2019 |
| Salary limits |
|
|
| Places for baseball team insignia |
|
|
| Limits |
|
|
| Puts a limit on |
|
|
| THIS CLUE HAS NINETEEN |
|
|
| Toy gun ammo |
|
|
| Upper limits |
|
|
| Mushroom tops |
|
|
| Mushroom parts |
|
|
| Parts of baseball uniforms |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2018 |
| Imposes limits on |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Men with no end of cash getting crowns |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Baseball hats |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Ball team wear |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Dec 2018 |
| Head accessories worn by baseball players |
|
|
| 2018 Stanley Cup champs, familiarly |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2018 |
| 2018 Stanley Cup champs, familiarly |
The Washington Post |
03 Oct 2018 |
| Toy gun ammo |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2018 |
| Tube tops |
New York Times |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Tube tops |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Aug 2018 |
| Puts a limit on headgear |
|
|
| Washington team, familiarly |
New York Times |
05 Aug 2018 |
| Covers time away from campsite |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Hats |
|
|
| Is the culmination of |
Newsday |
13 May 2018 |
| Things that bottles and snow-covered mountains have |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2018 |
| Blasting ___ (detonators) |
USA Today |
17 Jan 2018 |
| 2018 Stanley Cup champs, familiarly |
|
|
| Ballplayers' wear |
|
|
| Blasting ___ (detonators) |
|
|
| Washington team, familiarly |
|
|
| Tube tops |
|
|
| Things that bottles and snow-covered mountains have |
|
|
| Ball team wear |
|
|
| YOU PUT WRITING IN THESE WHEN YOU WANT TO DRAW THE READER'S ATTENTION TO IT |
|
|
| Spending limits |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Bottle toppers |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2017 |
| Ballpark souvenirs |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Oct 2017 |
| Baseball players' hats |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Salary limits |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2017 |
| Spending limits |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Jan 2017 |
| Gowns' companions |
USA Today |
20 Dec 2016 |
| Crosswords are often solved in them |
LA Times Daily |
30 Sep 2016 |
| Toy gun ammo |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2016 |
| Salary maximums |
Jonesin |
20 Sep 2016 |
| Lens covers |
Universal |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Excels in room mainly facing north |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Jul 2016 |
| Stadium souvenirs |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2016 |
| Toppers in dugouts |
The Washington Post |
07 Apr 2016 |
| Toy gun ammo |
|
|
| Gowns' companions |
|
|
| Lens covers |
|
|
| Upper limits |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Dec 2015 |
| LETTERS LIKE THESE |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2015 |
| Spending limits |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2015 |
| Puts a limit on |
Newsday |
09 Jul 2015 |
| *Features of some front teeth |
New York Times |
04 Jun 2015 |
| Crowns for men with no teeth at last! |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 May 2015 |
| Junior ammunition |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2015 |
| Beanies |
Universal |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Sporty headgear |
Universal |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Coonskins for Davy Crockett, e.g |
New York Times |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Uppercase |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Kids' ammo |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2015 |
| Upper limits |
|
|
| Junior ammunition |
|
|
| LETTERS LIKE THESE |
|
|
| Toppers for Twins and Tigers |
|
|
| Coonskins for Davy Crockett, e.g. |
|
|
| Baseball hats |
|
|
| Beanies |
|
|
| Sporty headgear |
|
|
| Puts a limit on |
|
|
| Kids' ammo |
|
|
| Spending limits |
|
|
| *Features of some front teeth |
|
|
| Spending limits |
|
|
| Ceilings |
|
|
| Tops of tubes |
|
|
| Infielders' wear them |
|
|
| Spending limits |
|
|
| Means of emphasis |
|
|
| Puts a limit on |
|
|
| What many signs are written in |
|
|
| Bottle and salary |
|
|
| Mushroom parts |
|
|
| They may be used for emphasis |
|
|
| Diamond headwear |
|
|
| Pen parts |
|
|
| They may be used for emphasis |
|
|
| Beanies, e.g. |
|
|
| Concert souvenirs |
|
|
| Salary limits |
|
|
| Baseball players' toppers |
|
|
| They may be locked on a computer |
|
|
| Stadium souvenirs |
|
|
| Stadium souvenirs |
|
|
| Upper limits |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
|
|
| Baseball headwear |
|
|
| Dental additions |
|
|
| They may be locked on a computer |
|
|
| Completes |
|
|
| Mushroom tops |
|
|
| Elevated room without energy limits |
|
|
| Junior's ammunition |
|
|
| They're worn by balding rockers |
|
|
| Salary maximums |
|
|
| They're billed at the ballpark |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
|
|
| Uppercase letters, briefly |
|
|
| Baseball toppers |
|
|
| Berets and birettas |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
|
|
| Uppercase letters, briefly |
|
|
| Puts a lid on |
|
|
| Salary maximums |
|
|
| Fred Durst was never without his |
|
|
| Limits |
|
|
| Post-commencement fliers? |
|
|
| Gowns' go-withs |
|
|
| Gowns' companions |
|
|
| Graduation ceremony hats |
|
|
| Salary ceilings |
|
|
| Ceilings |
|
|
| Toy pistol ammo |
|
|
| Mushroom parts |
|
|
| Bold alternative? |
|
|
| Limits |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
|
|
| Post-commencement fliers? |
|
|
| Detonating devices |
|
|
| Junior's ammunition |
|
|
| Partners of gowns |
|
|
| Uppercase letters, for short |
|
|
| Beanies |
|
|
| Tops |
|
|
| Puts a top on |
|
|
| Items on which baseball insignia appear |
|
|
| Frothy parts of waves |
|
|
| Kids' gun ammo |
|
|
| Long letters? |
|
|
| Baseball players' toppers |
|
|
| Kids' explosives |
|
|
| Kids' gun ammo |
|
|
| Long letters? |
|
|
| Toothpaste-tube tops |
|
|
| Bottle toppers |
|
|
| Play ammo |
|
|
| Stadium souvenirs |
|
|
| LETTERS LIKE THESE |
|
|
| They're billed at the ballpark |
|
|
| What three underlines indicate, for short |
|
|
| Headline features, briefly |
|
|
| Headline features, briefly |
|
|
| Limits |
|
|
| Baseball headgear |
|
|
| Mushroom tops |
|
|
| Baseball headgear |
|
|
| Mushroom parts |
|
|
| Mortarboards |
|
|
| Beanies |
|
|
| Supply for play pistols |
|
|
| Dental additions |
|
|
| Cardinals' covers |
|
|
| Kids' lids |
|
|
| NOW members? |
|
|
| Dentist's supply |
|
|
| Fenway Park souvenirs |
|
|
| Mushroom parts |
|
|
| Salary limits |
|
|
| Gowns' go-withs |
|
|
| Kids' noisemakers |
|
|
| Some covers |
|
|
| Berets, say |
|
|
| Tams |
|
|
| Mushroom toppers |
|
|
| Toy-pistol ammo |
|
|
| Salary limits |
|
|
| "___ for Sale" (kids' book by Esphyr Slobodkina) |
|
|
| Ballplayers wear them |
|
|
| Some covers |
|
|
| Toothpaste-tube closers |
|
|
| U.c. letters |
|
|
| Pop tops |
|
|
| D.C. NHL team |
|
|
| Detonating devices |
|
|
| Bottle toppers |
|
|
| Toy gun poppers |
|
|
| Gowns' partners |
|
|
| Frothy parts of waves |
|
|
| Hats with logos, often |
|
|
| Bold alternative? |
|
|
| Uppercase |
|
|
| What some signs are written in |
|
|
| Hats with logos, often |
|
|
| Gowns' partners |
|
|
| Tube tops |
|
|
| Puts a lid on |
|
|
| What some signs are written in |
|
|
| Toy gun ammo |
|
|
| Salary maxima |
|
|
| Toy pistol ammo |
|
|
| Toy pistol ammo |
|
|
| Uppercase |
|
|
| Toppers, and this puzzle's theme |
|
|
| Gowns' companions |
|
|
| Salary restrictions |
|
|
| Upper case |
|
|
| Toy-pistol ammo |
|
|
| Stadium souvenirs |
|
|
| Baseball hats |
|
|
| Spending limits |
|
|
| Lens covers |
|
|
| Grads' mortarboards |
|
|
| Yankee toppers |
|
|
| Camden Yards souvenirs |
|
|
| Stadium souvenirs |
|
|
| Yamulkes |
|
|
| Upper limits |
|
|
| Salary maximums |
|
|
| Sporty headgear |
|
|
| Ceilings |
|
|
| Outfielders' wear |
|
|
| Puts a lid on |
|
|
| Tops off |
|
|
| Limits |
|
|
| July 4th ammo |
|
|
| Puts a limit on |
|
|
| _ and gowns |
|
|
| Headgear |
|
|
| Puts a lid on |
|
|
| Junior's ammo |
|
|
| Bottle tops |
|
|
| Toy gun ammo |
|
|
| Child's ammo |
|
|
| Child's ammunition |
|
|
| Tot's ammo |
|
|
| Balmoral and 55 Down |
|
|
| Biggins |
|
|
| Tam-o'-shanters |
|
|
| Summits |
|
|
| Toy-gun ammo |
|
|
| Closes up, as an oil well |
|
|
| Balaclavas |
|
|
| Headgear |
|
|
| Crowns |
|
|
| Junior's ammo |
|
|
| Completes |
|
|
| Upper case, in printers' jargon |
|
|
| Jockey's wardrobe items |
|
|
| D'Antibes et al. |
|
|
| Ammo for a child's pistol |
|
|
| Child's pistol ammo |
|
|
| Certain pistol fodder |
|
|
| Upper-case letters: Abbr. |
|
|
| Pistol ammunition |
|
|
| Toy-pistol ammo |
|
|
| Ammo for some pistols |
|
|
| Bottle stoppers |
|
|
| Boy's pistol fodder |
|
|
| Matches. |
|
|
| Companions of gowns. |
|
|
| Mortarboards. |
|
|
| Mortarboards |
|
|
| Skull and dunce |
|
|
| LETTERS LIKE THIS. |
|
|
| Symbols of R. N. achievement. |
|
|
| Symbols of R.N.'s. |
|
|
| Toy pistol ammo. |
|
|
| Surpasses. |
|
|
| Ammo for Junior's pistol. |
|
|
| Tiny explosives. |
|
|
| Detonators. |
|
|
| Beanies. |
|
|
| Birettas. |
|
|
| Ammo of a sort. |
|
|
| Glengarries. |
|
|
| Crests. |
|
|
| Ammunition of a sort. |
|
|
| Top parts. |
|
|
| Tops. |
|
|
| Calottes. |
|
|
| Crowns. |
|
|
| Child's ammunition. |
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| "___ the climax." |
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| Junior ammunition. |
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| Over which havelocks are worn. |
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| Freshmen's insignia. |
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| Excels. |
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| Ammo for little Hopalongs. |
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| Overseas ___. |
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| Headgear. |
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| Bottle tops. |
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| Proofreader's abbreviation. |
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| Bearskins. |
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| Upper case, for short. |
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| Ammo of a kind. |
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