| Garfield, for one | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that may fear cucumbers because they look like snakes | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | (2/6) Suddenly, you spot a pair of glowing eyes in the dark that makes your heart race, but it's just your tabby ___ curled up on the floor! | 
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            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | American shorthair, e.g. | 
            Universal | 
            13 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Hat-wearer in a Dr. Seuss book | 
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            | Pet that might look right at you while batting something off the counter | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet in many a viral video | 
            Universal | 
            07 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feline mammal (3) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            06 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            06 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Kitty will act up (3) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            06 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Kitten's parent | 
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            | Cool ___ (hip person) | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tom or Garfield, e.g. | 
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            | Moggy fur with hole concealed (3) | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Persian ___, common house pet | 
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            | See 5-Down | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Whip pet (3) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            23 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feline mammal (3) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            23 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
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            | Tabby | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Animal on a "Hang in there!" inspirational poster | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Animal that may use a litter box | 
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            | Feline mammal (3) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            02 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Whip pet (3) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            02 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | "You cannot look at a sleeping ___ and feel tense": Jane Pauley | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Meowing pet | 
            Universal | 
            01 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g. | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            31 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Persian that purrs? | 
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            | Hard animal to herd | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Cheetah, e.g. | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            20 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Animal that might make biscuits | 
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            | Pet that chases mice | 
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            | Purring pet | 
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            | Sphynx or Persian | 
            Commuter | 
            08 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sylvester or Tom, e.g. | 
            TV | 
            06 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Garfield is one | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Persian ___, common house pet | 
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            | Feline mammal (3) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            05 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Whip pet (3) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            05 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | The main co-presenter of ITV's This Morning, ___ Deeley (3) | 
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            | Six-legged stand for a spiteful woman (3) | 
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            | This Morning presenter Deeley | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            02 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Kitty | 
            Family Time | 
            30 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purr-fect pet | 
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            | In ancient Rome, what animal was usually found at the feet of the image of Libertas? (3) | 
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            | Big kitty | 
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            | Purr producer | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Leopard or lion | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Meowing house pet | 
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            | Spiteful woman caught at last (3) | 
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            | Leopard, lion or lynx | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat" (2003 movie with Mike Myers in the title role) | 
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            | Act that has its middle first might attract such a call (3) | 
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            | Pet that may scratch you playfully | 
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            | Book: The - In The Hat | 
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            | One pouncing at a laser pointer, perhaps | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | About time, moggy! (3) | 
            The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 
            31 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Curiosity killed the ___" | 
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            | Purring friend | 
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            | Pet that benefits from vertical space | 
            USA Today | 
            25 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Danny John-Jules played this Red Dwarf character | 
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            | Feline pet | 
            Commuter | 
            24 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Felix the - | 
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            | Rex may be a malicious person (3) | 
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            | "Ev'rybody Wants To Be a ___" (Disney song) | 
            USA Today | 
            21 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | 'Ev'rybody Wants To Be a " (Disney song) | 
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            | Tiger or lion | 
            Newsday | 
            19 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Turkish Van or Devon Rex, eg (3) | 
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            | Poe's "The Black ___," which first appeared in 1843 (3) | 
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            | Meow-er | 
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            | Has nine lives or nine tails (3) | 
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            | A furry pet that purrs. (3) | 
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            | Meowing pet | 
            Commuter | 
            14 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Kitten, someday | 
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            | Pet who might purr while on a 2-Down | 
            USA Today | 
            12 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | About time for Garfield (3) | 
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            | Kitten's mother | 
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            | ___ burglar | 
            Universal | 
            08 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Character of Danny John-Jules in Red Dwarf; type of 25 Down | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            06 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that can be toilet trained | 
            USA Today | 
            02 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that supposedly has nine lives | 
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            | Tabby or tiger, e.g. | 
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            | First come after the feline! (3) | 
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            | Doja _. Grammy Award-winning US rapper (3) | 
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            | Is Pussy Galore a big one? (3) | 
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            | Calico or Persian | 
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            | Lion or tiger | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Certain bodega sentry | 
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            | Garfield or Cheshire | 
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            | Siamese creature | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Viral video star, often | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tree rescuee | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            17 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | 19 __, Phil Tufnell's nickname? (3) | 
            The Guardian Weekend | 
            12 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mouse catcher, hopefully | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            11 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | _ Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance host (3) | 
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            | Purring pet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sagwa or Garfield | 
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            | Cheshire ___, grinning feline friend of Alice who is her voice of insight in the mystical Wonderland | 
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            | Lynx or lion | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            04 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Grumpy ___ (internet-famous pet known for her scowl) | 
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            | The whisker of this feline pet creates a reservoir fly (3) | 
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            | Sphynx or Siamese pet | 
            Universal | 
            31 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tom, short-listed? (3) | 
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            | Garfield or Sylvester, e.g. | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            30 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Popular pet (3) | 
            Puzzler | 
            29 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
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            | Calico pet | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feline in said to have nine lives (3) | 
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            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat"; movie for Mike Myers | 
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            | Lynx or leopard | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tortie or tabby | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Wailer with whiskers | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ben Shephard's This Morning co-host, _ Deeley (3) | 
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            | Domestic mewer? | 
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            | Book: The Cat in the - | 
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            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Panther or puma | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Bird-watcher, maybe | 
            Universal | 
            12 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Friskies muncher | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Whiskered animal that loves naps and sitting on laps | 
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            | Garfield or Simba | 
            Family Time | 
            10 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Animal typically drawn to a particular type of nepeta (3) | 
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            | Siamese or Sphynx | 
            Commuter | 
            07 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Curtain climber, maybe | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat," 2003 live-action film starring Mike Myers that is based on Dr. Seuss's cartoon feline | 
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            | Persian, e.g. | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, say | 
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            | Pet that often confuses its status with that of its owner | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ distribution system (feline meme) | 
            Universal | 
            01 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | The Tom who chases Jerry (3) | 
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            | Sylvester is cartoon one in Looney Tunes (3) | 
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            | Animal act putting the middle ahead (3) | 
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            | Common household per | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Singer ___ Stevens (3) | 
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            | Animal associated with the physicist Schrödinger | 
            The Sun Mini | 
            18 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | House __ | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet with the ability to see in the dark in box F (3) | 
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            | Musical Mr. Mistoffelees, for one | 
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            | "The - in the Hat" | 
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            | Purring pet | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese, e.g. | 
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            | Bengal or lion | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            09 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet such as Lil Bub | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Purr-fect pet | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Siamese or Sphynx | 
            Commuter | 
            05 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Role of Danny John-Jules in Red Dwarf | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            30 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sufficient to improve on the Cheshire cat's grin (6,2,4,1,3,5) | 
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            | Pet that might chirp at squirrels | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might lie down in front of the cupboard where food is stored | 
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            | Whip pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            25 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feline mammal | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            25 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Adult kitten | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            24 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Meme about the universe presenting people with kitties | 
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            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Not exactly fat feline? (3) | 
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            | With 31- and 34-Across, meme about the universe presenting people with kitties | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Looking smug: like the - that got the cream | 
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            | Scaredy ___, title for a person who can be easily startled like a particular house pet | 
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            | Puss in Boots, e.g. | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | _ Deeley, This Morning co-host (3) | 
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            | Puss, moggy | 
            The Times Concise | 
            17 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Attacker of a mouse | 
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            | Burmese or Balinese, e.g. | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Kitten will act up | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            13 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            13 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ Stevens, singer-songwriter (3) | 
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            | Animal with a righting reflex | 
            Universal | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ pose (rounded-back asana) | 
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            | Feline | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            04 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | About time to see moggy | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            04 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Animal that is said to have nine lives | 
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            | Free Perth bus service (1,1,1) | 
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            | "All you need is love and a ___" (old saying) | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might unroll your toilet paper | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Animal that might bird-watch at a windowsill | 
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            | Kids' book: The - in the Hat | 
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            | Ragdoll,eg (3) | 
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            | She's spiteful though less than scathing (3) | 
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            | Garfield, for one | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Siamese or tabby, eg | 
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            | Tom, with whiskers (3) | 
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            | It was once punishingly applied to the jazz enthusiast (3) | 
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            | Act like the pet you are! (3) | 
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            | Pet that meows | 
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            | Craft can cut down on time (3) | 
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            | When scan inside complied, it became complicated (3) | 
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            | Pettish type of woman? (3) | 
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            | Primitive punishment befitting a burgler? (3) | 
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            | Black Halloween animal on the ground | 
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            | * Purring pet or word before 14a | 
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            | ___woman (alter ego of Selina Kyle) | 
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            | ___ Ballou, 1965 Lee Marvin film | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            28 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Hobbes | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | One of a clowder | 
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            | Laser chaser | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tabby, moggy | 
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            | Tabby, Siamese, eg | 
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            | See 22A. 1934 horror film starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff (3,5,3) | 
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            | See 22 Across | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            20 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
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            | Be sick of such a spiteful woman (3) | 
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            | Jaguar, say, for one of the Red Dwarf crew (3) | 
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            | "The ___ in the Hat" (2003 movie) | 
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            | Olivia Benson, for Taylor Swift | 
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            | Grizabella or Macavity, eg (3) | 
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            | Persian or Siamese, e.g. | 
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            | ___woman (iconic Eartha Kitt role) | 
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            | Feline pet | 
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            | Persian or Siamese, for example (3) | 
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            | Moggy | 
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            | "____ Ballou" | 
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            | Animal with nine lives, they say | 
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            | Being spiteful, she hadn't a chance in hell (3) | 
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            | Pet whose exposed tummy might be a trap | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Small feline mammal (3) | 
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            | Azrael, in Stephen King's Doctor Sleep | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            16 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pet that chases mice | 
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            | Spinning firework (with two letters 58 Across) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            14 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Persian, e.g. | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            11 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Persian that purrs? | 
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            | Obtain a sheep that came back (3) | 
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            | Feline | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | About time for pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            03 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            03 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Any wild feline mammal of the genus Felis (3) | 
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            | A person (sl) (3) | 
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            | & 15A Television presenter married to comedian Patrick Kielty since 2012 (3,6) | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            01 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Persian ___, common house pet | 
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            | Witch's stereotypical pet | 
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            | Meowing house pet | 
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            | Jaguar or lion | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | A pet for whom a Roman statesman had love (3) | 
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            | One getting in a flap about time | 
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            | Abraham Lincoln was the first to keep one at the White House | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | "__ got your tongue?" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | It may purr at her spitefulness (3) | 
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            | Persian ___, common house pet | 
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            | Pet with whiskers | 
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            | Lynx, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might be named Tabbytha | 
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            | Popular pet | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            10 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | "The Black _" (1843 Poe story) (3) | 
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            | Pet that loves yarn balls | 
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            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            06 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Meowing pet | 
             | 
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            | Feline creature (3) | 
             | 
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            | Natural bird watcher? | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
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            | One could be sick of such a scanner (3) | 
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            | ___ scan (X-ray image) | 
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            | Tabby pet | 
             | 
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            | Pet that meows | 
             | 
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            | Feline mammal | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            26 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Whip pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            26 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Siamese or tabby | 
             | 
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            | Lion, having a bit of a panic attack? (3) | 
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            | A spiteful woman was used to punish one (3) | 
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            | Feline mammal | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            22 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Whip pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            22 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tortoiseshell ___, feline with a colorful coat that is believed to bring good luck and money | 
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            | Sylvester, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            17 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            16 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | New act for an animal (3) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            08 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat," 2003 film with a feline pet as the main character which can be found in the movies at 33a, 43a, 46a, 4d, and 8d | 
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            | Tabby | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tuna-loving house pet | 
            Universal | 
            16 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Act in feline fashion (3) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Whip of knotted rope | 
            The Times Concise | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cougar or jaguar | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Persian, perhaps | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Grizabella maybe right to leave Barrow | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Animal associated with the physicist Schr*dinger (3) | 
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            | Whip pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            08 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            08 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
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            | Alley prowler | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Whip pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lion or cougar | 
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            | "Peace Train" singer songwriter | 
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            | Animal to call with a whistle? (3) | 
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            | Whiskas-eating pet | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Witch's black pet? | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            23 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tom of "Tom and Jerry" | 
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            | Pet that watches birds | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Children's book: The - in the Hat | 
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            | Big kitty | 
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            | Tiger or panther, for example | 
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            | Domesticated house pet | 
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            | See 7-Across | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            17 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | This Morning presenter, _ Deeley (3) | 
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            | The feline part of abdication? (3) | 
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            | Furry pet | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            16 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Meowing pet | 
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            | Clear air turbulence | 
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            | Tom may take a walk (3) | 
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            | Pet that may scratch you playfully | 
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            | It might be in a flap | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            07 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Times Concise | 
            06 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | With 2-Down, reward for using the scratching post, perhaps | 
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            | Tom's informal talk Henry's missing (3) | 
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            | _ Deeley, co-presenter on This Morning (3) | 
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            | Lead-in to "woman," for a Zoe Kravitz role | 
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            | Mouse chaser | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring friend | 
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            | ____ Deeley, TV presenter | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            28 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Danny John-Jules's Red Dwarf role | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            27 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | What Garfield is | 
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            | Feline | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ragdoll or tuxedo | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Maneki-neko figure | 
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            | Spiteful woman perhaps said to be after Bob | 
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            | Kitten's mother | 
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            | Tom may raise anchor (3) | 
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            | Habitual birdwatcher | 
            Newsday | 
            09 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            07 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Popular pet | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            05 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Furry family animal | 
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            | 13D, for example | 
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            | Jellicle Ball attendee, in a Broadway classic | 
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            | A creature of the family Felidae (3) | 
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            | =^.^= creature | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pet type (3) | 
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            | Some secateurs can scratch! (3) | 
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            | Jaguar or lynx | 
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            | Clowder member | 
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            | Mr. Jinx in "Meet the Parents," for one | 
            Universal | 
            20 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Hello Kitty | 
            Family Time | 
            15 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | The host of So You Think You Can Dance? _ Deeley (3) | 
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            | Some domesticated animal (3) | 
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            | Pet at a scratching post | 
            Universal | 
            10 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Whiskered pet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Persian purrer | 
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            | Pet that may chase the characters in 19a, 21, 44a, 46a, 43d and 56d | 
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            | Mercator's pet? (3) | 
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            | Animal for which a rounded-back yoga pose is named | 
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            | Feline pet | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | You need room to swing one (3) | 
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            | Animal act putting the middle on top (3) | 
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            | Feline | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            30 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pet will act up | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            30 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Siamese, calico, or tabby | 
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            | See 24-Across | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eats mice, as different animal may well do! (7,3) | 
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            | Purring pet | 
            Commuter | 
            25 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Animal act, maybe (3) | 
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            | Purring pet | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            24 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Jellicle Ball attendee | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Agora Hills" singer Doja ___ | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            23 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tabby, for one | 
            Universal | 
            22 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | See 15 Down | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            20 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Nermal | 
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            | Housepet | 
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            | Whiskered animal that loves naps and sitting on laps | 
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            | Big name in construction equipment | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Whip for poor act | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            07 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            07 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ Stevens, former name of singer and activist Yusuf Islam (3) | 
            Puzzler | 
            06 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Felix or Stimpy | 
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            | Northeast trading boat that purrs along? (3) | 
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            | Jaguar, e.g. | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            03 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Chef Cora | 
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            | Drum & whip found down the alley (3,3) | 
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            | Baudrons (3) | 
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            | Kitty vacated when Dave wasn't around (3) | 
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            | Purring pet | 
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            | Purring furball | 
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            | Cougar or leopard | 
             | 
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            | Fur left behind by old pet | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            28 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | A popular pet | 
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            | "Persian" pet that purrs | 
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            | Jaguar, for example | 
            Universal | 
            20 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger, big ... | 
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            | Purr-former | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Scratching" pet | 
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            | Being spiteful, she was once punishingly applied (3) | 
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            | "Karma is a ___ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric | 
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            | "Karma is a __ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Karma is a _ / Purring in my lap 'cause it loves me": Taylor Swift lyric | 
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            | Tabby, e.g. (3) | 
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            | Pet that might use a scratching post | 
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            | Whip pet | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            09 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Domestic animal | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            09 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Stimpy | 
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            | Lt.'s superior | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cheetah, e.g. | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            05 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Purr-fect pet | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lucas collects the GST for decorative stemware (3,5) | 
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            | A feline (3) | 
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            | Domesticated feline mammal (3) | 
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            | One could beat a small twin-hulled craft (3) | 
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            | Tiger or leopard | 
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            | "Tom Quartz", ___, T 49 Across's 54 Across (3) | 
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            | Scaredy ___, title for a person who can be easily startled like a particular house pet | 
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            | Purina ___ Chow | 
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            | Domesticated furry mammal, (3) | 
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            | Purr-fect pet | 
            Commuter | 
            11 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tom, say, deterred by Coleus comosus (3) | 
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            | Pet rabbit husband's neglected | 
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            | Little girl’s pet | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            27 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Nyan ___ (meme with a repetitive earworm) | 
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            | Bonetti or Tufnell | 
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            | Feline | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            22 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Doja ___ released her 4th studio album (3) | 
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            | Moggy in trolley right to leave | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            22 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet with a scratching post | 
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            | Puss in Boots, e.g. | 
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            | One that may 17 Down (3) | 
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            | Pet that meows | 
             | 
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            | Whiskery type with article in court (3) | 
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            | Cougar, e.g. | 
            Universal | 
            12 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ Deeley, English television presenter (3) | 
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            | Puss in Boots or Kitty Softpaws | 
             | 
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            | Small domesticated feline mammal | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            06 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cheetah for example | 
             | 
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            | Laser chaser | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Witch’s black pet? | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | * Purring pet or word before 14a | 
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            | Schrödinger's ___, quantum mechanics experiment | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            03 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token added in 2013 | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cindy Clawford of "Ted Lasso," for one | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Abyssinian, Burmese, Persian or Siamese, e.g. (3) | 
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            | Curiosity victim? | 
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            | Odd bits of craft seen in source of Scarlatti's fugue (3) | 
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            | Role played by Danny John-jules in space comedy Red Dwarf (3) | 
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            | Says meow | 
             | 
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            | Edgar Allan Poe owned a black one, appropriately | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fluffy cafe denizen | 
            Universal | 
            22 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Purring animal | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Whip animal (3) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            17 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Animal whose cry is hidden in "homeowner" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that can hiss | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            16 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger (but not a bear) | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Panther or puma | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet that uses a litter box | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet whose whiskers are about as wide as its body | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Calico or tortoiseshell pet | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Possible tree rescuee | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Nyan ___ (2011 meme with a Pop-Tart-shaped animal) | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Feline who loves yarn balls | 
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            | Calico or tuxedo | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Buttered ___ paradox | 
            Universal | 
            09 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Sylvester | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | (6/7) On Saturday, he adopted a feline in a new town (rhymes with "Sat") | 
             | 
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            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            19 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Meow maker? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            09 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Persian, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet that meows | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet that meows | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lynx or cougar | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Occasionally crafty pet | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            08 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gato, in English | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Grown-up kitten | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet that may be named Whiskers | 
            Universal | 
            07 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Panther or puma, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that may use a litter box | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Schrodinger's animal? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Animal in the game Calico | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat" (Dr. Seuss book) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whip used for flogging | 
            The Times Concise | 
            25 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            Newsday | 
            24 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Furry, purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sphynx ___ (hairless pet) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that uses a litter box | 
            New York Times | 
            08 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Grumpy" animal in memes | 
            Universal | 
            06 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            02 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Leopard or lynx | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might be 'knead'-y | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Court impounding a pet? | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            28 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Dude in a jazz ensemble | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Bodega mascot, often | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Snowbell in "Stuart Little," for one | 
            Universal | 
            08 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tabby in an alley, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lynx or lion | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sylvester, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Manx or persian | 
            Canadiana | 
            23 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Puss in Boots | 
            Family Time | 
            09 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Animal with sensitivity not entirely laid back | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            22 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Hobbes or Garfield, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One with nine lives | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meowth of Pokémon, for one | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Meowing pet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            27 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Puss in Boots or Garfield, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purr former | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Queen, possibly, making regular use of craft | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            09 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Litter box visitor | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler in a nursery rhyme | 
            Family Time | 
            30 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ person (fan of felines) | 
            Universal | 
            27 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Canadiana | 
            24 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Puss in Boots or Garfield | 
            Family Time | 
            16 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | 47-Down predator | 
            Universal | 
            25 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Queen perhaps beginning to address court guards  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cheshire or Garfield | 
            Family Time | 
            18 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Manx, e.g | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Grumpy ___ (online feline meme) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that was a sacred creature in Ancient Egypt | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Litter maker | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Curiosity killed the ___" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pet hotel guest | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g. | 
            Family Time | 
            24 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Dr. Seuss' "The ___ in the Hat" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Roomba rider, in some viral videos | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Hisser when angry | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            09 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Furball, maybe | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pet with a "tuxedo" variety | 
            Universal | 
            19 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Animal such as Jorts or Jean | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Furry high jumper | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            12 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Subject of many a funny TikTok | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Meowing pet | 
            USA Today | 
            31 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Whiskered one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx or Siamese | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            31 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Animal inhabited by Joe Gardner in 'Soul' | 
            USA Today | 
            21 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Manx, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Roommate who uses a litter box | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Curiosity killed the ___" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or leopard | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Whiskered one at home | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx or Siamese pet | 
            Universal | 
            18 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Maru, for example | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Manx, e.g | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            09 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Persian ___, common house pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lynx or lion | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Let the ___ out of the bag." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tom from "Tom and Jerry" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may enjoy an empty box more than a deluxe scratching post | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            20 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Times Concise | 
            19 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Scottish fold or British shorthair | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            13 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | I'm a mammal with "nine lives" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Scratching" pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Animal sitting behind a plate of salad, in a meme | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Popular adoptee | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Popular adoptee | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Creature that's almost purr-fect | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | One with nine lives | 
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            | Persian that purrs? | 
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            | Scratching post user | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet raised by Santa Claus inside | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            18 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tiger, e.g | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tashirojima in Japan is commonly known as ___ Island as the feline population is larger than human population | 
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            | Fiddler in the nursery tale | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Manx, e.g | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Animal, partly domesticated | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            06 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            04 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet in many a YouTube video | 
            Universal | 
            03 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | One may sit on your keyboard | 
            Universal | 
            27 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            24 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Its smell scares a mouse | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might be an avid birdwatcher | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sabrina's pet Salem, e.g. | 
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            | Mouse chaser | 
            Family Time | 
            15 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that can be polydactyl | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Maybe Lion King not shown in Barrow?  | 
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            | Witch’s familiar, often | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Hat-wearer in a Dr. Seuss book | 
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            | One may be feral | 
            Universal | 
            20 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet to pet | 
            Family Time | 
            17 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet fur has nothing removed | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            07 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese, e.g. | 
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            | Mewing pet | 
            Universal | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Indoor" or "outdoor" pet | 
            Universal | 
            23 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Litter box user | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Litter box user | 
            The Washington Post | 
            22 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese creature | 
            Family Time | 
            12 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might clean itself with its leg in the air | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g. | 
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            | Persian or Siamese, e.g. | 
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            | Animal whip  | 
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            | Tabby or Sphynx, for one | 
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            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Cool one | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Curious pet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            22 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grown kitten | 
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            | Feline | 
            The Times Concise | 
            16 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, for instance | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            12 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might have a 'tuxedo' | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Meower | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Persian, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            02 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese | 
            Universal | 
            19 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grown-up kitten | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Puma or panther | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Word after "fat" or "cool" | 
            Universal | 
            28 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Smelly ___," song by Phoebe Buffay | 
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            | Windowsill basker | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Colonel Meow, for one | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Milk lover | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Moggy in trolley right to leave | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            29 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            29 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ burglar | 
            Universal | 
            23 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Panther, e.g | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might pounce on a yarn ball | 
            USA Today | 
            23 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tom or tabby | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tom or tabby | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sylvester, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that may hiss | 
            Universal | 
            02 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that might 'make biscuits' | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield's species | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Lynx or lion | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            22 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | The Kinks' "Phenomenal ___" | 
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            | Feline | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield is one | 
            Family Time | 
            12 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Animal that, despite popular belief, is usually lactose intolerant | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purring companion | 
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            | Lap-loving pet | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Lap-loving pet | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast fan | 
            Universal | 
            29 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Russian blue, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Smelly ___," song by Phoebe Buffay | 
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            | Animal said to have nine lives | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese | 
            Universal | 
            28 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Persian, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Potential adoptee | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Leopard, e.g | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tiger or lion | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Roommate that may leave litter everywhere | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Queen, say, regularly represented in charts  | 
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            | Shelter adoptee | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | -- Anderson, member of Duke Ellington's orchestra | 
            The Telegraph General Knowledge | 
            04 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pet that kneads you | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            03 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ragamuffin or Maine Coon | 
            Canadiana | 
            28 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pusheen, for example | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Scratching-post user | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pet such as a manx | 
            Universal | 
            23 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            22 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Moggy fur without hole | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            18 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Type of common pet | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Hieroglyphics animal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Ominous sighting, it's said | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            22 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tabby or Tom | 
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            | Habitual birdwatcher | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            03 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tom, perhaps, starts off cold, afterwards tender  | 
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            | Mouse chaser | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | One sleeping in a bookstore, perhaps | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            18 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tractor brand, familiarly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tractor brand, familiarly | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Moggy fur lacking nothing | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            10 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'What greater gift than the love of a ___?': Charles Dickens | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | One may hiss at a dog | 
            Universal | 
            04 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | ___ Deeley, host of the popular reality TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" | 
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            | "The ___ in the Hat" (Dr. Seuss book) | 
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            | Feline pet | 
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            | Purring pet | 
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            | Manx, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Moggy approximately on time | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            05 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Whiskered pet | 
            Universal | 
            25 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Queen perhaps delaying introduction of legislation  | 
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            | Tom or Garfield, e.g. | 
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            | Monopoly token elected by an internet vote | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Animal feared by an ailurophobe | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, for example | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pet that loves yarn balls | 
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            | Lion, say | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | About time to see moggy | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            11 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Lion, say | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Himalayan, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Purring animal | 
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            | Purring pet | 
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            | One that may use a litter box | 
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            | Four-legged bird watcher | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Attendee of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Moggy fur with hole concealed | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Calico, e.g | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | You might name yours Tabby | 
            Family Time | 
            24 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pet that meows | 
            Newsday | 
            19 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Old Deuteronomy or Bombalurina, for example | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Newsday | 
            10 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Siamese or Persian | 
            New York Times | 
            05 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Kind of whip | 
            Canadiana | 
            27 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Litter box user | 
            Universal | 
            25 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Schrodinger's animal? | 
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            | Tabby | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            12 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Leopard or lion | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Persian say approximately on time | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pet with nine lives, they say | 
            Universal | 
            25 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fiddle player of rhyme | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fiddle player of rhyme | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tiger, for instance | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            28 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Siamese perhaps approximately on time | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            15 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Siamese, e.g | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Siamese, e.g | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | About time for puss  | 
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            | Cougar or cheetah | 
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            | Lynx or leopard | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Calico, for one | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Persian, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | One of six hidden in this puzzle, each sitting on an apt location | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Cool dude in jazzy slang | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Alley howler | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | 9Lives eater | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet to pet | 
            Family Time | 
            11 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'What greater gift than the love of a ___': Charles Dickens | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | "What greater gift than the love of a ___": Charles Dickens | 
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            | Jazz fan | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Curiosity victim, in a saying | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet said to have nine lives | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet said to have nine lives | 
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            | "The ___ in the Hat" | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ Ballou," 1965 western musical comedy starring Jane Fonda as Catherine | 
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            | I am a "purring" pet with nine lives. Who am I? | 
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            | Purr producer | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet that's not fetching? | 
            Universal | 
            23 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet asking for milk, purr-haps? | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tuxedo ___ (black-and-white animal) | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            01 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Universal | 
            28 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Burmese, for one | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            23 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Natural bird watcher? | 
            Family Time | 
            19 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Attach? caught up with jazz fan | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            10 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sofa-clawing pet | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            04 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Alley ___ | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            28 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Lion or lynx | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Panther or puma | 
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            | Tabby or Siamese | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | American chef ___ Cora who co-hosts "Around the World in 80 Plates" | 
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            | Pet that meows | 
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            | Many a shelter adoptee | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Sphynx, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | "A ___ has nine lives," proverbial myth about a feline | 
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            | Provider of purrs | 
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            | One that may use a litter box | 
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            | Angry hisser | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | "Smelly ___" song composed by Phoebe which is followed by the line "What are they feeding you?" | 
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            | Canary watcher | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Whiskered pet | 
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            | __ toy | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet with "nine lives" | 
            Universal | 
            19 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            The Times Concise | 
            18 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Dog's archenemy | 
            Universal | 
            08 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix eater | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Small feline | 
            Family Time | 
            04 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
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            | Lynx or panther | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | *Monopoly token | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Puss in Boots, for one | 
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            | Purring pet that might go after the pet in 31d | 
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            | Himalayan, say | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | What Garfield from the comics actually is | 
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            | One with nine lives | 
             | 
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            | Manx or Siamese | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            15 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Many a viral-video star | 
            The New Yorker | 
            14 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Lion, e.g. | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            08 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pet with "nine lives" | 
             | 
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            | Pet that's not fetching? | 
             | 
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            | Manx, for one | 
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            | Dog's archenemy | 
             | 
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            | Pet asking for milk, purr-haps? | 
             | 
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            | Calico, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Curiosity victim, in a saying | 
             | 
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            | Sphynx, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purr producer | 
             | 
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            | Liger or leopard, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Himalayan, say | 
             | 
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            | Angry hisser | 
             | 
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            | Many a shelter adoptee | 
             | 
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            | Meow Mix eater | 
             | 
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            | Garfield, famously | 
            Universal | 
            30 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Grumpy ___ (Internet celebrity with the real name Tardar Sauce) | 
            Jonesin | 
            18 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Self-grooming creature | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            16 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
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            | One used to flog online business, blocking terrible sanction  | 
             | 
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            | Hipster | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Siamese or Burmese, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Litter member or user | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Litter member or user | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Cool ___ | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Persian, for example | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Common household pet | 
            Family Time | 
            05 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Dude in Bombay? | 
             | 
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            | ___-o'-nine-tails | 
            Universal | 
            03 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Leopard or lynx | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Witch's black pet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | With 6-Down, 1965 Jane Fonda movie | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Alley hisser | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Kitten's parent | 
             | 
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            | Pet that meows | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Phoebe Buffay's trademark song "Smelly ___" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bill the -- (comics character) | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            19 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Persian or tabby | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Felix or Fritz | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Alley prowler | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese, for e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ocelot or ounce | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tom, in 'Tom and Jerry' cartoons | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Surefooted creature | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Kid lit's Slinky Malinki, for one | 
            The New Yorker | 
            25 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Four-legged housemate | 
            Universal | 
            24 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Friskies eater | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Big-time litterer | 
            Universal | 
            02 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | British shorthair, for one | 
            Universal | 
            30 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | One that may use a litter box | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Domestic animal | 
            The Times Concise | 
            14 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Scratchy of cartoons, e.g | 
            USA Today | 
            14 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Manx, e.g | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Sacred creature in ancient Egypt | 
            New York Times | 
            09 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Hogwarts' Mrs. Norris is one | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Hogwarts' Mrs. Norris is one | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Stevens who sang 'Peace Train' | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Common pet | 
            Universal | 
            11 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Purr-fect pet? | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 33-Across | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | See 33-Across | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, for instance | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Calico or Sphynx | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | A kitten grows up to be one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Laser chaser | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast consumer | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            28 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tiger, e.g. | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            20 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Persian, e.g | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Word with big or house | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Word with big or house | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Hairy Himalayan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast fancier | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hogwarts' Mrs. Norris is one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, for example | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Litter member or user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 33-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, famously | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Surefooted creature | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Witch's black pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratchy of cartoons, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ocelot or ounce | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-o'-nine-tails | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Word with big or house | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Friskies eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Calico or Sphynx | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sacred creature in ancient Egypt | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purr-fect pet? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix or Fritz | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool ___ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | With 6-Down, 1965 Jane Fonda movie | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Tom, in "Tom and Jerry" cartoons | 
             | 
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            | Big-time litterer | 
             | 
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            | British shorthair, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Common pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stevens who sang "Peace Train" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Four-legged housemate | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Burmese or Persian | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
            Universal | 
            22 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | String chaser | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Milk lapper | 
            Universal | 
            14 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Half of a ''game'' pair | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Eliot's Gus or Macavity | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Cool' sort | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Victim of curiosity, in a saying | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Abyssinian or Siamese | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | __ scan | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | __ scan | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Persian you pet | 
            Universal | 
            13 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Head of finance leaving, Tom's opening unappetising drink  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz fan | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            04 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Indoor __ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Indoor __ | 
            The Washington Post | 
            03 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Mouse hunter | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Common house pet | 
            Universal | 
            25 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Creature climbing across the leads?  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grown kitten | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | American Shorthair, for one | 
            Universal | 
            27 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | A-mewsing animal? | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            24 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Batter of balls? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Batter of balls? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cream alternative | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            08 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Player in an indoor tree | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Player in an indoor tree | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Animated Sylvester, for one | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token since 2013 | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Grown kitten | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Type of household pet | 
            Universal | 
            16 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Hat-wearing Seuss character | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Balinese or Burmese | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Hopeful birdwatcher | 
            Universal | 
            24 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Windowsill sunner | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Cool" hipster | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Cool' hipster | 
            The Washington Post | 
            19 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tiger or tabby | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Puma or lion | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz fan | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            26 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Frequent chaser of its own tail | 
            Jonesin | 
            23 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Puss | 
            Canadiana | 
            22 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Possibly pedigreed pet | 
            Newsday | 
            21 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Animal associated with the word "feline" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Universal | 
            29 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Boat taken from coast regularly  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Animal that can follow the first word in each of this puzzle's four theme entries | 
            Jonesin | 
            11 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Laser beam-chasing pet | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast eater | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Clowder creature | 
            Universal | 
            19 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Lynx or ocelot | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | One of the burglars gets half of 25 across | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            11 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Heathcliff, for one | 
            Jonesin | 
            17 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Cartoondom's Tom or Sylvester | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | See 53-Across | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            08 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Be-bopper | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Cool" hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian you pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token since 2013 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ginger ___ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Common house pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | American Shorthair, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Milk lapper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Type of household pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Cool" sort | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Batter of balls? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __ scan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Be-bopper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Victim of curiosity, in a saying | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratching-post user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eliot's Gus or Macavity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Indoor __ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cartoondom's Tom or Sylvester | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Burmese or Persian | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Laser pointer chaser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Player in an indoor tree | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hopeful birdwatcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring animal | 
            Universal | 
            27 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Game in which kitty's taken care of?   | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Birman or bengal | 
            Canadiana | 
            05 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'What greater gift than the love of a ___?': Dickens | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Abyssinian or Persian | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Felix of cartoons | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Litter box user | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Rapt bird watcher, perhaps | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            28 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Lion or leopard | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Tiger, e.g | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
            The Washington Post | 
            19 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Nyan ___ | 
            Jonesin | 
            18 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Tonto in 'Harry and Tonto' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Household pet | 
            Universal | 
            15 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Loco' sort | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Birman or Bombay | 
            Canadiana | 
            12 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Witch's familiar, maybe | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Stealthy animal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Angry hisser | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Manx | 
            Canadiana | 
            11 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Stealthy sort | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Common house pet | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Subject of many an internet meme | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Cougar, e.g | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            12 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Iams eater | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast fan | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Scratchy, in 'The Simpsons' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Manx or lynx | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Crookshanks, notably | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Cause of an allergic response | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Animal that an ailurophobe fears | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            Universal | 
            06 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Whiskas eater | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Pussy | 
            The Washington Post | 
            12 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Carroll grinner | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Crookshanks, in Harry Potter fiction | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Popular pet | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Siamese, for one | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            25 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Angora, e.g | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | One notably entertained by a laser pointer | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Socks, e.g | 
            The Washington Post | 
            10 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Friskies fan | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            05 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Avid bird watcher? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Siamese, e.g | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            02 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Tiger, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Witch's familiar, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Household pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stealthy animal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Avid bird watcher? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Iams eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix of cartoons | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rapt bird watcher, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Subject of many an internet meme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stealthy sort | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One notably entertained by a laser pointer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "What greater gift than the love of a ___?": Dickens | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Loco" sort | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring animal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gaggle : goose :: clowder : ___ | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cool one | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Hep one | 
            Universal | 
            23 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Pet that's often aloof | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron in 2013 | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Subject of many a viral video | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Tom, perhaps, and son excluded by players | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            22 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Always quarrelling, plenty of these in a fall  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Grimalkin | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Common house pet | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Word before tail or nip | 
            Canadiana | 
            17 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Persian, for one | 
            Universal | 
            15 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Victim of curiosity | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Sno-__ | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Heathcliff | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | See 76-Across | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | One of the burglars caught a temperature | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            11 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Abyssinian, for one | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Panther or puma | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Heathcliff, e.g | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            16 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Certain house pet | 
            Universal | 
            06 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Critter in a clowder | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, e.g | 
            Universal | 
            28 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Puma or panther | 
            Newsday | 
            20 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Persian or Abyssinian | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Jazz fan celebrating Art Tatum's No. 1s  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curious pet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            19 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Morris, e.g | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            29 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Himalayan, for one | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Meowing mammal | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Garfield, famously | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix consumer | 
            Universal | 
            08 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Rum Tum Tugger, for one | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix eater | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Enemy of the pictured animal | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Manx or Persian | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Viral video critter, often | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat" | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | House __ | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Friskies eater | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Bird watcher, perhaps | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | It's lashed trunks afloat  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 76-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sno-__ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Victim of curiosity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx or Persian | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bird watcher, perhaps | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Himalayan, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian or Abyssinian | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring Persian | 
            Jonesin | 
            01 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Subject of many a viral video | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix consumer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hep one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Certain house pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that's often aloof | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | House __ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Peter and the Wolf" clarinet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curiosity's victim, supposedly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Enemy of the pictured animal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gaggle : goose :: clowder : ___ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Monopoly token that replaced the iron in 2013 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Puma or panther | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Panther or puma | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pet that purrs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meowing mammal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Abyssinian, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Common house pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, famously | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rum Tum Tugger, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Critter in a clowder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Friskies eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | YouTube star, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curious pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morris, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Victim of curiosity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Socks, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiger, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Laser chaser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I Can Has Cheezburger?" image | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sure-footed pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouse catcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Certain house pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Morris, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whiskered pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alley howler | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curiosity killed it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "The ___ in the Hat" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cheshire grinner | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ Power | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spin Doctors "Cleopatra's ___" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | With 51-Across, med. diagnostic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kiko, in Kiko's Delivery Service | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "'Meow' means 'woof' in __": Carlin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Subject of many a viral video | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dr. Seuss animal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Burmese, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bopper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Any of T. S. Eliot's "practical" creatures | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Russian blue, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Anne Hathaway's persona in 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Cool" guy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purrfectionist? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seussian mischief maker | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouse catcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Better mousetrap? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | *See 29-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool __ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nursery rhyme fiddler | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Siamese or Abyssinian | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Word with bird or call | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One might feel the need to knead | 
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            | Mouse hunter | 
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            | Frequent bird watcher | 
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            | Feline | 
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            | Whiskered pet | 
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            | Whiskered 28-Across | 
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            | Bird watcher | 
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            | Felix or Morris, e.g. | 
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            | Two-hulled vessel, for short | 
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            | Fiddler of rhyme | 
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            | See 19-Across | 
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            | One familiar with litter | 
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            | Possible predator of a 26-Down | 
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            | Youtube star, frequently | 
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            | Curiosity victim, in an old saying | 
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            | Persian or Siamese | 
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            | Dr. Seuss title character | 
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            | Hepster | 
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            | Hipster | 
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            | Little hisser | 
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            | Garfield or Heathcliff | 
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            | Manx or lynx | 
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            | Curiosity victim, in an old saying | 
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            | Adult kitten | 
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            | Jaguar, e.g. | 
             | 
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            | Scratching-post user | 
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            | See 44 Across | 
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            | KoKo or Yum-Yum, in Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries | 
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            | Meow Mix muncher | 
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            | Milk lover | 
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            | T.S. Eliot's favorite animal? | 
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            | Well-known hat-wearer of kiddie-lit | 
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            | KoKo or Yum-Yum, in Lilian Jackson Braun mysteries | 
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            | Curiosity victim, in a saying | 
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            | Purr former | 
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            | Jazz lover | 
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            | Felix or Morris, e.g. | 
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            | Scratcher at a post | 
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            | Monopoly token introduced in 2013 | 
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            | Monopoly token introduced in 2013 | 
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            | 63-Down, e.g. | 
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            | Sofa scratcher | 
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            | Siamese or Burmese | 
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            | Purring pet | 
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            | Alley lurker | 
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            | Persian, for one | 
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            | Shelter purchase, sometimes | 
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            | Blofeld's constant companion, in Bond films | 
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            | "If it fits I sits" animal on icanhascheezburger.com | 
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            | Garfield, for one | 
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            | Calico pet | 
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            | "___ on a Hot Tin Roof" | 
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            | Alley lurker | 
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            | Calico pet | 
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            | Garfield, for one | 
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            | Persian, for one | 
             | 
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            | Purring pet | 
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            | Siamese or Burmese | 
             | 
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            | Stimpy or Garfield | 
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            | "Alley" animal | 
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            | Garfield or Felix | 
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            | Grimalkin | 
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            | It may be let out of the bag | 
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            | Mr. Mistoffelees, for one | 
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            | Alley frequenter | 
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            | Garfield, e.g. | 
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            | Dr. Seuss title character | 
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            | Slippers in Theodore Roosevelt's White House | 
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            | Kind of scan | 
             | 
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            | Lynx or puma | 
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            | Cool dude, in jazz | 
             | 
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            | Blofeld's constant companion, in Bond films | 
             | 
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            | Garfield or Heathcliff | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Furry mouse chaser | 
             | 
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            | See 30-Down | 
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            | Al Stewart's favorite pet? | 
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            | Al Stewart "Year of the ___" | 
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            | Black Halloween animal | 
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            | Puma, say | 
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            | Garfield, for one | 
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            | Meowing pet | 
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            | Alley hisser | 
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            | Milk lover | 
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            | Well-known hat wearer of kiddie-lit | 
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            | See 85-Across | 
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            | Panther or puma | 
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            | Natural bird-watcher | 
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            | Abyssinian or Siamese | 
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            | Sylvester, e.g. | 
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            | "The Black ___" (Poe story) | 
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            | Feline pet | 
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            | Critter to 8-Across, perhaps | 
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            | Whiskas consumer | 
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            | Seuss' hat-wearer | 
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            | One who "must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES": Eliot | 
             | 
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            | Jazz aficionado | 
             | 
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            | Critter to 8-Across, perhaps | 
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            | One who "must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES": Eliot | 
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            | Sylvester, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix muncher | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler in a kids' rhyme | 
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            | Tabby or tom | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Tabby or tom | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Cool fellow | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Title word in many Lilian Jackson Braun novels | 
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            | Jazz aficionado | 
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            | Jazz buff | 
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            | Purring one | 
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            | Whiskas eater | 
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            | Siamese, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouse hunter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eliot's Old Deuteronomy, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tabby or Manx | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Whiskered pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eliot's Old Deuteronomy, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Burmese or Siamese | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curiosity victim, in an old saying | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix or Sylvester | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Popular pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lounging pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | T.S. Eliot's favorite animal? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Well-known hat wearer of kiddie-lit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Cool" dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx or Siamese | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Big tractor, informally | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Fritz | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hat-wearer of children's literature | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ailurophobe's dread | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Morris | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Peace Train' singer Stevens | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maine coon, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tractor make, briefly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Burmese or Balinese | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stray, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nap or nip preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maine coon, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz guy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz fan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bucky of "Get Fuzzy," for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ailurophobe's dread | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz fan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lynx or leopard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whiskered pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | TV host Deeley | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Furry purrer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Black Halloween animal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bird watcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rum Tum Tugger or Sylvester | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Victim of curiosity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Russian blue, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Puma, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tabby or calico | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bucky of "Get Fuzzy," for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tree rescuee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Animal known for its righting reflex | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nap or nip preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purrfect pet? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stevens who is now Yusuf Islam | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Animal that can right itself | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool sort | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz fan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jaguar, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Litter box visitor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stray, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maine coon, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mungojerrie or Skimbleshanks, in a musical | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One often planted on a window ledge? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Frequent litterer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Animal called "maeow" in Thai | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sofa shedder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hep one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curiosity victim | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hip dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seuss hat wearer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stray, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tom, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix or Fritz, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hep one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Toonces, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool fella | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Animal known for its righting reflex | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ailurophobe's dread | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Animal in Schrödinger's box | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | He digs gigs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Notorious bird-watcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tabby or tiger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sylvester of cartoons, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tongue depressor? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stimpy, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Old Deuteronomy, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 66-Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rum Tum Tugger, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purrer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Excavation machine, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouse chaser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hip dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seuss hat wearer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stray, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tom, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whiskas eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Litter box user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Four-legged leaper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or leopard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion or tiger | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz club habitue | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ailurophobe's dread | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Balinese or Burmese | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Construction-site vehicle, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ocelot, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grizabella or Garfield | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Singer Yusuf Islam, formerly ___ Stevens | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hairball sufferer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler in the nursery | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Turkish Angora, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fritz or Felix | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whiskered one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Persian" pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian or Siamese | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz figure | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler in the nursery | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One who digs gigs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz figure | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kind of burglar | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whiskered one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Popular pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One who digs gigs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ Island, Bahamas, boyhood home of 47A | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Medical acronym | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | String player? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Object of ailurophobia | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Calico, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kind of burglar | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grimalkin | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eliot's Jennyanydots, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dr. Seuss character | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tiger or tabby | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Snowbell in "Stuart Little" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 8-Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz lover | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast feaster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mousetrap? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Night stalker | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grimalkin, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dick Whittington's companion | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouse manipulator? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Habitual scratcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bird watcher, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Be-bopper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grimalkin, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix or Fritz | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grizabella, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Manx, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rex, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alley roamer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lion, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | String chaser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Persian, for example | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fancy Feast eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz aficionado | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Meow Mix consumer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fritz or Felix | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dr. Seuss title character | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 33 Down pursuer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Himalayan, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Leopard or lion | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler of rhyme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler of rhyme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stimpy, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One ___ (stickball kin) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curiosity victim | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Creature in a clowder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alley __ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool dude, in jazz | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kind of scan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Friskies eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz player | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Siamese or Persian | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Household pet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Household leaper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Purring 40 Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | With 6 Down, X-ray successor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler of rhyme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kilkenny fighter of rhyme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Russian Blue, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mouser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alley __ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bebopper | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Friskies eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clawer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jellicle Ball attendee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Curious creature | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ailurophile's fancy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stimpy is one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Object of an ailurophile's love | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Felix or Fritz, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Heathcliff, in the funnies | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One eyeing a canary, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Big bulldozer company, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hipster | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whiskas eater | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazzman | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Turkish Angora, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tongue depressor? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cat | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler in a kids' rhyme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sofa scratcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Serval, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jane Fonda film role | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lynx or panther | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stimpy or Sylvester | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Scratching post user | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tabby | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Home companion, for some | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Garfield, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sofa scratcher | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fiddler in a kids' rhyme | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ailurophile's fancy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool one? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fido's nemesis | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 38-Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One familiar with litter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Big name in the women's suffrage movement | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stimpy is one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cool one? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jazz devotee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hep dude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feline | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Kind of burglar | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 11 Down | 
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            | Well-known hat wearer | 
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            | Two-hulled vessel, for short | 
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            | Garfield, for one | 
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            | Burmese, e.g. | 
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            | Two-hulled vessel, for short | 
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            | Purrfect pet? | 
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            | Siamese or Persian | 
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            | Popular pet | 
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            | Singer Stevens | 
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            | Morris or Felix | 
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            | Rum Tum Tugger, e.g. | 
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            | Ailurophile's fancy | 
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            | Tabby | 
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            | The Simpsons' Snowball II, for one | 
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            | Subject of a B. Kliban drawing | 
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            | Singer Stevens | 
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            | Jazz enthusiast | 
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            | Jazz man | 
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            | Dead-___ bounce (brief recovery, as of stock prices) | 
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            | Siamese or Persian | 
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            | Nip or nap preceder | 
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            | Rum Tum Tugger or Grizabella | 
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            | Meow Mix muncher | 
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            | Burmese or Persian, e.g. | 
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            | Felix, for one | 
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            | F. domesticus | 
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            | Garfield or Felix | 
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            | Member of a certain Broadway cast | 
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            | House pet | 
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            | Whiskered one | 
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            | Siamese ___ | 
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            | Dr. Seuss character | 
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            | 38-Across catcher | 
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            | Purring animal | 
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            | Tom or bob | 
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            | Siamese, e.g. | 
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            | Tiger or puma | 
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            | Member of the family Felidae | 
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            | Seuss's hat-wearer | 
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            | Lynx or cheetah | 
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            | Felix or Sylvester | 
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            | '-- Ballou ('65 film)' | 
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            | Siamese or Burmese | 
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            | Morris or Garfield | 
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            | Word with scan or burglar | 
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            | Abyssinian, for one | 
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            | Felix or Garfield | 
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            | Siamese or Maltese | 
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            | Hep one | 
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            | Big name in earth-moving equipment, for short | 
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            | Hipster | 
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            | Cougar | 
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            | Bremen Town musician | 
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            | Alley lurker | 
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            | Manx, say | 
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            | Ernie who Bush gave away, e.g. | 
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            | Bill in "Bloom County," e.g. | 
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            | Tom or tabby | 
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            | Singer Stevens | 
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            | Cool type? | 
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            | Kind of prowler | 
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            | Russian Blue, e.g. | 
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            | High-tech scanner | 
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            | Meower | 
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            | Leopard, e.g. | 
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            | Garfield, e.g. | 
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            | Curiosity victim | 
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            | Tom or Sylvester | 
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            | Garfield or Morris | 
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            | Garfield or Felix | 
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            | Cougar or cheetah | 
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            | Tabby or tiger | 
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            | Puma or panther | 
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            | Abyssinian or Siamese | 
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            | Garfield or Felix | 
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            | Sno-__ (winter vehicle) | 
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            | 22-across's Misty Malarky Ying Yang, for example | 
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            | Abyssinian  for one | 
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            | Bird or scan | 
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            | Family companion | 
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            | Felix  e.g. | 
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            | Good mouser | 
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            | Bebop buff | 
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            | Ailurophile's pet | 
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            | Jazz man | 
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            | One that litters | 
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            | Puma or lion | 
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            | Spiteful gossip | 
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            | Stimpy or Felix | 
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            | Pride : lion :: clowder : ___ | 
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            | Sacred animal of the ancient Egyptians | 
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            | ___ burglar | 
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            | Siamese,e.g. | 
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            | Persian, for example | 
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            | Leo, for one | 
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            | Alley stray | 
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            | George W. Bush's Ernie, for example | 
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            | George W.'s Ernie, for example | 
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            | Socks, e.g. | 
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            | Dude, to a beatnik | 
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            | Jazz joint patron | 
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            | Leopard or lynx, e.g. | 
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            | Stimpy or Sylvester, e.g. | 
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            | Siamese  for one | 
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            | Whiskered beast | 
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            | Surefooted pet | 
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            | Cool dude | 
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            | Singer Stevens | 
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            | Garfield or Heathcliff | 
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            | Alley lurker | 
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            | Abyssinian  e.g. | 
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            | Alley animal | 
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            | One kept in the bag? | 
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            | See 59-Across | 
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            | Kind of burglar | 
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            | Fiddler of kids' rhyme | 
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            | Puma | 
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            | Russian blue, e.g. | 
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            | One who litters | 
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            | Leopard or jaguar | 
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            | Back fence howler | 
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            | Kind of burglar | 
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            | Grizabella, on Broadway | 
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            | Leading earthmover maker, for short | 
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            | Clarinet, in "Peter and the Wolf" | 
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            | Earthmoving machinery company, for short | 
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            | Friskies eater | 
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            | Felix or Fritz | 
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            | It may be let out of the bag | 
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            | Jazz devotee | 
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            | Jazz fan | 
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            | Eliot's Grizabella, e.g. | 
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            | Mouse catcher | 
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            | Eliot's Macavity, e.g. | 
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            | Element of heavy rain | 
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            | Home companion | 
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            | Jazz devotee | 
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            | Stimpy or Felix | 
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            | "The ___ in the Hat" (rhyming Seuss book) | 
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            | Manx or Persian | 
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            | Cool customer | 
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            | Nap or nip preceder | 
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            | Abyssinian  perhaps | 
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            | Jazz devotee | 
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            | The Year of the ____ | 
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            | Pussy | 
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            | Black Halloween animal | 
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            | Persian or Siamese | 
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            | Tractor, slangily | 
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            | With 12-Down, a hospital procedure | 
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            | Tiger | 
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            | Socks, e.g. | 
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            | Witch's familiar | 
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            | Burmese or Siamese | 
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            | Calico or Siamese | 
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            | Singer Stevens | 
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            | Himalayan or Abyssinian | 
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            | Certain burglar | 
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            | Fiddle's partner | 
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            | Felix, for one | 
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            | Eliot's "Jenny-anydots," e.g. | 
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            | Jazz musician | 
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            | Socks, e.g. | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Nov 1993 | 
          
          
            | Garfield or Felix | 
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            | Small sailboat | 
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            | Tabby or Felix | 
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            | Margay, e.g. | 
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            | Puma, e.g. | 
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            | Anchor tackle | 
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            | ___-and-mouse game | 
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            | ___ scan (diagnostic aid) | 
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            | Manx, e.g. | 
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            | Malicious woman | 
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            | Jazzman, to jazzmen | 
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            | Singer Stevens from London | 
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            | Mehitabel, e.g. | 
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            | Hoisting tackle | 
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            | Felix or Garfield | 
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            | Type of scan | 
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            | "___ got your tongue?" | 
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            | Bombay or jaguarundi | 
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            | Morris or Garfield | 
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            | Puma or lynx | 
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            | Marquis's Mehitabel | 
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            | Fraidy-___ | 
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            | Serval, e.g. | 
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            | Grimalkin | 
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            | Word with kin or nip | 
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            | Garfield, for one | 
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            | Witch's pet | 
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            | Hoist an anchor, in a way | 
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            | Deuteronomy, e.g. | 
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            | Theroux's "Darconville's ___" | 
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            | Kind of bird or call | 
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            | Margay or serval | 
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            | Persian or Siamese | 
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            | Garfield of the comics, e.g. | 
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            | Morris of TV fame | 
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            | Mehitabel, for one | 
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            | Channel ___ (food fish) | 
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            | Lynx or cougar | 
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            | Kind of sailboat | 
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            | Member of a clowder | 
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            | He's hip to the jive | 
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            | Jaguar | 
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            | Panther or sailboat | 
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            | See 48 Across | 
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            | Word with nap or nip | 
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            | Siamese or Persian | 
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            | Cheshire | 
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            | Carroll grinner | 
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            | Japanese bobtail | 
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            | Angora | 
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            | Mouser | 
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            | Manx or Angora | 
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            | Persian or alley | 
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            | Lynx, for one | 
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            | Manx or cool | 
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            | Kind of nap | 
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            | Kind of boat or burglar | 
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            | Felix or Dinah | 
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            | Pet | 
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            | Observer of the king | 
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            | Jazzhound | 
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            | Spiteful woman | 
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            | Tin-roof dweller | 
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            | Ballou | 
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            | Jazz devotee | 
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            | Tractor, for short | 
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            | Alice's Dinah | 
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            | Manx | 
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            | Boat | 
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            | Siamese, for one | 
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            | Library list: Abbr. | 
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            | Small boat | 
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            | Kind of burglar | 
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            | Scratching-post user | 
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            | Satan's favorite form. | 
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            | Character in "The Blue Bird." | 
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            | Fiddle's companion. | 
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            | James Mason's favorite pet. | 
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            | Holly Golightly's pet | 
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            | Anchor holster. | 
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            | Persian or Siamese. | 
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            | Witch's "familiar." | 
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            | Combine with 4 Down for a rest. | 
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            | Small sailboat. | 
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            | Tabby. | 
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            | Spiteful woman. | 
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            | Siamese. | 
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            | Kind of whip. | 
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            | Black ___. | 
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            | Kind of sailboat. | 
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            | Jazz buff. | 
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            | Jaguar. | 
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            | Grimalkin. | 
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            | Tiger. | 
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            | Persian. | 
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            | Ounce. | 
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            | Musician of a sort. | 
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            | Jazz devotee. | 
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            | Proverbial tongue-usurper. | 
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            | Jaguar, for one. | 
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            | Circus animal. | 
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            | Jazz fan. | 
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            | Felix the ___. | 
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            | Kind of fish. | 
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            | Aelurophile's favorite | 
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            | Mouser. | 
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            | Person, to a beatnik. | 
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            | Maltese. | 
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            | Feline. | 
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            | Margay or ocelot. | 
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            | Angora. | 
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            | Small sailboat: Slang. | 
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            | Manx. | 
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            | Lynx. | 
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            | Curiosity's victim. | 
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            | Manx ___. | 
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            | Bopster. | 
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            | Subject of Williams title. | 
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            | Ocelot or civet. | 
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            | Lion or tiger. | 
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            | Canary fancier. | 
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            | Witch's familiar. | 
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            | Jive enthusiast. | 
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            | Archy's Mehitabel. | 
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            | Strong tackle: Naut. | 
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            | Nine-lifer. | 
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            | "A sovereign state with a tail." | 
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            | Lilli Palmer's Pyewacket. | 
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            | Handy sailboat. | 
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            | "Rhubarb." | 
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            | What an aelurophobe dislikes. | 
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            | Boys' game of ball. | 
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            | Sacred animal of Egypt. | 
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            | Follower of Dick Whittington. | 
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            | Don Marquis' Mehitable. | 
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            | What Dick Whittington sold. | 
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            | Spiteful one. | 
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            | Tender Vittles eater | 
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            | Socks, e.g. | 
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            | Pussy | 
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            | Grumpy ___ (internet meme) | 
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            | Grumpy ___ (Internet meme) | 
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            | Burmese, e.g. | 
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            | "___ Scratch Fever" (1977 Ted Nugent hit) | 
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            | Sailboat | 
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