| "New Meg. Old ___" (punny "Meg 2: The Trench" tagline) |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Close friend (4) |
Mirror Classic |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Fish used to fish for other fish |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2025 |
| One companion and another having hesitation (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Sep 2025 |
| Buddy (4) |
Puzzler |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Close friend |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Close friend (4) |
Mirror Classic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Pal's constant noise |
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| Good buddy |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Much upset by friend (4) |
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| Does friend get out much? (4) |
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| For a start, come help us, my friend |
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| The ___ Bucket ("SpongeBob" restaurant) |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Buddy |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Friend's piano given away by fool (4) |
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| Large Pacific fish also known as dog salmon (4) |
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| Fool losing last friend |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
05 May 2025 |
| A mate to make much of (4) |
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| Pal |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Pal much perturbed (4) |
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| A friend to follow chorus-leader with song without words (4) |
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| Fool quietly overlooked friend (4) |
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| Fish bait |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Pal, friend |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Feb 2025 |
| Close friend |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2025 |
| Fish for catching fish |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Pal |
USA Today |
08 Jan 2025 |
| Pal |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Bud |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2024 |
| Close friend |
Mirror Classic |
14 Dec 2024 |
| A friend much altered |
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| Shark bait |
New York Times |
20 Nov 2024 |
| A close friend (colloq) (4) |
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| Friend |
Universal |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Bud |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Pal |
USA Today |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Pal |
Mirror Quick |
09 Oct 2024 |
| Friend is much altered |
Mirror Cryptic |
09 Oct 2024 |
| A much muddled mate (4) |
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| Foolish person ultimately rejected as a friend (4) |
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| China caught drone |
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| Pal, mucker |
The Times Concise |
21 Sep 2024 |
| Friend |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Friend, or certain bait |
Universal |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Friend beginning to conceal unpleasant smell |
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| Buddy |
Puzzler Backwords |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Friend is much altered |
Mirror Cryptic |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Pal |
Mirror Quick |
28 Aug 2024 |
| Close friend (4) |
Puzzler |
04 Aug 2024 |
| Pal |
Mirror Quick |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Friend about to sing |
Mirror Cryptic |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Some exotic hummingbirds mate |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jul 2024 |
| Old pal |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Pal |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jun 2024 |
| Close friend |
Mirror Classic |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Mate; one can for Fido maybe (4) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 May 2024 |
| Pal |
Thomas Joseph |
02 May 2024 |
| Another 8-Down |
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| Fish, also known as dog salmon (4) |
The Guardian Weekend |
27 Apr 2024 |
| Good pal |
Commuter |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Pal |
Universal |
12 Apr 2024 |
| A friend will follow chorus-leader with wordless song (4) |
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| Close friend |
Mirror Classic |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Buddy, pal (4) |
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| Pal, mate |
The Times Concise |
23 Feb 2024 |
| A friend one may make much of |
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| A friend much changed (4) |
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| Pal |
Universal |
04 Feb 2024 |
| Initially Charlie to smell like friend (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Jan 2024 |
| Friendly Salmon? |
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| Pal |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Much troubled friend (4) |
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| Fool loses last friend (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Nov 2023 |
| Close associate |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Friend has initially cheesy smell |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Pal you might take fishing? |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2023 |
| Mate (informal) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Apr 2023 |
| Buddy |
Universal |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Bud |
LA Times Daily |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Pal |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Jan 2023 |
| Pal |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Pal |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jan 2023 |
| Friend |
The Guardian Speedy |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Ground-up fish bait (anagram of "much") |
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| Pal, mate |
The Times Concise |
29 Apr 2022 |
| Pal |
Universal |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Pal |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Mar 2022 |
| It's a kind of salmon, pal |
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| Close friend |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2022 |
| Close friend |
The Times Concise |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Buddy |
Universal |
28 Dec 2021 |
| It's a kind of salmon, pal |
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| Best buddy |
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| Buddy |
LA Times Daily |
28 Oct 2021 |
| Pal |
Universal |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Close friend |
The Times Concise |
19 Oct 2021 |
| Pal |
Universal |
18 Aug 2021 |
| Pal |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Cause of a feeding frenzy |
New York Times |
26 Jun 2021 |
| Friend initially creates unpleasant smell |
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| Pal |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2021 |
| Pal |
The Washington Post |
14 May 2021 |
| Fishing bait |
New York Times |
09 May 2021 |
| Pal |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 May 2021 |
| Buddy |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2021 |
| Buddy |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2021 |
| Pal |
New York Times |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Mate initially creates smell |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Close friend |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Buddy |
Universal |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Amigo |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2020 |
| Pal |
Newsday |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Buddy |
Premier Sunday |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Close one |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2020 |
| Friend has initially cheesy smell |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Close acquaintance |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jul 2020 |
| Toronto Radio Stn |
Canadiana |
25 May 2020 |
| Good buddy |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2020 |
| Bud is of almost easily duped sort |
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| Bosom buddy |
USA Today |
23 Feb 2020 |
| Friend immersed in public humiliation |
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| Shark attractant |
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| Shark attractant |
New York Times |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Buddy |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Pal |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Buddy |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2019 |
| Bud |
Universal |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Bud |
The Washington Post |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Bud |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jul 2019 |
| Close friend (informal) |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Bud |
New York Times |
21 Jun 2019 |
| Mate among Manchu minority |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2019 |
| Pal |
Universal |
07 May 2019 |
| Pal |
The Times Concise |
12 Apr 2019 |
| Buddy |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Pal |
|
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| Buddy |
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| Bud |
|
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| Buddy |
|
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| Bud |
|
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| Buddy |
|
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| Bud |
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| Mate |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Dec 2018 |
| Person close to you |
Newsday |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Crony |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Buddy |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Bud |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jun 2018 |
| Friend found in 26-Across |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2018 |
| Close friend |
The Times Concise |
24 Apr 2018 |
| Close one |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2018 |
| Local companion could start to run well |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Mar 2018 |
| Close friend |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2018 |
| Friend found in 26-Across |
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| Pal |
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| Old buddy |
Universal |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Associate closely |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2017 |
| Good buddy |
Universal |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Bud |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jun 2017 |
| Pal, rhymes with "gum" |
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| China much misrepresented |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Mar 2017 |
| Ground-up bait |
The Washington Post |
12 Mar 2017 |
| Ground-up bait |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2017 |
| Good buddy |
|
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| Ground-up bait |
|
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| Old buddy |
|
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| Friend quietly abandons idiot |
|
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| Crony |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2016 |
| Friendly ground-up bait? |
Universal |
30 Jul 2016 |
| Hang-out buddy |
Universal |
01 Jul 2016 |
| Buddy or Pacific salmon |
Canadiana |
11 Jan 2016 |
| Hang-out buddy |
|
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| Ground-up bait |
|
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| Ground-up bait |
USA Today |
01 Jan 2016 |
| Friendly ground-up bait? |
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| Bro |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Dec 2015 |
| Ground-up bait |
Universal |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Friend is a fool to lose money |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Buddy and Charlie don't know the words? |
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| Buddy |
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| Bro |
|
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| Bud |
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| Pal |
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| Ground-up bait |
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| Bud |
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| Friend in the highest place in the answer at 26-Down |
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| Bosom buddy |
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| Buddy |
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| Friend |
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| Pal |
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| Bait thrown overboard |
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| Fish bait |
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| Pal o' mine |
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| Bandmate, perhaps |
|
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| Good buddy |
|
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| Confidant |
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| Pal |
|
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| Fish bait or pal |
|
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| Bosom buddy |
|
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| Close associate |
|
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| One of the gang |
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| Bud |
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| Buddyroo |
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| Good friend |
|
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| Ground bait |
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| Cut bait |
|
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| One to hang with |
|
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| Pal |
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| Bro |
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| Friend |
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| Crony |
|
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| Fish bait |
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| Pal |
|
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| Ground-up bait |
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| Fish bait |
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| Confidant |
|
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| Shark attractant |
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| Pal |
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| Cut bait |
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| Old pal |
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| Chopped-up bait |
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| Shark bait |
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| Close companion |
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| Fish bait |
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| Sidekick |
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| Crony |
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| Sidekick |
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| Fisherman's lure |
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| Pal or fisherman's lure |
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| Fish bait, sometimes |
|
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| Buddy |
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| Buddy |
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| Some fish bait |
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| Crony |
|
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| Buddy |
|
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| Ground-up bait |
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| Cohort |
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| Fish bait |
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| Pal |
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| Old buddy |
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| Comrade |
|
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| Ground bait for fish |
|
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| Fish scraps |
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| Good buddy |
|
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| Ground-up bait |
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| Shark bait |
|
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| Fisherman's lure, sometimes |
|
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| Bunkie |
|
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| Friend |
|
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| Buddy |
|
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| Amigo |
|
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| Sidekick |
|
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| Bosom buddy |
|
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| Crony |
|
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| Cohort |
|
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| Intimate |
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| Intimate |
|
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| Sidekick |
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| Playmate |
|
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| Angler's ground bait |
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| Fisherman's lure |
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| Oily bait |
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| Buddy |
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| Kind of bait. |
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| Chopped fish used as bait. |
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| Chopped fish bait. |
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| Pal. |
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| Ground bait. |
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| Fish with chopped bait |
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| Crony. |
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| Confidant. |
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| Buddy. |
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| Friend. |
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| Fish bait. |
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| Bait. |
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| Intimate friend. |
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| Intimate friend: Colloq. |
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| Associate intimately. |
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| Amigo |
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| Friend: Colloq. |
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