| Like a grim sense of humor |
|
|
| "Zero ____ Thirty" |
USA Today Quick |
31 Oct 2025 |
| ___ matter, spooky-sounding term for an invisible, hypothetical form of matter that makes up most of the Universe |
|
|
| & 9A The -, 2008 action film starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne (4,6) |
Mirror Quiz |
11 Oct 2025 |
| "The ___ Knight," 2008 DC film starring Christian Bale, featuring a touching tribute to Heath Ledger |
|
|
| Benighted |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Aug 2025 |
| "His ___ Materials," fantasy TV series that was adapted from Philip Pullman's banned trilogy of novels |
|
|
| Not illuminated |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Our star's song: Dancing in the - |
|
|
| Having little or no light (4) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jul 2025 |
| "The ___ Knight," Nolan's Batman movie |
|
|
| With no light (4) |
|
|
| One doesn't know when one's in it (4) |
|
|
| Not fair to be kept in it (4) |
|
|
| Gloomy, dismal (4) |
|
|
| Secret drawer's opening chest (4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Jun 2025 |
| Unlit |
The Times Sunday Concise |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Unlit |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2025 |
| Dusky brunette |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2025 |
| "The ___ Side of the Moon" |
Universal |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Like an unlit room |
|
|
| "The ___ Knight"; movie for Heath Ledger and Christian Bale |
|
|
| Deep in colour (4) |
|
|
| Start docking vessel after nightfall? |
|
|
| His materials were hard to see (4) |
|
|
| Like moonless nights |
Wall Street Journal |
19 May 2025 |
| Like Broadway during the Covid pandemic |
|
|
| "___ horse," common phrase used to refer to an unexpected winner, that has its origins in horse racing |
|
|
| Grim, terrible (4) |
|
|
| Number on an old ship lacking lights (4) |
|
|
| Like a movie theater |
|
|
| Front of deserted vessel is gloomy |
|
|
| Without light |
Mirror Classic |
27 Apr 2025 |
| Poorly lit |
The Times Concise |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Sections of radar kept unlit (4) |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
Universal |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Like navy blue |
Universal |
08 Apr 2025 |
| & 13A Period in European history from around the late 5th century to about 1100 AD (4,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Bitter chocolate variety |
|
|
| The ___ Knight Rises, Batman sequel (4) |
|
|
| 'The --, 1989 novel by Stephen King (4) |
|
|
| "His ___ Materials" |
|
|
| Unlit |
Commuter |
21 Mar 2025 |
| Mysterious brunette |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Without light |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Mar 2025 |
| Without light |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Closed as theatre, sinister and bleak |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Not light: a -- room |
|
|
| Johnny Depp movie ___ Shadows |
|
|
| Depth vessel, as in the hadal zone? |
|
|
| Unlit |
Commuter |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Sinister side in "Star Wars" |
|
|
| Tall, - and handsome |
|
|
| Like night when first dromedary got on Noah's craft (4) |
|
|
| Unlit |
The Telegraph Mini |
05 Feb 2025 |
| "___ Angel"; Jessica Alba series |
|
|
| Johnny Depp flick ___ Shadows |
|
|
| The ___ Lord, Voldemort's name in "Harry Potter" |
|
|
| Dimly lit (4) |
|
|
| His ___ Materials, trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman (4) |
|
|
| What type of oxygen was found on the seafloor by the Scottish Association for Marine Science? (4) |
|
|
| Unlit, deserted animal sanctuary (4) |
|
|
| Unlit |
The Sun Mini |
20 Nov 2024 |
| You won't see that you're in it (4) |
|
|
| Night over, clock radio ringing (4) |
|
|
| Gloomy or dismal (4) |
|
|
| "___ Matter," sci-fi TV series starring Joel Edgerton who travels between alternate realities |
|
|
| The - Crystal, 1982 fantasy film featuring Jim Henson puppets (4) |
|
|
| Without lights |
|
|
| Unlighted |
|
|
| How things look without sunlight |
|
|
| _____ Matter (Apple TV+ series named for an astrophysics topic) |
|
|
| "Are You Afraid of the ___?," '90s Nickelodeon show about horror stories shared by The Midnight Society |
|
|
| "The ___ Side of the Moon" (Pink Floyd album) |
|
|
| Moonless |
|
|
| With 60-Across, hypothetical substance in outer space ... and a literal hint to six black squares in this puzzle |
Universal |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Lacking in light |
Commuter |
29 Jul 2024 |
| Keep it so secret at night (4) |
|
|
| Having little or no light (4) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jul 2024 |
| Like some humor |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2024 |
| 2008 film, "The ____ Knight" |
USA Today Quick |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Unlit |
Commuter |
09 Jul 2024 |
| --> ____" (Peter Sellers movie) |
USA Today Quick |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Unlit |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2024 |
| New Pearl Jam album has stuff you can't make light of (4-6) |
|
|
| Zero ___ Thirty, action thriller (4) |
Puzzler |
16 Jun 2024 |
| "The ___ Knight," movie starring Heath Ledger |
|
|
| Dismal and ultimately dejected state |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Old craft by day - or night |
|
|
| Head from Dartmouth in old ship lacking lights |
|
|
| Sinister daughter leading rescue vessel (4) |
|
|
| Like the sky at night |
|
|
| Why did Anakin Skywalker cross the road? "To get to the ___ side" |
|
|
| Word before matter or energy |
|
|
| What Frost calls his woods |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Sinister first dimension of old boat (4) |
|
|
| Batman movie: The - Knight |
|
|
| Top deck on old ship is lacking lights |
|
|
| Batman movie:The ___ Knight |
|
|
| Coffee roast option |
|
|
| Absence of light |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Mar 2024 |
| 'The ___', 1955 novel by Mario Puzo (4) |
|
|
| Keep it so secret that it won't see the light (4) |
|
|
| Section of radar kept for night-time (4) |
|
|
| One is ignorant of being kept in it (4) |
|
|
| Gloomy day on rescue vessel |
|
|
| Old craft departs before night |
|
|
| Gloomy brunette |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Absence of light |
Mirror Tea Time |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Without light |
The Sun Two Speed |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Like midnight in most places |
Family Time |
21 Jan 2024 |
| Like a theater that isn't in use |
Universal |
17 Jan 2024 |
| (OBC) "Cold and - his birth, yet he/Set the bright sun shining" (4) |
|
|
| 1960s and '70s vampire TV series, - Shadows (4) |
|
|
| Word before "chocolate" or "Ages" |
Family Time |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Gloomy day on very old boat (4) |
|
|
| Word before "chocolate" or "matter" |
Universal |
15 Nov 2023 |
| Like chocolate with high cocoa content |
|
|
| Alternative to milk, at a chocolate shop |
Universal |
02 Aug 2023 |
| Like a moonless night |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Jul 2023 |
| Chocolate variety, usually without sweeteners and bitter in taste |
|
|
| Gloomy |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jul 2023 |
| Like morbid humor |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Blake's much quoted image of what destroyed England's 7/10 land? |
The Guardian Weekend |
24 Jun 2023 |
| Like a room with a fused bulb |
|
|
| "The ___ Knight," Nolan's Batman movie |
|
|
| Unlit |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Apr 2023 |
| Nyctophobe's fear |
|
|
| Without light |
Family Time |
06 Mar 2023 |
| Like some humor and chocolate |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Knight getting silver, engaged in challenges in times long ago |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Opposite of light |
Family Time |
23 Jan 2023 |
| "The ___ Knight Returns," graphic novel by Frank Miller that was adapted into a film trilogy starring Christian Bale as Batman |
|
|
| __ chocolate |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Like an unlit room |
|
|
| "The ___ Knight" (Christian Bale movie) |
|
|
| Without any light |
Newsday |
31 Oct 2022 |
| Without light |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Without light |
Universal |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Gloomy — black — hidden |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Like most Broadway theaters on Mondays |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2022 |
| Like Pink Floyd's "side of the moon" |
|
|
| German sci-fi show based on time-travel starring Oliver Masucci and Lisa Vicari |
|
|
| Unlit |
Canadiana |
13 Jun 2022 |
| ___ choco chips, semi-sweet chunks used to make a chocolate yule log |
|
|
| Like some chocolate |
|
|
| Not illuminated |
Universal |
20 May 2022 |
| Not lit |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2022 |
| "___ Waters," 2019 American legal thriller starring Mark Ruffalo |
|
|
| Healthy chocolate variety |
|
|
| Poorly lit |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Feb 2022 |
| Like some humor or meat |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Like some humor or meat |
The Washington Post |
12 Feb 2022 |
| Obscure |
The Guardian Quick |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Gloomily pessimistic |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Not in use, as a theater |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Not illuminated |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Evil |
LA Times Daily |
25 Dec 2021 |
| Of a sombre colour |
The Times Concise |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Talk Radio is holding back secret |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Nov 2021 |
| Not light |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Oct 2021 |
| With little or no light |
The Times Concise |
11 Oct 2021 |
| Chocolate type |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Unlit |
USA Today |
28 Aug 2021 |
| What nyctophobia is the fear of |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2021 |
| "___ Matter," book by Blake Crouch that is set in an alternate universe |
|
|
| Unlit |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Like yin but not yang |
New York Times |
06 May 2021 |
| Without light |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Mar 2021 |
| Died on boat? That's not fair |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
Newsday |
31 Dec 2020 |
| Like grim humor |
The Washington Post |
20 Dec 2020 |
| Like grim humor |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2020 |
| With 37-Across, fall of Rome aftermath, and a hint to the puzzle theme |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2020 |
| Without light |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Dec 2020 |
| Mysterious brunette |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Dec 2020 |
| 'Coming Out of the ___' (Gloria Estefan hit) |
USA Today |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Depressingly bleak |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2020 |
| Not in operation, as a Broadway theater |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2020 |
| With little light |
The Times Concise |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Unlit |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2020 |
| The ___ Lord, one of the names given to Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter" series |
|
|
| Starting to disembark from old boat without light |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Aug 2020 |
| "The ___ Knight," Nolan's superhero movie |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
LA Times Daily |
02 Aug 2020 |
| Chocolate choice |
The Washington Post |
02 Aug 2020 |
| "The Old ___ House," 1932 comedy horror film starring Gloria Stuart, directed by James Whale |
|
|
| Gloomy |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jun 2020 |
| Shady deposit after changing new money for old |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 May 2020 |
| Not illuminated |
Newsday |
18 May 2020 |
| Dead on boat — it's sinister |
|
|
| "___ Lady," 1974 song by Cher from her eleventh studio album of the same name |
|
|
| "After ___," 2004 novel by Haruki Murakami which is set in Tokyo |
|
|
| "___ Blood," 2012 thriller film starring River Phoenix as Boy which was his final film role |
|
|
| __ horse: long shot |
LA Times Daily |
06 Apr 2020 |
| __ horse: long shot |
The Washington Post |
06 Apr 2020 |
| __ web |
The Washington Post |
04 Apr 2020 |
| __ web |
LA Times Daily |
04 Apr 2020 |
| Chocolate type |
|
|
| "The ___ Knight," 2008 superhero movie |
|
|
| Nightfall |
Jonesin |
10 Mar 2020 |
| "His ___ Materials," fantasy series based on Philip Pullman's novels |
|
|
| Hard to understand when BBC drama axes the first three characters |
|
|
| "The ___ Knight Rises," 2012 superhero action film that is one of the highest-grossing action films of all time |
|
|
| "Terminator: ___ Fate," science fiction film starring Linda Hamilton that was one of the biggest hits of 2019 |
|
|
| Without light |
Family Time |
23 Dec 2019 |
| ___ 'n' Stormy, popular cocktail which is a registered trademark of Gosling Brothers since 1991 |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2019 |
| Lacking illumination |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Opposite of light |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Oct 2019 |
| Gloomy |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Oct 2019 |
| Bereft of light |
|
|
| Like some comedies |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Aug 2019 |
| Disquietingly bleak |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2019 |
| Shady old boat next to delta |
The Sun Two Speed |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Turkey meat choice |
The Washington Post |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Turkey meat choice |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Word before web or chocolate |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2019 |
| Shakespeare's lady of the night? |
|
|
| Sinister |
Universal |
12 May 2019 |
| Chocolate choice |
Universal |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Lacking light |
The Washington Post |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Lacking light |
LA Times Daily |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Unlit rescue vessel behind dam |
|
|
| Not in operation, in theater lingo |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2019 |
| Disquietingly bleak |
|
|
| Sinister |
|
|
| Lacking light |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
|
|
| Turkey meat choice |
|
|
| Word before web or chocolate |
|
|
| Gloomy brunette |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Like the night, usually |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2018 |
| Like the night, usually |
The Washington Post |
05 Nov 2018 |
| Like some turkey meat |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2018 |
| Type of chocolate |
|
|
| Departs with ship full of animals that's not light |
|
|
| Like some chocolate |
USA Today |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Noirish |
New York Times |
27 Jun 2018 |
| Like some chocolate |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Jun 2018 |
| Turkey meat preference |
LA Times Daily |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Turkey meat preference |
The Washington Post |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Five hundred on vessel without light |
|
|
| Diamonds on boat are not bright |
|
|
| Turkey meat option |
USA Today |
02 Apr 2018 |
| Five hundred on vessel without light |
|
|
| Daughter's boat unlit |
|
|
| "The ___ Knight Rises" (2012 film) |
|
|
| Missing light vessel to east of delta |
|
|
| Lacking light, as the night |
|
|
| Like the night, usually |
|
|
| Noirish |
|
|
| Turkey meat preference |
|
|
| Like some turkey meat |
|
|
| Like some chocolate |
|
|
| Unlit |
Newsday |
27 Dec 2017 |
| It's not fair -� to be kept in it? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Dec 2017 |
| Starting to disembark from old ship in poor light |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 Nov 2017 |
| Very cloudy days leading to ship being created by Noah |
|
|
| Not light |
Universal |
25 Sep 2017 |
| Daughter on boat is not light |
|
|
| It's not fair -- to be kept in it? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Aug 2017 |
| Chocolate option |
LA Times Daily |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Chocolate option |
The Washington Post |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Night and day shelter |
|
|
| The opposite of light |
|
|
| Like some ales and chocolates |
USA Today |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Unlit |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Mar 2017 |
| Sombre |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Mar 2017 |
| Chicken or chocolate choice |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Chocolate option |
|
|
| Turkey meat option |
|
|
| Not light |
|
|
| Chicken or chocolate choice |
|
|
| Like some ales and chocolates |
|
|
| It's not Fair Isle, Bond's last boat raced around |
|
|
| Like many Broadway theaters on Monday |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2016 |
| Macabre |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2016 |
| Pessimistic |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2016 |
| ___ horse (surprise candidate) |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2016 |
| ___ horse (surprise candidate) |
|
|
| Poorly lit |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Saturnine |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 Oct 2015 |
| Closed, as a racetrack |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2015 |
| Top part of deck on old ship lacking lights |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Sep 2015 |
| Thanksgiving meat request |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2015 |
| _____ Intruder, 1965 Nielsen movie |
Canadiana |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Forbidding |
New York Times |
05 Jun 2015 |
| Word with horse or meat |
New York Times |
21 May 2015 |
| Nyctophobe's fear |
LA Times Daily |
06 May 2015 |
| Dismal |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2015 |
| Not lit |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2015 |
| With little or no light |
The Times Concise |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Not lit |
|
|
| Nyctophobe's fear |
|
|
| __ horse: long shot |
|
|
| Closed, as a racetrack |
|
|
| Forbidding |
|
|
| Word with horse or meat |
|
|
| Dismal |
|
|
| Thanksgiving meat request |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
|
|
| Having no light |
|
|
| Like a moonless night |
|
|
| Nighttime |
|
|
| With 24-Across, witchcraft, e.g. |
|
|
| Appropriate chocolate choice for Halloween |
|
|
| Like some chocolate |
|
|
| Giving no performances |
|
|
| Turkey meat choice |
|
|
| Unlit |
|
|
| Like the night |
|
|
| Like the night |
|
|
| Foreboding |
|
|
| Shadowy |
|
|
| Like the dead of night |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
|
|
| Poorly lit |
|
|
| Turkey meat choice |
|
|
| Unlit |
|
|
| Chocolate variety |
|
|
| Partner of "tall" and "handsome" |
|
|
| Alternative to white, as turkey meat |
|
|
| Swarthy |
|
|
| Nightfall |
|
|
| "The ___ Side of the Moon" |
|
|
| Swarthy |
|
|
| Well-done, as toast |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
|
|
| Poorly lit |
|
|
| Like some turkey meat |
|
|
| "Not too much milk" |
|
|
| Nyctophobe's fear |
|
|
| Not illuminated |
|
|
| Not open, like a Broadway theater |
|
|
| Swarthy |
|
|
| Well-done, as toast |
|
|
| Turkey meat choice |
|
|
| Chocolate type |
|
|
| What a nyctophobe fears |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Like some turkey meat |
|
|
| Partner of tall and handsome |
|
|
| Chocolate type |
|
|
| What a nyctophobe fears |
|
|
| In shadow |
|
|
| Kid's curfew, maybe |
|
|
| After sundown |
|
|
| Chocolate choice |
|
|
| Unlit, perhaps |
|
|
| Poorly lit |
|
|
| Like a closed theater |
|
|
| Nyctophobia fear |
|
|
| Like a closed theater |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Like some turkey meat |
|
|
| Brooding |
|
|
| The "good" chocolate |
|
|
| What some are afraid of |
|
|
| Like a sunspot |
|
|
| Sunset |
|
|
| Lacking light |
|
|
| With 54-Across, black magic |
|
|
| Unilluminated |
|
|
| With 4-Down, black magic |
|
|
| Murky |
|
|
| What nyctophobes fear |
|
|
| Not currently in use, as a theater |
|
|
| Foreboding |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Dismal |
|
|
| Nightfall |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Chocolate variety |
|
|
| Nightfall |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| What some are afraid of |
|
|
| Poorly lit |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| Like most Broadway theaters on Monday |
|
|
| Swarthy |
|
|
| Dusky |
|
|
| Gloomy |
|
|
| "____ Shadows" |
|
|
| Nyctophobe's fear |
|
|
| Not in use, as a theater |
|
|
| Obscure |
|
|
| TV's '-- Shadows' |
|
|
| Pitch black |
|
|
| What nyctophobes fear |
|
|
| TV's '_____ Shadows' |
|
|
| Unlit |
|
|
| What the Middle Ages were |
|
|
| Turkey choice |
|
|
| Dusk follower |
|
|
| Chiaroscuro factor |
|
|
| Sinister |
|
|
| After dusk |
|
|
| Turkey meat choice |
|
|
| Not white, as turkey meat |
|
|
| Like a cave |
|
|
| Not white, as meat |
|
|
| "___ Shadows" |
|
|
| Shadowy |
|
|
| Nightfall |
|
|
| Murky |
|
|
| Thanksgiving meat request |
|
|
| Swarthy |
|
|
| Swarthy |
|
|
| Stygian |
|
|
| Turkey meat request |
|
|
| Unlit |
|
|
| Sinister |
|
|
| Like one side of Luna |
|
|
| Sable |
|
|
| Without light |
|
|
| Light's antithesis |
|
|
| Like one lunar side |
|
|
| Somber shade |
|
|
| "Wait Until ___" |
|
|
| "Dancing in the ___" |
|
|
| Having a deep color |
|
|
| Nightfall |
|
|
| Baseball's Alvin |
|
|
| ___ horse |
|
|
| Atrocious. |
|
|
| Othello's complexion. |
|
|
| Giant short. |
|
|
| Blacked out. |
|
|
| Cryptic. |
|
|
| Giant shortstop. |
|
|
| Well-known Giant. |
|
|
| Unlit |
|
|
| Alvin of baseball. |
|
|
| Alvin of the Giants. |
|
|
| Obscure |
|
|
| Gloomy. |
|
|
| Murky. |
|
|
| Hidden. |
|
|
| Nightfall. |
|
|
| Unlit. |
|
|
| Obscure. |
|
|
| New Giant skipper. |
|
|
| Brunet. |
|
|
| Baseball captain. |
|
|
| Captain Alvin of the Giants. |
|
|
| Like film noir |
|
|
| Alvin of baseball |
|
|
| Leo's new shortstop. |
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| Captain of the Giants. |
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| Giants' captain. |
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