Word "EBONY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a very dark black
Synonyms:
coal black, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork
Synonyms:
diospyros ebenum, ebony tree

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
of a very dark black
Synonyms:
ebon

Crossword Clues for EBONY

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Black hardwood Newsday 02 Jul 2025
Note the thin wood (5) Puzzler Cryptic 02 Jul 2025
Obsidian of "Sistas" TV 29 Jun 2025
Type of wood traditionally used to make black piano keys. (5)
Dark hardwood The Times Concise 24 Jun 2025
Deep black (lit) (5)
What is black ivory? (5)
___- and Ivory, 1982 hit by Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (5)
Counterpart to ivory The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 13 Jun 2025
Dense black wood Mirror Tea Time 30 May 2025
Dark-coloured timber Puzzler Backwords 13 May 2025
Jet black can be back to New York with nothing (5)
"___ and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder hit
Dark black hardwood Family Time 05 May 2025
Hard dark wood of the Indian tree Diospyros ebenum and related species (5)
Black piano key material Universal 02 May 2025
Dark timber Wall Street Journal 30 Apr 2025
Rambling by one dark wood (5)
Dark wood Mirror Classic 27 Apr 2025
___- and Ivory, 1982 hit for Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder (5)
Oriental with little flesh is black (5)
Heavy wood Thomas Joseph 12 Apr 2025
Hard wood to get by one variety of it (5)
Discovered spiderweb on yew tree
"Sistas" actress ___ Obsidian
Dark wood inlay in marquetry no better when raised The Times Cryptic 22 Mar 2025
What hard, dark wood is used for piano keys? (5)
Material for some keys
Tropical and subtropical dark hard wood tree (5)
Dense hardwood Newsday 13 Mar 2025
Dark wood Mirror Classic 12 Mar 2025
At rear of pasture, thin tree (5) The Guardian Cryptic 10 Mar 2025
Black-wooded tree
Piano key timber
Durable wood (5) The Guardian Quick 03 Mar 2025
Piano key wood, traditionally LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2025
Tree of the genus Diospyros which has a dark hard wood (5)
Note the thin wood (5) Puzzler Cryptic 12 Feb 2025
Have black wood by one (5)
Dark wood (5) Puzzler 01 Feb 2025
Black - as out of soy bean (5)
Wood traditionally used for black piano keys New York Times Mini 27 Jan 2025
Shade of black piano wood
Dark hardwood The Sun Two Speed 23 Jan 2025
Traditional wood for some piano keys Universal 23 Jan 2025
Black one by Dotty The Sun Two Speed 23 Jan 2025
Dark brownish-black colour The Telegraph Mini 18 Jan 2025
____ Rainford-Brent, the first black woman to represent England in Test cricket (5)
Dense black wood Mirror Tea Time 13 Jan 2025
Black hardwood Newsday 06 Jan 2025
Dense black wood Mirror Tea Time 12 Dec 2024
A heavy very dark wood
Black colour (5)
Paul McCartney's "___ and Ivory"
Hard wood associated with piano keys The Telegraph Mini 25 Nov 2024
Durable wood The Telegraph Plusword 22 Nov 2024
Heavy dark-coloured wood The Times Concise 16 Nov 2024
Wood that's thin at one point (5)
Black hardwood Newsday 12 Nov 2024
Any of various tropical and subtropical trees of the genus Diospyros, closely related to the persimmons (5)
"__ and Ivory" (Wonder-McCartney song)
Hardwood that is dense enough to sink in water (5)
What is the hard heartwood of the persimmon tree? (5)
Dark wood Mirror Classic 31 Oct 2024
Paul McCartney/ Stevie Wonder song, ___ and Ivory (5)
___ and ivory (piano keys)
Tree such as Diospyros ebenum of Southern India with hard dark wood (5)
One by-product is black (5)
"___ Eyes" (Rick James song)
Unsettled by one dark wood (5) The Guardian Quick 12 Oct 2024
Unsettled by one dark wood (5) The Guardian Quick Cryptic 12 Oct 2024
Timber reordered by one (5)
Hard, black wood given one, by arrangement (5)
Blackish timber Wall Street Journal 02 Oct 2024
Hard black wood Puzzler Backwords 28 Sep 2024
_ Rainford-brent, retired cricket player-turned commentator (5)
Wood used for black piano keys
Traditional material of black keys on a piano
Magazine focused on Black excellence
Eccentric bowler starts on "unknown wood" (5)
Black wood New York Times 02 Sep 2024
Dark wood once used for drinking cups, as it was thought to neutralize poison New York Times Mini 02 Sep 2024
What is a material used for piano keys? (5)
Dense black wood Mirror Tea Time 31 Aug 2024
Dark wood Mirror Classic 29 Aug 2024
Retired cricket player- turned-commentator, _ Rainford-Brent (5)
In a dark wood, be naughty on the fourth of July (5)
Heavy timber Wall Street Journal 22 Aug 2024
Dense hardwood Newsday 22 Aug 2024
& 9D The -, 1974 story collection by John Fowles (5,5) Mirror Quiz 17 Aug 2024
Tree with black wood LA Times Daily 05 Aug 2024
Hard, dark wood (5) The Guardian Quick 29 Jul 2024
Wood that sinks in water New York Times 26 Jul 2024
Magazine focused on Black culture Universal 17 Jul 2024
Dark, heavy wood
Dark wood Mirror Classic 02 Jul 2024
"- and Ivory"
See 3 Down Mirror Quiz 24 Jun 2024
Dark wood used to make billiard cues
It's not easily carved by one in a confused state (5)
____ Rainford-Brent, cricket commentator The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 12 Jun 2024
Heavy wood Thomas Joseph 04 Jun 2024
The bony one has a wooden expression (5)
Lean against European wood (5)
Wood brought out by one (5)
End piece of durable, thin hardwood (5)
Wood may be back on journey's end (5)
Wood may be damaged by one
"___ and Ivory" Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder hit
Wood is like stone, by one account of it (5)
Wood used in musical instruments
Dense black wood Mirror Tea Time 03 May 2024
Tree such as Diospyros ebenum of S. India having dark hard wood (5)
Aston Villa Women and England forward, _ Salmon (5)
Wood for black piano keys Universal 27 Apr 2024
It's produced by one strange tree (5)
Deep black piano wood
"_____ and Ivory" (McCartney/Wonder hit)
Black timber
Wood (cricketer) (5)
_ Rainford-brent, retired cricket player-turned-pundit (5)
Tree of the genus Diospyros that has hard dark wood (5)
Hard very dark wood
Dark wood Thomas Joseph 29 Mar 2024
Wood, one by plastic
Wood used to make chess pieces and pool cues New York Times 17 Mar 2024
Shiny black wood
Extremely hard dark wood (5)
Black extremely hard wood (5)
Key material New York Times 07 Mar 2024
Magazine targeted to African Americans
Wave by one jetty? The Telegraph Toughie 27 Feb 2024
Wave by one jetty? (5)
Material for some keys turned by one
Black stuff made by one (5)
Tree identified by European of skeletal build The Times Cryptic 13 Feb 2024
Initially ethereally skeletal blackwood (5)
Very hard dark wood (5)
Dark wood Newsday 11 Feb 2024
What is a traditional wood for black chess pieces? (5)
Blackwood comes from the East like a skeleton (5)
Improved by one type of wood (5)
English lad going around northern wood The Times Quick Cryptic 01 Feb 2024
Sister magazine of Jet Commuter 29 Jan 2024
Dark wood Mirror Classic 27 Jan 2024
Shivering by one dark wood (5)
___ and Ivory, Paul McCartney song Puzzler Backwords 25 Jan 2024
Shade of black piano wood
Black chess pieces manufactured by one type of wood. (5)
"___ and Ivory" (1982 McCartneyWonder song) (5)
Heavy, hard wood (5)
Sort of wood ordered by one (5)
A dark brownish-black colour (5)
"___ and Ivory" -- 1982 duet with Stevie Wonder (5)
Dark times carrying on after end of marriage (5)
Piano key wood Commuter 01 Dec 2023
Dark wood LA Times Daily 22 Nov 2023
___ and ivory (piano keys)
Black piano key material Universal 15 Nov 2023
___ and ivory (piano keys)
Blackish wood The Guardian Quick 21 Oct 2023
Wood used for black piano keys
Dark timber Wall Street Journal 23 Sep 2023
Dark hardwood The Times Concise 18 Sep 2023
Black wood Universal 15 Sep 2023
Black wood for black piano keys
Tree beginning to exfoliate and lean The Telegraph Toughie 16 Aug 2023
Jet black New York Times 10 Jul 2023
"___ and Ivory" (McCartney & Wonder hit)
Dark-coloured wood The Telegraph Quick 28 Jun 2023
Carpenter essentially needs thin sort of wood The Telegraph Toughie 25 May 2023
Very dark brown or black The Guardian Quick 28 Apr 2023
Black wood USA Today 21 Mar 2023
Part of some musical keys New York Times 12 Jan 2023
Dark timber Wall Street Journal 10 Jan 2023
Durable wood Eugene Sheffer 06 Jan 2023
Key material from Napoleon I driving English northward The Telegraph Toughie 06 Dec 2022
Jet-black Wall Street Journal 30 Nov 2022
Dark-brown or black wood The Guardian Speedy 13 Nov 2022
Lastly, latte? Skinny or black? The Guardian Cryptic 27 Oct 2022
Black hardwood Newsday 25 Oct 2022
___ and ivory (piano keys)
Wood that sinks in water New York Times 25 Sep 2022
Wood used for black piano keys
Blackish wood The Times Concise 30 Jul 2022
Magazine whose archive was purchased by a consortium that includes the Smithsonian LA Times Daily 09 Jul 2022
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's "___ and Ivory"
Tropical hardwood The Guardian Quick 30 May 2022
Publication with an annual “Power 100” list New York Times 22 May 2022
Dark wood The Telegraph Quick 21 May 2022
Magazine with a Power 100 list USA Today 09 May 2022
Material for black piano keys Universal 18 Apr 2022
Black LA Times Daily 27 Mar 2022
Black The Washington Post 27 Mar 2022
Black hardwood Newsday 15 Mar 2022
Ivory's counterpart Universal 08 Mar 2022
Completion of table leads to spare wood The Times Cryptic 03 Mar 2022
Dark wood The Washington Post 02 Mar 2022
Dark wood LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2022
Traditional piano key wood LA Times Daily 28 Feb 2022
Traditional piano key wood The Washington Post 28 Feb 2022
Wood used in expensive chess sets The Washington Post Sunday 27 Feb 2022
Wood that sinks in water Wall Street Journal 08 Feb 2022
Wood in old piano keys USA Today 23 Jan 2022
"___ and Ivory" (1982 song)
Black durable hardwood The Guardian Speedy 12 Dec 2021
Blackish wood The Times Concise 09 Dec 2021
Black Canadiana 29 Nov 2021
Black Prince in the end pretty heartless The Times Cryptic 23 Nov 2021
Black shade LA Times Daily 20 Nov 2021
Piano's black key
Dark wood LA Times Daily 14 Oct 2021
Dark wood The Washington Post 14 Oct 2021
Dark wood The Telegraph Quick 21 Sep 2021
Dark hardwood Newsday 14 Sep 2021
Finally coppice thin wood
Heavy wood Wall Street Journal 28 Aug 2021
Tree having black wood
Sister publication of Jet magazine New York Times 12 Aug 2021
"___ and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder song
Wood for piano keys, once New York Times 27 Jul 2021
Very dark, sometimes black, wood The Guardian Speedy 11 Jul 2021
Dark wood USA Today 03 Jun 2021
Dark wood The Telegraph Quick 28 May 2021
Heavy wood Thomas Joseph 22 May 2021
Blackish wood The Times Concise 18 May 2021
"___ and Ivory," song by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney
Magazine since 1945 Eugene Sheffer 10 Apr 2021
Under root of tree, spare wood
Magazine whose 60th anniversary issue had the cover line 'Denzel, Halle & Jamie' New York Times 28 Mar 2021
Dark hardwood The Sun Two Speed 25 Mar 2021
Bowie ultimately thin in black The Sun Two Speed 25 Mar 2021
Dark wood Thomas Joseph 16 Feb 2021
Brigitte ultimately thin in black The Sun Two Speed 28 Jan 2021
Very dark wood The Telegraph Quick 28 Jan 2021
Magazine with a Power 100 list USA Today 26 Jan 2021
Traditional piano key wood The Washington Post 25 Jan 2021
Magazine named for a “fine black wood” Wall Street Journal 25 Jan 2021
Traditional piano key wood LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2021
"___ and Ivory," Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder hit
Deep, lustrous black Eugene Sheffer 27 Nov 2020
Blackish wood Premier Sunday 08 Nov 2020
Magazine that has had Lena Horne and Michelle Obama on its cover LA Times Daily 03 Nov 2020
Magazine that has had Lena Horne and Michelle Obama on its cover The Washington Post 03 Nov 2020
Fine black wood Newsday 21 Oct 2020
Ivory's partner Universal 15 Aug 2020
Wood for old piano keys USA Today 16 Jul 2020
Black key piano wood
Ivory's counterpart Universal 25 Jun 2020
Black Canadiana 22 Jun 2020
Durable wood Eugene Sheffer 29 May 2020
Dark, dense wood The Washington Post Sunday 10 May 2020
Wood, European, thin
Magazine focused on African-American culture Universal 14 Apr 2020
Key wood The Washington Post 22 Mar 2020
Key wood LA Times Daily 22 Mar 2020
Black shade The Washington Post 11 Mar 2020
Black shade LA Times Daily 11 Mar 2020
Black hardwood USA Today 07 Mar 2020
Shifting Earl to the north, Napoleon gains key wood The Telegraph Toughie 04 Mar 2020
Magazine celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020 USA Today 03 Mar 2020
Heavy black wood
Very dark, sometimes black, wood The Guardian Speedy 16 Feb 2020
English lad gathers new wood
Deep black wood
Key material
Key material New York Times 27 Dec 2019
Piano key wood
At last prune thin tree
Black one by Dotty The Sun Two Speed 08 Dec 2019
Black wood Universal 05 Dec 2019
Harpsichord key material The Washington Post Sunday 17 Nov 2019
Grande ultimately thin in black The Sun Two Speed 01 Nov 2019
Black key wood, traditionally The Washington Post 15 Oct 2019
Black key wood, traditionally LA Times Daily 15 Oct 2019
Wood commonly used to make fingerboards for violins The Times Specialist Sunday 18 Aug 2019
Magazine that named Barack Obama its first-ever Person of the Year New York Times 11 Aug 2019
Black hardwood Newsday 23 Jul 2019
Dark wood New York Times 01 Jul 2019
Opposite of ivory Family Time 19 May 2019
Black piano key material Universal 09 May 2019
Energy lad used to go round northern wood
Paul McCartney's "___ and Ivory"
Black 58-Down USA Today 08 Apr 2019
Blackish or dark brown timber from a tree
Middle of field has thin tree The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Apr 2019
Ivory's partner, on a keyboard USA Today 26 Feb 2019
Black 58-Down
Ivory's partner, on a keyboard
Black key wood, traditionally
Black piano key material
Magazine that named Barack Obama its first-ever Person of the Year (2009)
Dark wood
Durable dark wood Family Time 16 Dec 2018
Traditional black piano key wood LA Times Daily 17 Sep 2018
Traditional black piano key wood The Washington Post 17 Sep 2018
U-turn from ivory Universal 10 Sep 2018
Dark, durable wood Universal 16 Aug 2018
Dense wood Wall Street Journal 28 Jul 2018
Bone damaged by unknown in a dark wood
Magazine that featured 'Black Panther' star Danai Gurira on its June 2018 cover The Washington Post Sunday 17 Jun 2018
Durable dark wood Universal 29 May 2018
Black wood The Telegraph Quick 14 Apr 2018
Key component Wall Street Journal 03 Mar 2018
Like 36 piano keys, traditionally The Washington Post 15 Feb 2018
Like 36 piano keys, traditionally LA Times Daily 15 Feb 2018
Dense hardwood Newsday 15 Feb 2018
Black hardwood The Telegraph Quick 14 Jan 2018
Ivory's counterpart Premier Sunday 07 Jan 2018
Be returning to get money, abandoning me in wood The Telegraph Toughie 02 Jan 2018
Durable dark wood
U-turn from ivory
Black shade
Dense wood
Dark, durable wood
Traditional black piano key wood
Like 36 piano keys, traditionally
Key wood
Sister magazine of Jet The Washington Post 20 Oct 2017
Sister magazine of Jet LA Times Daily 20 Oct 2017
Black wood Newsday 19 Sep 2017
Hard, dark wood Universal 29 Jul 2017
Dark hardwood Irish Times Simplex 18 Jul 2017
Dark wood that sinks in water USA Today 13 Jun 2017
Fine furniture wood Newsday 28 May 2017
Black wood New York Times 15 May 2017
Wood for black keys on a piano
Magazine since 1945 Wall Street Journal 03 Feb 2017
Dark wood Eugene Sheffer 27 Jan 2017
Deep, lustrous black Wall Street Journal 21 Jan 2017
Metaphorical title word in a McCartney-Wonder hit LA Times Daily 20 Jan 2017
Black wood The Times Concise 16 Jan 2017
Hard, dark wood
Dark wood that sinks in water
Metaphorical title word in a McCartney-Wonder hit
Black wood
Sister magazine of Jet
Fine wood Newsday 18 Dec 2016
Last seen of bottle, spare the hard stuff The Times Cryptic 02 Dec 2016
Last seen of bottle, spare the hard stuff
A hardwood The Telegraph Quick 26 Nov 2016
Bottom of tree has spare wood The Telegraph Toughie 15 Nov 2016
Lean on back of spade in wood
Little Napoleon shifting Earl to the front finds wood?
Wood that sinks in water LA Times Daily 07 Aug 2016
Wood for black piano keys USA Today 28 May 2016
Black-key material Universal 27 Feb 2016
Ivory counterpart, in a song The Washington Post 10 Feb 2016
Wood in which Napoleon gets English to advance The Times Cryptic 18 Jan 2016
Wood for black piano keys
Wood that sinks in water
Start to examine scrawny tree The Times Cryptic 18 Nov 2015
Piano-key material USA Today 13 Nov 2015
African sculpture material Newsday 24 Sep 2015
Magazine with Barack and Michelle Obama on a 2007 cover with the caption 'America's Next First Couple?' New York Times 09 Sep 2015
Ivory partner Universal 25 Aug 2015
Jet black LA Times Daily 19 Aug 2015
Very dark black The Guardian Quick 01 Aug 2015
Lustrous black Universal 10 Jul 2015
Hard, black wood The Guardian Quick 18 Apr 2015
Deep black Newsday 30 Mar 2015
Noted magazine since 1945 USA Today 10 Mar 2015
Tree starts to exfoliate, being old not young
Hardwood The Telegraph Quick 04 Mar 2015
Noted magazine since 1945
Ivory partner
African sculpture material
"___ and Ivory" (Wonder/McCartney duet)
Deep black
Magazine with Barack and Michelle Obama on a 2007 cover with the caption "America's Next First Couple?"
Lustrous black
Jet black
Piano-key material
Wood sculpted by one
Joanna Blackwood?
Key material
Key material
Magazine that has celebrated "Black Cool"
Black wood
Fine wood
Jet black
Black
Deep black
Goes with "Ivory," to McCartney/Wonder
Black hardwood
Deep, lustrous black
Ivory's counterpart
Deep, lustrous black
Tack taken from pine, thin wood
Black key material
Black piano key material
Paint color
Piano key wood
Dense black wood
Jet black
Magazine to which Obama gave his first postelection interview in 2008
Like flats on a piano
Wood so dense it doesn't float
Jet black
Jet-black
Dense black wood
Black, on a piano
Lustrous black
"Jet" sister mag
Key component
Black wood
Sri Lankan export
Black
Black key material
Durable dark wood
Wood for 36 keys
"___ and Ivory"
Key component
Key material
Key color
Black wood
Black hardwood
Wood for black piano keys
"___ and Ivory" (McCartney/Wonder song)
Ivory's partner, in song
What "ivory" lives with in perfect harmony
Key color
Key color
Furniture wood
Furniture wood
Black board?
Dark black wood
Like some piano keys
Key stuff
Black key material
Wood for black piano keys, once
Durable wood
Dark wood
Ivory neighbor?
Ivory neighbor?
"JET"'s monthly sister
Piano key material
Dark black hardwood
Piano-key wood
Ivory's counterpart
Like 36 piano keys
Key shade
Black wood
Like some keys
Ivory's partner, in song
Ivory's partner, in song
Wood so dense it doesn't float
Jet black
Black board
Tree with black wood
"___ and Ivory"
Tree with black wood
Fingerboard wood
Black board
Durable wood
Sister magazine of Jet
Chicago-based magazine with one-million-plus circulation
Heavy black wood
Wood that sinks in water
Piano key wood
Black hardwood
Black
Violin peg material
Key material
Ivory companion, in song
Piano key wood
Key wood
Black
Wood that doesn't float in water
Deep black wood
Black
Piano key material
Piano-key material
Ornamental wood
Piano key material
"__ and Ivory"
Piano key material
Black wood
Magazine with an African-American audience
Deep, lustrous black
Cabinet wood
Black wood
Like flats on a piano
Piano key material
"___ and Ivory" (#1 hit of 1982)
Durable wood
Steinway supply
Heavy wood
Flat wood, in a sense
Black-key material
Dark-colored heartwood
Piano key material
Wood from India and Sri Lanka
Deep black
"___ and Ivory"
Wood from Sri Lanka
Dark black hardwood
Key material
Cabinetmaker's wood
___ Awards (annual prizes for African-American achievement)
Jet black
He topped Muhammad in '78
Wood from India and Sri Lanka
Jet rival
Cherished wood
Cabinetmaker's wood
Magazine founded in 1945
Key material
Coal black
Partner with ivory
Dark wood
Wood from Ceylon
Carving medium
Chicago-based monthly since 1945
Hard wood
Wood used for piano keys
Key material
Jet rival
Key material
Tropical wood
Piano key material
Key color
Black wood
Tropical tree
Magazine founded in 1945
Essence rival
Ethnic magazine since 1945
Key stuff
Dark hardwood
Companion magazine to Jet
Partner with ivory
Ethnic magazine since 1945
Jet-black
Sharp or flat material
Lustrous black
Black key material
Piano wood
"__ and Ivory"
"_____ and Ivory"
Dark wood
Deep black
Cabinet wood
Pitch-black
Hard wood
Black, on a piano
Violin fingerboard wood
Deep black
Piano-key wood
Completion of table leads to spare wood
Sister publication of Jet
Some keys
Key substance
Heavy wood or its color
"___ and Ivory"
Tropical wood
Durable dark wood
Key color
Cabinet wood
Like some piano keys
Upscale magazine
Piano key wood
Wood from India and Sri Lanka
Jet hue
Like some piano keys
Piano key material
Key material
Ivory complement
Durable wood
Old piano key component
Dark, black wood
Dense dark wood
Raven
Furniture wood
Valuable wood
Color of Poe's raven
Wood for 36 keys
Wood for 38 keys
"___ and Ivory," 1982 hit song
"___ and Ivory," 1982 song
"___ and Ivory," McCartney-Wonder hit
Keyboard wood
Material for 36 keys
Lustrous black
Hardwood
Kind of tree
Piano-key material
Wood for a clarinet
Wood often used for chessmen
Color, also called teak
Wood for 36 piano keys
Heavy wool
Wood
Hardwood tree
Durable wood.
Hardwood tree.
Heavy wood.
Hard, black wood.
Prized African wood.
Cabinet wood.
Ceylon export.
Hard, heavy wood.
Prized wood.
Wood for black chessmen.
Jet alternative
Jet sister
Sade is on its cover this month
Black heartwood.
Prized tropical wood.
Wood for cabinetwork.
Wood for piano keys.
Product of Thailand.
African wood.
Cabinet-making material.
Hardwood.
Tropical wood.
Valuable wood.
Black.
Tropical tree.
Gleaming black.
Hard wood.
Wood.
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