| The opposite of a long after-dinner speech? (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
11 Aug 2025 |
| Michael Tilson Thomas song dedicated to Leonard Bernstein |
LA Times Mini |
03 Aug 2025 |
| English amateur cricketer. Dr William Gilbert - (5) |
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| Protester finally seen off by guide (5) |
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| Short prayer of thanks for a meal (5) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Jul 2025 |
| Legendary cricketer's grand career |
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| Mckenna ___, star of films Gifted and Crater (5) |
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| John Simm crime drama based on the novels of Peter James (5) |
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| Critic and host of podcast Comfort Eating, _ Dent (5) |
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| Androgynous Jamaican model Jones |
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| Chloe ___Moretz |
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| She's known for her kindness and elegance |
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| Elegance of short pre-dinner speech |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
07 May 2025 |
| Simple elegance |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Prayer said with charm and dignity? (5) |
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| Elegant movement |
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| - Kelly, actress who became Princess of Monaco (5) |
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| Amazing girl? |
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| Become princess, perhaps |
The Telegraph Toughie |
27 Mar 2025 |
| Margaret Atwood adaptation, Alias - (5) |
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| May be said to precede meals (5) |
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| Preprandial elegance (5) |
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| Elegance of action |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Sort of note an easy elegance of manner (5) |
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| W.G . ..... , England Test cricket captain known as 'The Doctor' (5) |
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| Effortless charm |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Will & _, old US best friends sitcom (5) |
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| Seattle ___ Hospital, workplace where anything from surgery to bomb defuses can happen on the TV series "Grey's Anatomy" |
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| Elegant manner |
Commuter |
22 Feb 2025 |
| An oaf lacks it |
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| __ Kelly (American actress) |
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| Poise shown in final of dancing contest |
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| Divine influence WG had (5) |
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| Miss Kelly, actress who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco (5) |
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| Odd German chef has prayer before meals (5) |
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| HLN's "Nancy ___" |
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| Elegance shown by good people (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 Feb 2025 |
| - Kelly, Monegasque Princess and former Hollywood star (5) |
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| The only complete studio album by Jeff Buckley |
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| Edgar Carling turned out to be a historical figure (5,7) |
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| Food writer and broadcaster, _ Dent (5) |
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| "Thank you for this meal" prayer |
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| Famous batsman observed before lunch? (5) |
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| People after midnight show good manners (5) |
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| Prayer said before a meal |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2025 |
| Name with Will and Frankie in sitcom titles |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Prayer before dining (5) |
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| Sequel to Are You Being Served? (___-- & Favour) |
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| _ & Favour, Mollie Sugden sitcom which was a sequel to Are You Being Served? (5) |
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| Jeff Buckley's sole LP (5) |
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| Slave To The Rhythm singer, _ Jones (5) |
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| Short prayer before a meal (5) |
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| "Will & ___" (NBC sitcom) |
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| Elegance; class (5) |
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| Will's New York flatmate in a TV sitcom |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Dec 2024 |
| W.G., England Test cricket captain known as 'The Champion' (5) |
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| The woman to show charisma (5) |
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| The beauty and elegance of Jeff Buckley's only album (5) |
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| Journalist and broadcaster _ Dent (5) |
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| "Will & ___," sitcom with eponymous characters ... or what you would say before Thanksgiving dinner |
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| Computer pioneer and US Navy rear admiral for whom Yale named one of its colleges in 2017 (5,6) |
The Guardian Weekend |
23 Nov 2024 |
| US sitcom starring Eric McConnack and Debra Messing, Will & _ (5) |
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| Pre-meal prayer |
Commuter |
12 Nov 2024 |
| ___ Kelly, actress (5) |
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| Divine favor, in Christianity |
New York Times Mini |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Elegance from good people |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| It's said to come before meals (5) |
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| Woman's mealtime prayer |
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| WG - first class cricketer and scorer of over 54000 runs (5) |
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| Prayer before a meal |
Commuter |
26 Oct 2024 |
| ___ Kelly, star of the 1954 film Rear Window (5) |
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| Mealtime blessing |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Leicestershire CCC home, aka Uptonsteel County Ground (5) |
|
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| "___ and Frankie" (sitcom) |
USA Today |
19 Oct 2024 |
| W.G . ..... , England Test cricket captain whose nicknames included 'The Doctor' and 'The Champion' (5) |
|
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| Miss Darling, it is said, before eating (5) |
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| Eddie Redmayne's movie: Savage - |
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| _ _ Dove; "Alaska Daily" actress |
|
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| Thanks for the food, lady! (5) |
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| Attractive characteristic (5) |
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| Elegance mentioned before supper(5) |
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| Hymn: Amazing - |
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| "Amazing ___ how sweet the sound..." (hymn lyrics) |
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| The girl to show charisma (5) |
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| Author of the 1956 novel Peyton Place, _ Metalious (5) |
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| Smoothness and elegance of movement (5) |
|
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| Courteous good will |
|
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| With 16-Across, actress who stars in 24-Across |
|
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| Archbishop's address before dinner? (5) |
|
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| Pleasing quality |
|
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| Name the prayer (5) |
|
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| Elegance (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Elegance (5) |
The Guardian Speedy |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Elegance |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Slick singing |
|
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| W.G. England Test cricket captain whose nicknames included 'The Doctor' (5) |
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| ___ Kelly, who became Princess of Monaco by marrying Prince Rainier III in April 1956 |
|
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| Beauty of movement |
|
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| What was the surname of WG _, the great English cricketer, 1848-1915? (5) |
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| Comedy series starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, - and Frankie (5) |
|
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| Good contest for girl |
|
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| She has plenty of elegance (5) |
|
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| W.G . ..... , England Test cricket captain nicknamed 'The Doctor' (5) |
|
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| ____ & Favour, sitcom that was a sequel to Are You Being Served? (5) |
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| Pleasing quality, allowing extra time to pay |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
04 Jun 2024 |
| Sort of note said to precede a meal (5) |
|
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| Polish and back vehicle in, for example (5) |
|
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| W.G., English cricketer who died in 1915 (5) |
|
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| Short prayer before meal (5) |
|
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| Apt name for an elegant person |
USA Today |
08 May 2024 |
| Elegance |
Universal |
03 May 2024 |
| Iconic role for Debra Messing |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Cricketing legend who died in 1915, the 'grand old man', WG ... |
|
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| Before dinner it may be said to be Euphrosyne (5) |
|
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| ___ Park of "A Million Little Things" |
|
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| Beautify |
Newsday |
06 Apr 2024 |
| Good people say it (5) |
|
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| Favour golf competition (5) |
|
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| Saving ___, redeeming quality |
|
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| Mercy! It's a girl! (5) |
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| Prayer before meal (5) |
|
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| 2014 Nicole Kidman biopic, ___-- of Monaco (5) |
|
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| She's amazing! |
|
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| Social adeptness |
|
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| Will's New York flatmate in a TV sitcom |
Mirror Tea Time |
08 Mar 2024 |
| For what we are about to receive - Miss Darling! (5) |
|
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| A girl's elegance (5) |
|
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| Spider-Man 3 star who appeared in That 70s Show, Topher _ (5) |
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| And 92 down Chloe -, actress (5,6) |
|
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| Almost flog captain with courtesy prayer before the 23Ac (7,5) |
|
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| Will's roommate in a 2000s sitcom |
|
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| With 14-Across: singer and ukulele player who won Season 11 of "America's Got Talent" in 2016, at the age of 12; she turns 20 today |
|
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| W.G., England cricket captain who died in 1915 (5) |
|
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| Seattle ___ Mercy West Hospital, former name for the location where Meredith Grey of "Grey's Anatomy" saves lives |
|
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| Elegance |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Will’s New York flatmate in a TV sitcom |
Mirror Tea Time |
30 Dec 2023 |
| From "pleasing", a word for favour; a prayer of blessing or thanksgiving; courteous goodwill; or, elegance in form, manner or movement (5) |
|
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| Darling good manners? (5) |
|
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| Dinner prayer |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2023 |
| Nancy or Topher |
TV |
26 Nov 2023 |
| One-cap Crusaders All Black No 8 (5) |
|
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| ___ Kelly, Princess of Monaco (5) |
|
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| "Will & ___" (TV series) |
|
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| "Amazing ___ how sweet the sound..." (hymn lyrics) |
|
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| Coup de __ |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2023 |
| Prayer said before a meal |
|
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| Short prayer is good before competition |
The Times Cryptic |
01 May 2023 |
| Mealtime prayer |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Actress Kelly of "Rear Window" |
|
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| Effortless charm |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Feb 2023 |
| Elegance of movement |
The Times Concise |
14 Nov 2022 |
| "___ and Frankie" (TV series starring Jane Fonda) |
|
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| "Amazing ___" (hymn) |
|
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| ___ Kelly, "Dial M for Murder" actress who worked with Alfred Hitchcock more than once |
|
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| Elegance |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2022 |
| Grand people's prayer |
|
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| Will's best friend on an American sitcom starring Eric McCormack and Debra Messing |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jul 2022 |
| 'Amazing ___' (hymn) |
USA Today |
18 Jul 2022 |
| Prayer |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Apr 2022 |
| Prayer of thanks before/after a meal |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Apr 2022 |
| "Alias ___," 2017 Canadian miniseries based on Margaret Atwood's novel of the same name |
|
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| "Will & ___," TV series starring Debra Messing that is set in New York City |
|
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| "___ and Frankie," seven-seasons-long TV series starring Jane Fonda that premiered its final season in 2021 |
|
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| Common prayer |
LA Times Daily |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Common prayer |
The Washington Post |
03 Oct 2021 |
| Asset for ballerinas |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2021 |
| ___ Under Fire Award, Dundie award that was given to Meredith in "The Office" |
|
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| Programming pioneer Hopper |
Universal |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Good streak ergo good will |
|
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| ___ Park, actress who played Number Eight in the sci-fi series "Battlestar Galactica" |
|
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| ___ Jones, Jamaican-American model and '80s fashion icon who modeled for Azzedine Alaia |
|
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| Poise |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 May 2021 |
| Grand rush for freedom from sin |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 May 2021 |
| Prayer before dinner |
Newsday |
26 May 2021 |
| ___ Elizabeth, American model who has been a Victoria's Secret angel and face for Estee Lauder |
|
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| Prayer of thanks for food |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Feb 2021 |
| ___ Kelly, actress from "Dial M for Murder" |
|
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| Refinement of movement |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Dec 2020 |
| Simple elegance |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2020 |
| Effortless charm |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Elegance of movement |
The Times Concise |
25 Nov 2020 |
| Thanksgiving ritual |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2020 |
| "___ of My Heart," movie in which Ileana Douglas plays a singer-songwriter |
|
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| Virtue of good people |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Sep 2020 |
| Dinner prayer |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Aug 2020 |
| People supporting good breeding |
|
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| ___ Slick, vocalist and songwriter known for Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" |
|
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| Poise |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Jun 2020 |
| "Will & ___," American television show that won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2000 |
|
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| Favour good stock |
The Telegraph Toughie |
29 May 2020 |
| Thanksgiving dinner ritual? |
Universal |
25 Mar 2020 |
| Virtue of good competition |
|
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| Figure skater’s asset |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2020 |
| Elegant manner |
Universal |
29 Dec 2019 |
| ___ White, Nancy's frenemy in the animated children's TV series, "Fancy Nancy" |
|
|
| Pre-meal prayer |
Newsday |
09 Dec 2019 |
| Prayer before a meal |
Universal |
28 Nov 2019 |
| Elegance |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jul 2019 |
| It's often said before meals |
Universal |
28 Jun 2019 |
| Elegance; prayer |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Jun 2019 |
| Opener to meal with taste, left out as expression of sovereign's thanks |
|
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| Jane Fonda's "___ and Frankie" |
|
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| Dinnertime prayer |
Family Time |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Prayer of thanks before/after a meal |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Feb 2019 |
| Old cricketer's grand career |
|
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| It's often said before meals |
|
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| Clarke's Harbour ____ |
Canadiana |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Pre-dinner recitation |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Government stock in favour |
|
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| Decency in good people |
|
|
| Classy quality |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2018 |
| “The ____ of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (final verse of King James Bible) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
| Words said just before dinner |
New York Times |
03 Sep 2018 |
| Good people in freedom from sin |
|
|
| Female elegance |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 May 2018 |
| Thanks for dinner? |
Universal |
15 Apr 2018 |
| Elegance |
Canadiana |
02 Apr 2018 |
| ___ Hopper, computer scientist who was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 2016 |
|
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| Prayer of thanks from good people |
|
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| Divine mercy |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jan 2018 |
| Elegance shown by good people |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Jan 2018 |
| Thanks for dinner? |
|
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| Words said just before dinner |
|
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| Pre-dinner recitation |
|
|
| Word with period or note |
LA Times Daily |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Word with period or note |
The Washington Post |
30 Nov 2017 |
| Preprandial blessing |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Oct 2017 |
| Breeding good stock |
|
|
| Part 5 of today's quote |
Canadiana |
04 Sep 2017 |
| Bring honor to, as a party |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Words before "Let's eat!" |
USA Today |
27 May 2017 |
| Elegance of action |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Elegance shown by good people |
|
|
| Words before "Let's eat!" |
|
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| Word with period or note |
|
|
| Good run for famous cricketer |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Dec 2016 |
| It's a blessing |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2016 |
| Premeal blessing |
The Washington Post |
20 Oct 2016 |
| Good competition is a blessing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Sep 2016 |
| 2016 'America's Got Talent' winner VanderWaal |
Jonesin |
20 Sep 2016 |
| Klutz's lack |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Sep 2016 |
| Blessing before a meal |
New York Times |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Prayer of thanks before a meal |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Good will of good people |
|
|
| 'Lord, we bless this food ...,' e.g |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2016 |
| Mealtime blessing |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2016 |
| Premeal recitation |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2016 |
| Dancer's asset |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2016 |
| Dinner prayer |
Universal |
02 Feb 2016 |
| Good people showing kindness |
|
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| Charming quality of good people |
|
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| "Lord, we bless this food ...," e.g. |
|
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| Blessing before a meal |
|
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| Dinner prayer |
|
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| It's a blessing |
|
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| Charm of people post middle age |
|
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| Dinnertime prayer |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2015 |
| Dinnertime prayer |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Kelly of "Rear Window" |
Universal |
03 Mar 2015 |
| Words of thanksgiving |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Kelly of "Rear Window" |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
|
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| Words of thanksgiving |
|
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| Dinnertime prayer |
|
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| Polish or German people |
|
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| Dinner prayer |
|
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| Effortless charm |
|
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| Social refinement |
|
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| Adorn |
|
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| Mealtime blessing |
|
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| Elegance |
|
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| It's said before supper |
|
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| Kelly of "Rear Window" |
|
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| In a song, it's amazing |
|
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| Diner's words of thanks |
|
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| With 27-Down, her last film was "High Society" |
|
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| Supper preceder |
|
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| Elegant manner |
|
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| Meal blessing that's 'mixed' and hidden in seven answers in this puzzle |
|
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| Supper preceder |
|
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| 34's elegance |
|
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| Beginning of many a meal |
|
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| Pre-meal prayer |
|
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| Pre-meal prayer |
|
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| What's said before dinner |
|
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| Pre-meal blessing |
|
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| Pre-meal blessing |
|
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| Klutz's lack |
|
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| Dinnertime prayer |
|
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| "__ under pressure": guts, to Hemingway |
|
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| "__ under pressure": guts, to Hemingway |
|
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| Preprandial words |
|
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| Fluidity of movement |
|
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| Pre-meal prayer |
|
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| Dinner prayer |
|
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| Mealtime prayer |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
|
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| Balletic quality |
|
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| It's often hard to maintain under pressure |
|
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| Pre-meal ritual |
|
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| "Dig in!" preceder |
|
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| Pre-meal recitation |
|
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| Mealtime prayer |
|
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| Pre-meal ritual |
|
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| Charming trait |
|
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| Something amazing? |
|
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| "Extra time to pay" period |
|
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| Preprandial thank-you |
|
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| It may come before supper |
|
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| "Extra time to pay" period |
|
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| Pre-meal recitation |
|
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| Charming trait |
|
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| Prayer before eating |
|
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| Prayer before eating |
|
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| Elegance |
|
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| Lunch preceder, perhaps |
|
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| Instance of clemency |
|
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| Debra Messing character, whose name goes "around" four answers in this puzzle |
|
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| Pre-meal prayer |
|
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| Short blessing |
|
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| "___ is more beautiful than beauty": Emerson |
|
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| American-born princess |
|
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| Kind of period |
|
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| Kelly of "High Society" |
|
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| "Dig in!" preceder, maybe |
|
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| Pre-meal prayer |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
|
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| Prayer before meals |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
|
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| Elegance of manner |
|
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| Prayer before meals |
|
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| Kelly of "High Society" |
|
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| Meal preceder, perhaps |
|
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| Moral strength |
|
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| Singer Slick |
|
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| Meal preceder, perhaps |
|
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| Moral strength |
|
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| Adorn |
|
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| Prayer before meals |
|
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| 30 days, for certain payments |
|
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| Kind of note |
|
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| It may precede "Dig in!" |
|
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| Kind of note |
|
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| It may precede "Dig in!" |
|
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| Ballerina's asset |
|
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| Meal prayer |
|
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| Preprandial thank-you |
|
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| Adorn |
|
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| American-born princess |
|
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| Debra Messing role |
|
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| It's said before supper |
|
|
| American-born princess |
|
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| Actress Kelly or singer Slick |
|
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| Clemency |
|
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| Dignify |
|
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| Charm of form |
|
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| Kind of note |
|
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| Suppleness |
|
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| Adorn |
|
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| Princess of Monaco |
|
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| Musical embellishment |
|
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| Mercy |
|
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| Pre-meal thanks |
|
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| Elegance of form |
|
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| Preprandial words |
|
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| Mealtime prayer |
|
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| Coup de ___ |
|
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| Prayer at a meal |
|
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| Charm or beauty |
|
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| European princess |
|
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| Kelly or Moore |
|
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| Preprandial prayer |
|
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| Moore or Bumbry |
|
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| Decorate |
|
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| His ___, the duke |
|
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| Attractive quality |
|
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| Moore or Kelly |
|
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| Favor |
|
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| Famous Kelly |
|
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| Monaco name |
|
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| Name in Monaco |
|
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| Temporary exemption |
|
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| Thanksgiving of a sort. |
|
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| Beauty or charm. |
|
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| Tuesday's child has it. |
|
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| Beauty of manner. |
|
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| A sense of what is right and proper. |
|
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| Author Metalious. |
|
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| Preprandial prayer. |
|
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| Mrs. Coolidge. |
|
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| Clemency. |
|
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| Specialized prayer |
|
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| A Coolidge |
|
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| Singer Potter whose backing band is the Nocturnals |
|
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| Popular princess. |
|
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| Embellish. |
|
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| Well-known princess. |
|
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| Short prayer. |
|
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| Blessing. |
|
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| Mercy. |
|
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| Lissome beauty. |
|
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| Words before the meal |
|
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