| Greeting |
Puzzler Backwords |
30 Dec 2025 |
| Common salutation |
The Times Concise |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Bad place offering initial salutation (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Dec 2025 |
| Adele song with the lyric I must've called a thousand times |
New York Times |
14 Dec 2025 |
| Greeting |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Dec 2025 |
| UK magazine since 1988 (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Dec 2025 |
| Chart-topper by Adele; greeting |
The Telegraph Mini |
07 Dec 2025 |
| Celebrity magazine (5) |
Puzzler |
26 Nov 2025 |
| Adele's song of greeting? |
|
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| Word of greeting that starts a phone conversation |
|
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| Chat starter |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2025 |
| Good day to get magazine |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Oct 2025 |
| Bad place offering initial salutation (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Oct 2025 |
| "Say ___ to my little friend" |
Universal |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Lionel Richie 1984 chart-topper (5) |
Puzzler |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Nametag word |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Aug 2025 |
| "Is this thing on?" |
USA Today |
13 Aug 2025 |
| Greeting |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Aug 2025 |
| Word of greeting |
Commuter |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Greeting on a name tag |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2025 |
| "Are you listening to me?" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2025 |
| "Anybody home?" |
New York Times Mini |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Word of greeting from the Spanish learner in house (5) |
|
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| Conversation opener |
New York Times Mini |
06 Jul 2025 |
| British celebrity magazine published in the United Kingdom since 1988, sister magazine to the Spanish weekly ¡Hola! |
|
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| Telephonic greeting |
|
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| He'll duck when you say 'Hi' (5) |
|
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| "Greetings!" |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2025 |
| ___, Dolly!, film (5) |
|
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| "Is this thing on?" |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jun 2025 |
| He'll get nothing but a greeting here! |
|
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| Adele's song of greeting? |
|
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| 2015 Adele hit that won three Grammys |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2025 |
| Word of greeting |
Commuter |
09 Jun 2025 |
| Adele song |
The Telegraph Mini |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Word of greeting that starts a phone conversation |
|
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| Weekly magazine |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Sole UK No.1 single by US singer-songwriter Lionel Richie, from the 1983 album Can't Slow Down (5) |
|
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| "Anybody in there?" |
LA Times Mini |
24 May 2025 |
| Conversation starter? (5) |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 May 2025 |
| Greetings! |
The Telegraph Plusword |
19 May 2025 |
| Damnation! Duck! That means we've been spotted! (5) |
|
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| _ Kitty (Feline character whose significant other is Dear Daniel) |
USA Today |
13 May 2025 |
| Telephone greeting |
Commuter |
12 May 2025 |
| 2015 song by Adele (5) |
|
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| That guy will love saying hi (5) |
|
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| First word of the Inferno, nothing else (5) |
|
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| Bad place otiermg Initial salutation (5) |
|
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| Welcome office entry behind home ofa¦ (5) |
|
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| "Bonjour" or "ciao" |
Universal |
21 Apr 2025 |
| 1984 #1 hit for Lionel Richie (5) |
|
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| 1984 Lionel Richie hit |
The Telegraph Plusword |
06 Apr 2025 |
| "Greetings!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Apr 2025 |
| Expression of greeting |
Mirror Classic |
01 Apr 2025 |
| Greetings! |
The Telegraph Plusword |
01 Apr 2025 |
| ___Goodbye, single by the Beatles (5) |
|
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| Greeting that could be left in a hole (5) |
|
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| Greeting |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Hit-song title shared by Lionel Richie and Adele |
|
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| Question upon answering the phone |
|
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| "Eh up!" |
The Telegraph Plusword |
04 Mar 2025 |
| Agony, duck for opener? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
26 Feb 2025 |
| Phone line? |
LA Times Daily |
23 Feb 2025 |
| Greeting (E, not A or U) |
The Times Concise |
21 Feb 2025 |
| The man will have no word of greeting (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Feb 2025 |
| He will duck a casual welcome (5) |
|
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| 1969 Gene Kelly film starring Barbra Streisand (5,5) |
|
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| Celebrity magazine (5) |
Puzzler |
26 Jan 2025 |
| He's going to love this magazine |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Jan 2025 |
| He will shortly get nothing but the first word (5) |
|
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| 1984 number one single by Lionel Richie |
|
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| 1984 Lionel Richie Number One hit (5) |
|
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| "Greetings!" |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2025 |
| 1984 hit by US singer Lionel Richie that asks "is it me you're looking for?" (5) |
|
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| "Mornin'!," in the morning |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2025 |
| I'm surprised in brothel lounge |
|
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| Hit Adele song from her album "25" that is one way to welcome 2025! |
|
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| Wow, Shakespearean tragedy after overtime! (5) |
|
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| Greeting |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 Dec 2024 |
| A usual greeting (5) |
|
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| Lionel Richie song that topped the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in 198g (5) |
|
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| - - - Dolly, Barbra Streisand musical |
Mirror Tea Time |
18 Dec 2024 |
| Word of greeting |
Commuter |
29 Nov 2024 |
| "Hi!" |
Family Time |
24 Nov 2024 |
| Magazine shows Henry the Second in league with fellow few ignored (5) |
|
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| Barbra Streisand musical, - - - Dolly! |
Mirror Tea Time |
13 Nov 2024 |
| Greeting |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Nov 2024 |
| "Greetings!" |
New York Times Mini |
10 Nov 2024 |
| Greeting word |
Universal |
09 Nov 2024 |
| He will shortly ring - to say this? |
|
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| Adele's greeting? |
|
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| She'll obviously have a greeting (5) |
|
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| US sitcom with Christine Woods and Stephen Merchant, ___-- Ladies (5) |
|
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| - Dolly! (musical) |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Oct 2024 |
| The man will ring with expression of greeting (5) |
|
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| 1969 film musical with Barbra Streisand (5,5) |
|
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| Greeting inferno with nothing below (5) |
|
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| Back out of a blackhole for mixed greeting (5) |
|
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| She'll obviously welcome familiar greeting (5) |
|
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| What "07734" spells on a calculator, if you flip it upside |
|
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| What "07734" spells on a calculator, if you flip it upside down |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2024 |
| First word in many phone calls |
|
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| He will get old greeting (5) |
|
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| Glossy celebrity magazine (5) |
Puzzler |
28 Sep 2024 |
| 07734 * |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Adele single arising out of anguish, followed by love |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Sep 2024 |
| Meaning of "Ciao" and "Bonjour" |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Welcome love ending misery |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Sep 2024 |
| A man will love such recognition |
|
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| 2015 Adele single (5) |
|
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| Celebrity magazine launched in the UK in 1988 (5) |
|
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| A greeting for one you hadn't expected? |
|
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| Opposite of goodbye (5) |
|
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| He will shortly ring to say it |
|
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| Name tag heading |
New York Times Mini |
03 Sep 2024 |
| Celebs magazine that man will love (5) |
|
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| A first word can be nothing more than he'll give one (5) |
|
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| Greet: say - |
|
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| Basic salutation (5) |
|
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| Greetings! |
The Telegraph Plusword |
24 Aug 2024 |
| Conversation starter that bloke will duck |
|
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| Leo led Leah (5,5) |
|
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| Greeting on a name tag |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2024 |
| Greeting (5) |
Puzzler |
18 Aug 2024 |
| Preprinted word on some nametags |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Great tragedy to miss out on overtime - anyone there? |
The Times Cryptic |
25 Jul 2024 |
| With 51-Down, "Hey! We've met before!" |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2024 |
| "Hey! We've met before!" |
|
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| "Greetings!" |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2024 |
| One gesture in 54-/65-Across |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Ignoring boundaries she yells, "Joe! Howdy?" (5) |
|
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| Musical, - - - Dolly! |
Mirror Tea Time |
12 Jul 2024 |
| First single from Adele's 2015 album 25 (5) |
|
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| He will shortly receive a ring and reply |
|
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| Lionel Richie hit |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Greeting |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Jul 2024 |
| Single by Lionel Richie (5) |
|
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| A guy will ring; say this when you pick up |
|
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| First word on the phone |
|
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| Adele's song of greeting? |
|
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| Greeting the infernal world and nothing more (5) |
|
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| Bad place offering initial salutation (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Uninspired first message on a dating app |
New York Times Mini |
16 Jun 2024 |
| "Hi!" |
Commuter |
14 Jun 2024 |
| "Are you even listening?" |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Greeting |
The Telegraph Mini |
08 Jun 2024 |
| He will get a ring and answer thus (5) |
|
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| Word of greeting that starts a phone conversation |
|
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| G'day... he will contract Omicron (5) |
|
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| Greetings from the Inferno, Oscar (5) |
|
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| Familiar greeting in English |
|
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| Hell-hole's opening for normal person |
|
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| Word on convention name tags |
|
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| Song by Adele or a word that is used to greet guests at the door |
|
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| Barbra Streisand movie, ..., Dolly! |
|
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| Word of greeting |
Mirror Tea Time |
10 May 2024 |
| Magazine that gentleman will love |
|
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| He will shortly ring - for your reply (5) |
|
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| Word used as a greeting (5) |
|
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| Half lop ends off first word (5) |
|
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| "Howdy!" |
Universal |
29 Mar 2024 |
| Beatles' "___, Goodbye" |
|
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| "Greetings!" |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Greeting; celebrity magazine |
|
|
| He will get a ring and will answer thus (5) |
|
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| Here's a surprise! |
The Guardian Quick |
08 Mar 2024 |
| "Greetings!" |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2024 |
| A spoken greeting (5) |
|
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| "Is anybody home …?" |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2024 |
| UK celebrity magazine (5) |
|
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| Common pickup line? |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Hiya, howdy |
|
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| & 23A 1981 novel by J G Ballard |
Mirror Quiz |
29 Jan 2024 |
| "Greetings!" |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2024 |
| Word said with a wave |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2024 |
| ___ Kitty |
|
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| Sole UK No.1 single by US singer Lionel Richie, released in 1984 (5) |
|
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| "Anybody home?" |
Universal |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Chat starter |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2024 |
| "Greetings!" |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2024 |
| No.1 hit song title for Lionel Richie and Adele |
|
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| Greeting |
Mirror Tea Time |
21 Dec 2023 |
| Word on many name tags |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2023 |
| "Greetings!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Oct 2023 |
| First word in many phone calls |
|
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| Start of a telephone conversation, usually |
|
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| Name tag word |
LA Times Daily |
06 Sep 2023 |
| Cellphone greeting |
|
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| "Greetings!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Aug 2023 |
| Magazine which featured Kate Middleton in 21 consecutive editions |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
30 Jul 2023 |
| Phone answerer's greeting |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2023 |
| "You there?" |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Phone answerer's word |
|
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| In ASL, it looks similar to a salute |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2023 |
| Hi |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 May 2023 |
| 'Anybody home?!' |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2023 |
| 'Anybody home?' |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2023 |
| Telephone greeting word |
|
|
| 23 down 23 down for 24? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Word on a name tag |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Feb 2023 |
| 'That's a surprise!' |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2023 |
| "Aloha!" |
|
|
| Adele's greeting from the other side |
|
|
| Cellphone greeting |
|
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| 'Howdy!' |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Greeting that boy will love |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Nov 2022 |
| 'Is this thing on?' |
USA Today |
10 Nov 2022 |
| 'Nihao' translation |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2022 |
| Welcome seeing nightmare over |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Oct 2022 |
| Less formal “Salutations!” |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Less formal 'Salutations!' |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Word of welcome |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2022 |
| Greeting musical instrument that’s getting new start |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Oct 2022 |
| 'Greetings to you!' |
USA Today |
10 Oct 2022 |
| First word in many phone calls |
|
|
| Periodical suffering, lumbago's back! |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Aug 2022 |
| Adele chart-topper that won three Grammys |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2022 |
| Annyeonghaseyo : Korean :: ___ : English |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2022 |
| That man will love welcome |
|
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| That man will love welcome |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Jul 2022 |
| 2015 Adele hit that was aptly a lead single |
Universal |
26 Jun 2022 |
| 'Anybody home?' |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2022 |
| 48-Down song with the line "But when I call, you never seem to be home" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2022 |
| "Anybody home?" |
Universal |
21 Jun 2022 |
| My weekly greeting |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 Jun 2022 |
| "Greetings!" |
Universal |
30 May 2022 |
| What Adele said "from the other side?" |
|
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| 'Who's there?' |
The Washington Post |
01 May 2022 |
| "Who's there?" |
LA Times Daily |
01 May 2022 |
| Cellphone greeting |
|
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| Phone call greeting |
Newsday |
26 Apr 2022 |
| 'Did you hear what I said??' |
USA Today |
28 Feb 2022 |
| "Are you there?" |
|
|
| How do you do play without books? |
|
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| Conversation starter |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2022 |
| 'Is anybody here?' |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Often the first thing out of characters' mouths in The Inferno is to do with love |
Irish Times Crosaire |
30 Dec 2021 |
| ___ Kitty (toon with a hair bow) |
Universal |
22 Dec 2021 |
| Suffering over love is welcome |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Dec 2021 |
| Telephone greeting word |
|
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| Adele hit that won Grammys for Song and Record of the Year |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Opening number for Broadway's "The Book of Mormon" performed by the Mormons |
|
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| Greeting |
The Times Concise |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Greeting from Lionel Richie or Adele? |
Universal |
31 Aug 2021 |
| Familiar greeting |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Familiar greeting |
The Washington Post |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Word of greeting |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Aug 2021 |
| Very common greeting |
Family Time |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Response to "Hi!" |
|
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| ''Anyone there?'' |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2021 |
| "___, I Love You," 1968 song by the Doors from their album "Waiting for the Sun" |
|
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| Phone greeting |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Hujambo : Swahili :: ___ : English |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2021 |
| Anguish and love in Grammy award winning song |
|
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| A greeting the chap is going to love |
|
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| Hi, howdy |
Irish Times Simplex |
28 May 2021 |
| 'Konnichiwa' translation |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Greeting word |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Greeting word |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2021 |
| Celebrity mag |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Apr 2021 |
| ''Greetings!'' |
Newsday |
08 Mar 2021 |
| "Konnichiwa!" |
|
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| What 'ciao' can mean |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Feb 2021 |
| Often the first thing out of characters' mouths in The Inferno is to do with love |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Feb 2021 |
| Adele's husky greeting |
|
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| Adele's greeting from the other side |
|
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| "___, Newman," Jerry's trademark scornful greeting on seeing his neighbor Newman |
|
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| Conversation starter |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2020 |
| Phone call starter |
Newsday |
16 Nov 2020 |
| Phone answerer's word |
|
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| Pick-up line? |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2020 |
| Greeting man will love |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Sep 2020 |
| How do you do |
The Sun Two Speed |
17 Sep 2020 |
| Word of greeting |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2020 |
| Ringtone response |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2020 |
| Greeting seen when Rachel and Louise meet |
|
|
| Greeting from underworld duck |
The Sun Two Speed |
22 Jul 2020 |
| “What have we here?!” |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Word of greeting |
The Washington Post |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Word of greeting |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2020 |
| ___ Kitty (Japanese cartoon character) |
|
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| He will ring in greeting |
|
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| Nametag heading |
USA Today |
22 Jun 2020 |
| 'Hafa adai' translation |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2020 |
| Word whose rise in popularity coincided with the spread of the telephone |
New York Times |
31 May 2020 |
| ****Phone greeting |
Universal |
31 May 2020 |
| Telephone greeting |
USA Today |
23 May 2020 |
| 2015 song by Adele that won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year |
|
|
| Phone-call starter |
|
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| Hi or how do you do |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Apr 2020 |
| Greeting he will love |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Apr 2020 |
| Phone greeting |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Apr 2020 |
| Word on a name tag |
Family Time |
30 Mar 2020 |
| "You had me at ___" ("Jerry Maguire" line) |
|
|
| ''Are you paying attention?'' |
Newsday |
12 Mar 2020 |
| Name tag word |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2020 |
| Word of greeting |
|
|
| Hit song by Adele that won 3 Grammy awards including Record of the Year in 2017 |
|
|
| Below-zero greeting? |
|
|
| Start of a phone conversation |
|
|
| Adele hit whose title is a greeting |
Universal |
29 Dec 2019 |
| 'Anyone there?' |
USA Today |
19 Dec 2019 |
| Adele's greeting "from the other side," in a song |
|
|
| Name tag word |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2019 |
| Welcome Shakespeare character books ignored |
|
|
| Word of greeting |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Sep 2019 |
| Conversation starter |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jul 2019 |
| Word on many name tags |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Nametag word |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jun 2019 |
| "Greetings!" |
Family Time |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Greeting |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Apr 2019 |
| The man will start to offer greeting |
|
|
| The man will love this magazine: |
|
|
| Greeting that usually precedes "Nice to meet you!" |
|
|
| Formal "Yo!" |
Universal |
27 Feb 2019 |
| Stereotypical cry into a canyon |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2019 |
| "You there?" |
Universal |
13 Feb 2019 |
| Adele's hit song that's a common greeting |
|
|
| Word of greeting |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2019 |
| 'Anybody home?' |
USA Today |
20 Jan 2019 |
| I say the inferno's nonexistent |
|
|
| Conversation starter |
|
|
| Stereotypical cry into a canyon |
|
|
| Word of greeting |
|
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| "You there?" |
|
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| Formal "Yo!" |
|
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| "Anybody home?" |
|
|
| Name tag word |
|
|
| Word on many name tags |
|
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| Brothel Lolita's hearty welcome |
|
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| Expression of surprise from place lacking redemption and love |
|
|
| Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" |
|
|
| 'Well, look at that!' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
25 Nov 2018 |
| 'Is anybody here?' |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2018 |
| Nametag word |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2018 |
| It's "Ciao!" to Italians |
|
|
| ___ Kitty (Japanese cartoon character named for a greeting) |
|
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| I'm surprised leading couple quit play |
|
|
| Greetings from husband, sensational to the core |
|
|
| Greeting a man will love? |
|
|
| Dolly's greeting? |
Universal |
14 Sep 2018 |
| "Why did Adele cross the road? To say ___!" |
|
|
| "___, is it me you're looking for?" |
Universal |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Common greeting |
Universal |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Shakespearean hero forgets extremely overt greeting |
|
|
| 'That's pretty obvious!' |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2018 |
| 'Are you listening?' |
USA Today |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Aloha alternative |
Universal |
06 Jun 2018 |
| Word of welcome |
Newsday |
29 May 2018 |
| Adele hit that won three Grammys |
LA Times Daily |
26 May 2018 |
| Adele hit that won three Grammys |
The Washington Post |
26 May 2018 |
| "You there?" |
|
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| ''I didn't expect that!'' |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2018 |
| Greeting |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Mar 2018 |
| Nametag greeting |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2018 |
| "You had me at ___" ("Jerry Maguire" line) |
|
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| 'Are you listening?!' |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2018 |
| The man will have no word of greeting |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Jan 2018 |
| "That's pretty obvious!" |
|
|
| Dolly's greeting? |
|
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| Common greeting |
|
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| Aloha alternative |
|
|
| "Are you listening?" |
|
|
| "___, is it me you're looking for?" |
|
|
| Adele hit that won three Grammys |
|
|
| "Are you listening?!" |
|
|
| "Is anybody here?" |
|
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| Nametag word |
|
|
| Fancy coming across that magazine! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
26 Dec 2017 |
| #1 hit by Adele...or a greeting |
|
|
| Is not in Hollies - and that's to be welcomed |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 Sep 2017 |
| How do royals dominate its pages? |
|
|
| I do declare there's nothing lower than the underworld |
|
|
| 'Um ... I'm standing right here!' |
New York Times |
26 Aug 2017 |
| ''What have we here!'' |
Newsday |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Introductory greeting |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 Jul 2017 |
| "You say goodbye, and I say ___" |
|
|
| When its second syllable is drawn out, 'Are you out of your mind?!' |
New York Times |
17 Mar 2017 |
| First word said after picking up a call, generally |
|
|
| Nametag greeting |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2017 |
| Expression of surprise at play missing openers |
|
|
| Form of greeting he will love |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Feb 2017 |
| 'You there?' |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Jan 2017 |
| "Is anybody home?" |
Universal |
03 Jan 2017 |
| "Um ... I'm standing right here!" |
|
|
| When its second syllable is drawn out, "Are you out of your mind?!" |
|
|
| Word of greeting |
|
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| "Is anybody home?" |
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| ''Anybody home?'' |
Newsday |
29 Dec 2016 |
| Conversation starter |
USA Today |
23 Nov 2016 |
| Greeting |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Sep 2016 |
| Hi |
Canadiana |
05 Sep 2016 |
| A greeting |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Phone answerer's word |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2016 |
| "Aloha" may mean this |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Adele song with the lyric 'I must have called a thousand times' |
New York Times |
31 May 2016 |
| "Hi" |
Family Time |
23 May 2016 |
| ''This is a surprise!'' |
Newsday |
15 May 2016 |
| Dreadful old magazine |
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| Chat-starting word |
Universal |
24 Apr 2016 |
| Introduction follower |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2016 |
| No. 1 single of 1984 or 2015 |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 Mar 2016 |
| Conversation starter |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Mar 2016 |
| Surprised response: maintained cut long overdue at first |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Word used when answering the phone |
Family Time |
01 Feb 2016 |
| Greeting Shakespearean hero, ignoring first two characters |
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| "Aloha" may mean this |
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| No. 1 single of 1984 or 2015 |
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| Adele song with the lyric "I must have called a thousand times" |
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| Conversation starter |
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| Nametag greeting |
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| '___, I Love You' (1968 chart-topper by The Doors) |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2015 |
| Welcome magazine publication |
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| Start of a phone conversation |
Universal |
19 Oct 2015 |
| Greeting, in nutshell, old-fashioned |
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| Word printed on nametags |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2015 |
| Male will ring and hear this? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Aug 2015 |
| "You there?" |
USA Today |
18 Aug 2015 |
| Word of greeting |
Family Time |
13 Jul 2015 |
| Echo tester's word |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2015 |
| Common conversation starter |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Greeting |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2015 |
| "What have we here?!" |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2015 |
| Paste-on name-tag word |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Word on a red-and-white name tag |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2015 |
| "What have we here?!" |
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| Conversation starter |
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| Word printed on nametags |
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| Common conversation starter |
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| "You had me at __" |
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| Start of a phone conversation |
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| "You there?" |
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| Echo tester's word |
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| Word on a red-and-white name tag |
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| "Is anybody home?" preceder |
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| Paste-on name-tag word |
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| Cry of surprise |
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| Eric Clapton "___ Old Friend" |
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| Greeting that man will love |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| Nametag greeting |
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| "You had me at ___" ("Jerry Maguire" line) |
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| 'Greetings' |
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| "I can't believe what I'm hearing!" |
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| "What have we here?" |
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| "Aloha!" |
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| Welcoming word |
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| Greeting word |
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| "You there?" |
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| What "you had me at," in a classic movie line |
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| "Is anybody here?" preceder, often |
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| "Anybody home?" |
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| Call opener |
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| Word on many nametags |
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| Phone greeting |
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| "Greetings" |
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| "Is someone there?" |
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| First response to a call |
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| Cry of surprise |
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| Word of welcome |
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| Lionel Richie song of greeting? |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| "Haven't you been listening?" |
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| Name-tag word |
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| "Is anyone there?" |
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| Sarcastic "Anyone home?" |
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| "You had me at __": "Jerry Maguire" line |
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| "Hi" |
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| "Is anybody here?" |
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| "You had me at __": "Jerry Maguire" line |
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| Kitty's salutation? |
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| Common conversation starter |
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| "Can you hear me?" |
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| "Fancy meeting you here" |
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| Nametag greeting |
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| "And what have we here?" |
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| "Haven't you been listening?" |
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| Word of greeting |
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| Common greeting |
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| Phone answerer's greeting |
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| "You there?" |
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| "What do we have here?!" |
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| "Wassup," formally |
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| Word of welcome |
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| "Wassup," formally |
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| Conversation opener |
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| "Anybody in there?" |
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| Phone-call starter |
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| Word of welcome |
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| Cry of surprise |
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| Word on many name tags |
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| "Anybody in there?" |
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| Word on many name tags |
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| "Anybody there?" |
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| Nametag greeting |
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| Conversation opener |
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| Phone call response |
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| Greeting |
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| Convention nametag word |
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| Pick-up line? |
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| Telephone greeting |
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| Ringtone response |
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| Cry at a canyon |
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| Phone call response |
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| Greeting |
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| "Duh!" relative |
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| Conversation starter |
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| "Duh!" relative |
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| Convention nametag word |
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| Phone answerer's word |
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| Word on a name tag |
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| Shout into a canyon |
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| Name-tag word |
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| Phone greeting |
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| Word of greeting |
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| Word on a nametag |
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| "You listening?" |
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| Pick up line? |
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| "Is anybody listening ...?" |
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| Printing on many a name tag |
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| "What have we here?!" |
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| Response to getting a ring? |
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| Phone line |
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| ___ Kitty (Japanese character) |
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| Word said upon answering a phone |
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| "Anybody home?" |
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| "What have we here!" |
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| Ring response |
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| Response to getting a ring? |
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| "___, gorgeous!" (Fanny Brice's comment to herself when looking in the mirror) |
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| 'Hi there' |
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| 1984 #1 hit by Lionel Richie |
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| "That is soooo stupid!" |
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| Ring response |
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| Conversation piece? |
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| Welcoming word |
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| Phone answerer's greeting |
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| "Anybody home?" |
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| Phone answerer's opener |
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| "That is soooo stupid!" |
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| 1984 #1 hit by Lionel Richie |
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| Phone answerer's opener |
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| Pickup line? |
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| Greeting on a name tag |
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| "___, Dolly!" (play starring Carol Channing) |
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| "What have we here!" |
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| Parrot's word |
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| "Is the caller there?" |
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| Opening remark? |
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| Greeting on meeting |
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| Word on a conventioneer's badge |
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| "Greetings" |
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| Verbal greeting |
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| Hi |
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| "Hi!" |
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| Word on a nametag |
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| Opening word |
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| Greeting |
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| "This is a surprise!" |
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| Word of surprise |
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| "Anybody there?" |
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| "Anybody home?" |
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| Answerer's word |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| Start of a phone conversation |
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| Word on a nametag |
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| "What's this?" |
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| "You there?" |
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| ___ Kitty (popular toy line) |
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| Pick-up line? |
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| Nametag word |
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| Ring response |
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| Ring response |
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| Parrot's word |
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| Meeting word |
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| Greetings! |
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| Meeting word |
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| Welcoming word |
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| 'Aloha' |
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| What Satchmo said to Dolly |
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| "You Had Me from ___": Chesney |
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| Welcoming word |
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| "How's that again?" |
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| Conversation starter |
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| Greeting |
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| The Doors' "__, I Love You" |
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| Response to getting a ring? |
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| Nametag word |
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| The Doors' "__, I Love You" |
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| "___, ball" (Norton's "address the ball" line) |
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| Word of surprise |
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| Cellular greeting |
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| Phone line? |
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| 1984 Lionel Richie chart-topper |
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| Greeting for Dolly |
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| Greeting |
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| Telephone greeting |
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| Conversation starter |
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| Name-tag word |
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| Dolly's greeting |
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| Phone call? |
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| Conversation opener |
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| Nametag word |
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| Response to a ring |
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| Telephone greeting |
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| "Ciao" |
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| Word at a meeting? |
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| Phone answerer's word |
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| Opening remark? |
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| "Are you there?" |
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| Nametag word |
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| Chat starter |
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| How-do-you-do |
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| Greeting |
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| Phone greeting |
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| Phone answerer's word |
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| Conversation starter |
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| Meeting greeting |
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| Nametag word |
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| Nametag word |
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| Phone greeting |
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| It's "Pronto!" to Italians |
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| "Wise up!" |
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| Word at a meeting |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| "How do you do" |
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| 'Greetings!' |
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| "Are you listening?" |
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| Opening remark? |
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| Phone answerer's word |
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| "Greetings" |
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| "How do you do" |
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| Conversation opener |
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| "What's this?!" |
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| Greeting for Dolly |
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| Welcoming word |
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| Pick-up line? |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| Dolly's greeting |
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| Phone call? |
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| "Welcome!" |
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| Ringing response |
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| Echo word |
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| "___, Young Lovers" |
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| Response to a ring |
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| Pronto, in Provo |
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| "What was that?!" |
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| "Aloha!" |
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| "Hi" |
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| Repeated parrot's word |
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| "Haven't you been listening?" |
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| "__, Dolly!" |
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| "That's a surprise!" |
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| Parrot's word |
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| Bonjour! |
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| Opening word |
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| Aloha |
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| Hi there! |
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| "Greetings!" |
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| Phone-call response |
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| Cry of surprise |
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| Hi! |
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| "___, Young Lovers" |
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| Word to Dolly |
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| Caller's word |
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| "Aloha" synonym |
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| Greeting to Dolly |
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| Greeting for Dolly |
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| Hi's kin |
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| Phone greeting |
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| Reply to a phone call |
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| Telephone response |
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| Greeting for Parton? |
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| "___, Goodbye," Beatles song |
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| Ice breaker of sorts |
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| "___, Ma Baby" |
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| Greeting for the Levi lass |
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| Italian's "pronto" on the phone |
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| Salutation to Miss Parton? |
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| "___, Dolly!" |
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| Telephone word |
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| Word of surprise |
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| One meaning for "Aloha" |
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| Phone-call opener |
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| Phone opener |
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| Phone opening |
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| Word for Dolly |
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| Telephone call |
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| Phone call. |
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| Well, well! |
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| Greetings! |
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| Familiar greeting. |
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| Word of greeting. |
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| Salutation. |
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| Exclamation of surprise. |
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| Opposite of a busy signal? |
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| Cry of surprise. |
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| Telephone opener |
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| Surprised exclamation. |
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| Telephone call. |
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| "___ Dolly!" |
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| Greeting. |
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| Familiar salutation. |
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| "___, Young Lovers." |
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| Word on the wire. |
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| Astonished exclamation. |
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| 2015 Adele hit |
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| Little Sir Echo's answer. |
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| Echo's answer. |
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| Mobile line |
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| Telephonic word. |
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| Aha! |
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| Opposite of 12 Down. |
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| Superfluous telephone word. |
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