| Anticipation | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            31 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
            Universal | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimism | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Word on either side of "against" | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst" | 
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            | Optimism (4) | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            20 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Last thing in Pandora's box | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Defeatist's lack | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | (Bob [?) Solo] | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            05 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimism of Ruritania's founder? (4) | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "I sure ___ so" | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pleasant anticipation | 
            Commuter | 
            30 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Wish earnestly | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Feeling of expectation and desire (4) | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            08 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            Universal | 
            07 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sherry Carter in Murder Most Puzzling (9,4) | 
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            | Christmas is said to be the time for this optimistic feeling | 
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            | Aspire | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            21 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Desire, wish (4) | 
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            | Bill Clinton's birth city | 
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            | Feel optimistic (4) | 
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            | Optimism | 
            Commuter | 
            07 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Aspire | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Let's ___ so" | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sandra Bullock's movie: - Floats | 
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            | Bob ___-, partner of Bing Crosby in the Road to... series of movies (4) | 
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            | "Cross my heart and ___ to die..." | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            18 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Expect chap will get work (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            08 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            08 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sentiment left in Pandora's box | 
            Universal | 
            06 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Klaatu get conceptual on LP two (4) | 
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            | "Fingers crossed" feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            26 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimism | 
            Commuter | 
            15 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Skip energetically to start with in anticipation (4) | 
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            | Optimism springs eternal in Schopenhauer (4) | 
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            | Expect chap will get surgery | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            03 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            03 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Expect much fancied favourite to lose every time | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            02 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Positive outlook | 
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            | Maurice ___, 1979-1981 WBC Super Welterweight champion (4) | 
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            | Rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, Cape of Good _ (4) | 
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            | 1990s medical drama with Hector Elizondo, Chicago _ (4) | 
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            | It springs eternal | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            19 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "I ___ you're doing well" | 
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            | "Chicago ___"; Mandy Patinkin series | 
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            | "The thing with feathers- / That perches in the soul," per Emily Dickinson | 
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            | US hospital saga (Chicago ___-) | 
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            | Anthony, author of Rupert of Hentzau (4) | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Trust employees of shop explicitly (4) | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
            Commuter | 
            25 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | 1998 Sandra Bullock rom-com, - Floats (4) | 
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            | Comic Bob ____ | 
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            | Aspiration | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            28 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Expect chap will get work (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            28 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
            Universal | 
            27 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Vision of a brighter day | 
            Universal | 
            21 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Anthony -, author of novels The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            16 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic emotion | 
            Commuter | 
            14 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ambition to jump on egghead (4) | 
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            | Wish | 
            Universal | 
            02 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Wish age gets reversed after leaving college (4) | 
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            | "I ___ so!" ("Crossing my fingers!") | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Expectation of something desired | 
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            | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst" | 
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            | Desire with anticipation | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            16 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | 19-time host of the Academy Awards who also received five honorary Oscars (4) | 
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            | Bobby, 1968 Scotland and 1960-72 West Brom forward (4) | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Great expectation | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Desired expectation | 
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            | Wish hot guy removes top (4) | 
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            | Aspire to, - for | 
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            | Christian virtue (4) | 
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            | Remain optimistic: - for the best | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            16 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Bob of old films | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            16 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Feel fairly confident | 
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            | Optimistic emotion | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Aspire | 
            Commuter | 
            10 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Christmas is said to be the time for this optimistic feeling | 
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            | Good name for an optimist | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            03 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wish for spring, to a point (4) | 
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            | Aspiration, dream (4) | 
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            | _ Springs, 2012 film (4) | 
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            | Time to rise and renounce Catholic faith | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            20 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Something desired | 
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            | "___ Springs Eternal" (Pope poem) (4) | 
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            | Coronation Street character played by Isabella Flanagan, _ Dobbs (4) | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | He visits the Italian river with Bob! What a laugh! (4) | 
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            | It remained in Pandora's box when all else had gone (4) | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Trust | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            19 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Some of the shop employees show optimistic anticipation (4) | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Commuter | 
            05 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | One of the three theological virtues, along with faith and charity (4) | 
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            | Echo peaked and rings in the light at the end of the tunnel (4) | 
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            | Cape of Good _ | 
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            | Anticipation he has of taking work in (4) | 
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            | Wish for the future (4) | 
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            | Feel good about the future | 
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            | Finger crossed feeling | 
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            | Expectant desire (4) | 
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            | Obama poster word | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | ____ chest | 
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            | Bob ___, legendary actor and entertainer from "Road to Bali" who may be a "glass-half-full" kind of guy | 
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            | Confidence in future | 
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            | Confidence, anticipation (4) | 
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            | Anticipation of it being Good at the Cape (4) | 
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            | Bob ___, Bing Crosby's comedy partner (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            03 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Male undergoing invasive operation with confidence (4) | 
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            | What an optimist never gives up on | 
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            | There's expectant desire in such operations (4) | 
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            | Beacon of ___ | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic outlook | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Word on Rhode Island's flag | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Christian virtue along with faith and charity (4) | 
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            | Aspiration | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            12 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Reason for optimism | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Raising ___" | 
            TV | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best, prepare for the worst" | 
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            | Be optimistic, ... for the best | 
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            | Confidently expect to hop on leading engine (4) | 
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            | Have aspirations | 
            Commuter | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Cross my heart and ___ to die..." | 
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            | Bob ____, Emmerdale character played by Tony Audenshaw | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            24 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Cross my heart and - to die" | 
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            | Desire opening of poppies, primroses or pansies in garden | 
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            | Have  | 
            Commuter | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | "- springs eternal" | 
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            | Optimistic emotion | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Expectation, desire (4) | 
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            | Aspire | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            28 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wish for hard old exercise | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            28 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Long for dream about | 
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            | Maurice -, 1979-81 WBC Light Middleweight champion | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Long for 19 Across | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wish for, aspire | 
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            | A "waking dream," per Aristotle | 
            New York Times | 
            19 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Last thing left in Pandora's box | 
            New York Times | 
            17 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Desire for future good in thigh operation (4) | 
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            | Expectation | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            12 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Arkansas town where, according to Bill Cinton, "it all began"? (4) | 
            The Guardian Weekend | 
            11 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Desire of fulfilment | 
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            | Bob ___: Comedian who entertained troops during World War II (4) | 
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            | Actress who played Sandi Furness in Succession, _ Davis (4) | 
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            | Wishful desire | 
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            | A desire for good cape to appear (4) | 
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            | Hard work and energy will yield expectation | 
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            | Expectation of good | 
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            | Expect and wish | 
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            | Optimism | 
            The Times Concise | 
            15 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ryan's ___ (old soap) | 
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            | Be an optimist, perhaps? | 
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            | Word on a famous poster of Barack Obama | 
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            | Intend | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Trust the flight will have a safe conclusion (4) | 
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            | Legendary comedian Bob | 
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            | Optimistic outlook | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Comedian Bob ____ | 
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            | The last thing Pandora had was the work he took in (4) | 
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            | Comedian Bob initially holds onto possible expectations | 
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            | Anthony ___ (1863-1933), London-born novelist and playwright (4) | 
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            | Where Bill Clinton was born | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | _ Stape, 3 Down character played by Isabella Flanagan (4) | 
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            | Heartfelt desire (4) | 
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            | Bob _, Emmerdale character (4) | 
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            | See picture clue: London-born US entertainer, Bob ___- (4) | 
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            | Ground for expectation | 
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            | What was left in Pandora's box once it was opened and emptied of all evils? (4) | 
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            | Be eager | 
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            | Bob, partner of Bing Crosby in the Road series of films (4) | 
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            | Crosby's comedy co-star Bob | 
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            | Optimistic feeling of man retaining work (4) | 
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            | The Cape of Good _, rocky headland on the Cape Peninsula in South Africa (4) | 
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            | "Chicago ___"; Adam Arkin series | 
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            | Confidently expect to see a comedian (4) | 
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            | Have aspirations | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cathy _, was in the car crash in which her twin brother died in Emmerdale (4) | 
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            | Anticipation | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            22 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst" | 
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            | "I ___ you're right" | 
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            | Aspire | 
            Commuter | 
            19 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Move quickly to central Harlesden with a girl | 
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            | Emmerdale bloke who owns a guest house (3,4) | 
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            | Bobby .... , 1960-72 West Brom midfielder; 1966 League Cup final and 1968 FA Cup final winner (4) | 
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            | Eternal springer? (4) | 
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            | "__ springs eternal" | 
            Commuter | 
            01 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | 2023 UK No 2 album by rapper NF (4) | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            19 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | One of the theological virtues | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me, no _ _ _ _, no harm, just another false alarm", The Smiths (4) | 
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            | Dickinson's percher 'in the soul' | 
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            | Optimistic stuff | 
            Family Time | 
            10 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Christmas is said to be the time for this optimistic feeling | 
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            | Medical drama which starred Mandy Patinkin, Chicago _ (4) | 
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            | Earnestly wish | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Wish (for) | 
            Universal | 
            03 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Something to never give up | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | "The thing with feathers," per Dickinson | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Want quiet in garden | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            15 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | It springs eternal | 
            Universal | 
            08 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cross your fingers | 
            Universal | 
            05 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | Unfulfilled fancy | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "I ___ so!" ("Fingers crossed!") | 
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            | Optimist's outlook | 
             | 
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            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | Despair's opposite | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst" | 
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            | Great expectations | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Partner of faith and charity | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Dickinson's singer 'without the words' | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | "I ___ you're happy!" (sarcastic comment, often) | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
             | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Universal | 
            13 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Rhode Island's motto | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Aspire; aspiration | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Eternal optimist's feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ Solo, soccer Hall-of-Famer and two-time Olympic champion | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
            Universal | 
            12 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Great expectation | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Word at the center of Rhode Island's flag | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            28 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Faith and charity pal | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Let's ___ for the best!" (be optimistic) | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Word before and after against | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Optimism | 
            Canadiana | 
            14 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feeling under the weather? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "I ___ you're happy!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cross your fingers | 
            Universal | 
            05 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pandora's box remnant | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | British Columbia town, or celebrated comedian | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic wish | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | '___ this helps!' | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Great expectation | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Christian virtue of work embraced by ambassador | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            25 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Positive expectation | 
             | 
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            | Comedian Bob | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            14 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimism for the future | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Cross one's fingers | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimism | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Aspire | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            26 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Family Time | 
            16 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Cross my heart and ___ to die..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            USA Today | 
            07 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Saving ___," 2012 Canadian supernatural-medical drama starring Erica Durance | 
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            | Optimist's attribute | 
            Family Time | 
            10 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Family Time | 
            04 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | It springs eternal | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | What the faithful don't give up | 
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            | Optimistic emotion | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | 'Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only ___.' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            13 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Crossed-fingers sentiment | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Crossed-fingers sentiment | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Only ___," 2002 song covered by Mandy Moore for "A Walk to Remember" | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
             | 
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            | It springs eternal, it's said | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            30 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'I ___ you're happy!' | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'I sure ___ so!' | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Bob with jokes | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            17 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Aspire | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Feeling that one's dreams may come true | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            25 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'Cross my heart and ___ to die' | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'I ___ so!' | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Desire short journey east  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Optimistic thing to have | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Cross my heart and ___ to die..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desire | 
            Universal | 
            19 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Old comedian‘s dance, ending in glide  | 
             | 
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            | Eternal optimist's feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            10 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Aspire | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Star Wars: Episode IV - A New ___," 1977 movie from the original trilogy of the "Skywalker saga" | 
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            | "___ is a good thing..." (words from "The Shawshank Redemption") | 
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            | Aspiration | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            03 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Bit of optimism | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Bit of optimism | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best, but prepare for the worst" | 
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            | Desire | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Lee Ann Womack's "I ___ You Dance" | 
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            | Unfulfilled fancy | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Light at the end of the tunnel in fragment of French opera | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            16 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic | 
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            | Wish earnestly | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Francis Bacon's ''Good breakfast but . . . a bad supper'' | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'To live without ___ is to cease to live': Dostoyevsky | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Name of woman parking in garden  | 
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            | Defeatist’s lack | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimism | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimism | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | 'The thing with feathers,' per Dickinson | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Great expectation | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimism | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic | 
            Family Time | 
            10 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Part of speech opens with ambition | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            20 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rhode Island’s motto | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | Aspiration | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic desire, 1/100?  | 
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            | 'A very unruly emotion,' per Gloria Steinem | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            23 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | "___ is the thing with feathers," poem by Emily Dickinson with the line "...It asked a crumb of me." | 
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            | Famous diamond at fifth dance  | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
            Universal | 
            16 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic view | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
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            | Aspiration | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            20 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Long for oxygen during hard exercise  | 
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            | Wish earnestly | 
            Jonesin | 
            03 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst." | 
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            | Optimistic wish | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Word before and after against | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bob kept locked up by 1 down  | 
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            | Aspiration | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Have optimism | 
            Newsday | 
            29 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Aristotle's "waking dream" | 
            The New Yorker | 
            06 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic emotion | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Fingers-crosser's feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | “Being a ____ has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never | 
            The Times Specialist Sunday | 
            21 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Expectation | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            07 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | It stayed in Pandora's box | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Comedian's spirit found at the bottom of Pandora's box  | 
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            | Spring came, finally producing optimism  | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Rhode Island's motto | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bob's aspiration?  | 
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            | It springs eternal, it's said | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            28 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Expect and desire | 
            The Times Concise | 
            25 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Aspirant's feeling | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            20 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | Aristotle's ''waking dream'' | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic desire | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
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            | Fingers-crosser's feeling | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | It stayed in Pandora's box | 
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            | Word before and after against | 
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            | Aspiration | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Muslim leaders | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Keep the ___ alive" (optimism) | 
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            | Cross fingers and be optimistic | 
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            | Optimistic thing | 
            Family Time | 
            19 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Last element in Pandora's box | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Last element in Pandora's box | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | It's optimistic | 
            Universal | 
            08 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | What an optimist always has | 
            Family Time | 
            15 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | All that remained in Pandora's box | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | "I ___," pop-country hit by Gabby Barrett and Charlie Puth | 
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            | Wish earnestly | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Thing for an optimist | 
            Family Time | 
            26 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | It springs eternal, in a saying | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | "I ___ I get the ticket..." (wish) | 
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            | Have confidence, dance with energy | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            02 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Desire | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | What you might do when you cross your fingers | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Feeling of expectant desire | 
            The Times Concise | 
            23 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ for the best but prepare for the worst." | 
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            | Be wishful | 
            Universal | 
            09 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Be optimistic | 
            USA Today | 
            07 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | What optimists don't give up | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | What optimists don't give up | 
            The Washington Post | 
            22 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Wishful feeling | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Faith invested in Telegraph operatives | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            21 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Expectation | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            03 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Expect he's keeping in work  | 
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            | See 9-Down | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            25 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Partner of pray | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Partner of pray | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Bound to need patience, ultimately — a virtue?  | 
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            | Desire and expectation rolled into one | 
            The Times Specialist Sunday | 
            07 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | 2008 political catchword | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
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            | It springs eternal, in a saying | 
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            | All that remained in Pandora's box | 
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            | Desire | 
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            | Be wishful | 
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            | It's optimistic | 
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            | Last element in Pandora's box | 
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            | Partner of pray | 
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            | What optimists don't give up | 
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            | What you might do when you cross your fingers | 
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            | Part of speech opens with expectation | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            27 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Anticipatory feeling | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Something an optimist possesses | 
            Family Time | 
            30 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Wish | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            08 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            Family Time | 
            02 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Famous diamond | 
            Universal | 
            18 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Word before and after against | 
            The Washington Post | 
            19 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Word before and after against | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | HP ( Fraser valley town) | 
            Canadiana | 
            07 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Crosby's "Road" partner | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Think positively | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | "I ___ you are doing well?" | 
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            | 2008 Obama poster word | 
            USA Today | 
            31 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | 2008 Obama catchword | 
            New York Times | 
            07 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Have expectations | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Ray of -- | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | All that was left in Pandora's box | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Have dreams and desires | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | 2008 Obama slogan word | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic feeling | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Expectation and desire | 
            The Times Concise | 
            23 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Ambition in Dutch Opera?  | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
            Universal | 
            31 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Long to deal with changing temperature? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            19 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | 2008 Obama catchword | 
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            | Word before and after against | 
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            | 2008 Obama poster word | 
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            | Wish | 
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            | Have expectations | 
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            | Famous diamond | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
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            | Crosby's "Road" partner | 
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            | 2008 Obama slogan word | 
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            | Thing for an optimistic person | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Wish | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            11 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Wish that man has small operation  | 
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            | Bob's wish  | 
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            | Great expectation | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Wishful feeling | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Dickinson's percher ''in the soul'' | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | See 22-Down | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Smooth operator's secret desire  | 
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            | Thing to never give up | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Aspiration | 
            Universal | 
            07 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic view | 
            Universal | 
            08 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Pandora's box residue | 
            Newsday | 
            06 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | "The thing with feathers / That perches in the soul": Dickinson | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | It springs eternal | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Optimistic desire | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Introduces Hymns of Praise from centre of Barcelona with little bit of conviction | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            18 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | It springs eternal | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Last thing in Pandora's box | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | It springs eternal | 
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            | See 22-Down | 
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            | Last thing in Pandora's box | 
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            | Thing to never give up | 
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            | Aspiration | 
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            | Hard work, energy and optimism  | 
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            | Optimists have it | 
            Universal | 
            30 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cross your fingers | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            15 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Bill Clinton's hometown | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Word before and after "against" | 
            Universal | 
            18 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cross one's fingers | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Crosby's road companion | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Introduces Hymns of Praise from centre of Barcelona - it's an ambition | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            11 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'The Audacity of ' | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            09 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Dream of a goal | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            30 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cynic's lack | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | '___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness': Desmond Tutu | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Optimists have it | 
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            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | Bob who hosted the Oscars a record 18 times | 
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            | Great expectations | 
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            | Optimists have it | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | Optimism | 
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            | Bill Clinton's hometown | 
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            | Think positively | 
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            | Crosby's road companion | 
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            | "___ is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness": Desmond Tutu | 
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            | Cynic's lack | 
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            | '00 Guided by Voices EP "Hold on ___" | 
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            | Word before and after "against" | 
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            | Pandora's box remnant | 
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            | Smooth operator harbours feeling of confidence  | 
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            | Emcee for the Oscars 18 times | 
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            | Crosby's comedy costar | 
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            | Optimistic wish | 
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            | Long (for) | 
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            | Wish earnestly | 
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            | It comes between faith and charity | 
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            | Knock on wood | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | Expect | 
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            | Optimistic outlook | 
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            | Arkansas town where Bill Clinton was born | 
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            | Great expectations | 
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            | Bill Clinton's Arkansas birthplace | 
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            | __ Diamond | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
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            | __ Diamond | 
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            | Wishful feeling | 
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            | Keep the faith | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Bob with jokes | 
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            | Host of a record number of Oscar ceremonies | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Pessimist's lack | 
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            | "The Audacity of ___" | 
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            | Bob with jokes | 
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            | ___ chest (dowry) | 
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            | Word before and after "against" | 
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            | Partner of faith and charity | 
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            | Wish for something | 
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            | King's X "Faith ___ Love" | 
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            | Show optimism | 
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            | Feeling of optimism | 
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            | Faith, ___ and love | 
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            | Crosby partner | 
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            | Optimists have it | 
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            | "Faith ___ Love" King's X | 
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            | Second of three virtues | 
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            | Optimist's feeling | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | Optimism | 
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            | 2008 campaign theme | 
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            | "___ of Deliverance" by Sir Paul | 
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            | Presidential birthplace | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | Word on a 2008 Obama poster | 
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            | Faith, ___ and love | 
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            | Optimism | 
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            | Wish (for) | 
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            | Faith and Charity's partner | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
             | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | Thing left in Pandora's box | 
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            | What was left in Pandora's box | 
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            | Play Pollyanna | 
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            | Plus for Pandora | 
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            | Optimism | 
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            | One might lose it in a crisis | 
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            | Companion of faith and charity | 
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            | Faith and Charity's partner | 
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            | Dream found in this puzzle's seven longest answers | 
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            | "A waking dream," according to Aristotle | 
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            | "Keep ___ alive!" | 
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            | Rosy anticipation | 
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            | Partner of faith and charity | 
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            | "The Audacity of ___" | 
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            | Despair's opposite | 
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            | Despair's opposite | 
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            | Optimistic view | 
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            | Actress Davis | 
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            | What remained in Pandora's box | 
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            | Bill Clinton's hometown | 
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            | Wish (for) | 
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            | "The Audacity of ___" (2006 best seller) | 
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            | One of three virtues mentioned in Corinthians | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
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            | Diamond name | 
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            | A good breakfast, but a bad supper, according to Francis Bacon | 
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            | Good thing not to give up | 
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            | Crossed fingers can symbolize it | 
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            | Bad thing to abandon | 
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            | Crosby's "Road" partner | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
             | 
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            | Diamond name | 
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            | Good thing not to give up | 
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            | Expectancy | 
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            | Yearning | 
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            | Crosby's road companion | 
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            | Emily Dickinson's "thing with feathers" | 
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            | Partner of Faith and Charity | 
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            | Crosby costar | 
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            | Show optimism | 
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            | Entertainer who was a Congressional Gold Medal recipient in 1962 | 
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            | Optimist's attribute | 
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            | Show optimism | 
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            | Entertainer who was a Congressional Gold Medal recipient in 1962 | 
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            | Fervent wish | 
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            | It remained in Pandora's box | 
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            | Legendary entertainer | 
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            | Great expectations | 
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            | Word before and after "against" | 
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            | Crosby's traveling companion | 
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            | Anticipation | 
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            | Bob of "Road" films | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Cross one's fingers | 
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            | The only medicine for the miserable, according to Shakespeare | 
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            | Rhode Island motto | 
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            | Rhode Island motto | 
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            | Wish sincerely | 
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            | Motto of the Ocean State | 
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            | Despair's opposite | 
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            | Expectation | 
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            | Bad thing to abandon | 
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            | Expectation | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Famous diamond | 
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            | Earnest wish | 
             | 
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            | Optimistic emotion | 
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            | Word before and after against | 
             | 
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            | Anticipatory feeling | 
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            | Optimism | 
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            | Crosby partner | 
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            | Crosby partner | 
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            | Crosby's "Road" partner | 
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            | Fervent wish | 
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            | Faith's kin | 
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            | What was left in Pandora's box | 
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            | Longing | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
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            | "A good breakfast, but an ill supper”: Francis Bacon | 
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            | Theological virtue | 
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            | What springs eternal | 
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            | What springs eternal | 
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            | "The thing with feathers," according to Dickinson | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Lamour's "My Favorite Brunette" costar | 
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            | Clinton's hometown | 
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            | Bill Clinton's hometown | 
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            | Optimistic emotion | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Crosby partner | 
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            | Comedian born with the first name Leslie | 
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            | Crossed fingers symbolize it | 
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            | A cardinal virtue | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto | 
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            | Expectancy | 
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            | __ and pray | 
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            | He starred with Crosby | 
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            | "Cancel My Reservation" star | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Diamond name | 
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            | Longing | 
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            | Wish for | 
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            | Wish for something | 
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            | Anthony or Bob | 
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            | Left-over of Pandora's box | 
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            | Longing | 
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            | Clinton home town | 
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            | Wish for | 
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            | Comedian Bob who entertained troops during World War II | 
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            | Desire | 
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            | Pessimist's lack | 
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            | It springs eternal | 
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            | A Lange | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Expectation | 
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            | Bob, of banter | 
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            | Crosby crony | 
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            | It springs eternal | 
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            | Rhode island motto | 
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            | It springs eternal | 
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            | Partner of faith and charity | 
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            | "A waking dream": Aristotle | 
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            | Rhode Island s motto | 
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            | What an optimist always has | 
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            | Pie in the sky | 
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            | Crosby's frequent co-star | 
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            | A cardinal virtue | 
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            | Middle of a trio | 
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            | Kind of chest | 
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            | Knock on wood | 
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            | Clinton's Arkansas birthplace | 
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            | Possibility | 
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            | Keep one's fingers crossed | 
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            | Expectation | 
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            | Crosby and Lamour's frequent costar | 
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            | Be optimistic | 
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            | Optimism | 
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            | Funny Bob | 
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            | Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Pandora's Box remnant | 
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            | Pessimist's lack | 
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            | Expectancy | 
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            | "have Tux ___ Will Travel" penner | 
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            | Confidence | 
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            | One of Pandora's finds | 
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            | Chance for success | 
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            | Crossed fingers symbolize it | 
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            | It comes between faith and charity | 
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            | Aspiration | 
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            | "A waking dream," according to Aristotle | 
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            | Fervent wish | 
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            | Bob of "Road" films | 
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            | Clinton's hometown | 
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            | Optimist's asset | 
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            | Aspiration | 
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            | "___ springs eternal" | 
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            | Clinton's Arkansas birthplace | 
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            | Crosby's fellow traveler | 
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            | Promise | 
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            | Long (for) | 
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            | Bill Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Second of three virtues | 
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            | "The Prisoner of Zenda" author | 
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            | Funnyman Bob | 
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            | "Road" movies co-star | 
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            | Bill Clinton's birthplace | 
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            | Await anxiously | 
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            | Crosby's traveling companion | 
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            | _____ Diamond | 
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            | Fabulous diamond | 
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            | W.J.C.'s town of expectation? | 
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            | EXPECTANCY | 
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            | Clinton's hometown | 
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            | One-liner master | 
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            | Perennial comedian Bob | 
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            | Crosby's road partner | 
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            | Famous diamond | 
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            | Comedian Bob ___ | 
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            | Expectancy | 
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            | It springs eternal | 
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            | Aspire | 
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            | Kind of chest | 
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            | Hospital ship | 
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            | Diamond name | 
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            | Famed octogenarian | 
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            | R.I. motto | 
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            | Expectation | 
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            | Faith follower | 
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            | Leslie Townes ___ | 
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            | Diamond for Bob? | 
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            | Crosby crony | 
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            | Bob of U.S.O. fame | 
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            | Road man of Hollywood | 
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            | Well-traveled comedian | 
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            | Optimistic feeling | 
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            | Between faith and charity | 
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            | Dickinson's "thing with feathers" | 
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            | "Old Ski-Nose" | 
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            | Famed hospital ship | 
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            | "___ springs eternal . . . ": Pope | 
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            | Frequent emcee for Oscar awards | 
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            | It "springs eternal" | 
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            | "Road" film star | 
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            | Lange from Conn. | 
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            | "The Prisoner of Zenda" author | 
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            | Motto of Rhode Island | 
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            | Confident expectation | 
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            | Actress Lange | 
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            | Trust | 
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            | "___ springs eternal . . . " | 
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            | Miss Lange | 
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            | "Ski-nose" | 
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            | Expect | 
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            | Friend of 40 Across | 
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            | Bob or writer Anthony | 
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            | Type of chest | 
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            | Famed diamond | 
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            | One of three sisters | 
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            | Follower of faith | 
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            | Name of a pale blue diamond weighing 44.5 carats. | 
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            | Aspire to. | 
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            | Anthony ___. | 
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            | Obama's slogan | 
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            | One of "these three" | 
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            | Comedy star. | 
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            | Expectation. | 
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            | Confidence. | 
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            | Aspire. | 
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            | Show business name. | 
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            | Rhode Island's motto. | 
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            | Promise. | 
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            | One of a Biblical trio. | 
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            | Expect. | 
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            | ___ diamond. | 
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            | Famous hospital ship. | 
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            | Silver lining. | 
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            | Popular comedian. | 
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            | One of a well-known trio. | 
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            | Faith's companion. | 
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            | Good promise. | 
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            | Want and expect. | 
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            | Courage to go on. | 
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            | Denizen of Pandora's box. | 
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            | Radio and TV celebrity. | 
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            | Much-traveled comedian. | 
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            | M. C. of the Oscar evening. | 
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            | Follower of "faith." | 
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            | Funnyman Bob. | 
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            | Comedian born in England. | 
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            | What was left in Pandora's box. | 
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            | Golf-playing comedian. | 
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            | Well-known Hollywood golfer. | 
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            | Pal of the "Groaner." | 
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            | Fast-talking comedian. | 
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            | Man with a Hooper. | 
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            | He plays golf with Crosby. | 
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            | Only thing left in Pandora's box. | 
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            | Long (for) | 
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            | Fingers-crossed feeling | 
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            | 2008 political slogan | 
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            | 2008 campaign slogan | 
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            | Trust. | 
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            | Bob. | 
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            | Famous diamond. | 
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