| Set down | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | __-back | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            25 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Universal | 
            21 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | __ to rest | 
            Commuter | 
            09 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Best-__ plans | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ eyes on (saw) | 
            Universal | 
            03 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed dial back (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            10 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Put down (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            10 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (mellow) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __ the groundwork | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bet core part of livelihood's to be superseded by ChatGPT, etc | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            08 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Detailed, with "out" | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Positioned | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ off (fired) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Arranged | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            04 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Produced (an egg) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            30 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed Aldi order | 
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            | She gives help to a thousand (4) | 
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            | Produced an egg | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            14 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed down, as 23-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as a carpet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            15 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Put a cover round (4) | 
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            | Some paella I did put down (4) | 
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            | Produced an egg, eg | 
             | 
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            | Installed, as a floor | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            26 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as tiles | 
             | 
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            | Put by the left hand (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __-back | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Crisscross pattern | 
            New York Times | 
            08 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed (down) | 
            Commuter | 
            06 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Like eggs in a nest | 
             | 
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            | What the chicken did for the table? (4) | 
             | 
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            | Put (down) | 
            New York Times | 
            02 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gently put down liberal support (4) | 
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            | ___ low : kept a very low profile, in a way? | 
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            | Was set, as table (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Round about lunchtime, the boy is ready for a meal (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down face up (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            11 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | You might have a new such one for breakfast at Easter (4,3) | 
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            | Set (a table) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            13 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Put 'Left to get help' (4) | 
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            | Set, like the table, for one to bi swallowed by youngster (4) | 
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            | ___ aside : abandoned rejected? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Arranged | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            07 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | __ it on the line | 
            Commuter | 
            06 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Arranged call back | 
             | 
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            | Dial back to get a bit of hanky panky (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Set down | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            01 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down article in cover (4) | 
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            | Positioned or placed | 
             | 
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            | Like bricks and tiles | 
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            | __ it on the line | 
            Commuter | 
            06 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Prepared: - the table for dinner, eg | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Left help to be put down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, like carpet | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ down rule ? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as a floor | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            27 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed face on the other side (4) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | ___ off (fired) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ an egg (flopped) | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Placed clock face back to front (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Put the left hand on (4) | 
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            | Eggs are put face upwards! (4) | 
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            | Set for lunchtime, when the boy comes round (4) | 
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            | Face lifting produced a 20 | 
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            | __ it on the line | 
            Commuter | 
            13 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Face turned or put down | 
             | 
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            | Produced eggs (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            01 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (mellow) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Made eggs? | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Produced (egg) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Face up to it being set, like the table (4) | 
             | 
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            | 1993 album and single by James | 
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            | Rested flat on a surface (4) | 
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            | In bed feeling ill or injured, etc, _ up (4) | 
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            | Current stable employee covers bet | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            08 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set, as a table | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Face up to being put down (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed, as bets | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | __ up (not feeling well) | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Deposited large backing (4) | 
             | 
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            | Put down in Adelaide (4) | 
             | 
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            | Face the reverse when table is prepared (4) | 
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            | Put down 50 to get help (4) | 
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            | Assistance under Labour's opening show is put down | 
             | 
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            | Set to trap one boy (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed clock face upside down (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            01 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (mellow) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down face upwards (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down, face up (4) | 
            The Guardian Quiptic | 
            23 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as bricks | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put down, face up (4) | 
            The Guardian Quiptic | 
            22 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down table or egg (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ring up and get this from lady of the night? (4) | 
             | 
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            | Ring up and put a bet on (4) | 
             | 
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            | Put down | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set to ring up (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down, as a carpet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Wagered | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Of paper, with a finely ribbed appearance (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            26 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as brick | 
            Universal | 
            24 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fifty get help but are put down (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed as floor | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Young man accepts one put down | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Produced, like eggs, face-upwards (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Arranged | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            28 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set the rules: - down the law | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Placed face upwards (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            24 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put down, face up | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            14 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | "The Goose That ___ the Golden Egg" | 
             | 
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            | The Goose that ____ the Golden Eggs, tale by 12 Down | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Check after voiding punter's first bet | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Arranged cutlery on (a table) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Wagered | 
            Newsday | 
            23 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set out (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set, like the table, for one to be swallowed by youngster (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Set about one youth | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Deposited eggs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put up two names (4) | 
             | 
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            | Set, as stone | 
             | 
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            | Learner has support put down (4) | 
             | 
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            | Placed down gently (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Best-__ plans | 
            Commuter | 
            02 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put the pan back (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (relaxed in manner) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | __-back (easygoing) | 
            Commuter | 
            16 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Settled help needed by learner (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Universal | 
            07 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            Universal | 
            06 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set to catch one youngster (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Made an egg | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down, as tile | 
            Commuter | 
            22 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as a carpet | 
            Universal | 
            17 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set (table) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Youth, including one assigned position on ground | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            07 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            06 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set, as table (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Help after front of load is put down (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            18 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Piece in a Tupperware drawer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Deposited (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            04 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Put a hand on: the left (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "The best - schemes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ an egg (failed) | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ off (fired) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __-back | 
            Commuter | 
            18 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Set (down) | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | *37a ___ (delivered) its eggs one at a time. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ____-back (chill) | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (chill) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Set (down) | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Arranged funding to back liberal (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ off (was fired) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            12 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___-back attitude | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Prepared (a table) for dining | 
            The Times Concise | 
            17 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            09 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put down large assistance | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            29 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Set down | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put down US city driver's licence, say | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            04 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (relaxed in manner) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like eggs in nests and carpet on floors | 
            New York Times | 
            30 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ off (was fired) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            10 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (relaxed) | 
            Universal | 
            16 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like plans and eggs | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            15 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Stored, with 'up' or 'by' | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Prepared (the table or a trap?) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            09 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | *Like an outdated internet connection | 
            Universal | 
            08 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Set (down) | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | What eggs get? | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            20 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Put down, as a carpet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Set down | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | __-back (easygoing) | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            07 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Placed down, as floor tiles | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put in place | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Set down | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            31 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'The best ... schemes o' mice an' men' (Burns) | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            19 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Placed cap around head of arrow  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed, as a bet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___-back attitude (relaxed) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Universal | 
            19 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Put in place | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Put down, as floor tiles | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            09 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Placed, as one tile beside another | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (super chill) | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Placed, as tiles | 
            Universal | 
            14 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Like bricks | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            29 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            25 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Like an egg | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as bricks | 
            Newsday | 
            10 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Best-___ plans | 
            Universal | 
            05 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as a carpet | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Set down | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easy going) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Detailed, with ''out'' | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Set (the table) | 
            The Times Concise | 
            29 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Set, as a trap | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ back (reclined) | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Explained well, with ''out'' | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Placed, as a bet | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | "The Best ___ Plans," 1997 novel by Sidney Sheldon which is the story of Oliver Russel and Leslie Stewart | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Schoolboy traps the compiler set! | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            09 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Saved, with ''away'' | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | With 19-Across, attacked | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | One must charge boy that's made to lie  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as brick | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Spread in papers supporting City  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Universal | 
            07 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            New York Times | 
            31 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Set down area in Cork | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            20 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Boy pinching one set | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            20 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Put phone back  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Put down from American city papers | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            08 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            Canadiana | 
            13 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Set learner with support | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            26 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Son will keep one set | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            11 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Positioned face to the west  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __-back: relaxed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | __-back: relaxed | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Set down area in covering | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            28 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Set (down) | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Set (down) | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Boy accepts one put down | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            04 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Installed e.g. a floor | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            04 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Boatman taken by Youth set  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as tile | 
            Universal | 
            02 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Put cover around area  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Family Time | 
            13 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            05 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Given the ax, with "off" | 
            Universal | 
            22 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Anagram of "dial" which means to put in place | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as brick | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            03 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Positioned, as a cornerstone | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            The Washington Post | 
            10 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ to rest (like a rumor) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Call round for set | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | City beside which this person had settled | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            08 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as tile | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __-back: relaxed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Positioned, as a cornerstone | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Given the ax, with "off" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Set (down) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-back (mellow) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Effect of a sac fly | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Ascribed, as blame | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Set call up  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Made, as a bet | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Made, as a bet | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Set down face up  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Attacked, with "into" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Attacked, with 'into' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Set to attack quickly, having changed sides | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            11 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            11 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Put | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            14 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Arranged, with ''out'' | 
            Newsday | 
            24 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | ___-back attitude (relaxed) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | . Circular part returned and set  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Put (down) | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Supplied number to ring on return (6, two words) | 
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            | Installed, as brick or carpet | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            02 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Put down face up  | 
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            | Ascribed, as blame | 
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            | Attacked, with "into" | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Installed, as brick or carpet | 
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            | Placed down | 
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            | Made, as a bet | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
            Family Time | 
            10 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as carpet | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (mellow) | 
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            | Placed face up | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            03 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | (Of dining table) set | 
            The Times Concise | 
            30 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Placed, as a wager | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Put down | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Phone's picked up and put down | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            24 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Put down round clock  | 
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            | Placed, as floor tiles | 
            Universal | 
            23 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | __-back (easygoing) | 
            Newsday | 
            15 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Did put down | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            14 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | One embraced by boy is placed horizontally  | 
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            | "... best-___ plans ..." | 
            Universal | 
            02 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Placed, as a wager | 
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            | "... best-___ plans ..." | 
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            | Placed, as floor tiles | 
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            | Set out to give help to learner | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            30 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Was a productive hen | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Set, as a trap | 
            The Washington Post | 
            10 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Put into place | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Placed a cover outside | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            07 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Put down, as track | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Put down face up  | 
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            | Put down | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Brought into the world, as eggs | 
            Universal | 
            16 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Let go, with "off" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as brick | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | With 40-Across, exposed | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fired, with "off" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Revealed, with ''open'' | 
            Newsday | 
            29 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Deposited | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as tile | 
            Newsday | 
            04 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Gambled over something on the radio | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            24 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Placed down | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Placed, as a bet | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Set, as a foundation | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (relaxed) | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Set left needing succour | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            15 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as floor tile | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | up (sick) | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Let go, with "off" | 
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            | Fired, with "off" | 
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            | With 40-Across, exposed | 
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            | Installed, as brick | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Brought into the world, as eggs | 
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            | Face the other way  | 
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            | up (ill) | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Ring up and put down  | 
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            | Dismissed, with "off" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Face up and spread out  | 
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            | What the hen did | 
            Universal | 
            03 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Set callback in Adelaide  | 
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            | Deposited pounds when on benefit | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            21 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | (Of eggs) produced | 
            The Times Concise | 
            01 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Ascribed, as blame | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Produced, as eggs | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Set, as a trap | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as 17-Across | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Spread | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            30 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Installed, as tile | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'The best-___ schemes o' mice an' men ...' | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            12 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Set in place | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Placed (down) | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            31 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Set in place how half of 4 down arrived? | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            02 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Left hand spread on a surface | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            22 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | ___ an egg (bombed) | 
            Universal | 
            30 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Placed | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            14 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | ". . . best ___ plans" | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Wagered | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | '73 Gregg Allman album "___ Back" | 
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            | Set, as a trap | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | ". . . best ___ plans" | 
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            | Installed, as tile | 
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            | Produced, as eggs | 
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            | Installed, as flooring tiles | 
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            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
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            | Dismissed, with "off" | 
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            | Getting it on the couch may get a sitter sacked if the parents come home early, even though the kid is asleep and has done all their homework | 
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            | Sexually fulfilled | 
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            | Ascribed, as blame | 
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            | Placed, as a bet | 
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            | ___ an egg (bombed) | 
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            | What the hen did | 
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            | "The best-___ schemes o' mice an' men ..." | 
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            | Installed, as 17-Across | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Set in place | 
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            | Placed (down) | 
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            | Placed, as a wager | 
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            | Bet | 
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            | ___-back (easy-going) | 
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            | "The best-___ schemes ..." | 
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            | Set down | 
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            | Did a hen's job | 
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            | Placed down | 
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            | Produced, as an egg | 
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            | Put down, as tiles | 
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            | Detailed, with "out" | 
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            | Spacehog "At Least I Got ___" | 
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            | Contributed to a clutch | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | New Medicine "I've been ___ out" | 
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            | Put down, as linoleum | 
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            | "The best-___ plans . . ." | 
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            | Positioned | 
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            | Positioned | 
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            | Set down | 
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            | ". . . best-___ plans . . ." | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Ascribed, as blame | 
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            | '93 James classic | 
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            | Added to a clutch | 
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            | Set down | 
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            | "The best ___ schemes ..." | 
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            | Produced, as eggs | 
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            | Put down, as floor tile | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | "The best ___ schemes o' mice an' men . . ." | 
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            | Placed down | 
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            | "... best-___ plans ..." | 
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            | "The best-___ schemes of mice and men . . ." | 
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            | Like eggs and cornerstones | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | Installed, as brick | 
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            | Better Than Ezra's James cover | 
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            | (Got) lucky | 
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            | Installed, as brick | 
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            | Installed, as bricks | 
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            | Satisfying thing to get | 
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            | James' biggest hit | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | Installed, as a carpet | 
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            | "The best-___ schemes of mice and men ..." | 
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            | "The Goose That ___ the Golden Eggs" | 
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            | Put in place | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | __-back (relaxed) | 
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            | Made, as a wager | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | "The best ___ schemes of mice and men ..." | 
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            | Put down, as carpet | 
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            | ___ back (relaxed) | 
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            | Wagered | 
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            | Installed, as a carpet | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Like floor tile | 
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            | Made eggs? | 
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            | In position, as a cornerstone | 
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            | Wagered | 
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            | Installed, as a cornerstone | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Let go, with "off" | 
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            | "The best ___ plans ..." | 
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            | Set (down) | 
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            | Left eggs | 
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            | __-back | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Installed carpeting | 
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            | Wagered | 
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            | Like eggs | 
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            | Dismissed, with "off" | 
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            | Like floor tile | 
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            | "The best ___ plans" | 
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            | Placed (with "down") | 
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            | Reposed | 
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            | Good thing to get | 
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            | Chewed out, with "into" | 
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            | Deposited | 
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            | Like floor tile | 
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            | __-back | 
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            | Set | 
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            | Put down, as carpet | 
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            | ___ an egg (bombed on stage) | 
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            | Wagered | 
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            | Set down | 
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            | Emulated a hen | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Fired, with "off" | 
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            | With 78 down, attacked | 
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            | ___ an egg (failed) | 
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            | "The best-___ plans of mice . . . " | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Deposited | 
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            | Chewed out, with "into" | 
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            | Positioned | 
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            | Prepared, as a table | 
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            | With 47-Down, assailed | 
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            | Emulated a hen | 
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            | Produced cackleberries | 
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            | __-back: relaxed | 
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            | Put down, as carpet | 
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            | Positioned | 
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            | Like an egg | 
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            | Produced, as eggs | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Set down | 
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            | __-back (easygoing) | 
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            | Put down, as tiles | 
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            | Put down, as carpet | 
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            | Positioned | 
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            | ". . . best ___ plans . . ." | 
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            | Installed, as a carpet | 
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            | ___ an egg (bombed on stage) | 
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            | Let go, with "off" | 
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            | Placed, as a bet | 
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            | In position, as a cornerstone | 
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            | Positioned | 
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            | Installed carpet | 
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            | Installed | 
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            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
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            | Put down, as track | 
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            | Placed, as a bet | 
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            | Given the ax, with "off" | 
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            | __-back (easygoing) | 
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            | __ out (knocked cold) | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | Installed, as carpet | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Wagered | 
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            | __ an egg (flopped) | 
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            | Like eggs | 
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            | Word with off or into | 
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            | Axed, with "off" | 
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            | Axed, with "off" | 
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            | "The best ___ plans . . ." | 
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            | Word between best plans | 
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            | "The best ___ schemes..." | 
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            | Deposited, as eggs | 
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            | Given the ax, with "off" | 
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            | ___-back (easygoing) | 
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            | _____ money on (bet) | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Like cornerstones | 
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            | Like an egg | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Put in place, as cables | 
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            | Put down, as track | 
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            | Bet | 
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            | Maligned, with "into" | 
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            | With 54-Down, in reserve | 
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            | In place | 
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            | Installed | 
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            | Placed down | 
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            | Put down, as track | 
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            | ___ up: out of commission | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Made eggs? | 
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            | Put down tile | 
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            | Got ___ (was serviced sexually) | 
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            | ___-back (easy-going) | 
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            | Set a table | 
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            | Set down | 
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            | The best __ plans... | 
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            | Made eggs | 
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            | Put down, as carpet | 
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            | Applied, with "on" | 
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            | ___ low: hid out | 
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            | Made eggs? | 
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            | ___-back (easy going) | 
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            | _____ an egg (bombed on stage) | 
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            | Dismissed, with "off" | 
             | 
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            | ____ an egg: failed | 
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            | What the hen did | 
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            | "... best _____ plans ..." | 
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            | Set | 
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            | Put (down) | 
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            | Put | 
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            | Put down | 
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            | Spread out, as plaster | 
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            | Placed, as wagers | 
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            | Placed | 
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            | Put down, as tiles | 
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            | Born, for bantams | 
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            | "The best -- plans ..." | 
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            | Sort of stationery | 
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            | Stored up  with away | 
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            | Put to rest | 
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            | Anagram for dial | 
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            | Installed, as tile | 
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            | ___ out (arranged) | 
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            | "And I ___ me down . . . ": R.L.S. | 
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            | Dial backward | 
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            | Surrealist is put down | 
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            | ___ end to end | 
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            | "The best ___ schemes . . . " | 
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            | Kind of fabric or wire | 
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            | ___-back (relaxed) | 
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            | ___ an egg (failed) | 
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            | Produced and deposited, as an egg | 
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            | "The best ___ schemes . . . ": Burns | 
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            | Homophone for lade | 
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            | Produced an egg | 
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            | Oviposited | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dial backwards | 
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            | ___ an egg (bombed) | 
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            | Put to rest | 
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            | "The best __ schemes of mice and men..." | 
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            | Installed, as track | 
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            | "Dial" backwards | 
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            | ___ back (relaxed) | 
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            | ___ away (saved) | 
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            | Set, as a stone wall | 
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            | Made a wager | 
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            | "And I ___ me down with a will": R.L.S. | 
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            | ___ up (sick in bed) | 
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            | ___ an egg (flopped on Broadway) | 
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            | Presented | 
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            | Set | 
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            | ___ up (stored away). | 
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            | Stored away (with "up"). | 
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            | Set down. | 
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            | Hoarded (with "up"). | 
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            | Placed; located. | 
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            | Pressed down. | 
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            | Deposited. | 
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            | Set. | 
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            | Set in place. | 
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            | Put down. | 
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            | Caused to subside. | 
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            | Put. | 
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            | Kind of paper. | 
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            | Set, as a dinner table. | 
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            | Placed. | 
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            | ___ paper, with watermarks. | 
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