| & 22A 1981 novel by Clive Cussler (5,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
01 Nov 2025 |
| See 19 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Man on board's topless when the sun goes down |
The Times Cryptic |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Almost time when stars are visible |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Oct 2025 |
| "Are you a morning person or a ___ person?" question to ask someone about their preferred part of the day |
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| With 8-Across, group of workers who are not work-a-day? |
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| When to retire? (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Oct 2025 |
| Time to see stars ... and with 47a, a beloved Christmas carol |
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| "Saturday ___," rock number by the band Bay City Rollers that spells out the word "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y" |
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| & 18D 1975 film thriller starring Gene Hackman and Susan Clark (5,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
17 Aug 2025 |
| Man-at-arms called out in sorrow |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2025 |
| Late evening |
Puzzler Backwords |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Period of darkness (5) |
Mirror Classic |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Memoir by Elie Wiesel |
LA Times Mini |
02 Aug 2025 |
| see 9 Down (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
31 Jul 2025 |
| When doubled, "Sleep well" |
New York Times |
27 Jul 2025 |
| Silent ___, seasonal hymn (5) |
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| Almost time - time for bed? |
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| Our star's song: Drive All - |
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| Black chessman dodging King (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Sir Lancelot perhaps losing head in time of darkness |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Kylie Minogue song, On A ... Like This |
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| It's near the capital of Turkey for a period of darkness (5) |
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| Word that can precede vision or terror (5) |
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| Nobleman spoke in the evening (5) |
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| Gin cocktail taken with high tension when it's dark (5) |
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| The ___ Watch: Rembrandt painting which makes dramatic use of light and shadow (5) |
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| This has "a thousand eyes" in song |
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| Throw up liquor on extremely hot evening (5) |
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| I've a thing about the hours of darkness(5) |
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| PlusWord No 1138 solution |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Jul 2025 |
| ___-- scented stock, Matthiola species most fragrant at twilight (5) |
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| Champion did not start during dark time (5) |
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| Courtroom comedy (___-- Court) |
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| Dark cavalryman in conversation (5) |
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| "In the Heat of the ___" |
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| "Hard Day's ___" -- 1964 Beatle sing and film. (5) |
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| All ___ Long, Lionel Richie song (5) |
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| Time from sunset to sunrise (5) |
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| Hating a loss that might have brought darkness about (5) |
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| Near end of twilight, or beyond it? (5) |
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| Time when asleep (5) |
Mirror Classic |
14 Jun 2025 |
| "See ya in the morning!" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Period between dusk and dawn |
The Times Concise |
12 Jun 2025 |
| '___ and day' (5) |
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| Funny thing, this dark time! (5) |
|
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| Darkness close: close to hobbit |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jun 2025 |
| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jun 2025 |
| With 116-Down, folks who stay up late |
Premier Sunday |
08 Jun 2025 |
| Evening for titled man, say (5) |
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| Dark chesspiece hiding King |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
07 Jun 2025 |
| Under cover of darkness, king taken out by Galahad |
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| Not the day for, say, Lindsay Hoyle (blowing top) (5) |
|
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| Dark time is unusual thing |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 May 2025 |
| Period of darkness |
The Telegraph Mini |
24 May 2025 |
| "Saturday - Live" |
|
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| The Sky at ___-, astronomy series on the BBC (5) |
|
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| Terrible thing that does not occur in daylight (5) |
|
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| Thing (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 May 2025 |
| Darkness(5) |
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| Silent _, Christmas carol (5) |
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| We hear Sir at the end of the day (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
07 May 2025 |
| At the end of the day, it's inevitable (5) |
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| Thing broken in the darkness (5) |
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| After dusk hours (5) |
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| Thing after swerving hit bar (5,4) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
01 May 2025 |
| Our star's movie: - at the Museum |
|
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| Nocturnal period |
The Times Concise |
29 Apr 2025 |
| When such a mare can be quite fearsome (5) |
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| Dark nearly before time |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Apr 2025 |
| "___ Court," rebooted 2023 sitcom of the same name which was filmed with a live audience |
|
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| Actress who played the title role in 2007 BBC TV series Fanny Hill (7,5) |
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| See 21 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Period of darkness in a 24 hour period of time (5) |
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| Our star's song: On A - Like This |
|
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| Darkness - it's a frightening thing! |
|
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| A black time is a terrible thing (5) |
|
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| At the end of the day, close on time (5) |
|
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| Dark period |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
31 Mar 2025 |
| "Saturday - Fever" |
|
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| Dark time for Zander Madness pairs fishing event? (5) |
|
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| Ben Stiller film, _ At The Museum (5) |
|
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| __-light |
LA Times Daily |
23 Mar 2025 |
| The witches' sabbath held on the eve of May 1st (9,5) |
|
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| The period from sunset to sunrise (5) |
|
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| It's dark near model (5) |
|
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| Twelfth ___, Shakespeare play (5) |
|
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| Close to the start of the day? (5) |
|
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| Late evening |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Almost finishing breakfast at supper time (5) |
|
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| Novel by Desmond Bagley published in 1984 (5,2,5) |
|
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| (2/9) "I am the Tooth Fairy, guided through the moonlit ___" (bedtime, usually) |
|
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| Fall behind it at the end of the day (5) |
|
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| Dark Lord beheaded |
|
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| Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie starred in this spy saga (The ___-- Manager) |
|
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| Insight is lost in the dark ... (5) |
|
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| & 25A 1972 sci-fi film starring Stuart Whitman and Janet Leigh (5,2,3,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Feb 2025 |
| Spirit given back, hot and heartless when it's dark (5) |
|
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| Well-nigh/totally impossible to hide a dark time! (5) |
|
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| Dark period |
Mirror Classic |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Dark, wild thing (5) |
|
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| Will Ferrell is a regular on this TV show: Saturday - Live |
|
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| Can Revolutionary Guards start to guard hospital in darkness? |
|
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| No duel unlighted - but kept in the dark! (5) |
|
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| "Are you a morning person or a ___ person?" question to ask someone about their preferred part of the day |
|
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| Lancelot or Galahad, I hear, in the dark (5) |
|
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| Day and - (5) |
|
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| When the mare had a bad dream? (5) |
|
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| Evening: day and - |
|
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| Dark sort of thing! |
|
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| Funny thing when it's time to see the sky in astronomy show (5) |
|
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| Republican abandoning his political position, say, for new dark period |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Memoir of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel published in 1960 (5) |
|
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| ___ Fever, 1978 Number One hit for the Bee Gees (5) |
Puzzler |
23 Dec 2024 |
| "To the centre of the city in the _ _ _ _ _, waiting for you", from Joy Division's "Shadowplay" (5) |
|
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| Dark hours |
Mirror Tea Time |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Twelfth ___, post-Christmas tradition of celebrating the last day of the season that is rarely observed today |
|
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| Time of Bob Seger's Moves (5) |
|
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| The ___ King, "Game of Thrones" villain who has the ability to create blizzards and freeze anything he touches |
|
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| When the stars come out (5) |
|
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| Dark thing (5) |
|
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| Having a thing about a period of darkness (5) |
|
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| Darkness is an odd thing |
|
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| Lancelot for example loses his head in the dark (5) |
|
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| Time when people retire? (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
19 Nov 2024 |
| Near time when the moon's out (5) |
|
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| Wally's clothing for golf hotel after dark |
|
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| It's near the end of sunset! (5) |
|
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| & 9D 1997 novel by Martin Amis (5,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
09 Nov 2024 |
| 1997 novel by Martin Amis (5,5) |
|
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| It's black, almost like that historic model Ford |
|
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| Refusal to leave nothing mixed in the dark (5) |
|
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| The opposite of day (5) |
|
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| Sunset to sunrise |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Oct 2024 |
| "The ___ Watchman" (Pulitzer-winning Louise Erdrich novel) |
LA Times Mini |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Late evening |
Puzzler Backwords |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Thing (anag.) (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Oct 2024 |
| When owls fly (5) |
|
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| Funny thing I found at the end of the day (5) |
|
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| Dark horse not taking the lead (5) |
|
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| Low visibility period (5) |
|
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| Intriguing story of magician (Edward G Robinson) who has uncanny power to predict the future, The ... Has A Thousand Eyes |
|
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| Black thing broken (5) |
|
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| Mercury inside can rise when it's dark (5) |
|
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| "Big ___," 1996 comedy-drama film starring Tony Shalhoub as a perfectionist chef, Primo |
|
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| This type of thing must fall (5) |
|
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| Dusk 'til dawn (5) |
|
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| 24 hours: day and - |
|
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| Time between sunset and sunrise (5) |
|
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| Near time - darkness (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Thing about darkness (5) |
|
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| In the dark, it's a smashing thing! (5) |
|
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| Carol, Silent - |
|
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| No time for daydreaming |
|
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| (Silent?) dark period? |
|
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| Dark hint about good tip? (5) |
|
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| Sir abandoned by king as it got dark (5) |
|
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| Thing that changes between sunset and sunrise (5) |
|
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| The darkest hours? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Dracula's time |
|
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| Thing transformed in darkness (5) |
|
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| See 1A, Dashing yard hat worn about in the musical movie (1,4,4,5) |
|
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| Twelfth -, Shakespeare play (5) |
|
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| Time of darkness (5) |
Puzzler |
29 Aug 2024 |
| Book by Elie Wiesel about his survival during the Holocaust (5) |
|
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| Dark hours |
Mirror Tea Time |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Ill-advised time for an ocean swim |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Report of Bishop's neighbour's darkest hours (5) |
|
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| Hear nobleman when we sleep (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Almost time - for bedtime? |
|
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| A strange thing, but it's time for bed (5) |
|
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| The ___ Manager, John le Carre novel (5) |
|
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| Day breaks, but this falls (5) |
|
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| Saturday ___ Takeaway, programme hosted by Ant and Dec (5) |
Puzzler |
13 Jul 2024 |
| It's nearly the end of August when it gets dark (5) |
|
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| It falls, and has its dead (5) |
|
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| Time for a jar with a bird (5) |
|
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| Darkness is a strange thing (5) |
|
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| Late evening |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Dark side of Sir Lancelot we hear |
|
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| Time to get hot drink on retirement for the evening? |
|
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| Almost a perfect ending in the dark (5) |
|
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| "One More ___," Maroon 5 song from their 2012 album "Overexposed" that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks |
|
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| Thing moves around after sunset (5) |
|
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| Near time, or time, to go to bed (5) |
|
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| _ Fever, Bee Gees hit (5) |
|
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| Time when we sleep |
|
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| It's a different thing when it falls (5) |
|
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| "The ____ Before Christmas" |
|
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| A dark time is a terrible thing (5) |
|
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| There's this thing about the absence of sunlight |
|
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| Word that when placed between Friday and Dinner gives the title of a sitcom which ran from 2011 to 2020 (5) |
|
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| 1991 novel by Ken Follett (5,4,5) |
|
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| & 11D 1991 novel by Ken Follett (5,4,5) |
Mirror Quiz |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Joan Baez hit, The ... They Drove Old Dixie Down |
|
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| It's not the same thing at the end of the day (5) |
|
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| Funny thing about CBeebies garden (5) |
|
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| The hours of darkness (5) |
|
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| Gerry Rafferty song with long remix (5-3) |
|
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| - - - - - scented stock, fragrant evening annual of Matthiola genus (5) |
|
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| It fails, and has its dead (5) |
|
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| Dark time for subject of sound dubbing (5) |
|
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| Two weeks by fort in darkness (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 May 2024 |
| Dark part of the diurnal cycle (5) |
|
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| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 May 2024 |
| Darkness close: closer for Satanist |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 May 2024 |
| Nearly half of it may be black (5) |
|
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| Is close to last time at the end of the day (5) |
|
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| Period of dark |
|
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| What's black chess piece (not king) |
|
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| 'Soft stillness and the ___ Become the touches of sweet harmony' (M of V) (5) |
|
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| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Apr 2024 |
| This will be dark horse ousting leader |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Apr 2024 |
| "Day and ___" (phrase with antonyms) |
|
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| Time the thing wrong (5) |
|
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| Approaching the first evening (5) |
|
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| Dusk to dawn |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Thing rebuilt in time (5) |
|
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| The dark knight has been guillotined |
|
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| Dark period |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2024 |
| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Apr 2024 |
| One hears man-at-arms in darkness |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Apr 2024 |
| A late faller (5) |
|
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| Christmas carol, Silent ... |
|
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| "Saturday ____ Live" |
|
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| Nacht in German (5) |
|
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| Time when asleep |
Mirror Classic |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Darkness close: closer in east |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Dark period after sunset (5) |
|
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| Thing turning in the dark (5) |
|
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| "'Twas the ___ before Christmas..." |
|
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| See 25 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Mar 2024 |
| A few knights errant led by man into bonfire and so forth (3,6,5) |
|
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| 'through the foul womb of ___ '(K Henry V) (5) |
|
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| Best time for stargazing (5) |
|
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| Dark disturbing thing |
|
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| Bird spent this time in gale! (5) |
|
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| Dark close, light's ending |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Many top Nazis were taken from their beds and shot in a purge which became known as the ... Of The Long Knives |
|
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| Near end of employment, a dark time |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Dark radio piece |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Dark radio piece (5) |
|
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| Different thing from day |
|
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| Not day (5) |
|
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| Silent - - -, Christmas carol |
|
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| I have a thing about darkness (5) |
|
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| Torching orc out in the dark (5) |
|
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| The Darkness or Sir Elton John, say, on the radio |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Feb 2024 |
| The Darkness or Sir Elton John, say, on the radio (5) |
|
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| (2/9) "I am the Tooth Fairy, guided through the moonlit ___" (bedtime, usually) |
|
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| Opposite of day |
|
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| A day-to-day occurrence |
|
|
| Close temperature may ease at this time |
|
|
| 1972 novel by Edna O'Brien |
Mirror Quiz |
17 Feb 2024 |
| First given hint about when darkness descends (5) |
|
|
| ___ Fever, 1978 Number One hit for the Bee Gees |
Puzzler Backwords |
11 Feb 2024 |
| Nigh on the first hours of darkness (5) |
|
|
| Nocturnal hours |
|
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| It's nearly October 3rd when it gets dark (5) |
|
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| & 1Dn. One on this never does a day's work (5,5) |
|
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| One on this never does a day's work (5,5) |
|
|
| M. - Shyamalan, director (5) |
|
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| The Sky at ___--, astronomy series (5) |
|
|
| Different thing, at the end of the day (5) |
|
|
| It's dark, almost, at the end of August |
|
|
| The thing that changes darkness (5) |
|
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| Time when dark (5) |
|
|
| "Are you a morning person or a ___ person?" question to ask someone about their preferred part of the day |
|
|
| "One More ___," Maroon 5 song from their 2012 album "Overexposed" that topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 weeks |
|
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| Thing shaken up once the sun goes down (5) |
|
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| When it's black, chess piece can be picked up |
|
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| An evening away from home - going to a bar, restaurant, show, etc (5,3) |
|
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| "Starry Starry ___" (Don McLean song about van Gogh) (5) |
|
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| *"Saturday ___ Theatre," British TV anthology series...and a hint to solve 20a, 28a, 48a, 22d, and 55d |
|
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| Most of the booze overturned in the dark |
|
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| , 22A & 5D 1945 novel by Cornell Woolrich under the pseudonym George Hopley (5,3,1,8,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Dark thing made out (5) |
|
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| Shakespeare's twelfth? (5) |
|
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| Thing (anagram) (5) |
|
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| Nearly time for evening |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Nearly time for evening (5) |
|
|
| One of eight for Hanukkah |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2024 |
| Saturday ___ Live |
|
|
| When do the lights go on? It's almost time |
|
|
| "What hath ___ to do with sleep?": Milton |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2023 |
| *"The ___ Before," 2015 comedy film that you can watch with loved ones during the holiday season |
|
|
| I have this thing about darkness |
|
|
| 'All my heart this - rejoices', part of a carol (5) |
|
|
| Settle down around fast approaching winter air (6,5) |
|
|
| Nearly time - time for bed (5) |
|
|
| Dark diurnal period (5) |
|
|
| Evening (5) |
Puzzler |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Time for stargazing |
|
|
| Crime drama set in Florida during Prohibition, Live by ___ |
|
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| Darkness close to bar (5) |
|
|
| A Hard Day's ___, Beatles film |
Puzzler Backwords |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Dark hours |
Mirror Tea Time |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Being cavalier, remove top when the sun goes down |
|
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| "Starry, Starry ___" (Don McLean song) (5) |
|
|
| The Sky at - - -, long-running astronomy series (5) |
|
|
| Hear nobleman when we sleep? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
20 Nov 2023 |
| Day's opposite |
USA Today |
16 Nov 2023 |
| "Big ___," 1996 comedy-drama film where Stanley Tucci debuted as a director |
|
|
| Darkness close: closer to hobbit |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Nov 2023 |
| Rearrange "Thing" for a time after evening where "The Thing" may lurk? |
|
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| Thing (anag.) |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Oct 2023 |
| Dark period close to end of plot |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Oct 2023 |
| Dark — thing (anag) |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Sep 2023 |
| "The ___ Watchman," Louise Erdrich novel that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
|
|
| Darkness |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Jul 2023 |
| "Day for ___," 1973 Oscar-winning film directed by Francois Truffaut that chronicles the production of a movie |
|
|
| Vampire's time to shine |
Universal |
06 Jun 2023 |
| "Sports ___," TV series starring Josh Charles that is about a fictional sports news show |
|
|
| '__ and Day' (1932 Cole Porter song) |
The Guardian Quick |
11 May 2023 |
| Time to stargaze? |
|
|
| Boatman's last to provide a new start to illuminate the dark |
The Guardian Cryptic |
07 Mar 2023 |
| M. ___ Shyamalan, "Knock at the Cabin" director |
|
|
| The ___ King, "Game of Thrones" character who was played by both Richard Brake and Vladimir Furdik |
|
|
| When most people sleep |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Jan 2023 |
| "The ___ Watchman," 2020 novel by Louise Erdrich that won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
|
|
| Stargazing time |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2023 |
| Period after sunset |
USA Today |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Raat ki rani, aka ___-blooming jasmine |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2022 |
| "Fright ___," 80s horror movie starring Chris Sarandon and Amanda Bearse |
|
|
| Hours of darkness |
The Guardian Quick |
24 Oct 2022 |
| "Into the ___," 1985 comedy thriller about a jewel smuggler starring Jeff Goldblum |
|
|
| Evening |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Nearly time — time to sleep? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
17 Oct 2022 |
| See 12 Across |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Darkness |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Oct 2022 |
| & 21 Down Saturday — |
The Times Concise |
30 Sep 2022 |
| "Live by ___," 2016 movie starring Ben Affleck that was produced by Leonardo DiCaprio |
|
|
| Dark period man on board talked of |
The Times Cryptic |
19 Sep 2022 |
| Dark near bottom of shaft |
The Times Cryptic |
16 Sep 2022 |
| Bishop's neighbour announced time for rest? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Darkness |
The Times Concise |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Dark new frameless spectacles |
|
|
| Likely time to see a 35-Across |
Universal |
11 Jul 2022 |
| 'Sweet dreams!' |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2022 |
| Dark period — imminent source of trouble |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Jun 2022 |
| Dark time |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Apr 2022 |
| ''Tender is the ...'' (F Scott Fitzgerald)| |
Irish Times Simplex |
12 Apr 2022 |
| Darkest hours |
Newsday |
01 Apr 2022 |
| Approaching Turkish capital in darkness |
|
|
| Approaching Turkish capital in darkness |
The Guardian Cryptic |
30 Mar 2022 |
| This will be dark horse ousting leader |
The Times Cryptic |
29 Mar 2022 |
| Soon time for a period of darkness |
|
|
| "Last ___," 2010 romance film starring Eva Mendes in a supporting role |
|
|
| Upturn in light swamping last of encircling dark |
|
|
| "Wedding ___," 2013 novel by Sophie Kinsella about an impromptu wedding |
|
|
| Period from dusk to dawn |
USA Today |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Grand reflection of light surrounding this time |
|
|
| Time of darkness |
The Times Concise |
15 Jan 2022 |
| When repeated, call to someone going to bed |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2022 |
| End of the day |
The Times Concise |
06 Jan 2022 |
| Near end of flight in darkness |
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| Dark period man on board reported |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Word used twice in a 1932 Mae West movie |
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| Carol's silent one man on board, we're told |
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| Evening things out, removing wrinkles at last |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Evening things out, removing wrinkles at last |
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| "This thing called love it cries, in a cradle all ___..." ("Crazy Thing Called Love" lyrics) |
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| New lamp left off, producing hours of darkness |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Aug 2021 |
| Thing misplaced in dark time |
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| When to stargaze |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2021 |
| "A Hard Day's ___," musical comedy film starring The Beatles members with a title track of the same name |
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| ''Tender is the ...'' (F Scott Fitzgerald)| |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Close outlet finally after sunset |
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| Darkness close: closer in west |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 Jun 2021 |
| "One More ___," hit song by Maroon 5 from their fourth studio album "Overexposed" |
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| Near the end of August — when you notice this is getting longer? |
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| It never occurs above the Arctic Circle during the summer solstice |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2021 |
| With 55-Down, what happens multilingually in the circles |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Apr 2021 |
| Dark horse, say |
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| Bedtime story time |
Newsday |
28 Mar 2021 |
| "Fright ___," 1985 horror comedy starring Chris Sarandon |
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| Dark period |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Film-maker Shyamalan wants opening of movie to be darkness |
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| Hours after sunset |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Darkness close: close to hobbit |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Feb 2021 |
| Most of the alcohol knocked back? Time for bed |
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| Darkness |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Feb 2021 |
| Coming soon, time when the earth cools |
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| Observation requiring switch in direction: it's becoming dark |
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| Almost all the booze knocked back in darkness |
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| "___ of January 16th," theatrical play by Ayn Rand which follows the trial of a secretary |
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| Dark time near end of twilight |
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| See 14 Across |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Dec 2020 |
| "Stay the ___," song by Zedd featuring Hayley Williams which released in 2012 |
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| "Last Friday ___ (T.G.I.F.)," 2010 song by Katy Perry, with a music video set in school |
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| Darkness is terrible thing |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Time accompanying near darkness |
The Telegraph Toughie |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Man on board heading off in the dark |
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| Darkness |
The Times Concise |
18 Oct 2020 |
| King eludes one of his followers in darkness |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Sep 2020 |
| Word 4 of a Christmas classic |
Canadiana |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Word 2 of a Christmasclassic |
Canadiana |
14 Sep 2020 |
| Time to retire, man-at-arms announced |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Sep 2020 |
| Time for a fireworks show |
Universal |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Time out? |
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| Time heralded by near darkness |
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| Dracula's period of action? |
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| "Starry ___" a Christmas-themed novel by Debbie Macomber |
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| Nearly time when The Sun sinks into obscurity |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Apr 2020 |
| Darkness is terrible thing |
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| "The ___ Manager," British TV series directed by Susanne Bier that stars Olivia Colman |
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| "I am vengeance! I am the ___! I am Batman!" quote by Batman |
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| Time of darkness |
The Times Concise |
16 Mar 2020 |
| Day's opposite |
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| "Saturday ___ Special," 1975 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "The Longest Yard" |
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| Bats' prime time |
Newsday |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Dark man on board heading off |
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| ''Tender is the ...'' (F Scott Fitzgerald)| |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Feb 2020 |
| Between sunset and sunrise |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Feb 2020 |
| Listen to man when most are asleep |
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| ‘After dark‘ piece on the radio |
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| Dracula's prime time |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2020 |
| “I pass, like ____, from land to land; / I have strange power of speech” (Coleridge, in The Ancient Mariner) |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
05 Jan 2020 |
| When bats fly |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Odd thing is - this is one for the stars |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Dark time |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Dec 2019 |
| Sir's head is knocked off in darkness |
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| Spin intros to traditional Horkstow Grange in the dark |
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| Man-at-arms announced time to retire |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Intoxicated model becoming a little naughty in darkness |
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| Darkness close — closer in west |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Nov 2019 |
| From dusk to dawn |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2019 |
| Dark hours |
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| Dark near end of street |
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| Odd thing is - this one for the stars? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Sep 2019 |
| It may be black chess piece (not king) |
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| Man-at-arms announced: 'Time to retire' |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 Aug 2019 |
| "___ Train" Lane, nickname of former Detroit Lions player, Richard Lane |
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| One hears man-at-arms in darkness |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Dark |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Perhaps Lancelot ousts king in the dark |
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| ''Twas the ... before Christmas'' |
Irish Times Simplex |
13 Jul 2019 |
| When bats fly |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Dark time |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2019 |
| Prelude to dawn |
Canadiana |
10 Jun 2019 |
| "One More ___," 2012 song by Maroon 5 |
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| Darkness close: closer to hobbit |
The Sun Two Speed |
08 May 2019 |
| Man beheaded, causing death |
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| Sunset to sunrise |
The Times Concise |
08 Apr 2019 |
| Dark, headless horseman |
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| That is when thing dissipates |
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| "Big ___," 1996 comedy-drama starring Stanley Tucci about a restaurant owned by Italian immigrants |
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| A time for bats to fly with the speaker's chess piece |
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| Prime-time time |
New York Times |
06 Feb 2019 |
| Novel by Edna O'Brien, published in 1972 |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
14 Jan 2019 |
| From dusk to dawn |
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| Prime-time time |
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| When bats fly |
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| It gets dark |
Universal |
25 Dec 2018 |
| Hours of darkness |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Dec 2018 |
| Darkness is near, light's ending |
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| Almost time for parting word |
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| Dark time |
Thomas Joseph |
31 Oct 2018 |
| This still warm near end of August? |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Oct 2018 |
| Darkness close — closer in east |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Oct 2018 |
| ''Twas the ... before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse'' |
Irish Times Simplex |
08 Sep 2018 |
| See 27 Down |
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| Dark time one of King Arthur's men reported |
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| Subtle hint to embrace girl when it gets dark |
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| Man on board loses head in dark |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Jun 2018 |
| Period after sunset |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2018 |
| Dark time one of King Arthur's men reported |
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| 'Burns' and 'Bonfire' can both precede this word |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
11 Mar 2018 |
| Dracula's time |
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| Approaching end of daylight, what comes next? |
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| Dark period |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Dark near light, ultimately |
The Sun Two Speed |
24 Jan 2018 |
| Dark piece, not king |
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| It gets dark |
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| Man's heading off when it's time to retire |
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| Period when a champion loses his head |
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| Strange thing, but it's time for bed |
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| ...dark play, it's on twelfth |
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| Battle force turns to north when it's dark |
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| Dark period for titled fellow losing his 'K' |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 Oct 2017 |
| 'Sweet dreams' |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2017 |
| It's almost time when I should retire |
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| Dream time approaching, close to sunset |
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| Youth gingering up only a little time for a little music? |
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| Headless horseman is shorter in summer! |
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| Havers, perhaps missing the Spanish height in the dark |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Jul 2017 |
| Darkness is a terrible thing |
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| With 9-Down, hit sitcom of the 1980s-'90s |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2017 |
| It falls daily but never breaks |
Universal |
14 Mar 2017 |
| Period of darkness |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Mar 2017 |
| Darkness of the spirit reflected, lacking energy |
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| Report of man that's stood by castle in dark period |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jan 2017 |
| "Sweet dreams" |
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| It falls daily but never breaks |
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| With 9-Down, hit sitcom of the 1980s-'90s |
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| Man said brief word of farewell at end of day |
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| It's dark when headless horseman appears |
The Telegraph Toughie |
13 Dec 2016 |
| Darkness is bad thing |
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| Probably time for bed, as first of girls ensnared by rakish revolutionary? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Hearing horseman when one sleeps |
|
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| The dark |
The Telegraph Quick |
31 Aug 2016 |
| Man on the radio when most of us are asleep |
|
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| Near base of minaret, in darkness |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jul 2016 |
| Short article — drink up after dusk |
|
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| Weird thing, darkness |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Mar 2016 |
| When one sees stars |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2016 |
| At hand puppet's last occasion to perform |
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| Dark front removed from piece |
The Times Cryptic |
22 Feb 2016 |
| Dancing reel this time could be lengthier |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Man on board losing head in the dark |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Jan 2016 |
| Kind of cap and gown |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2016 |
| Time to see stars |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Time to see stars |
|
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| Kind of cap and gown |
|
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| What's near end of 31st? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Hours of darkness, dreadful thing |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Man on board discussed time for retirement |
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| Close to - halfway there - death? |
|
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| Weak upturns after investment by Government? A dark time |
|
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| Dark Tower's beginning — hard drink knocked back |
|
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| Dark, curious thing |
|
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| Almost drunk about noon? Get some sleep |
|
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| Dusk to dawn |
Universal |
21 Jul 2015 |
| Busy time for bats |
New York Times |
27 May 2015 |
| Man on board heard in the dark |
|
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| Nobleman beheaded in a period of darkness |
|
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| Dark hours |
The Times Concise |
24 Apr 2015 |
| When most people retire |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2015 |
| Opposite pole to vision? Darkness |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2015 |
| When to see the moon near the end of August |
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| Word that can precede either part of 17-, 25-, 38-, 54- and 63-Across |
New York Times |
24 Mar 2015 |
| Nearly left behind in the dark |
|
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| Unenlightened time |
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| Busy time for bats |
|
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| Dusk to dawn |
|
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| When most people retire |
|
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| Word that can precede either part of 17-, 25-, 38-, 54- and 63-Across |
|
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| Near to the start of darkness |
|
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| Dark and horrible thing |
|
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| Normal illumination starting to fade by this time |
|
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| It's dark almost before the end of August |
|
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| A great many swapping partners in the dark |
|
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| Eve |
|
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| Like all World Series games, now |
|
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| "'Twas the ___ before Christmas ..." |
|
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| Dracula's time |
|
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| Ignorance is a terrible thing |
|
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| Close time? |
|
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| Slight inversion round fang tip preferred by Dracula |
|
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| From dusk to dawn |
|
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| "Mr. Saturday ___" (Billy Crystal film) |
|
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| Brief remark upon retiring |
|
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| Time to retire |
|
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| When most dreams occur |
|
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| Graveyard-shift time |
|
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| Time for vampires |
|
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| See 26-Across |
|
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| Dark period for famous nurse missing in gale |
|
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| Near end of flight in the dark |
|
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| Time to retire |
|
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| Dark hours |
|
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| It falls quite predictably |
|
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| Dusk to dawn |
|
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| AC/DC "___ Prowler" |
|
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| Period after sunset |
|
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| From dusk 'til dawn |
|
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| Dark time |
|
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| Comment to one who's retiring, informally |
|
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| Elie Wiesel work |
|
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| Elie Wiesel work |
|
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| Dark time |
|
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| Dracula's time |
|
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| It falls but never breaks |
|
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| Day break? |
|
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| Astronomer's prime time |
|
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| Day break? |
|
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| Time for fireworks |
|
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| "... and the darkness he called ___" (Gen 1:5) |
|
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| Dracula's favorite time |
|
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| Date time, often |
|
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| Time to sleep |
|
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| Time to retire |
|
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| Wiesel memoir |
|
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| Period of ignorance |
|
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| When bats fly |
|
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| When bats fly |
|
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| Dracula's shift |
|
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| Graveyard shift |
|
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| Usual bedtime |
|
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| Period of darkness |
|
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| Time to retire? |
|
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| Wiesel work |
|
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| Star's time to shine? |
|
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| Thing broken in time of darkness? |
|
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| Part of "SNL" |
|
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| Wiesel work |
|
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| When most dreams occur |
|
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| When to see stars |
|
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| When to see stars |
|
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| It falls quite predictably |
|
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| Kind of court or school |
|
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| Hay-hitting time |
|
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| Dusk-to-dawn period |
|
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| Dusk to dawn |
|
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| "What hath __ to do with sleep?": Milton |
|
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| "What hath __ to do with sleep?": Milton |
|
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| Dawn preceder |
|
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| Sack time |
|
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| Dark period |
|
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| Elie Wiesel work |
|
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| Dracula's uptime |
|
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| Day's opposite |
|
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| Period after 43 Down |
|
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| Darkness |
|
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| When many people retire |
|
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| Bedtime call, informally |
|
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| Dark time |
|
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| "Saturday ___ Fever" |
|
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| Busy time for fireflies |
|
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| It falls but never breaks |
|
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| When most people retire |
|
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| Stars' showcase? |
|
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| Time of day |
|
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| Stars' showcase? |
|
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| Nyx's domain |
|
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| Astronomer's prime time |
|
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| Dark period |
|
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| "The __ of the Iguana" |
|
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| Time for some shifts |
|
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| "'Twas the ___ before Christmas..." |
|
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| "Mr. Saturday ___ " (Crystal flick) |
|
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| End of a hard day |
|
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| Time following near darkness |
|
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| Dark period man on board reported |
|
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| When cereuses bloom |
|
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| Astronomer's prime time |
|
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| After sunset |
|
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| The ____ of the Iguana |
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| Time in the dark |
|
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| Word before club or stick |
|
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| Evening |
|
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| "O holy ____" |
|
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| "S'long" |
|
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| Nyx's realm |
|
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| Word with cap and gown |
|
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| "The ___ of the Iguana": Williams |
|
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| This has "a thousand eyes" |
|
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| Kind of club |
|
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| "It Happened One ___" |
|
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| "___ Must Fall," 1963 film |
|
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| Rembrandt's "___ Watch" |
|
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| Kind of mare |
|
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| ___ owl. |
|
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| Kind of owl. |
|
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| First word of a Cole Porter song. |
|
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| When Nox rules. |
|
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| Kind of light |
|
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| The dark. |
|
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| After sundown. |
|
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| Darkness. |
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