| Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Start of a children's story | 
            Universal | 
            23 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            21 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            Commuter | 
            20 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Cone (anag.) | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            19 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            18 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            18 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time | 
            Commuter | 
            13 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Lead-in to bitten or removed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Universal | 
            11 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly (4) | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            10 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." (fairy tale starter) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In years past | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small number backed by church in times past (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            03 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            Commuter | 
            29 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Almost never? | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            23 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            23 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Give the __-over | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a time" | 
            Commuter | 
            22 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Frost's "__ by the Pacific" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
            Universal | 
            16 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            15 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | At some prior time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            11 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            10 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            06 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            06 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            02 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            02 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | "You only live ___" | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Occurring a single time | 
            Family Time | 
            24 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Slightly more than never | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Regularly connected in times gone by | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            19 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's first word | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            18 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Clubs held by United in the past (4) | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            15 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Not twice | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | The second "O" of 58-Down | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a lifetime | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale first | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            01 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Christmas comes but ___ a year" | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | 2007 musical film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (4) | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            27 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sometime in the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the remote past | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | First word in a fairy tale, usually | 
             | 
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            | No longer a concert piece (4) | 
             | 
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            | At a single time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yesterday ___ More, Carpenters song (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            16 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the past, one had a key to get in (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the old days | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            10 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not quite never | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly (4) | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            04 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            30 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | First word in many fairy tales | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            21 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Cinderella's first word? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In times gone by | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Yet they may be evens (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Types kept in detention centre in the past (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Common opening word for a fairy tale | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In times gone by | 
            The Sun Mini | 
            12 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Previously (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            11 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            10 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            10 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | No longer in detention centre (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            10 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Cone damaged in the past (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The least number of times (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | _ upon a time, fairytale start (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At some time somebody indefinite holds first of ceremonies (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Occurring less than twice | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Spanish eleven | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In concert at one time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairytale beginning, '___- upon a time' (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            26 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's opening line (4,4,1,4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | An opening for many a relation (4,4,1,4) | 
             | 
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            | For one time only (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | How often is it seen in concert programmes? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | First word in many fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            22 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Way back when some action ceased | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." (fairytale opener) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            20 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Occurring only a single time | 
            Family Time | 
            18 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | In days past | 
            New York Times | 
            15 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a time" | 
            Commuter | 
            15 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "____ more unto the breach ..." | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            14 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Broke cone previously (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            13 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            TV | 
            11 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | (and 19 across, 20 across) Proverb showing how one is frightened to do something again because of an unpleasant experience (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Those on the fringes of ocean cruise in the past (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | And 3ac Infrequently (4,2,1,5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            10 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            10 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ is not enough" | 
            USA Today | 
            07 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | " is not enough" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Solo appearance in concert | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            05 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Just that single time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Times Sunday Concise | 
            04 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
            Universal | 
            04 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Found on the church but never again (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            02 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Previously seen in vaccination centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            02 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as feasible, empty case | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            01 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fool Me ____, Harlan Coben novel | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            01 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | "____ bitten, twice shy" | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            30 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "I shall say this only ____" ('Allo 'Allo!) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            29 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as carbon is seen in the unit (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            28 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Less than two times | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion in days gone by (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale beginning | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | 2006 musical film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            25 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Survey part of cricket match involving clubs (4-4) | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            24 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            22 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Con peddled ecstasy previously (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            22 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            TV | 
            20 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            20 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Married about hundred years ago (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            18 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            18 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | United without captain in days gone by | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            18 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            17 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tony Bennet's song: For - In My Life | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | No longer taking over for inspection (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time | 
            Commuter | 
            17 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly stuck to the front of the church (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Universal | 
            14 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a time..." | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            13 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Occurring a single time | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | This time and never again | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On one occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            13 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            10 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tale kickoff | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as it doesn't happen again? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __ and for all | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Start of a Grimm story | 
            Universal | 
            03 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            31 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            30 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            30 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | At some prior time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Joint crew on and off in the past (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Clubs held by United previously | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | First word of many fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | First word of many a fairytale (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            27 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly held in concert (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Figure one had come round earlier (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | '___ more unto the breach, dear friends' (K Henry V) (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            23 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | First word of many fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Eccentric cone, previously (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a Lifetime, 1981 hit for Talking Heads (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fool Me ____, Netflix miniseries | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            08 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Story start: - upon a time ... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Musical, set in Dublin, which includes the Oscar-winning song Falling Slowly (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            03 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's starting word | 
            Universal | 
            02 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | All at -: without warning; not one by one? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Previously (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            01 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | "The way it used to be was . . ." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Solitary appearance in an initiation ceremony (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            18 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            16 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly got caught in one(4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            16 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long while ago | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            15 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | 2006 musical starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            15 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
            Universal | 
            15 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___- in a Lifetime, 1981 Talking Heads hit (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fool Me ____, miniseries from a 9 Across book | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            13 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Opening word in many a fairy tale | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | ... formerly seen on a church (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously seen in detention centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            07 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            07 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Solitary occasion when cone was put out (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Roy Harper LP guest-starring Kate Bush and Dave Gilmour (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not any more | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            31 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | One-time or one time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a lifetime | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as corniche is regularly seen (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon (very rare) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Desires voiced in the past (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | No longer single, having got caught in it (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 2007 movie about two struggling musicians in Dublin | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            16 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Falling Slowly" musical | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | One time operational code at both ends (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            14 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            14 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            14 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | As soon as it's cold, one swallows (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single instance (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            TV | 
            12 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | _ Were Warriors, 1994 drama film about Maori culture (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Discontented colleague depressed by working previously | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            09 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the old days, when one had a key to enter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In times gone by | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            07 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            TV | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | At some point | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            04 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | ___ in Royal David's City, carol (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." (fairy tale opener) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Every second part connected at one time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with Anglican group | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            30 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            TV | 
            29 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | The start of many a nursery tale (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            26 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | As soon as unit can be fitted round top of cooker (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "-- in royal David's city" (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            21 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cone put out a single time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At one time was it not repeated? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | First word in a | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When one gets cold? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly in a prison cell (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            17 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Start of many fairy tales | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            16 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a tune."" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a time..." | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Not repeated in former days (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... Were Warriors, Alan Duff novel (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as one has the key inserted (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... upon a time, it's a fairytale opening | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | No bus bounces before today (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously seen in convention centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | After getting up, small number will go to church | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            29 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Auctioneer word | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            25 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            25 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "The Raven" opening | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Universal | 
            21 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Previously (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            18 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            16 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Occasionally: - in a while | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            Universal | 
            13 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a time..." | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Intro to children's literature? | 
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            | On a previous occasion, it started a tale (4) | 
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            | Unrepeatable start of fairy story (4) | 
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            | On one occasion happening upon a time in US fantasy series (4) | 
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            | Fool Me ____, novel by Harlan Coben | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            07 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___, twice, thrice ..." | 
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            | 'I'll try anything " | 
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            | I'll try anything ___! | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | At ___ (right now) | 
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            | In the past, we were young ... | 
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            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            03 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Slightly more than never | 
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            | Less than thrice | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Inside rehabilitation centre at one time (4) | 
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            | "If I've told you -" | 
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            | "If I've told you ___ . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            29 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Immediately after touching, charge gets drained (4) | 
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            | As soon as yesterday | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            29 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | 2007 musical film set in Dublin (4) | 
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            | Fairytale saga (___ Upon A fime) | 
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            | Formerly part of an initiation ceremony (4) | 
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            | Not repeated in the concert (4) | 
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            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            22 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fairytale start, ... upon a time | 
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            | At one time weight was non-u (4) | 
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            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
            Universal | 
            19 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Opening of traditional tale not repeated (4) | 
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            | Formerly a bit of a concession (4) | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            15 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            15 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Back in the day . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Not again | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | At some past time, formerly (4) | 
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            | Sometime in the past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
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            | Long ago | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Part of Mormon centre in the past (4) | 
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            | As soon as | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            05 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Singular occasion in the past (4) | 
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            | "The wise man does at ___ what the fool does finally": Niccolo Machiavelli (4) | 
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            | Cone demolished formally, say (4) | 
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            | The single time a person swallows carbon (4) | 
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            | Unrepeatable start of fairy tale | 
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            | Starter of many a storybook | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | As soon as it starts upon a time (4) | 
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            | "__ upon a time..." | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | First word of many fairy tales | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            30 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Done any changes about love? Sure at some time or another! (2,3,3) | 
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            | Small weight was non-u at one time (4) | 
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            | A single time | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            24 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ upon a Time in America, Robert De Niro film (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            23 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            20 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            20 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | ____ bitten, twice shy | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            19 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | At one time, cone got shifted (4) | 
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            | As soon as head bishop leaves (4) | 
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            | Formerly in abeyance, I overlooked | 
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            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | On an occasion | 
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            | Small number backed by church in times past (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            15 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | At some point | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            13 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            10 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            10 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Movie that won an Oscar for the song "Falling Slowly" | 
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            | First word in fairy tale | 
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            | At one time, played in a concert party (4) | 
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            | Saying, ... bitten, twice shy | 
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            | Fairytale saga (___- Upon a Time) | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            01 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            01 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Second word of many limericks | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Not very often, in fact not even twice (4) | 
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            | Way back when | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            23 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Irish musical film created by John Carney (4) | 
            The Guardian Weekend | 
            18 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Irish musical film created by John Carney (4) | 
            The Guardian Weekend | 
            17 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
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            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
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            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            11 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            TV | 
            11 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | 2006 musical film starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            10 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            The Times Sunday Concise | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Single time (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | *Before, not at present | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time | 
            Commuter | 
            01 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Regularly connected previously | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            01 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            30 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Family Time | 
            28 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            27 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            24 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly of some concern | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            23 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Word that begins many fairy tales | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | More than zero times, barely | 
             | 
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            | Unit of about a hundred on one occasion (4) | 
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            | In the past | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | First word of a fairy tale | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | How many times does 100 go into 1? (4) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            13 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Historically | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Conceal part that won't happen again (4) | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | "____ in a Blue Moon" | 
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            | A unique occasion | 
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            | Formerly got caught in one (4) | 
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            | Stevie Wonder hit: For - in My Life | 
             | 
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            | When singular event occurred (4) | 
             | 
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            | Formerly | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            30 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            30 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | As soon as 1 can include 100 (4) | 
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            | On one occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly cone-shaped | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | American series with Sela Ward, ___- and Again (4) | 
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            | Fairytale beginning or nothing comes easily initially? (4) | 
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            | Ounce, you said, dropped a single time (4) | 
             | 
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            | Before now | 
            The Sun Mini | 
            24 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | "All at ___ You Love Her" | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | A small number turned up at church in times past | 
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            | Formerly 100 into 1 (4) | 
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            | Formerly in cone design (4) | 
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            | When cold, you must wrap up | 
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            | Formerly part of a population census | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
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            | "____ upon a time..." | 
            TV | 
            16 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly cone-shaped | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            15 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            15 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | At some time in the past | 
            The Times Concise | 
            15 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | So more another time! (4) | 
             | 
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            | Children's story starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On one occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            11 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            11 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly going ahead at half pace (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back then | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | At some point in the past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | The last "O" of YOLO | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly of note primarily associated with Church | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            04 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            04 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Musical with the song "Falling Slowly" | 
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            | As soon as it's on course, ours will leave (4) | 
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            | Formerly part of the distribution centre (4) | 
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            | Children's story-starting word | 
             | 
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            | ___ upon a time, traditional introduction (4) | 
             | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy..." | 
             | 
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            | A small number turned up at church no longer (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
            Family Time | 
            26 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Opening word of many fairy tales | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            25 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            USA Today | 
            19 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Appear in concert? Never again! (4) | 
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            | The second "O" in YOLO | 
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            | How one might start a story about the last 2,000 years? | 
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            | Not over? | 
             | 
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            | "Fool me ___ . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            09 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | The start of many a story in the past (4) | 
             | 
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            | Madrid's No.11 in times gone by (4) | 
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            | Types occupying prison cells in the past (4) | 
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            | One (4) | 
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            | Formerly a hundred in a single container (4) | 
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            | Part of YOLO | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ upon a Time, American fantasy series (4) | 
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            | As soon as the figure is divided by a hundred | 
             | 
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            | Now, at ...! | 
             | 
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            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Single event in history (4) | 
             | 
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            | Damaged cone long ago | 
             | 
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            | In the past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a Lifetime" (Talking Heads classic) | 
             | 
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            | Fairy tale opening a single time (4) | 
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            | A never-to-be-repeated occasion (4) | 
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            | In a past time (4) | 
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            | Fairy tale's first word usually | 
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            | At one time the unit took Conservative leader in (4) | 
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            | There's no going back to capture both ends at one time (4) | 
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            | A hundred are in the unit, not to be repeated (4) | 
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            | There ___ was a man from Nantucket ... (4) | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thus upon a time a fairy tale starts (4) | 
             | 
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            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            07 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            07 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | At one time it appeared in concert (4) | 
             | 
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            | Only one time | 
             | 
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            | Formerly it got over a quick examination (4) | 
             | 
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            | Individual touring clubs in days gone by | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            04 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ upon a time, traditional story opener | 
             | 
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            | On a former occasion (4) | 
             | 
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            | ___ in a while | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | With 5- and 6-Across, storybook beginning | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            31 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Good authors, too, who ... knew better words; Now only use four-letter words writing prose; Anything goes" | 
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            | ... in a blue moon | 
             | 
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            | "You only live ___" | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Maximum speed maintained by unit in the past | 
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            | "Till we meet ... again, you and I; Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye," sang Gracie Fields | 
             | 
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            | __ in a lifetime | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | One held the string, in the old days (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            22 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Universal | 
            20 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Corniche regular long ago (4) | 
             | 
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            | But once | 
             | 
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            | Element found in concerts in the past (4) | 
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            | No longer does one catch cold (4) | 
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            | Not often seen in London, certainly! (4) | 
             | 
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            | At a former time; cone (anag.) (4) | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
             | 
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            | Former1y(4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            06 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            06 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | First word of a fabulous tale? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | At an earlier time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly residing in Congleton, certainly (4) | 
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            | No longer cold when one goes out (4) | 
             | 
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            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            01 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | On one occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            01 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Never again | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | At one time there was no turning back over the Anglican Church (4) | 
             | 
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            | ___ Upon a Time in Hollywood | 
             | 
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            | Sometime in the past | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | As soon as the carbon is put in the unit (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | ____ in a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly found in a prison cell (4) | 
             | 
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            | One single time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
            Family Time | 
            26 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eleven, in El Salvador | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | See 28-Across | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Everything Everywhere All At ___," 2022 film starring Michelle Yeoh that won a record four SAG Awards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | No longer in concert (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fantasy series, - Upon a Time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A bit concerned? Singularly! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            The Times Concise | 
            18 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            17 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___...Going twice...Sold!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly one's way of speaking (4) | 
             | 
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            | Head ignoring book formerly (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At one time, cone was put out (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Is it enough? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "The ___ and Future King" by T. H. White | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Opening word in many a fairy tale | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A singular occasion (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Happened, but then not again | 
            Family Time | 
            11 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Not again | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Taking part in a concert how many times? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 100 to one it's a single time only (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a while (occasionally) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            06 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Concealed, you'll find it - but not twice! (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly a fairy-tale start (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | US fantasy drama which starred Ginnifer Goodwin, _ Upon A Time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            21 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Half of twice | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | On as single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            21 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Former head not the front-runner | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Before 1 in 100 switched (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Least number of times to be seen in fashion centre (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ upon a time, fairy-tale opening (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            15 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ex oddly avoided John Mcfee (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Movie, ... Were Warriors | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Two fewer times than thrice (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            31 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            31 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." (fairy tale opener) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            30 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Half of twice | 
            Universal | 
            26 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly found in prison cell | 
             | 
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            | A bit disconcerting a while ago (4) | 
             | 
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            | Fairy story beginning not repeated (4) | 
             | 
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            | Everything Everywhere All at ___, Michelle Yeo film (4) | 
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            | First word of a fairy tale | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | 2006 musical film drama starring Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            21 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Single time only | 
             | 
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            | ___ Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino film (4) | 
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            | "Everything Everywhere All at ___" | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Family Time | 
            17 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Everything, Everywhere, All At _, award-winning film (4) | 
             | 
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            | In the past | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Somebody impregnated by leader of Conservatives in the past (4) | 
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            | Somebody impregnated by leader of Conservatives in the past | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            12 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Before | 
            Family Time | 
            11 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past or on a single occasion (4) | 
             | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
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            | Quentin Tarantino film, ---- Upon a Time in... Hollywood (4) | 
             | 
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            | Historically | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Small weight university abandoned in the past | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            06 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | As soon as one gets caught in (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly in concert | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a December," 1997 Liz Callaway song from the movie "Anastasia" that was nominated for a Golden Globe | 
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            | As soon as unit is fitted around cookertop (4) | 
             | 
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            | __ upon a time ... | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Thrice divided by 3 | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            29 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly cone-shaped | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            29 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | A cone must be broken - but not twice! (4) | 
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            | In the past | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            25 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | A while back? | 
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            | Clubs inspired by United in the past | 
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            | Fairy tale's starting word | 
            Universal | 
            23 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | At some earlier time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Part of YOLO | 
            Universal | 
            15 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Back in the good old days …" | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___, going twice, sold!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | (1/7) "___ a year, during the crisp days of late November, families eagerly prepare for a special holiday." | 
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            | "Halloween happens ___ a year" | 
            Family Time | 
            30 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | First word in a fairy tale, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            19 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            17 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            13 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opening, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | -- bitten, twice shy | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            04 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all (completely and finally) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Times Concise | 
            27 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | I will catch cold — not again! | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            27 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            22 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Start of many a fairy tale | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Times Concise | 
            15 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Then | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
            Family Time | 
            10 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | First word in a fairy tale | 
            Universal | 
            08 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Brothers Grimm tale starter? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___, going twice..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At some earlier time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Twice? Not quite | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Universal | 
            25 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Less than twice but more than never? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At some earlier time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Back then | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Former ace catching cold | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            09 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Grimm beginning? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sometime earlier | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            01 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a lifetime | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time...in Hollywood" (Margot Robbie starrer) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Back in my day ...' | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Back in my day ?' | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | In time past | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            09 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | At some earlier time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            Universal | 
            26 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            16 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | I would catch cold: never again? | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            09 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Children's story-starting word | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Fool me ___, shame on you..." | 
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            | Cone (anag) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            25 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | "It's a ___ in a lifetime opportunity" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            Universal | 
            19 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            USA Today | 
            13 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opening, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sometime earlier | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Lead-in to "upon a time," in fairytales | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon (rarely) | 
            Newsday | 
            01 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Way back in time | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all (for good) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ... upon a time, a fairytale opening | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            14 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | 'Just this ___ . . .' | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A while ago | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            02 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
            Family Time | 
            02 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | At some point | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Start of a fairy tale | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            15 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a midnight dreary ... " | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | At some point in the past | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | __ and for all | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | ___-over (quick look) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Before, but not now | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's first word | 
            Universal | 
            01 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | '___ Upon a Dream' | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | In days gone by | 
            Universal | 
            22 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Never again? | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            29 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Many years ago | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Second word of many limericks | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            22 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | "... cut __": end of a carpentry maxim | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | "You only live __" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Back when I was a kid ..." | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | At some previous point | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Part of YOLO | 
            Universal | 
            06 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            29 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | '___ upon a time ?' | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | '___ upon a time ...' | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past I must have caught cold | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            23 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ on This Island" (Caribbean retelling of "The Little Mermaid") | 
            Universal | 
            15 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | At some past time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ and for all" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            09 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Half of twice | 
            Family Time | 
            04 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            03 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Previously held in detention centre | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            15 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | , 23 & 24 The common origin of Cinderella and Snow White? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            04 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Start of a reminiscence | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Universal | 
            24 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | __ in a while | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
            Family Time | 
            24 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Last “O” in YOLO | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Last 'O' in YOLO | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Start of many fairy tales | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            15 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | __ and for all | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | At some point in the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon (rarely) | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | '__ upon a time . . .' | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___, going twice..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Old French town from which Italy's withdrawn in the past  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "I'll only say this ___ ..." | 
            Universal | 
            22 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            21 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | United holding lead in Championship previously  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a midnight dreary ..." | 
            Universal | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | United holding lead in Championship previously | 
            The Guardian Quiptic | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | "A long time ago ..." | 
            Family Time | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Part of YOLO | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Universal | 
            06 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Twice? No, too many | 
            Family Time | 
            05 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Historically | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ more (again) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's starting word | 
            Universal | 
            29 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Part of YOLO | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Fool me __ ... " | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Cat you lost at some point in the past  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            08 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            06 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            02 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale beginning | 
            Universal | 
            02 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | "You only live ___" | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | __ and for all | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | First word of "The Raven" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Start of a reminiscence | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Every ___ in a while | 
            Universal | 
            19 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | First word of a fairy tale | 
            Family Time | 
            18 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | A singular time | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            02 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Everything At ___," song by Lenka that gained popularity on Instagram Reels | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            15 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Universal | 
            14 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Not now | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Not now | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale beginning | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ and for all..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Never again | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Never again | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Measure twice, cut ___ | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Children's story-starting word | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Never again | 
            New York Times | 
            22 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | The second "O" in YOLO | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            11 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | At one time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            09 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with support of Church | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            06 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            04 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Just this ___" (only time) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            01 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | First word of many fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener, often | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | '___ upon a time . . .' | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Not anymore | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ upon a time | 
            Universal | 
            19 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            Universal | 
            15 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | ... upon a time, a fairytale opening | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            13 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            10 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Second word of many limericks | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Second word of many limericks | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            02 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Measure twice, cut —" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            Universal | 
            27 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years back | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Children's-story starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 2007 romantic musical film starring Glen Hansard that's set in Ireland | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            Canadiana | 
            14 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            10 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Start of many a fairy tale | 
            Canadiana | 
            07 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | ... upon a time, fairytale opening | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            03 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Above church, at one time  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grimm's first word? | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Clue originally featured in 1 — and never again? | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            22 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Clue originally featured in 1 — and never again?  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Story opener? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | At some point in the past | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago confined in detention centre | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            31 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            29 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | First word of 'Into the Woods' | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | “The Raven” opener | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | "___ more..." (again) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Part of YOLO | 
            Universal | 
            12 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | "I remember the time ..." | 
            Family Time | 
            02 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | At the moment when | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___, going twice..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Almost never | 
            Family Time | 
            26 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago confined in detention centre | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            24 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | As soon as possible, couple cleared out  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as possible, couple cleared out | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            24 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | “Kiss her ___ for me” (“A Holly Jolly Christmas” lyric) | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Half of twice | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the distant past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            13 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opening, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Almost never | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Universal | 
            27 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            22 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Half of twice? | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | "I remember, a long time ago ..." | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale beginning | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Slightly more than never | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | First word of some fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | '___ bitten, twice shy' | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            20 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the past, at this straightaway | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            20 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale beginning | 
            Canadiana | 
            18 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Never again? | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Children's novel by Morris Gleitzman | 
            The Telegraph General Knowledge | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Somebody touring clubs in the past | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Years back | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time, long long ago..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Almost never | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Almost never | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___-over | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Start of a fairy tale | 
            Universal | 
            19 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | At one time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            17 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | First word of 'Into the Woods' | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly concealed content | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            04 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            25 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly connected with every other member's disappearance  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Old northern Conservative with ecstasy a while back | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            24 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all (final) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | At a former time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            16 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Not to be repeated | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | The second O in YOLO | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            01 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a while (from time to time) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Children's story starter, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Fool me ___, shame on you..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slightly more than never | 
            Universal | 
            19 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's first word | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | First word in most fairy tales | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly fractionally ensconced  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Times Concise | 
            06 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with Anglican church  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
            Universal | 
            06 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Without repeating | 
            Universal | 
            02 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | How many times the Washington Nationals have won the World Series | 
            New York Times | 
            31 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            24 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ bitten, twice shy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At one time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            14 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            12 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | The second "O" of YOLO | 
            Universal | 
            12 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            USA Today | 
            05 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Previously seen in convention centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            30 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            30 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | ... upon a time, for the storyteller | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            27 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ is enough" | 
            Universal | 
            27 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___...going twice" (auctioneer's words) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            Universal | 
            22 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Head bishop ousted? Not again! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Single time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            16 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | 'You only live ___' | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Slightly more than never | 
            Universal | 
            14 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | One less than twice | 
            Canadiana | 
            12 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | At some prior time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | At some prior time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
            Family Time | 
            04 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | As soon as yesterday | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            04 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | How many times TV's Perry Mason lost a case | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | At some time in the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In former days | 
            Universal | 
            13 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Clubs held by United but not now? | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            08 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon, space-related idiom for a rare occurrence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | After playing both sides of cassette  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Universal | 
            10 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            07 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | First word of some fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | When working culture's heartless...  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In years past | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Connected regularly at that time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Not again! | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Previously included in London census | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            15 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | First word of a fairy tale | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Children's story starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | The second 'O' in YOLO | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Never again? | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            18 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with civil engineer  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the old days | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | 2019 film '___ Upon a Time in Hollywood' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            08 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | In the old days | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | At some point | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | A long time ago | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Second "O" in YOLO | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            12 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Previously held in detention centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            12 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Between twice and never | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Uniquely large rear end of pop diva  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            20 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | ''__ upon a time . . .'' | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | At one time | 
            The Guardian Speedy | 
            06 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Clubs held by United previously | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            06 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | At some earlier date | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Introduction to a children's book? | 
            Universal | 
            27 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | A while ago | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | In olden days | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon (rarely) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At a former time, completed cursory examination  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Universal | 
            05 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Enough, for some | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Two fewer than thrice | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | . Spanish team, formerly  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A while back | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | In former times | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Previously in concealment | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            13 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Start of many a story | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start, often | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            05 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | It's enough, in a saying | 
            Universal | 
            05 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Almost never | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | At an earlier time | 
            Universal | 
            03 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | A number caught inside in the past  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Some time ago confined in detention centre | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            29 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tale starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | First cousin ___ removed | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Number before doce | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | How many make up a Spanish soccer side at any time? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            10 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Musical for which Steve Kazee won a Tony | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            07 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" (rarely) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In time past | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            31 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | The first word of a fairy tale, typically | 
            The Times Specialist Sunday | 
            31 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | First word in fairy tales | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Newsday | 
            24 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | On the off chance both sides do it without repeating it | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            18 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            17 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            16 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Newsday | 
            11 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            09 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Not twice | 
            Family Time | 
            04 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | '___ bitten, twice shy' | 
            New York Times | 
            04 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Measure twice, cut —" | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | A Grimm beginning? | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | First word in a fairy tale | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Grimm beginning | 
            Universal | 
            03 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Word with "in a lifetime" | 
            Family Time | 
            29 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Most fairytales starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back when | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | The second "O" in "YOLO" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One time | 
            Canadiana | 
            16 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | First word of a fairy tale, often | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | A long time ago | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | At some point held in immigration centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            02 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Clubs held by United — but not now? | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | In years past | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | In years past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Times Concise | 
            09 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Previously one in a hundred, on the contrary  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 1/100 in days gone by  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | More than never | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Take part in initiation ceremony at any time  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Head, bowled out in past times  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Barely at all | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Barely at all | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Clubs held by United -- but not now? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            17 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ and for all" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairytale opener | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            05 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time in Hollywood," 2019 comedy drama film starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Notices it's missing on a single occasion | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            23 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Never again | 
            The New Yorker | 
            18 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a blue moon | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Never to be repeated | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Not twice or thrice | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Years back | 
            Universal | 
            01 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | "When I was young ..." | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously held in interrogation centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            11 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Beginning of many stories | 
            Universal | 
            04 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Universal | 
            30 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | More than enough, for some | 
            Jonesin | 
            24 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Close to civil engineer in the past | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            24 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Some years ago | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Some years ago | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Not to be repeated | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | . When nothing's good, Spinner stays away!  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ in a while | 
            Universal | 
            23 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time in Hollywood," movie starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Never before or since | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | When the Head needs no introduction  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One in a hundred? Just the opposite in the past | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            27 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | A while back | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | A while back | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | The second O in YOLO | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            14 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Back in the day | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___, twice, thrice... | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | From way back when | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ bitten, twice shy | 
            Universal | 
            24 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | "If I've told you ___ ..." | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a lifetime | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | 2012 Tony winner for Best Musical | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Not to be repeated | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            09 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'The Raven' opener | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'There was a time ...' | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ and for all" (for good) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | You only live ___ | 
            Universal | 
            26 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all | 
            Universal | 
            22 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | 'Time was ...' | 
            New York Times | 
            11 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Previously held in immigration centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | In the old days | 
            USA Today | 
            10 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Single, going round clubs in the past | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            09 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | __ in a blue moon | 
            Newsday | 
            06 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pound note king refused in days gone by | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
            Universal | 
            29 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Many moons ago | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Previously, and never to be repeated?  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ more..." (again) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." (fairytale starter) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Back in MY day . . .' | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | In days of old | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | It's sometimes enough | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | It's sometimes enough | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | ''If I've told you ___ ...'' | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Without repeat | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | At one time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            19 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Hit 2012 musical | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            17 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Enough, for some | 
            Universal | 
            16 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | __ and for all | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | __ and for all | 
            The Washington Post | 
            12 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | ___ in a lifetime (extremely rare opportunity) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Just one time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Individual cops caught in the past  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Erstwhile | 
            Canadiana | 
            25 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | … formerly locked in prison cell?  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Starting point for a fairy story?  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Washington Post | 
            12 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | ''Time was . . .'' | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            Universal | 
            07 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Less than twice | 
            Family Time | 
            28 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Former | 
            Canadiana | 
            28 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Before now | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | One-time musical film and song | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            07 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Twice divided by two? | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            02 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
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            | Never before or since | 
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            | Without repeat | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | Some time ago | 
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            | From way back when | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | Years back | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | __ and for all | 
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            | Beginning of many stories | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | "There was a time ..." | 
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            | ___ in a lifetime | 
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            | ___ bitten, twice shy | 
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            | ___ and for all | 
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            | You only live ___ | 
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            | Singly | 
            Universal | 
            30 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | A single time in prison cells | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            28 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Favorite first word in fairytales? | 
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            | In olden days | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Fool me ___,  shame ..." | 
            Universal | 
            22 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | 1/100, formerly | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            20 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Let us settle this ___ and for all" | 
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            | Not again? | 
            Jonesin | 
            18 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | At some former time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | At some former time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Former resident in prison cell  | 
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            | With 62 Across, rehearsal request | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            03 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ more!" (crowd chant at a concert) | 
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            | Never to be repeated | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            02 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Part of YOLO | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Not quite never | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Not quite never | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | At a time in the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Let us settle it, ___ and for all" | 
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            | In days of yore | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | How many times Leonardo DiCaprio has won an Oscar? | 
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            | Way back in time | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | First word of many fairy tales | 
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            | '___ again ...' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            14 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with church  | 
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            | Start of a reminiscence | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Reminiscence opener | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Quartet participating in concerts no longer | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            05 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | "I may have used it ___ or twice..." | 
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            | Not to be repeated | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | With 50-Down and 14-Across, fairy tale opening | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | With 50-Down and 14-Across, fairy tale opening | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | A long time ago | 
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            | In times past | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | First word of a fairy tale | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Fool me ___ ..." | 
            Universal | 
            13 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
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            | In years past | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a midnight dreary..." | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Whenever | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Whenever | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Limerick word | 
            Universal | 
            18 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Some time back | 
            Universal | 
            17 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Far from often | 
            Universal | 
            07 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | In days of yore | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            29 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale beginning | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ I was seven years old my momma told me..." | 
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            | Formerly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten ..." | 
            Universal | 
            12 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Formerly one in a hundred? On the contrary  | 
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            | Previously held in detention centre  | 
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            | ___ and for all | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
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            | Single time | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Usually the first word in a fairy tale | 
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            | Without repeating | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | "The Raven" opening | 
            Universal | 
            31 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." (First word in most fairy tales) | 
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            | Less than twice | 
            Universal | 
            25 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | More than never | 
            Universal | 
            17 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | First word of 'The Raven' | 
            New York Times | 
            16 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | YOLO part | 
            USA Today | 
            14 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Enough" times? | 
            Universal | 
            10 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Time was ... ' | 
            New York Times | 
            06 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Previously seen in detention centre | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            29 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | How can there be no evil in violence for some time? | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            23 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all (forever) | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon (rarely) | 
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            | At a previous time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Not even twice | 
            Family Time | 
            25 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Sometime in the past | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Not before, and not since | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tony-winning musical whose main characters are named Guy and Girl | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            11 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | "The Raven" starter | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
            Universal | 
            13 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time .. | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | __ upon a time .. | 
            The Washington Post | 
            12 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | An "O" in YOLO | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Measure twice, cut ___" | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Start to "The Raven" | 
            Universal | 
            17 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | At a former time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            09 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | . Singles in conversation at the start of a story?  | 
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            | Singly | 
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            | "Enough" times? | 
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            | At some former time | 
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            | First word of a fairy tale | 
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            | Start to "The Raven" | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | YOLO part | 
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            | Not to be repeated | 
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            | In days of yore | 
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            | Some time back | 
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            | An "O" in YOLO | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | "___ bitten, . . ." | 
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            | "The Raven" starter | 
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            | "Measure twice, cut ___" | 
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            | "Fool me ___ ..." | 
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            | "Fool me ___,  shame ..." | 
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            | "The Raven" opening | 
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            | "___ Upon a Time" | 
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            | "___ bitten ..." | 
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            | Far from often | 
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            | Less than twice | 
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            | Limerick word | 
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            | More than never | 
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            | Single time | 
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            | "Time was ... " | 
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            | Not quite never | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | Whenever | 
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            | With 50-Down and 14-Across, fairy tale opening | 
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            | __ upon a time ... | 
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            | In times past | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | Without repeating | 
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            | Start of a reminiscence | 
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            | Part of YOLO | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
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            | Previously | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Without repetition | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | It may be enough | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | It may be enough | 
            The Washington Post | 
            20 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Bedtime story opener | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Back in my day . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | "___ Upon a Time," a fantasy TV series starring Ginnifer Goodwin | 
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            | "___, twice, three times a lady..." (Lyrics to a hit Lionel Richie song) | 
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            | ___ more | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Back in the day..." | 
            Universal | 
            17 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            The Times Concise | 
            12 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
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            | "There ___ was a . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | On one occasion | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            23 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | At some early date | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Violence without evil ... that's the start of an old story | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            11 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Eleven, in Ensenada | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            06 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
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            | At one time part of population census | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            02 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | ... upon a time for the storyteller | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            29 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | By a single step | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | "I remember the time ..." | 
            Universal | 
            20 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | A single time in concerto | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            19 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            12 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Featured in a concert long ago  | 
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            | Individual catching cold in the past  | 
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            | Years ago | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Got nicked regularly, but no more?  | 
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            | At one time, snow leopard released you, I hear  | 
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            | "___ Upon a Time in the West," a legendary 1968 epic Western film starring Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Many moons ago | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | 'Many years ago ...' | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | See 14-Down | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | See 14-Down | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | This person's got caught entering previously | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            22 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | How often opportunity knocks | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | First word of 'The Raven' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | First word of "The Raven" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Number of times Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose flew | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | At a former time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | At a former time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            31 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | As soon as yesterday  | 
             | 
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            | Way back when | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time..." | 
             | 
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            | Start of a fairy tale | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Operating these days... and formerly  | 
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            | In a previous life | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | "___, twice, three times a lady" | 
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            | Less than twice | 
             | 
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            | '... __ and for all!' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | "... __ and for all!" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | About the church in former times  | 
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            | Second word of many limericks | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Just a single time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | "Just this ___!" | 
            Universal | 
            04 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's first word | 
            New York Times | 
            22 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Start of many a tale | 
             | 
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            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
             | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
            USA Today | 
            16 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | The first word of a fairy tale, ___ upon a time | 
             | 
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            | A single time | 
            Family Time | 
            15 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | A long time ago | 
            Newsday | 
            14 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a midnight dreary ... " | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | '__ upon a midnight dreary ... ' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | First word in most fairy tales | 
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            | At one time, cone was modified  | 
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            | "Going ___ . . ." (auction phrase) | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Postponed after losing heart earlier | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            28 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Start of a fairy tale | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time, in a land far far away..." | 
             | 
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            | "Some time ago ..." | 
            Universal | 
            29 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | ___ upon a time, long long ago... | 
             | 
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            | At some prior point in time | 
             | 
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            | At one point in time | 
             | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Some time, in the past | 
             | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
            The Washington Post | 
            20 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Often the first word in fairytales | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Many moons ago ..." | 
            Universal | 
            16 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | At one time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            15 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Former Catholic entering United  | 
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            | Many moons ago | 
            Universal | 
            15 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | I will be found thus in Pride and Prejudice, not Sense and Sensibility | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            12 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Ages ago | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Never to be repeated | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            Family Time | 
            26 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | "The Raven" start | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Slightly more than never | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Not repeatedly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Without repetition | 
            The Washington Post | 
            10 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | A while back | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Number of times a horse can enter the Kentucky Derby | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
             | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
             | 
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            | Years ago | 
             | 
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            | "Back in the day..." | 
             | 
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            | "I remember the time ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Just this ___!" | 
             | 
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            | "Many moons ago ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale's first word | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Never to be repeated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may be enough | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Number of times a horse can enter the Kentucky Derby | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eleven, in Ensenada | 
             | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In a previous life | 
             | 
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            | How often opportunity knocks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "__ upon a midnight dreary ... " | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "... __ and for all!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Many moons ago | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | At a former time | 
             | 
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            | Second word of many limericks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | First word of a fairy tale | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bedtime story opener | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "There ___ was a . . ." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Number of times Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose flew | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "The Raven" start | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Going ___ . . ." (auction phrase) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 14-Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Back in my day . . ." | 
             | 
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            | Start of a fairy tale | 
             | 
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            | Without repetition | 
             | 
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            | ___ more | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | First word of "The Raven" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | How many times "in a lifetime"? | 
            Universal | 
            21 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | A long time ago | 
            Universal | 
            01 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            21 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | First word in "The Raven" | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
            Universal | 
            05 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | First fairy tale word | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Never to be repeated | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Element of initiation ceremony in days gone by | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            07 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | In times gone by | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Almost never | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Bedtime story starter | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Movie whose song 'Falling Slowly' won an Oscar | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale opener | 
            Universal | 
            06 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Way back when | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            02 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Second word of many limericks | 
            Universal | 
            26 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | ___-over (quick look) | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | In times gone by | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            14 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | At an earlier date | 
            Universal | 
            27 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | At some prior time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Story starter | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'Falling Slowly' musical | 
            Jonesin | 
            07 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Some concerto in progress outside of Cambridge, formerly  | 
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            | Head ignoring bishop previously | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            19 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Twice reduced by 50%  | 
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            | Former head, not second-rate | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            13 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale beginning | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with church  | 
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            | Role in 'Doubt' or 'Dead Man Walking' | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | In days past | 
            Universal | 
            03 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Story opener | 
            Universal | 
            02 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | At an earlier date | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Joke going round clubs at any time  | 
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            | At one time ostentatious, without any limit  | 
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            | In days gone by | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Not again? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'The Raven' starter | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | In a previous life | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Formerly working with church  | 
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            | Historically | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | ''The Raven'' opener | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | A while ago | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            21 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | A point long ago | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | I must catch cold? Not again!  | 
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            | 'Measure twice, cut ' | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | On any occasion | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale word | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Individual touring clubs long ago | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            26 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | 'The Raven' beginner | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Tale opener | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | "Measure twice, cut ___" | 
            Universal | 
            07 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Way less than thrice | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Never to be repeated | 
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            | In times gone by | 
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            | In days of old | 
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            | First word in "The Raven" | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | Long ago | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | Way less than thrice | 
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            | Start of some tales | 
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            | Second word of many limericks | 
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            | How many times "in a lifetime"? | 
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            | At an earlier date | 
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            | "Measure twice, cut ___" | 
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            | Almost never | 
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            | Fairy tale word | 
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            | ___-over (quick look) | 
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            | In years past | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | ___-over-lightly | 
            The Washington Post | 
            31 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | At some earlier time | 
            Universal | 
            15 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Head boy's first to go, in bygone era | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            14 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | On a single occasion | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | 2007 movie with the Oscar-winning song 'Falling Slowly' | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Quartet in concert in days gone by | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            27 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | It's not enough, per Jacqueline Susann | 
            The Washington Post | 
            27 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | In times gone by | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | In times past | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            22 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Halfway to twice | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Start of many a story | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Time in the past is pertinent to extremes of one police force | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            14 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | At some prior point | 
            Universal | 
            11 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | A third of thrice | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Before | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | … formerly working with church | 
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            | ___ in a lifetime | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            18 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Time was when nothing nowhere came easy to leaders | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            15 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Previously in detoxification centre  | 
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            | It's enough, in a saying | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Formerly addicted to coke, having kicked all right | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            29 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Self-conceited somewhere inside in the good old days | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            22 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Individual getting caught inside formerly | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            22 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            19 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Almost never? | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | "The Sea of Faith / Was __, too, at the full ... ": "Dover Beach" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Erstwhile | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            30 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Start of a reminiscence | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | At some time past | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Many moons ago | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | First word of "The Raven" | 
            Universal | 
            11 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | In former days | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale starter | 
            Canadiana | 
            08 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Never before, never again | 
            New York Times | 
            19 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Start of many a fairy tale | 
            Canadiana | 
            18 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | It may be enough | 
            Newsday | 
            15 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | A single time | 
            New York Times | 
            11 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Best Musical Tony winner between 'The Book of Mormon' and 'Kinky Boots' | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            08 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Without duplication | 
            USA Today | 
            04 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Certainly not often | 
            Universal | 
            29 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Enough, in some cases | 
            Universal | 
            27 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | A bit more than never | 
            Universal | 
            09 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Working with the Church in former times | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            23 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | "___ and for all" | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Not anymore | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Story's first word | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Without repetition | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'I'll only say this ___ ...' | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Previously working with engineer  | 
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            | "I'm only saying this ___ . . ." | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | A long while ago | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Start of many fairy tales | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Storybook beginning | 
            Universal | 
            07 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | "Going ___, going ..." | 
            Universal | 
            04 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | In the past | 
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            | In former days | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | How often you can lose your virginity | 
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            | A bit more than never | 
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            | At some earlier time | 
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            | At some prior point | 
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            | Certainly not often | 
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            | Enough, in some cases | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
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            | Grimm beginning | 
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            | Storybook beginning | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | "I'll only say this ___ ..." | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | A long while ago | 
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            | "I'm only saying this ___ . . ." | 
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            | "___ and for all" | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | Start of many fairy tales | 
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            | Never before and never again | 
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            | It's not enough, per Jacqueline Susann | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | "The Raven" opening | 
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            | 2007 movie with the Oscar-winning song "Falling Slowly" | 
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            | Enough, for some | 
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            | In times gone by | 
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            | Back in the day | 
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            | At the instant when | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | A while back | 
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            | Almost never? | 
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            | A third of thrice | 
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            | "The Sea of Faith / Was __, too, at the full ... ": "Dover Beach" | 
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            | Start of a reminiscence | 
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            | __ in a blue moon | 
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            | Start of many a story | 
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            | Some time ago | 
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            | Many moons ago | 
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            | Fairy tale start | 
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            | Halfway to twice | 
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            | Dishwalla "___ in a While" | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | Start of many fairy tales | 
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            | Story's first word | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Without duplication | 
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            | Without repetition | 
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            | Best Musical Tony winner between "The Book of Mormon" and "Kinky Boots" | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | In times past | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | "Going ___, going ..." | 
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            | ___ in a lifetime | 
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            | Long ago | 
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            | Before | 
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            | It may be enough | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Never before, never again | 
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            | Not anymore | 
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            | Simple Minds "___ Upon a Time" | 
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            | In former times | 
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            | Back in the day | 
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            | At a prior time | 
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            | "__ upon a time . . ." | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | At some time past | 
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            | Some time ago | 
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            | It's enough, in a saying | 
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            | Regularly connected, i | 
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            | Just after leg and jacket for creature  | 
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            | Formerly working with church  | 
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            | Ages ago | 
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            | Never again? | 
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            | "For all" companion | 
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            | Not anymore | 
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            | Twice from thrice | 
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            | This may be enough | 
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            | A single occasion | 
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            | "__ upon a time ..." | 
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            | "The Raven" opening | 
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            | Bedtime story opening | 
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            | "If I told you __ ..." | 
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            | A single occasion | 
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            | At a previous time | 
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            | Film whose "Falling Slowly" won the Best Original Song Oscar | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | Singular time | 
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            | Common fairy-tale opener | 
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            | Smashing Pumpkins "___ in a While" | 
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            | Grimm start | 
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            | In time past | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | "Fool me ___, shame on you ..." | 
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            | Storybook beginning | 
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            | Start of a tale | 
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            | More than never | 
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            | Grimm beginning? | 
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            | First word in a fairy tale | 
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            | Children's story opener | 
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            | "I'm only gonna say this ___ ..." | 
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            | "Falling Slowly" musical | 
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            | Without repetition | 
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            | Upon the instant that | 
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            | Start of many a fairy tale | 
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            | First word of many fairy tales | 
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            | At the moment when | 
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            | Almost never | 
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            | Start of many fairy tales | 
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            | Grimm start? | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
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            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
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            | "The Raven" start | 
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            | In the remote past | 
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            | In olden days | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | Whenever | 
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            | Not to be repeated | 
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            | Fairy-tale first word | 
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            | Back in the day | 
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            | Tale beginning | 
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            | One time | 
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            | It's enough, in an expression | 
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            | First word of a fairy tale | 
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            | Enough, for some | 
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            | In bygone days | 
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            | "___ in a blue moon" | 
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            | The moment that | 
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            | "There was this time when . . ." | 
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            | "Fool me ___, shame on you . . ." | 
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            | Erstwhile | 
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            | Without repetition | 
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            | Fairy tale start | 
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            | Uniquely | 
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            | It's not enough, per Jackie Susann | 
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            | Without repetition | 
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            | "Fool me ___, shame on you ..." | 
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            | "If I've told you ___  ..." | 
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            | Never before and never again | 
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            | Fairy-tale starter | 
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            | First word of many fairy tales | 
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            | Pearl Jam's "Alive" B-side | 
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            | Give it a ___-over (scan) | 
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            | With 42-Down, quick inspection | 
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            | "When I was young ..." | 
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            | It's enough, in an expression | 
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            | At a previous time | 
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            | Ian Hunter's "___ Bitten, Twice Shy" | 
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            | Neil Diamond "___ in a While" | 
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            | Rod Stewart "___ in love you're never out of danger" | 
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            | This time only | 
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            | __ upon a time | 
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            | Long ago | 
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            | 2012 Best Musical Tony winner | 
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            | Just a single time | 
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            | A while back | 
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            | In a past life | 
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            | "__ upon a midnight dreary ..." | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | "__ upon a midnight dreary ..." | 
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            | See 6-Down | 
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            | This time only | 
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            | Without repetition | 
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            | Start of many a tale | 
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            | A while back | 
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            | Twice removed from thrice | 
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            | How many times Laurence Olivier won a Best Actor Oscar | 
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            | Hardly ever | 
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            | It is enough, according to some | 
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            | Twice halved | 
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            | "Going ___ ..." | 
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            | "Going ___ . . ." (auctioneer's cry) | 
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            | "Going ___, going twice" | 
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            | Enough, in some cases | 
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            | How some cousins are removed? | 
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            | It may be enough | 
             | 
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            | Common fairy-tale opener | 
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            | ___-over (quick look) | 
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            | ___ upon a time | 
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            | Single occurrence | 
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            | Not repeatedly | 
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            | It may be enough | 
             | 
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            | In times past | 
             | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | "Fool me ___, shame on you; fool me twice ..." | 
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            | Pearl Jam "Ten" opener | 
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            | Great White "___ Bitten, Twice Shy" | 
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            | 2006 Irish musical film | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Tony-winning musical of 2012 | 
             | 
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            | Some time ago | 
             | 
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            | In days gone by | 
             | 
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            | Fairy tale start | 
             | 
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            | Erstwhile | 
             | 
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            | Head of a tale? | 
             | 
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            | "When I was a lad ..." | 
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            | Less than occasionally | 
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            | "___ upon a time . . ." | 
             | 
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            | It may never be enough | 
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            | Almost never, maybe | 
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            | Tots' story starter | 
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            | Start of a story | 
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            | In another life | 
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            | Best way to make a mistake | 
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            | Almost never, maybe | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | Not a second time | 
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            | Whenever | 
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            | Tots' story starter | 
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            | Start of a story | 
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            | In another life | 
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            | Best way to make a mistake | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | Winner of eight Tonys in 2012 | 
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            | Some time ago | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | Uniquely how folk tales begin  | 
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            | Just that single time | 
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            | Back in the day | 
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            | Without following up, say | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | Second word in many limericks | 
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            | Long ago | 
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            | It's often enough | 
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            | "... __ and for all!" | 
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            | "The Raven" opening | 
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            | "I'll try anything __" | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Grimm beginning | 
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            | It may be enough | 
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            | Some time ago | 
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            | ___ a day | 
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            | At some previous point | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
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            | In days gone by | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | Storybook start | 
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            | Yesteryear | 
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            | At some past point | 
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            | A while ago | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | Pearl Jam trilogy: "Footsteps," "Alive," ___ | 
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            | Talking Heads "___ in a Lifetime" | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Fairy-tale starter | 
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            | Grimm beginning? | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | "I'll try anything __" | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Grimm beginning | 
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            | With 1-Down, every seven days | 
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            | Reminiscer's word | 
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            | "The Raven" starter | 
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            | A while ago | 
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            | In days of old | 
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            | In times past | 
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            | Not at present | 
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            | In former days | 
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            | In days gone by | 
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            | With 1-Down, every seven days | 
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            | It's often enough | 
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            | It's often enough | 
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            | Not again | 
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            | This may be enough | 
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            | Start of many Grimm tales | 
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            | Start of a bedtime story | 
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            | ___ around the bases | 
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            | "___ Upon a Time in America" | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | Never before and never again | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | Start of a bedtime story | 
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            | In former times | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | More than never | 
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            | It might be enough | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | "Going __, going ..." | 
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            | "Going ___ ..." (auctioneer's cry) | 
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            | A Grimm beginning? | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | "The Raven" start | 
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            | First word in many a fairy tale | 
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            | In olden days | 
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            | "___ Upon a Time in America" | 
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            | At some past point | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Grimm beginning | 
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            | Singly | 
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            | Never again | 
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            | Never again? | 
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            | "Fool me __, shame on you ..." | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | Enough, for some | 
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            | Fairy-tale starter | 
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            | Start of a fairy tale | 
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            | Start of many a story | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | Sans repetition | 
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            | Without a recurrence | 
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            | "There was this time when..." | 
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            | No longer | 
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            | "Going __, going ..." | 
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            | Singly | 
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            | It's sometimes enough | 
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            | Start of many a story | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | "If I've told you ___ . . ." | 
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            | "There was a time . . ." | 
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            | Back in the day | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | Fairy tale's opening word | 
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            | "Fool me __, shame on you ..." | 
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            | Years back | 
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            | Bedtime story opening | 
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            | Between twice and never | 
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            | In days of yore | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | A bit more than never | 
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            | Years back | 
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            | A time more than never | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Not to be repeated | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | "Going ___, going . . ." | 
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            | Back then | 
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            | Popular story start | 
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            | This time only | 
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            | In a former time | 
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            | Never again | 
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            | At a prior time | 
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            | "If I told you ___ ..." | 
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            | "The ___ and Future King" | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Not never, but close | 
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            | Without a recurrence | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
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            | "Fool me ___ ..." | 
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            | In days gone by | 
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            | At a prior time | 
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            | In days gone by | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | Unrepeated | 
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            | With "more," it's again | 
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            | "There was this time when..." | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | Fairy-tale beginning | 
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            | Fairy-tale opener | 
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            | Fairy-tale start | 
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            | Auctioneer's word | 
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            | "Just this __" | 
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            | Enough, in some cases | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | Grimm beginning | 
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            | In times past | 
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            | Tale starter | 
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            | It's enough, for some | 
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            | Without repeat | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | First word of many fairy tales | 
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            | Grimm beginning? | 
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            | Second word in many a limerick | 
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            | Twice halved | 
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            | ___-over (cursory glance) | 
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            | Not a second time | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Almost never | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | Just this time | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | A while ago | 
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            | At an earlier time | 
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            | "The ___ and Future King" (T.H. White novel) | 
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            | Enough, in some cases | 
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            | It might be enough | 
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            | "Just this __" | 
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            | Some years back | 
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            | Ocho + tres | 
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            | Enough, for some | 
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            | "__ I built a railroad ...": Depression song lyrics | 
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            | If ever | 
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            | Fairy tale start | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | First word of "Shrek" | 
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            | Between twice and never | 
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            | Back then | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | "For ___ in My Life" (Stevie Wonder) | 
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            | "___ upon a midnight dreary ..." | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | It's enough, in an expression | 
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            | Popular story starter | 
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            | Yesteryear | 
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            | First word of many fairy tales | 
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            | "___ Upon a Time in America" | 
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            | "___ Bitten" (1985 Jim Carrey comedy) | 
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            | Fairytale beginning | 
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            | Common story starter | 
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            | 110% of diez | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | Story opener | 
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            | Not currently | 
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            | In other days | 
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            | First word of a fairy tale | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | It might be enough | 
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            | "__ I built a railroad ...": Depression song lyrics | 
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            | Erstwhile | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | It might be enough | 
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            | "__ upon a time ..." | 
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            | ___ and for all | 
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            | Some years back | 
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            | Single time | 
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            | Nursery rhyme starter | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | Almost never | 
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            | Hardly ever | 
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            | It's enough, it's said | 
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            | It's enough for some | 
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            | Story start | 
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            | A long time ago | 
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            | Fairy tale's first word | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | Nearly never | 
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            | Just this time | 
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            | Erstwhile | 
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            | Whenever | 
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            | Not again | 
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            | Twice removed from thrice | 
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            | Not repeatedly | 
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            | Grimm beginning? | 
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            | "Just this __ ..." | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | "The ___ and Future King" | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
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            | "___ Upon a Mattress" | 
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            | "If I've told you ___ ..." | 
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            | Fairy tale start | 
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            | Not twice | 
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            | Word in many limericks | 
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            | This is often enough | 
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            | Years back | 
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            | Second word of many limericks | 
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            | Less than twice | 
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            | Hardly at all | 
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            | After | 
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            | "When I was young …" | 
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            | "Just this __ ..." | 
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            | Hardly ever | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | Tale starter | 
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            | "__ bitten, ..." | 
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            | Children's-story starter | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Story opening | 
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            | Story start | 
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            | Less than rarely | 
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            | With 59-Down, again | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | Tale head? | 
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            | Siete + cuatro | 
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            | Half of veintidós | 
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            | Fairy tale starting word | 
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            | Eleven, in Ensanada | 
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            | At the moment when | 
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            | Head of a tale | 
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            | First word of "The Raven" | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | With 16-Across, fairy tale opening | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | Less than occasionally | 
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            | Tale starter | 
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            | Way back when | 
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            | Grimm opener | 
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            | It's enough, according to some | 
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            | In olden times | 
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            | Not repeatedly | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | Whenever | 
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            | A long time ago | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | Some time back | 
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            | Start of a tale | 
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            | Previously | 
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            | Without repetition | 
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            | Less than occasionally | 
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            | In olden times | 
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            | Tale starter | 
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            | Former | 
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            | Unrepeated | 
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            | Before you were born | 
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            | Some time ago | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | Barely at all | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | Tale starter | 
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            | With 16-Across, fairy tale opening | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
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            | Without a recurrence | 
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            | Former | 
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            | Enough, often | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale start | 
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            | First word in fairy tales | 
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            | In the old days | 
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             | 
          
          
            | After | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Jacqueline Susann wrote that it's not enough | 
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            | Second word of many limericks | 
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            | A while back | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Story start | 
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            | Louise or Turner | 
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            | Erstwhile | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Not a second time | 
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             | 
          
          
            | First word of "The Raven" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grimm beginning? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | As soon as | 
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            | Barely at all | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | Long ago | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
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            | "Measure twice, cut ___" | 
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            | "The ___ and Future King" | 
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            | As soon as | 
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            | All at ___ (suddenly) | 
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            | "___ and Again" (Sela Ward TV show) | 
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            | Not repeatedly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "__ bitten, ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Formerly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opening | 
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            | Never again? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tale beginning | 
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             | 
          
          
            | __ in a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Long ago | 
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            | Exceptional occasion | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Limerick's second word, often | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In bygone times | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "For ___ in My Life" (Stevie Wonder) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale opening | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Some time ago | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Uniquely | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale opener | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale opening | 
             | 
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            | __-over (quick look) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Give the __-over | 
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             | 
          
          
            | At the moment when | 
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            | Fairy tale opening | 
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            | Never again? | 
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            | For ___ (on this occasion) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Tale beginning | 
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             | 
          
          
            | __ in a while | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Single shot | 
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             | 
          
          
            | ___-ler (character in "The Lorax") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ and for all | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tale starter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | With 37-Down, a quick look | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Story start | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Previously | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Second word in many a limerick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy tale start | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___-over (quick look) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It's sometimes not enough | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Head of a tale | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | First word of "The Raven" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cinco + seis | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ upon a time ..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "The ___ and Future King" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Going ___ ..." (auctioneer's phrase) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Just this __..." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years ago | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yarn opener | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Start of a Susann title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A while back | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Never again? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | How coffee filters are used | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fairy-tale beginning | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Immediately, after "at" | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Unrepeated | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Tale starter | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | "I loved you ___ in April . . ." | 
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            | "___ Around": 1991 Dreyfuss film | 
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            | "___ bitten . . ." | 
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            | Fairytale start | 
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            | Never again | 
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            | Not enough, for Susann | 
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            | Opportunity's frequency | 
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            | "Just this __..." | 
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            | Just this time | 
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            | Grimm opening | 
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            | "__ upon a time..." | 
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            | "__ in Love With Amy" | 
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            | "If I told you __..." | 
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            | Years ago | 
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            | Never a second time | 
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            | Fairy tale opening | 
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            | At some point | 
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            | "___ Upon a Mattress" | 
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            | " ___ I Had a Secret Love" | 
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            | Second word of a limerick | 
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            | "...___, shame on you; fool me twice..." | 
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            | "_____ bitten, twice shy" | 
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            | Just this time | 
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            | Grimm opening | 
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            | "__ upon a time..." | 
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            | "__ in Love With Amy" | 
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            | "If I told you __..." | 
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            | Fable opener | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | "__ bitten..." | 
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            | At an earlier time | 
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            | "__ bitten, . . ." | 
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            | At an earlier time | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
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            | Nursery rhyme opener | 
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            | See 41 Across | 
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            | When I was a lad | 
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            | Storybook start | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | Storybook beginning | 
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            | Storybook starter | 
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            | ___ upon a time | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | A single time | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Second word of many limericks | 
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            | Start of many fairy tales | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | "The Raven" opener | 
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            | "___ bitten, twice shy" | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | Fewer than twice | 
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            | Before | 
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            | Popular story start | 
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            | Not now | 
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            | Almost never? | 
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            | Almost never | 
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            | First word of many tales | 
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            | In the old days | 
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            | "___ upon a time" | 
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            | "___ bitten ..." | 
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            | "If I've told you ___,..." | 
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            | Partner of for all | 
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            | Just this time | 
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            | Formerly | 
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            | Uniquely | 
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            | Sometimes its enough | 
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            | Start of many a story | 
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            | Tale start | 
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            | Some say it's not enough | 
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            | Hardly at all | 
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            | Enough, sometimes | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | "___ upon a time..." | 
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            | Fairy-tale beginning | 
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            | Sometime ago | 
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            | "... upon a time" | 
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            | Not again | 
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            | Enough, sometimes | 
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            | "___ bitten..." | 
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            | "__ bitten . . ." | 
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            | Grimm beginning | 
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            | Hardly repeated | 
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            | ___ and for all | 
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            | ___ and for all | 
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            | Story starter | 
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            | "The Raven" start | 
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            | At an earlier date | 
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            | "___ bitten..." | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Former | 
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            | "Just this ___..." | 
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            | Fairy tale starter | 
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            | Fairy tale's opener | 
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            | No longer | 
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            | Back then | 
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            | Give the ___-over | 
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            | Children's story opener | 
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            | "For __ in My Life" | 
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            | "Measure twice, cut __" | 
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            | Eddie Van Halen song | 
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            | With more  it.s again | 
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            | Yesteryear | 
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            | "Going _____..." (phrase heard at an auction) | 
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            | This time only | 
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            | Formerly working with support of Church  | 
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            | At which time | 
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            | Fairy tale beginning | 
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            | Enough, for some | 
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            | In days gone by | 
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            | Fairy tale beginner | 
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            | Singly | 
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            | Not anymore | 
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            | At some earlier time | 
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            | First word of    The Raven | 
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            | Singular time | 
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            | _____ and for all | 
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            | Some say it's enough | 
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            | "Going _____, going..." | 
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            | ___ and for all | 
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            | ___ upon a time... | 
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            | Story opener | 
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            | Never again | 
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            | Bedtime story opening | 
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            | All at ___ | 
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            | "___ in a While" | 
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            | "No more!" | 
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            | Word before upon | 
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            | Not repeatedly | 
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            | Story opening | 
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            | In olden times | 
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            | ___ in a blue moon | 
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            | In olden days | 
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            | At some prior point | 
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            | Fairy tale opener | 
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            | Uniquely | 
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            | On a single occasion | 
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            | First word in fairy tales | 
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            | Without duplication | 
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            | Former | 
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            | Start of many fairy tales | 
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            | "Going __, going . . ." | 
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            | Not twice | 
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            | Auctioneer's word | 
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            | "___ bitten..." | 
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            | ___-over (cursory glance) | 
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            | "Going ___, going..." | 
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            | Before upon | 
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            | "Going ___..." (auctioneer's cry) | 
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            | "___ Bitten" (Jim Carrey comedy) | 
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            | ____ and for all | 
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            | "___ upon a time..." | 
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            | Exceptional occasion | 
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            | Fairy tale's opening word | 
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            | Ever | 
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            | In days of old | 
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            | "- Upon a Mattress" | 
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            | Fool me ____  shame on you! . . . | 
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            | You only live ___ | 
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            | You only live ____ | 
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            | Not enough, to Susann | 
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            | "Just this___..." | 
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            | How some cousins are removed? | 
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            | Less than rarely | 
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            | John Berger's "_____ in Europa" | 
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            | Enough's companion | 
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            | Twice from thrice | 
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            | _____-over | 
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            | Some years back | 
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            | Tale opener | 
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            | Yarn opener | 
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            | _____ over lightly | 
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            | 1949 hit "_____ in Love With Amy" | 
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            | Quondam | 
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            | Tale starter | 
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            | Story start | 
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            | Just more than never | 
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            | Head of a tale | 
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            | Fairy-tale opener | 
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            | "___ I built a railroad . . . " | 
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            | At all | 
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            | Twice halved | 
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            | Fairy-tale starter | 
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            | Sometimes it's enough | 
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            | One-third of thrice | 
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            | Eleven, in Ávila | 
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            | Ice-cream holder, formerly | 
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            | ___ in a lifetime | 
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            | Third of thrice | 
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            | José's 11 | 
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            | Single time | 
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            | Susann's "___ Is Not Enough" | 
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            | Whilom | 
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            | Thrice minus twice | 
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            | A third of thrice | 
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            | Columbus was ___ imprisoned | 
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            | Halfway to twice | 
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            | Tale start | 
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            | Grimm starter | 
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            | Enough, often | 
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            | Fairy-tale beginning | 
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            | At any time | 
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            | Former | 
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            | Grimm opening | 
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            | ___ in a while | 
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            | "The ___ and Future King": White | 
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            | In the past | 
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            | Start of a Susann title | 
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            | Story's start | 
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            | One time | 
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            | "___ in Love with Amy" | 
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            | Ever | 
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            | "___ Upon a Mattress," 1959 show | 
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            | Eleven, in Ecuador | 
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            | Story opener | 
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            | A long time ago | 
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            | Single instance | 
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            | "___ More, With Feeling," 1960 film | 
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            | In some yesterday | 
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            | Fairy-tale start | 
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            | In days of yore | 
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            | Start of a Grimm story | 
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            | Not enough, according to Susann | 
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            | Eleven, in Cuba | 
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            | Nostalgic adverb | 
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            | "___ more unto the breach . . . ": Shak. | 
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            | All at ___ | 
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            | "Three Bears" opener | 
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            | How often are you young? | 
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            | First word in children's stories | 
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            | Indefinite time | 
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            | "___ more unto the breach" | 
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            | "___ over lightly" | 
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            | At ___ (immediately) | 
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            | "___ Upon a Mattress" | 
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            | "You're only young ___" | 
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            | ___-over lightly | 
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            | Story beginning | 
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            | ___ over lightly | 
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            | At ___ (pronto) | 
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            | "___ is enough" | 
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            | Singly | 
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            | Again's partner | 
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            | "___ bitten . . . " | 
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            | "___ upon a . . . " | 
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            | ___ again | 
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            | Story word | 
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            | Fairy-tale opening | 
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            | Fairy-tale word | 
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            | Merely | 
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            | Snake eyes | 
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            | First word of fairy tale | 
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            | Start of fairy tale | 
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            | At ___ (now) | 
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            | ___ or twice | 
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            | ___ over-lightly | 
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            | Beginning of a fairy tale | 
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            | This is usually enough | 
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            | Famous first word. | 
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            | ___ and for all. | 
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            | Ever. | 
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            | First word of a tale. | 
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            | First word of "The Raven." | 
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            | Not repeatedly | 
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            | In the past. | 
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            | Never again. | 
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            | Not repeated. | 
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            | Happening infrequently | 
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            | Way back in the day | 
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            | First word of fairy tales. | 
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            | Formely. | 
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            | It's enough. | 
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            | Former. | 
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            | "___ over lightly." | 
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            | Start of Poe's "Raven." | 
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            | First word of Poe's "The Raven." | 
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            | "___ aboard the lugger." | 
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            | Without repetition. | 
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            | One time only. | 
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            | If ever. | 
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            | Whenever. | 
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            | Infrequent | 
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            | ___ upon a time. | 
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            | Previously. | 
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            | At some one time. | 
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            | Fairy tale gambit. | 
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            | Story opener | 
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            | Singly | 
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            | Not again? | 
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            | How "get out of jail" cards are used | 
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            | First word of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" | 
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            | "Back in the day" | 
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            | First word of Poe's "Raven." | 
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            | Opportunity's frequency. | 
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            | On any occasion. | 
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            | In former times. | 
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            | At one time. | 
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            | In other days. | 
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            | Start of many a tale. | 
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            | Formerly. | 
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            | One time. | 
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            | "___ in a Lifetime." | 
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            | Single time. | 
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            | In some day past. | 
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            | At a former time. | 
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            | Tale's first word. | 
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            | Opening word of many tales. | 
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            | First word of many tales. | 
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            | Beginning of many tales. | 
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            | Opportunity's knock. | 
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            | First word of "Love's Old Sweet Song." | 
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            | All at ___. | 
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            | A single time. | 
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            | At all. | 
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            | Fairy tale word. | 
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            | As soon as. | 
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            | With no second opportunity. | 
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            | ___ over lightly. | 
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            | Story opener. | 
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            | Quondam. | 
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            | At any time. | 
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            | In other times. | 
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            | Long ago. | 
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