| Invocation |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Nov 2025 |
| Madonna song (with 38 Across) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Plea to a deity ... and with 47a, a wish that's not expressed verbally |
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| Supplication (6) |
Puzzler |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Hail Mary, eg |
The Times Concise |
29 Aug 2025 |
| Appeal to God (6) |
Puzzler |
26 Aug 2025 |
| Fervent request |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Divine request or one who makes it? (6) |
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| Supplication, plea (6) |
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| Possibly collect sportsperson changing sides almost at the start |
The Times Cryptic |
26 May 2025 |
| Church entreaty |
The Sun Mini |
22 May 2025 |
| Intercession from extremely proper agency employer |
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| This may bring you to your knees (6) |
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| Petition gets through and light is installed (6) |
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| Headless sprinkler works with a little divine request (6) |
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| Grace perhaps, through catching some light (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
09 Apr 2025 |
| Entreaty |
Mirror Tea Time |
25 Mar 2025 |
| A light is put in by request (6) |
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| Public worship might repay the Right (6) |
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| Fervent request |
Puzzler Backwords |
10 Feb 2025 |
| Petition for each about beam (6) |
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| Invocation to a deity |
The Times Concise |
20 Jan 2025 |
| Like a ______ , hit 1989 song by Madonna (6) |
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| Livin' on a -, Bon Jovi hit song (6) |
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| Like a - - -, Madonna no 1 from 1989 (6) |
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| Request for good publicity prior to bad year (6) |
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| Plea to a deity (6) |
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| Religious act of petition (6) |
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| Church entreaty(6) |
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| This could bring someone to their knees (6) |
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| Generally, the act of communing with one's god (6) |
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| Religious entreaty (6) |
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| Hail Mary, e.g. (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Nov 2024 |
| Meaning of collect as noun (6) |
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| Dionne Warwick song: I Say a Little - |
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| Private communication with God (6) |
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| Method of talking to God (6) |
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| The plea and the pleader |
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| Like a ___, Madonna hit |
Puzzler Backwords |
08 Oct 2024 |
| Entreaty |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Oct 2024 |
| "Book of Common -" |
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| Entreaty for the one who foots the bill is about right (6) |
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| Settler has right to a request (6) |
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| Supplication by Public Relations anticipating a bad year (6) |
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| Invocation a mantis? (6) |
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| Look to enter a petition |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Beam in for every petition |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Solemn request |
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| What's offered up, proper first and last, as year changes (6) |
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| "In the midnight hour, I can feel your power/just___ ___ , you know I 'll take you there", 1989-(4-1-6) |
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| Public worship may repay the Right (6) |
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| Beam comes in through request to God (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
16 Jun 2024 |
| Message to God (6) |
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| Fervent request |
Puzzler Backwords |
02 Jun 2024 |
| E.g. grace (6) |
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| Speech addressing the divine, sometimes ending with "amen" (6) |
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| Addressed a solemn request for help to a deity (6) |
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| Personal communication with a god (6) |
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| Grace, say, consumer buttonholing head of recruitment |
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| Supplication from one who coughs up is about right (6) |
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| Like A ___, song and album by Madonna released in 1989 (6) |
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| Like A ____, song and album by Madonna released in 1989 (6) |
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| Supplication of one on his knees (6) |
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| Solemn request to God (6) |
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| "Livin' on a ___," 1986 song by Bon Jovi that gave the band their first No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts |
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| Solemn petition (6) |
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| When priests start having a bad year, this may seem appropriate (6) |
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| Communication with God (6) |
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| Grace, for example |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2024 |
| Snowball's chance in hell |
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| This may bring you to your knees(6) |
|
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| Like a ------ , hit 1989 song by Madonna (6) |
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| Appeal to be heard at the highest level (6) |
|
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| Invocation – mantis? |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Entreaty |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Aug 2023 |
| Ave Maria, say |
The Guardian Quick |
12 Jul 2023 |
| Orison |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 May 2023 |
| Petition (often to a deity) |
The Guardian Quick |
22 Apr 2023 |
| 20 __, Madonna hit from 1989 |
The Guardian Weekend |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Beggar‘s right to stop one who'll cough up |
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| Beggar's right to stop one who'll cough up |
The Guardian Cryptic |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Chance by holding onto beam |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Sep 2022 |
| Hope a bit of sun appears in most of country |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Sep 2022 |
| Request for divine intervention |
USA Today |
12 Sep 2022 |
| Appeal to God |
The Times Concise |
26 Aug 2022 |
| Act of worship |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2022 |
| Earnest request from pair at New Year? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jul 2022 |
| Grace perhaps of one settling debt, concealing resistance |
The Times Cryptic |
06 May 2022 |
| Petition to a deity |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Mar 2022 |
| Grace, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Mar 2022 |
| Disbursing cashier accepts right appeal |
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| Urgent request for a miracle, say |
The Washington Post Sunday |
16 Jan 2022 |
| The Lord has one for each letting in light |
The Guardian Quiptic |
06 Dec 2021 |
| The Lord has one for each letting in light |
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| Grace perhaps, a sportsman changing sides |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2021 |
| Organises publicity for New Year appeal |
Irish Times Crosaire |
25 Aug 2021 |
| Earnest hope or wish |
The Times Concise |
24 Aug 2021 |
| Act of devotion, through catching fish |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jul 2021 |
| Entreaty |
The Telegraph Quick |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Petition to God |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Nov 2020 |
| Entreaty, supplication |
The Guardian Speedy |
08 Nov 2020 |
| One giving money includes right appeal |
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| Masjid activity |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2020 |
| Supplication |
LA Times Daily |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Supplication |
The Washington Post |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Orison |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Petition to a deity |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Oct 2020 |
| Collect 30 |
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| Grace, for example |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2020 |
| Earnest hope |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Earnest request to God |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
09 Aug 2020 |
| One giving money embraces Republican appeal |
|
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| Light entering for each supplication |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Entreaty |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Grace, e.g |
The Washington Post |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Grace, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
15 Apr 2020 |
| Perry is worried about a plea |
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| Supplication |
The Guardian Speedy |
22 Mar 2020 |
| Organises publicity for New Year appeal |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Dec 2019 |
| Occasion to speak up? |
New York Times |
21 Nov 2019 |
| Occasion to speak up? |
|
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| Grace, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Nov 2019 |
| Grace, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Oct 2019 |
| Plea from competitor having once changed sides |
|
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| Collect sportsman swapping sides |
|
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| Appeal to deity, shaft of light breaking through |
|
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| Plea for each to let in some light |
|
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| Appeal to deity, shaft of light breaking through |
|
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| Orison |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Dec 2018 |
| Appeal to a god |
The Times Concise |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Petition for proportional representation supported by philosopher |
|
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| It's spun in a Tibetan monastery* |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2018 |
| Request from the pulpit |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Apr 2018 |
| It's spun in a Tibetan monastery* |
|
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| Collect, for example, from settler across river |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Nov 2017 |
| 'Hail Mary, full of grace ...,' e.g |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Humble request: the hopeless don't have one |
|
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| Entreaty sees member of team changing sides? |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Feb 2017 |
| "Hail Mary, full of grace ...," e.g. |
|
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| Supplication |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Request to God |
The Times Concise |
15 Nov 2016 |
| Thing said before bedtime |
Universal |
01 Nov 2016 |
| Petition |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Bit of light comes in through devotional exercise |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Oct 2016 |
| Beginning of many a meal |
The Washington Post |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Slight chance |
LA Times Daily |
28 May 2016 |
| Plea to God |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jan 2016 |
| It could bring you to your knees |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Slight chance |
|
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| An appeal to a deity |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Litany |
The Telegraph Quick |
24 Dec 2015 |
| Gently beam before Queen request |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Oct 2015 |
| Religious request |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2015 |
| Remote chance, informally |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2015 |
| Victimizer of the devout? |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Appeal offering little hope? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Collect petition |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
08 Jun 2015 |
| Bedtime ritual for many |
Family Time |
25 May 2015 |
| Controversial school topic |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2015 |
| Grace, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Apr 2015 |
| Could be footballer switching left to right gets slightest of chances |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Feb 2015 |
| Words before "amen" |
Universal |
20 Feb 2015 |
| Words before "amen" |
|
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| Victimizer of the devout? |
|
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| Controversial school topic |
|
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| Remote chance, informally |
|
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| Religious request |
|
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| Collect, perhaps, from one settling debt? That's about right |
|
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| Earnest request made by pair over New Year |
|
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| Earnest request made by pair over New Year |
|
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| Purpose of some rugs |
|
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| Communication with the divine |
|
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| Bedtime appeal |
|
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| Bedtime recitation |
|
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| Saying of grace, e.g. |
|
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| Divine entreaty |
|
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| Controversial school subject |
|
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| Something a father may hear |
|
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| Something a father says? |
|
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| Bedtime ritual |
|
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| Something a father may hear |
|
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| Mass petition |
|
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| Bedtime ritual for many |
|
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| Bedtime ritual for many |
|
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| "Amen" preceder |
|
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| Nightly ritual for many |
|
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| Nightly ritual for many |
|
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| Wing partner |
|
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| Grace, for one |
|
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| Speaking up? |
|
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| Communication with the divine |
|
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| Speaking up? |
|
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| Devout request |
|
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| It ends with something found four times in this puzzle |
|
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| Sunday service segment |
|
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| Bedtime appeal |
|
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| Canonical hour recitation |
|
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| Sunday service segment |
|
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| Missal entry |
|
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| Devout request |
|
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| Missal entry |
|
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| Devout request |
|
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| Supplication |
|
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| Mourner's Kaddish, e.g. |
|
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| Talking up? |
|
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| Slightest chance |
|
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| Partner of wing |
|
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| Religious request |
|
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| "God bless us every one," e.g. |
|
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| Religious request |
|
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| Grace, e.g. |
|
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| Orison |
|
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| Grace |
|
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| Function of some wheels |
|
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| Grace, e.g. |
|
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| Grace perhaps, a sportsman changing sides |
|
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| Grace, for one |
|
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| Entreaty |
|
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| Controversial school subject |
|
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| Type of book or closet |
|
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| Mass petition |
|
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| Grace, e.g. |
|
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| Entreaty |
|
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| Bedtime recitation |
|
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| Church activity |
|
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| Orison |
|
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| Entreaty |
|
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| Rogation |
|
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| Lord's ___ |
|
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| Supplication |
|
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| Not a ___ (no chance) |
|
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| Opening of Inaugural ceremony. |
|
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| Angelus. |
|
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| Congress opener. |
|
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| Litany. |
|
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| Ave. |
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