| Beach grains |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2025 |
| Smooths out some rough edges |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2025 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Universal |
29 Aug 2025 |
| see 14 Across (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
24 Aug 2025 |
| Granular stuff |
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| Rubs in herbs and spices (5) |
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| Hourglass bits |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Like those of time Shakespeare and Shelley initialled (5) |
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| Smoothes, in a woodshop |
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| Hourglass fillers |
Newsday |
28 May 2025 |
| Beaches, essentially |
Newsday |
25 May 2025 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Universal |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Smooths wood, say |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Who did Michael Fassbender portray in Hunger? (5) |
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| Historic Vegas casino where the Rat Pack performed |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2025 |
| E.g. Slapton _ or Goodwin _ (5) |
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| Smooths in a woodshop |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2025 |
| Smooths; beach |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Smooths, like wood |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Rubs with abrasive |
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| Hourglass grains |
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| Smooths; beach grains |
The Telegraph Plusword |
07 Feb 2025 |
| "____ of Iwo Jima" 1949 war film starring John Wayne |
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| Smooths with gritty paper |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2025 |
| They're seen at the seaside, also in a ship (5) |
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| Beach grains |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Jan 2025 |
| "The Goodwin ___" (5) |
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| Time metaphor |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2025 |
| Beach bits |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Julian -, actor who portrayed Shelley in 1986 film Gothic |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Dec 2024 |
| Rubs to make smooth, ... the timber |
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| The ___ of time (hourglass contents, poetically) |
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| Hourglass contents |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Dec 2024 |
| Those of time may run out if one smooths the deal (5) |
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| Jack Sock's 2016 Olympic tennis-winning partner, Bethanie Mattek-... (5) |
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| Julian ____, star of A Room with a View |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Ship going around along with seashore |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Grains in their thousands (5) |
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| Makes smooth |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Joiner, employed on board vessel, rubs down a surface (5) |
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| They're found by the sea and on board ship |
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| "_ oflwo Jima" |
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| The ___ of time |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2024 |
| They may run out in time (5) |
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| Beach particles |
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| ___ are running out : time of grace is nearly at end? |
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| Tolerates missing tea, perhaps and smooths things over |
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| Smooths, like wood |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Contents of hourglasses |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2024 |
| *White ___ National Park in New Mexico |
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| Rubs down wood |
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| Rubs with emery |
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| You may find them by the sea and on board ship |
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| Smooths by rubbing |
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| New Mexico's White ___ National Park |
Universal |
09 Mar 2024 |
| Rubs with emerg paper,... down |
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| Takes the edge off, e.g. |
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| Ochres |
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| Beach covers |
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| Julian ___, actor who played George Emerson in 1985 film A Room With A View |
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| Grange-Over-....., station going back to 1857 established by LMS in 1930 (5) |
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| Beach for expanded SS! (5) |
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| Smooths a plank |
Commuter |
25 Dec 2023 |
| Julian , actor who played George Emerson in 1985 film A Room With A View (5) |
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| Expense of desert |
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| Prepares for staining, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2023 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2023 |
| Rubs with rough paper |
The Times Concise |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Beaches in outskirts of Skegness? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Danny Thomas played at its opening |
Wall Street Journal |
12 May 2023 |
| Smooths, in a way |
New York Times |
11 May 2023 |
| Smooths, as wood |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2023 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Universal |
10 Mar 2023 |
| "Prince of Persia: The ___ of Time" |
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| Smooths, in a way |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2022 |
| Historic Vegas hotel |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2022 |
| Smooths, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Oct 2022 |
| Smooths, as a board |
Universal |
14 Sep 2022 |
| Smooths, in a way |
New York Times |
18 Aug 2022 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Smooths in woodworking |
Universal |
24 Jun 2022 |
| Hourglass grains |
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| Inspector ____ is part of a code phrase telling transport staff of a potential incident without causing panic |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
16 Jan 2022 |
| Hourglass fillers |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jan 2022 |
| Beach bits |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jan 2022 |
| Beach |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Oct 2021 |
| The shifting ... of time |
Irish Times Simplex |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Beach grains |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2021 |
| Smooths, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Aug 2021 |
| Beach bits |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Rubs with gritty paper |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Jun 2021 |
| "Prince of Persia: The ___ of Time" (2010 film) |
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| Desert |
The Telegraph Quick |
07 May 2021 |
| Makes smooth |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Smooths in a woodshop |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Contents of hourglasses |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2021 |
| They're constantly shifting, in a metaphor |
Universal |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Some bikinis and shorts in beach area |
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| Does some shop class work |
New York Times |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Smooths, in a way |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Dec 2020 |
| Takes care of the rough spots, in a way |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2020 |
| Makes smooth |
Universal |
17 Sep 2020 |
| Rids of roughness, in a wood shop |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Aug 2020 |
| Smooths, in a way |
The Washington Post |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Smooths, in a way |
LA Times Daily |
15 Aug 2020 |
| Metaphorically shifting particles |
Universal |
13 Jul 2020 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jul 2020 |
| "Prince of Persia: The ___ of Time" (2010 action fantasy film) |
|
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| Smooths the surface of, as wood |
New York Times |
23 Mar 2020 |
| Makes smooth |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Hourglass fillers |
|
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| Rids of roughness, in a way |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Does a wood shop job |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2019 |
| French novelist's C, initially seen in beach area |
|
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| Coastal expanses |
Universal |
19 Aug 2019 |
| Smooths, as wood |
Newsday |
07 May 2019 |
| Smooths in woodshop |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Smooths in woodshop |
The Washington Post |
21 Apr 2019 |
| ___ of time (idiom related to the hourglass) |
|
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| 'Shifting' stuff |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Coastal expanses |
|
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| Does a wood shop job |
|
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| Smooths in woodshop |
|
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| Hourglass fillers |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2018 |
| Beach bits |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Sep 2018 |
| Vegas casino until 1996 |
USA Today |
30 May 2018 |
| "___ of Iwo Jima," 1949 American war film directed by Allan Dwan |
|
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| Uses gritty paper on |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Vegas casino until 1996 |
|
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| Smooths, as a plank |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2017 |
| They fill hourglasses |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2017 |
| Smooths, as wood |
The Washington Post |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Smooths, as wood |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2017 |
| ___ of time (idiom relating to the hourglass) |
|
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| Smooths, in woodworking |
Newsday |
10 May 2017 |
| Smooths in shop class |
The Washington Post |
25 Apr 2017 |
| Smooths in shop class |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2017 |
| "Prince of Persia: The ___ of Time" (2010 film) |
|
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| Dunes, essentially |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2017 |
| Metaphor for time |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2017 |
| Takes the edge off? |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2017 |
| Metaphorical moments of time |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Stuff in hourglasses |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2017 |
| Metaphorical moments of time |
|
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| Takes the edge off? |
|
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| Smooths, as wood |
|
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| Smooths in shop class |
|
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| Vegas casino razed in 1996 |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Does a woodworking chore |
Universal |
19 Nov 2016 |
| Sinatra venue in Vegas |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Beach grains |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2016 |
| Casino heisted in the original 'Ocean's Eleven' |
The Washington Post |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Polishes (eg, wood) |
The Guardian Speedy |
24 Jul 2016 |
| Smooths in wood shop |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2016 |
| Bygone Vegas landmark that featured the Copa Room |
The Washington Post |
06 Mar 2016 |
| Makes smooth, in a way |
USA Today |
06 Feb 2016 |
| White ___ Missile Range |
Universal |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Makes smooth |
|
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| Makes smooth, in a way |
|
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| White ___ Missile Range |
|
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| Vegas casino razed in 1996 |
|
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| Smooths in wood shop |
|
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| Irish revolutionary from outskirts of Swords? |
|
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| Vegas hotel popular with Sinatra |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Smoothes wood |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2015 |
| Metaphor for time ... and, when divided into three words, puzzle theme found in the four longest across answers |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2015 |
| ___ of time |
New York Times |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Historic Vegas hotel, with "the" |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2015 |
| Smooths, in a way |
New York Times |
11 Feb 2015 |
| Smoothes wood |
|
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| ___ of time |
|
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| The __ of time |
|
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| Vegas hotel popular with Sinatra |
|
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| Smooths, in a way |
|
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| Historic Vegas hotel, with "the" |
|
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| Metaphor for time ... and, when divided into three words, puzzle theme found in the four longest across answers |
|
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| Countless, you of old leave on the beach |
|
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| Rids of roughness, in a way |
|
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| Former Vegas casino |
|
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| Metaphor for time |
|
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| Removes rough spots |
|
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| White ___, New Mexico |
|
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| Smooths, in a way |
|
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| Bygone Vegas hotel |
|
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| Smooths |
|
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| Smooths wood |
|
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| Smooths, in a way |
|
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| Hourglass flow |
|
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| Smooths, as wood |
|
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| Vegas hotel where the Rat Pack performed |
|
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| Casino-hotel at which the Rat Pack played |
|
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| Vegas casino razed in 1996 |
|
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| Vegas name |
|
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| Bygone Las Vegas casino |
|
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| Smooths, as wood |
|
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| "___ of Iwo Jima" |
|
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| Contents of hourglasses |
|
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| Time, metaphorically |
|
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| Former Vegas casino |
|
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| Smooths with an abrasive |
|
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| Makes smooth |
|
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| Moments of time, metaphorically |
|
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| Preps for staining |
|
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| Judas Priest: "___ of Time" |
|
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| Finishes a carpentry job |
|
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| Former Vegas hotel, with "The" |
|
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| Bygone Las Vegas casino |
|
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| Finishes off in shop, say |
|
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| Hourglass contents |
|
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| Venetian predecessor |
|
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| Time, metaphorically |
|
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| Tommy of "Babes in Toyland" |
|
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| Time, metaphorically |
|
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| Hourglass fillers |
|
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| Smooths, as wood |
|
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| Smooths, as wood |
|
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| Vegas hotel imploded in 1996 |
|
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| Historic Vegas hotel |
|
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| Contents of hourglasses |
|
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| Historic Vegas hotel |
|
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| Rat Pack venue |
|
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| "Sinatra at the ___" (1966 album) |
|
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| Moments of time |
|
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| Smooths (down) |
|
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| Bygone Vegas hotel |
|
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| Classic Vegas casino |
|
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| Makes smooth, in a way |
|
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| Does a woodworking chore |
|
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| Smooths, as a shelf |
|
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| Smoothes, as wood |
|
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| Removes the rough spots from |
|
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| Vegas casino razed in 1996 |
|
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| Beach blankets? |
|
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| Makes smoother |
|
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| Smooths |
|
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| Erstwhile Vegas hotel |
|
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| Does a woodworking chore |
|
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| Hotel at which Sinatra recorded a 1966 album |
|
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| Vegas casino razed in 1997 |
|
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| Bygone Las Vegas hotel |
|
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| White ___ National Monument |
|
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| Smoothes wood |
|
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| Former Vegas casino |
|
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| Casino razed in 1996 |
|
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| Classic casino |
|
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| Former Las Vegas hotel |
|
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| Dune contents |
|
|
| Desert |
|
|
| Razed Vegas landmark |
|
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| Desert |
|
|
| Childers' fiction, "The Riddle of the ___" |
|
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| Treats an icy road |
|
|
| Razed Vegas landmark |
|
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| "___ of Iwo Jima": 1949 John Wayne film |
|
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| Time units? |
|
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| Smooths wood |
|
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| Does some woodworking |
|
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| Time, so to speak |
|
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| Classic Vegas casino |
|
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| Smooths, in a way |
|
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| Smooths a surface |
|
|
| Bygone Vegas hotel |
|
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| Contents of hourglasses |
|
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| "__ of Iwo Jima" |
|
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| "___ of Iwo Jima": 1949 film |
|
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| Finishes furniture |
|
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| Finishes furniture |
|
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| Beach tracts |
|
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| Hourglass grains |
|
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| "__ of Iwo Jima" |
|
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| Makes smoother |
|
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| Goes across the board? |
|
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| Time, so to speak |
|
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| Beaches |
|
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| The _____ of time |
|
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| Smooths wood |
|
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| "The Riddle of the _____" (Childers) |
|
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| Beach |
|
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| Desert makeup |
|
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| Rubs the right way |
|
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| Shorelines, often |
|
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| Smooths, in a way |
|
|
| White _____ Missile Range |
|
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| Former Vegas hotel |
|
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| Former Vegas casino |
|
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| Deserts |
|
|
| Hourglass fillers |
|
|
| Smooths in a way |
|
|
| Classic Vegas casino |
|
|
| Beaches usually |
|
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| Moments of time? |
|
|
| Removes the rough spots |
|
|
| Classic Vegas casino |
|
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| Finishes a carpentry job |
|
|
| The __ of time |
|
|
| White ____, N.M. |
|
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| White ___ National Monument |
|
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| Saharan sights |
|
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| "___ of Iwo Jima," 1949 film |
|
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| Hosiery shades |
|
|
| Refines a surface, in a way |
|
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| Polishes, in a way |
|
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| Singer Tommy |
|
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| Kingsley's "The ___ of Dee" |
|
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| Actress Diana: 1934-73 |
|
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| White ___, national monument in N.M. |
|
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| Gritty particles |
|
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| "___ of Iwo Jima" |
|
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| " . . . the ___ of time": Longfellow |
|
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| Diana ___: 1934–73 |
|
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| Beach and desert stretches |
|
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| England's Goodwin ___ |
|
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| Moments of time |
|
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| Does a carpenter's job |
|
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| Beaches |
|
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| "Come unto these yellow ___."—The Tempest. |
|
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| Hourglass stuff |
|
|
| See 70 Down. |
|
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| Where swimmers congregate. |
|
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| Polishes. |
|
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| ___ of time. |
|
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| Shores. |
|
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| Figuratively, particles of time. |
|
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| Particles of time. |
|
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| Smooths. |
|
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| Polishes, in a way. |
|
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| Does floor work. |
|
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| Rubs in a way. |
|
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| Beach. |
|
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| Rubs smooth in a certain way. |
|
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| Beaches. |
|
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| Quartz particles. |
|
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| White ___, New Mexico. |
|
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| Symbol of passing time. |
|
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| Smoothes by rubbing, as furniture. |
|
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| Polishes with an abrasive. |
|
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| Beaches or deserts. |
|
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| "Footsteps in the ___ of time." |
|
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| Moments of one's life. |
|
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