| Slippery shower bars | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            25 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Daytime dramas | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | EastEnders, Emmerdale etc | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            29 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Bars used for cleaning | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Bath bars | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            11 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale, e.g. | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            24 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Hotel bathroom supplies | 
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            | Motel freebies | 
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            | Washing 'cakes' | 
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            | "General Hospital" and "Days of Our Lives" | 
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            | Operatic series? (5) | 
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            | Afternoon TV shows | 
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            | Many long-running TV shows | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Bath bars | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Things commonly found in bars | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Eldorado, The Colbys and Triangle were 1980s ___ (5) | 
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            | Serials enjoyed in the afternoon, perhaps | 
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            | Some dailies | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Some daytime TV shows, familiarly | 
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            | Washing bars | 
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            | Dove and Dial, say | 
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            | Dramatic daytime-TV shows | 
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            | "Days of Our Lives" & "General Hospital" | 
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            | Cleaners employed in the south by retirees | 
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            | Melodramatic shows | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Daytime fare | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Daytime TV melodramas | 
            Universal | 
            09 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | EastEnders, Corrie, et al | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            27 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sources of relationship drama? | 
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            | Irish Spring or Dove products | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Telenovelas | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Bath bars | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Daytime shows with many plot twists, informally | 
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            | Coronation Street and EastEnders, e.g. | 
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            | Bath bars | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Makes a lather | 
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            | "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful" | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Dove or Dial products | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Melodramatic fare | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Daytime dramas, informally | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Bath bars | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Son put on elderly people's TV programmes | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            01 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Daytime TV dramas | 
            Universal | 
            22 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Weekday dramas | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Some afternoon shows | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Cakes not for eating | 
            The Washington Post | 
            31 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Cakes not for eating | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Shower bars? | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Wet bars, often | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ivory and Irish Spring products | 
            Universal | 
            17 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Cleaning products | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | TV dramas | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Substances next to sinks | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | TV fare with affairs | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Prime-time entertainment genre: could be Pointless for seniors?  | 
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            | Some wet bars | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Shower bars? | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Bars not for drinking | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Bars not for drinking | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | They're sold in bars | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | They're sold in bars | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Ivory, Coast and others | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Bath bars | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Serialized daytime TV | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Serialized daytime TV | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Bathroom cakes? | 
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            | "Days of Our Lives" and the like | 
            Universal | 
            30 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Daytime dramas, informally | 
            Universal | 
            13 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bars that produce suds | 
            Universal | 
            02 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bath bars | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Zest and Coast | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Serial guilty pleasures for many | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Serial guilty pleasures for many | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bars that get wet | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Suds makers | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Shaving __ | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Detergents, e.g | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Serial guilty pleasures for many | 
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            | Detergents, e.g. | 
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            | Suds makers | 
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            | Daytime dramas, informally | 
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            | Bars that produce suds | 
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            | "Days of Our Lives" and the like | 
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            | Individually wrapped hotel amenities | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Some daytime TV | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Some daytime TV | 
            The Washington Post | 
            31 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Daytime serials | 
            Universal | 
            16 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Individually wrapped hotel amenities | 
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            | Some daytime TV | 
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            | Daytime serials | 
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            | Cakes from the drugstore | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Bathroom bars | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Bathroom bars | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Bathday cakes? | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Melodramatic TV shows | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Some fragrant cakes | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Daytime programming, once | 
            Jonesin | 
            04 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Ivory and Coast, for two | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Ivory and Coast, for two | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Daytime dramas, familiarly | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Some fragrant cakes | 
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            | Ivory and Coast, for two | 
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            | Bathday cakes? | 
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            | Bathroom bars | 
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            | Daytime dramas, familiarly | 
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            | Cleansing bars | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Ivory and Coast | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Most TV "operas" | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Melodramatic shows | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Melodramatic shows | 
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            | Most TV "operas" | 
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            | Ivory and Coast | 
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            | Melodramatic daily fare | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Cleaning products | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Lathers | 
            Canadiana | 
            14 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Wet bars? | 
            Universal | 
            25 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | They're eligible for a daytime Emmy | 
            Universal | 
            22 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Wet bars? | 
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            | They're eligible for a daytime Emmy | 
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            | Bath bars | 
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            | Melodramatic daily fare | 
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            | Wet bars? | 
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            | Serial melodramas, familiarly | 
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            | Cleaning products | 
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            | Dial and Zest | 
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            | Where Jack Wagner moonlighted | 
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            | Supermarket section | 
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            | Shows to do laundry by? | 
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            | Cakes on kitchen sinks | 
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            | Some daytime programming | 
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            | Hand-washing needs | 
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            | Daytime TV dramas | 
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            | Some aromatic cakes | 
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            | Some aromatic cakes | 
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            | They're sold in bars | 
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            | Disappearing afternoon TV shows | 
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            | Daytime dramas | 
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            | Lathers | 
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            | Lathers | 
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            | Wet bars? | 
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            | Stagy shows | 
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            | Endangered TV species | 
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            | Daytime TV fare | 
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            | Afternoon TV serials | 
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            | Overwrought dramas | 
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            | Daytime TV dramas | 
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            | Bathday cakes | 
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            | Shows to do laundry by? | 
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            | Bars that gradually get smaller | 
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            | Vanishing daytime fare | 
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            | Endangered TV fare | 
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            | Cakes not to be eaten | 
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            | Daytime dramas | 
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            | Some wet bars | 
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            | Daytime dramas | 
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            | Some afternoon fare | 
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            | Ivory, Coast and others | 
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            | Afternoon fare ... or a hint to the ends of 20-, 33-, 41- and 52-Across | 
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            | Afternoon entertainment | 
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            | Much of afternoon TV | 
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            | Afternoon serials | 
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            | Bars bought dry | 
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            | Afternoon TV fare | 
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            | Bars bought dry | 
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            | "General Hospital" and "One Life to Live" | 
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            | Daytime TV fare | 
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            | This puzzle's theme | 
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            | Bars that gradually get smaller | 
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            | Afternoon TV fare | 
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            | They provide drama every weekday | 
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            | Daytime TV fare | 
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            | They're eligible for Daytime Emmys | 
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            | Much daytime TV | 
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            | Much daytime TV | 
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            | Some afternoon TV shows | 
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            | Ivory, Coast and others | 
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            | Afternoon fare | 
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            | Television "operas" | 
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            | Daytime viewing | 
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            | Daytime dramas | 
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            | Supermarket display | 
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            | Bathday cakes? | 
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            | Daytime TV fare | 
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            | Afternoon fare | 
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            | Lathers up | 
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            | Wet bars? | 
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            | Wet bars? | 
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            | Afternoon network fare | 
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            | Bath & Body Works offerings | 
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            | Daytime TV staples | 
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            | Midday TV fare | 
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            | Complex serials | 
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            | Complex serials | 
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            | Sudsers | 
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            | "All My Children," et al. | 
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            | Afternoon fare | 
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            | They're eligible for Emmys | 
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            | "Port Charles" et al. | 
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            | Afternoon TV fare | 
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            | "Port Charles" et al. | 
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            | Daily dramas | 
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            | Daytime dramas | 
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            | Daytime dramas | 
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            | Ivory, Coast et al. | 
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            | TV serials | 
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            | Daytime TV fare | 
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            | Many daytime shows | 
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            | Many daytime shows | 
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            | Afternoon shows | 
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            | "Passions," et al. | 
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            | Shower bars | 
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            | Afternoon fare | 
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            | Day operas | 
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            | Daytime fare | 
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            | Daytime serials | 
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            | Daytime fare | 
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            | Tearjerkers, sometimes | 
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            | Lathers up | 
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            | Detergents | 
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            | Cleansing agents | 
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            | Daytime TV fare | 
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            | Milieu for Carey and Lucci | 
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            | Afternoon fare on TV | 
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            | TV fare | 
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            | Daytime TV operas | 
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            | TV offerings | 
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            | Lathers | 
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            | Daytime TV dramas | 
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            | Afternoon TV programs | 
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            | Castile et al. | 
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            | Flatters | 
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            | Soft and saddle | 
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            | Relatives of oaters | 
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            | Supermarket items. | 
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            | Makes a lather. | 
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            | "Opera" sponsors on radio. | 
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            | Fragrant cakes. | 
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            | Cleaners. | 
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            | Opera sponsors. | 
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            | Household necessities. | 
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            | Household commodities. | 
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            | Hard-milled items. | 
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            | Cleansing agents. | 
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            | Shampoos. | 
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            | Detergents. | 
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            | Castile and others. | 
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            | Flatters. | 
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            | Lathers. | 
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            | Does a shower routine. | 
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            | Cleansers. | 
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            | Mid-afternoon fare | 
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