| Contraction of "it is" that only removes one letter |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Oct 2025 |
| "'___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift hit) |
Universal |
14 Oct 2025 |
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2025 |
| "... ___ the season ..." |
|
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| Grafton's "Trespass" title starter |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2025 |
| Christmas carol contraction |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2025 |
| "___ the season!" |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2025 |
| "__ the season!" |
Commuter |
22 Sep 2025 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Sep 2025 |
| "__ the season to be jolly" |
Commuter |
16 Sep 2025 |
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2025 |
| ____ So Much Joy, Emily Dickinson poem |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Sep 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "__ the season!" |
Commuter |
04 Sep 2025 |
| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." |
Universal |
04 Sep 2025 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Sep 2025 |
| 'Twas, now |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2025 |
| "... ___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "'___ better to have loved and lost ..." |
Family Time |
25 Aug 2025 |
| "Verily!" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2025 |
| "___ the season!" |
New York Times Mini |
23 Aug 2025 |
| "-- folly to be wise" |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Aug 2025 |
| Quaint agreement |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
18 Aug 2025 |
| "My country ___ of thee ..." |
|
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| "___ but a scratch" |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2025 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song) |
New York Times |
16 Aug 2025 |
| "My country -- of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Aug 2025 |
| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
|
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| "My country, __ of thee" |
Commuter |
31 Jul 2025 |
| "'___ the season ..." |
Universal |
30 Jul 2025 |
| "__ the season!" |
Commuter |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Notes between las and dos |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2025 |
| "____ the season!" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Sit up! It is short(3) |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| My Country, ____ of Thee, American patriotic anthem |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Quaint "True" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "'___ the season" |
Universal |
24 Jun 2025 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jun 2025 |
| "____ the season" |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Jun 2025 |
| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "-- the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jun 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "___ the season . . ." |
USA Today |
29 May 2025 |
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2025 |
| "___ better to have loved and lost..." |
Wall Street Journal |
20 May 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." ("Deck the Hall" lyrics) |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind to suffer..." (Hamlet quote) |
|
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| It's different for some of the British (3) |
|
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| "lt is" a verbal contraction |
|
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| "My country -- of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
05 May 2025 |
| Seventh scale tones |
Premier Sunday |
04 May 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 May 2025 |
| "My country, __ of thee" |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "___ the season!" |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2025 |
| "___ but a scratch" |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Old-timey "Agreed!" |
|
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| "My Country, ___ of Thee ..." |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2025 |
| "__ the season to be jolly..." |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| Archaic and apt anagram for "it's" |
|
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| "My country, -- of thee ..." |
Premier Sunday |
02 Mar 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly!" |
|
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| "___ the season" |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2025 |
| "My country - of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Feb 2025 |
| Confirmation can make you sit up (3) |
|
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "___ the season" |
Universal |
13 Feb 2025 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| McCourt book |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2025 |
| 1999 memoir by Frank McCourt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Feb 2025 |
| ___ the season, particular time of year (3) |
|
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| It's changed, but not significantly |
|
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| It is short, so sit up! (3) |
|
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| "___ the damn season" (Taylor Swift song) |
USA Today |
31 Jan 2025 |
| "___ the season" |
Universal |
24 Jan 2025 |
| Terse (and potentially pretentious) confirmation |
|
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| Notes after "La's" |
|
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| "-- a pity ..." |
Premier Sunday |
19 Jan 2025 |
| 'Twas presently? |
Family Time |
19 Jan 2025 |
| "___ the season!" |
Universal |
14 Jan 2025 |
| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| 'Twas, in the present |
Universal |
12 Jan 2025 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
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| Old-fashioned way to say "it is" |
|
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| "- the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Dec 2024 |
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Dec 2024 |
| This is breathlessly assertive! (3) |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly!" |
|
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| "___ better to have loved and lost ..." |
Universal |
05 Dec 2024 |
| McCourt memoir |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| Angela's Ashes sequel |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Dec 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
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| Confirmation to make you sit up! (3) |
|
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| 1999 memoir by Frank Mccourt, sequel to the Pulitzer Prizewinning Angela's Ashes (3) |
|
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| "- the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Nov 2024 |
| "___ the season ..." |
Universal |
21 Nov 2024 |
| "... ___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Premier Sunday |
17 Nov 2024 |
| Carol contraction |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
|
| Seventh notes |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Oct 2024 |
| Affirmation of Britishness? (3) |
|
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| "___ the season!" |
New York Times |
29 Oct 2024 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2024 |
| It is (poet) |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2024 |
| "It is" a verbal contraction |
|
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| Poetic "it is" |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
|
| Anagram and synonym of "it's" |
|
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| "___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem) |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2024 |
| It's another way to sit in an artist's studio |
|
|
| Christmas card contraction |
TV |
06 Oct 2024 |
| "... ___ the season ..." |
|
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
04 Oct 2024 |
| "__ a pity" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Sit up! It is short (3) |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Sep 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "My country, __ of thee" |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Sep 2024 |
| It is short (3) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Sep 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly …" |
New York Times |
23 Sep 2024 |
| 1999 memoir by Frank McCourt |
Mirror Quiz |
18 Sep 2024 |
| "___ the season ..." |
Universal |
18 Sep 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
|
| ____ the Damn Season, Taylor Swift song |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
12 Sep 2024 |
| A brief confirmation (3) |
|
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| "__ better to have loved and lost ... " |
LA Times Daily |
12 Sep 2024 |
| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
|
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| "__ the season to be jolly" |
Commuter |
21 Aug 2024 |
| "___ the morrow full of storm" (Neruda poem) |
|
|
| Christmas contraction |
|
|
| Memoir by Frank McCourt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Aug 2024 |
| Sonneteer's contraction |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2024 |
| "My country __ of thee" |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Seventh notes on scales |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2024 |
| "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift song) |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2024 |
| "___ the season ..." |
|
|
| It is contracted long ago! |
Universal |
02 Aug 2024 |
| 'Twas today? |
Universal |
28 Jul 2024 |
| "- folly to be wise" |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Jul 2024 |
| "__ the season!" |
Commuter |
25 Jul 2024 |
| "___ but a scratch" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail quote) |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
|
| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2024 |
| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
|
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| "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2024 |
| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
|
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| "Ah yes, yes indeed" |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2024 |
| "___ the season" |
USA Today |
12 Jul 2024 |
| This'll make you sit up! |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Frank McCourt |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Jun 2024 |
| "Verily!" |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Carol contraction |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2024 |
| Sit up! It's different (3) |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jun 2024 |
| Briefly, it's positively assertive (3) |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
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| Sit back, it is a contraction! (3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Jun 2024 |
| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." |
Universal |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Carol contraction |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jun 2024 |
| "It is" contracted for the poets? |
|
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| It's changed, but the meaning's the same (3) |
|
|
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2024 |
| It is (abb) |
|
|
| "My country - of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2024 |
| It's different when you sit up ('3) |
|
|
| "_ the season ... " |
Commuter |
24 May 2024 |
| 'Twas, in the present tense |
USA Today |
18 May 2024 |
| It's decrepit? (3) |
|
|
| Contraction of "it is" (3) |
|
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| Maybe it's of British extraction (3) |
|
|
| Sit up when it is abbreviated |
|
|
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| "My country __ of thee" |
Newsday |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Apr 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| It is, to a poet |
|
|
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Universal |
15 Apr 2024 |
| "'___ but a scratch" |
Universal |
13 Apr 2024 |
| It is shortened, I first having left it (3) |
|
|
| It is (poetic) |
|
|
| Quaint acknowledgment |
|
|
| "Deck the halls with boughs of holly; Tra, la, la, la la; La, la, la, la; ... the season to be jolly" ('3) |
|
|
| Not 'twas |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Mar 2024 |
| "'___ the season ..." |
Universal |
25 Mar 2024 |
| It's possible to sit in the dentist's chair |
|
|
| 'It is' contraction |
|
|
| It's a change to sit back ('3) |
|
|
| ___ the season ... |
|
|
| ___ the season, Yuletide phrase (3) |
|
|
| "___ better to have loved and lost ..." |
New York Times |
29 Feb 2024 |
| McCourt memoir |
Newsday |
29 Feb 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly!" |
|
|
| Affirmation of artistry |
|
|
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Universal |
26 Feb 2024 |
| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
|
| Not 'tain't |
|
|
| It is (poetic) ('3) |
|
|
| 'Twas right now? |
Family Time |
12 Feb 2024 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
|
| "- folly to be wise" |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Feb 2024 |
| "'___ the season ..." |
Universal |
08 Feb 2024 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
USA Today |
01 Feb 2024 |
| "___ but a scratch" ("Monty Python" line) |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Jan 2024 |
| "'___ the season to be jolly" |
Family Time |
21 Jan 2024 |
| ___ the Season to Be Merry (2021 film) |
|
|
| "___ the season . . ." |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2024 |
| - the Damn Season, Taylor Swift song (3) |
|
|
| "- a pity!" |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jan 2024 |
| "__ the season to be jolly" |
Newsday |
10 Jan 2024 |
| "___ but a scratch" |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2024 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| *"___ the season to be jolly, Fa la la la..." |
|
|
| “___ the season...” |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Dec 2023 |
| “— the season ...” |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Dec 2023 |
| --- the season, Yuletide phrase (3) |
|
|
| "Indeed!," quaintly |
New York Times |
29 Nov 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| "___ the season ..." |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2023 |
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2023 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Nov 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| "___ Love That Makes Us Happy" (hymn) |
|
|
| Carol contraction |
Newsday |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Sit back? |
Universal |
03 Nov 2023 |
| McCourt book |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2023 |
| ''My country, __ of thee'' |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
08 Oct 2023 |
| Contraction in "Deck the Halls" |
Universal |
04 Oct 2023 |
| "___ the season!" |
USA Today |
02 Oct 2023 |
| "'___ the season ..." |
Universal |
02 Oct 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Sep 2023 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
10 Sep 2023 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Sep 2023 |
| '___ the season to be jolly' |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| 'My country, ___ of thee' |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2023 |
| Taylor Swift's '___ the Damn Season' |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2023 |
| "___ the last rose of summer, left blooming alone..." (Thomas Moore lines) |
|
|
| It's in a carol? |
Universal |
13 Aug 2023 |
| "___ but a scratch" |
Universal |
09 Aug 2023 |
| '___ better to have loved and lost . . .' |
USA Today |
31 Jul 2023 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jul 2023 |
| Quaint confirmation |
Universal |
28 Jul 2023 |
| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
|
| "___ the season ..." |
Universal |
15 Jul 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jul 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| "My country, '___ of thee ..." |
Family Time |
25 Jun 2023 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jun 2023 |
| '___ Love That Makes Us Happy' (hymn) |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2023 |
| 'My country, __ of thee . . .' |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2023 |
| 'My country, __ of thee . . .' |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Jun 2023 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Jun 2023 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Jun 2023 |
| Poetic contraction |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2023 |
| "— a pity" |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jun 2023 |
| "__ but a scratch" |
LA Times Daily |
31 May 2023 |
| '___ the season!' |
USA Today |
31 May 2023 |
| "___ better to have loved and lost..." |
|
|
| "___ but a scratch" ("Monty Python" quote) |
Universal |
29 May 2023 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 May 2023 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
|
| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
|
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| '___ the season to be jolly . . .' |
USA Today |
22 Apr 2023 |
| '___ the season!' |
USA Today |
19 Apr 2023 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Apr 2023 |
| "'___ the season ..." |
Universal |
11 Apr 2023 |
| "My country, __ of thee ... " |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2023 |
| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
|
| Frank McCourt book |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Mar 2023 |
| It is, to Tennyson |
Canadiana |
06 Mar 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly!" |
|
|
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Feb 2023 |
| Present-tense 'twas |
USA Today |
18 Feb 2023 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Feb 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| 'My country, __ of thee' |
Newsday |
06 Feb 2023 |
| Carol contraction |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| Contraction in 'Deck the Halls' |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2023 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Newsday |
12 Jan 2023 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
Universal |
08 Jan 2023 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
|
| "The season" preceder |
Universal |
06 Jan 2023 |
| '___ the season!' |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2023 |
| '__ the season . . .' |
Newsday |
25 Dec 2022 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| '___ the wind and nothing more!' ('The Raven' line) |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Dec 2022 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2022 |
| '___ the season!' |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2022 |
| Sonneteer's contraction |
Universal |
02 Dec 2022 |
| '___ but a scratch': oft-quoted Monty Python line |
New York Times |
27 Nov 2022 |
| "...Whether ___ nobler in the mind..." (part of Hamlet's soliloquy) |
|
|
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| '__ the season . . .' |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2022 |
| "...___ the season..." |
|
|
| "'___ the season to be jolly" |
Family Time |
31 Oct 2022 |
| “___ but a scratch!” |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2022 |
| '___ but a scratch!' |
New York Times |
25 Oct 2022 |
| "___ is the Season to be Jolly" |
|
|
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Oct 2022 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Universal |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
02 Oct 2022 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Sep 2022 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2022 |
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Sep 2022 |
| "'___ the season to be jolly ..." |
Family Time |
19 Sep 2022 |
| "___ the Season to Be Merry" (2021 film) |
|
|
| Present tense of 'twas |
USA Today |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Lewis Carroll’s “___ the Voice of the Lobster” |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Sep 2022 |
| '__ the season to be jolly . . .' |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2022 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| 'Ah yes, yes indeed' |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2022 |
| 'Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise': Thomas Gray |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2022 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Aug 2022 |
| "... ___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| Carol contraction |
LA Times Daily |
28 Aug 2022 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
|
| In time, is girl a soft thing to be discarded? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Jul 2022 |
| This is the end of many inflammatory diseases |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
10 Jul 2022 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jul 2022 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
|
| "___ the season.." |
|
|
| '__ the season to be jolly' |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2022 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Jun 2022 |
| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
Family Time |
13 Jun 2022 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Universal |
12 Jun 2022 |
| Quaint confirmation |
New York Times |
10 Jun 2022 |
| McCourt’s sequel to “Angela’s Ashes” |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2022 |
| "___ the season!" |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 May 2022 |
| “___ the season...” |
Wall Street Journal |
25 May 2022 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
24 May 2022 |
| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
|
| Lead-in to "the season" |
Universal |
13 May 2022 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 May 2022 |
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
02 May 2022 |
| '__ the season ... ' |
The Washington Post |
02 May 2022 |
| "___ but a scratch" ("Monty Python and the Holy Grail" line) |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Apr 2022 |
| 'Twas right now? |
Family Time |
17 Apr 2022 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| “___ Money Makes a Man” (old English ballad) |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Apr 2022 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Apr 2022 |
| "— folly to be wise" |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2022 |
| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
Universal |
15 Mar 2022 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Mar 2022 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
Family Time |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Mar 2022 |
| “___ folly to be wise” |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Apt 'it's' anagram |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Apt "it's" anagram |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2022 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jan 2022 |
| '__ the season ... ' |
The Washington Post |
26 Jan 2022 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jan 2022 |
| Contraction in "Deck the Halls" |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| Carol contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2021 |
| "— a pity!" |
Premier Sunday |
05 Dec 2021 |
| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2021 |
| ''___ the season to be jolly'' |
Family Time |
28 Nov 2021 |
| "— the season ..." |
Premier Sunday |
14 Nov 2021 |
| It is briefly part of treatise |
|
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| “___ the season to be jolly” |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2021 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
LA Times Daily |
29 Oct 2021 |
| '___ the season!' |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2021 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| Present-tense 'twas |
USA Today |
11 Oct 2021 |
| "___ the season ..." |
Universal |
07 Oct 2021 |
| Contraction that drops an “i” |
New York Times |
30 Sep 2021 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Universal |
23 Sep 2021 |
| "My country, ___ of ..." |
Family Time |
20 Sep 2021 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Sep 2021 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Sep 2021 |
| Contraction in a famous Christmas carol? |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
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| It is, to Tennyson |
Canadiana |
23 Aug 2021 |
| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind..." ("Hamlet") |
|
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| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Aug 2021 |
| Carol contraction |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2021 |
| 'Deck the Halls' contraction |
New York Times |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Archaic version of "it's" |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Aug 2021 |
| "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift song) |
Universal |
06 Aug 2021 |
| ''__ the season to be jolly'' |
Newsday |
27 Jul 2021 |
| '__ the season ... ' |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2021 |
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2021 |
| "Whether __ nobler ... ": Hamlet |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2021 |
| 'Whether __ nobler ... ': Hamlet |
The Washington Post |
25 Jul 2021 |
| "My Country, ___ of Thee..." |
|
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| Carol contraction |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Carol contraction |
The Washington Post |
08 Jul 2021 |
| First word of the song 'Simple Gifts' |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2021 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| '___ but a scratch' |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2021 |
| Seventh scale notes |
Premier Sunday |
13 Jun 2021 |
| ''__ the season to be jolly . . .'' |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2021 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 May 2021 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| “___ folly to be wise” |
Wall Street Journal |
18 May 2021 |
| '__ the season ... ' |
The Washington Post |
14 May 2021 |
| "__ the season ... " |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2021 |
| "My country — of thee" |
Thomas Joseph |
12 May 2021 |
| Quaint contraction |
New York Times |
09 May 2021 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Thomas Joseph |
07 May 2021 |
| '___ the season!' |
USA Today |
03 May 2021 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
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| '___ destiny unshunnable, like death': 'Othello' |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2021 |
| Twas, presently |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2021 |
| '___ the Damn Season' (2020 Taylor Swift song) |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2021 |
| Stanza contraction |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2021 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "— the season ..." |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Mar 2021 |
| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
Family Time |
21 Mar 2021 |
| Carol contraction |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2021 |
| '___ but a scratch' (Monty Python quote) |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2021 |
| McCourt memoir |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Contraction in Hamlet’s soliloquy |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Mar 2021 |
| '___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus' (hymn) |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2021 |
| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." ("Hamlet" line) |
Family Time |
22 Feb 2021 |
| "___ the season to be merry" |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| "My country ___ of thee ..." |
Family Time |
31 Jan 2021 |
| Third word of "America" |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Jan 2021 |
| It is, condensed |
Canadiana |
25 Jan 2021 |
| "___ the Voice of the Lobster" by Lewis Carroll |
|
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| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
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| "America (My Country, ___ of Thee)" |
|
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| 'Deck the Halls' contraction |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Quaint agreement |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2020 |
| "___ the season ..." |
Universal |
04 Dec 2020 |
| Brief confirmation |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2020 |
| It is poetically |
Canadiana |
30 Nov 2020 |
| '___ sweet, adown the shady past, / A lingering look of love
to cast': Browning |
The Washington Post Sunday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| "___ the season..." |
|
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| 'Deck the Halls' contraction |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Lead-in to "the season" |
Universal |
06 Nov 2020 |
| Apt "it's" anagram |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2020 |
| Apt 'it's' anagram |
The Washington Post |
03 Nov 2020 |
| Present-tense 'twas |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2020 |
| The season opener? |
New York Times |
23 Oct 2020 |
| It's shortened notes |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Poetic contraction |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2020 |
| '___ but a scratch!' |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2020 |
| 'My country, ___ of thee ...' |
New York Times |
21 Sep 2020 |
| Poetic contraction |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Sep 2020 |
| '___ the season to be jolly' |
USA Today |
08 Sep 2020 |
| "___ the season to be merry!" |
|
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| '___ the season ...' |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2020 |
| It is,poetically |
Canadiana |
31 Aug 2020 |
| McCourt memoir |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2020 |
| "___ the season to be merry" |
|
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| "__ the season ..." |
Family Time |
10 Aug 2020 |
| It is, poetically |
Canadiana |
10 Aug 2020 |
| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly.." |
|
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| "___ better to have loved ..." |
Universal |
21 Jul 2020 |
| '___ but a scratch ...' |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2020 |
| 'Twas in the present? |
Universal |
13 Jul 2020 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jun 2020 |
| 'Deck the Halls' contraction |
The Washington Post |
23 Jun 2020 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| “___ better to be vile than vile esteemed”: Shakespeare |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jun 2020 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" word |
Family Time |
26 Apr 2020 |
| ''Absolutely,'' for short |
Newsday |
18 Apr 2020 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
Universal |
16 Apr 2020 |
| Poetic contraction usually at the start of a line |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2020 |
| “Aye, true!” |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Apr 2020 |
| '___ the season . . .' |
USA Today |
10 Apr 2020 |
| “___ the Voice of the Lobster” (Lewis Carroll poem) |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Apr 2020 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| 'My country — of thee' |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Mar 2020 |
| “Whether ___ nobler in the mind to suffer...”: Hamlet |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Carol contraction |
The Washington Post |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Carol contraction |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2020 |
| Quaint confirmation |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 Feb 2020 |
| '— the season ...' |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Feb 2020 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| “Deck the Halls” contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Feb 2020 |
| "___ the season" |
|
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| What precedes the season? |
|
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| "___ the season... " |
Family Time |
23 Dec 2019 |
| ''America'' contraction |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2019 |
| '— a pity' |
Premier Sunday |
08 Dec 2019 |
| ''My country, __ of thee . . .'' |
Newsday |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Carol opener |
The Washington Post |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Carol opener |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2019 |
| Frank McCourt book |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Nov 2019 |
| “___ the wind and nothing more!” (“The Raven”) |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2019 |
| 'Deck the Halls' contraction |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2019 |
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly." |
|
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| Elevator innovator |
The Washington Post Sunday |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Christmas carol contraction |
New York Times |
03 Oct 2019 |
| Bard's contraction |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2019 |
| '___ better to have loved and lost ...' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Woody Herman's ''___ Autumn' |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2019 |
| '___ the season to be jolly' |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2019 |
| "___ the season to be jolly!" |
|
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| '___ the season to be jolly' |
Jonesin |
30 Jul 2019 |
| Archaic contraction |
Universal |
19 Jul 2019 |
| "___ a pity" |
Universal |
16 Jul 2019 |
| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
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| Yuletide contraction |
New York Times |
07 Jul 2019 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| 'Whether ___ nobler in the mind ...' |
Jonesin |
18 Jun 2019 |
| '___ the season...' |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jun 2019 |
| "___ but a scratch!" (line from "Monty Python") |
|
|
| Contraction in Hamlet's soliloquy |
Newsday |
09 May 2019 |
| 'Deck the Halls' contraction |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Apr 2019 |
| 'America' contraction |
USA Today |
23 Apr 2019 |
| '___ but a scratch' (line from the Black Knight after losing his arm, in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail') |
The Washington Post Sunday |
07 Apr 2019 |
| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
Universal |
24 Mar 2019 |
| '___ a consummation devoutly to be wished': Hamlet |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2019 |
| 'Whether — nobler ...' |
Premier Sunday |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Contraction in a Christmas song |
New York Times |
10 Mar 2019 |
| "___ the season ..." |
Family Time |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Frank McCourt's book "___: A Memoir" |
|
|
| 'America' contraction |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| Archaic version of "it's" (also an anagram) |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly.." |
|
|
| Follower of 'My country' |
New York Times |
24 Jan 2019 |
| 'My country, ___ ...' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 Jan 2019 |
| ''__ the season . . . '' |
Newsday |
02 Jan 2019 |
| "___ the season" (word that begins with an apostrophe) |
|
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| "___ the wind and nothing more!" ("The Raven") |
|
|
| Frank McCourt book |
|
|
| Yuletide contraction |
|
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| "America" contraction |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
|
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| "___ a pity" |
|
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| "___ the season . . ." |
|
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| Woody Herman's "'___ Autumn" |
|
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| Archaic contraction |
|
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| "___ a consummation devoutly to be wished": Hamlet |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "__ the season ... " |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
|
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| Follower of "My country" |
|
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| Contraction in a Christmas song |
|
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| Christmas carol contraction |
|
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| Bard's contraction |
|
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| '___ midnight, but small thoughts have I of sleep': Coleridge |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2018 |
| "Whether ___ nobler ..." |
Universal |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Quaint contraction |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2018 |
| Quaint contraction |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2018 |
| '___ the season' |
Jonesin |
20 Nov 2018 |
| '— folly to be wise' |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2018 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
Family Time |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Oct 2018 |
| 'Whether __ nobler ... ': Hamlet |
The Washington Post |
07 Oct 2018 |
| "Whether __ nobler ... ": Hamlet |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2018 |
| "___ the season to be ..." |
Family Time |
07 Oct 2018 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| ''My country, __ of thee'' |
Newsday |
03 Oct 2018 |
| '-- the season to be jolly' |
Premier Sunday |
23 Sep 2018 |
| '___ Autumn' (1941 jazz standard) |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Sep 2018 |
| 'Whether ___ nobler ...' |
New York Times |
04 Sep 2018 |
| ''__ the season . . .'' |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2018 |
| '___ the season ...' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
12 Aug 2018 |
| 'My country -- of thee' |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Jul 2018 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
USA Today |
19 Jul 2018 |
| "___ the season... " |
|
|
| Quaint contraction |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Jul 2018 |
| "___ the season to be jolly!" |
|
|
| '___ Autumn' (Woody Herman hit) |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2018 |
| '-- a pity' |
Premier Sunday |
10 Jun 2018 |
| It is fancy? |
Universal |
02 Jun 2018 |
| It's in old poems |
Universal |
26 May 2018 |
| 18-Down, in the present tense |
USA Today |
20 May 2018 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| Frank McCourt's follow-up to 'Angela's Ashes' |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2018 |
| Carol contraction |
Universal |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Carol contraction |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2018 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| 'Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise' |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2018 |
| Third word of "America" |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2018 |
| "'__ some visitor,' I muttered ... ": Poe |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2018 |
| ''__ some visitor,' I muttered ... ': Poe |
The Washington Post |
14 Jan 2018 |
| It's in poetry? |
Universal |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
|
|
| "'__ some visitor,' I muttered ... ": Poe |
|
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| "Whether __ nobler ... ": Hamlet |
|
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| It's in poetry? |
|
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| It's in old poems |
|
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| It is fancy? |
|
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| Carol contraction |
|
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| "___ better to have loved ..." |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler ..." |
|
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| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler ..." |
|
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| Quaint contraction |
|
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| "___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit) |
|
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| "___ midnight, but small thoughts have I of sleep": Coleridge |
|
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| Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" |
|
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| "___ Autumn" (1941 jazz standard) |
|
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| Third word of "America" |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
|
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| 18-Down, in the present tense |
|
|
| Frank McCourt's follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" |
|
|
| '-- the season ...' |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2017 |
| Christmas song contraction |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2017 |
| Start of the season? |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2017 |
| '___ my first night beneath the Sun' (Dickinson poem) |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2017 |
| 'My country, ___ of thee...' |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Oct 2017 |
| 'My Country, ___ of Thee' |
New York Times |
02 Oct 2017 |
| Third word of 'America' |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2017 |
| It's in many poems |
The Washington Post |
23 Sep 2017 |
| It's in many poems |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2017 |
| Carol contraction |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Sep 2017 |
| ' the season ...' |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Sep 2017 |
| "T'aint!" opposite |
Universal |
30 Aug 2017 |
| "___ the season . . ." |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2017 |
| "___ folly to be wise" |
Universal |
07 Aug 2017 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2017 |
| "___ the season to be jolly..." |
|
|
| Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" |
USA Today |
20 Jul 2017 |
| Sequel to 'Angela's Ashes' |
New York Times |
20 Jul 2017 |
| It's different. but equivalent |
|
|
| Contraction in "America" |
USA Today |
09 Jul 2017 |
| '___ folly to be wise' |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2017 |
| "America" contraction |
USA Today |
20 May 2017 |
| 'Twas today? |
Universal |
04 Mar 2017 |
| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
|
|
| "My country ___ of thee ..." |
Universal |
19 Feb 2017 |
| '___ the season to be jolly' |
The Washington Post |
18 Feb 2017 |
| '___ the Voice of the Lobster' ('Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' poem) |
New York Times |
19 Jan 2017 |
| '___ the season ...' |
Jonesin |
17 Jan 2017 |
| '___ the last rose of summer' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Jan 2017 |
| "___ the last rose of summer" |
|
|
| Start of the season? |
|
|
| Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| Christmas song contraction |
|
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| "___ the Voice of the Lobster" ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" poem) |
|
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| "___ my first night beneath the Sun" (Dickinson poem) |
|
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| 'Twas today? |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise" |
|
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| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
|
|
| It's in many poems |
|
|
| Contraction in "America" |
|
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| Apt "it's" anagram |
|
|
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise" |
|
|
| "T'aint!" opposite |
|
|
| Sequel to a 1996 Pulitzer memoir |
Newsday |
10 Dec 2016 |
| Synonym and anagram of it's |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
27 Nov 2016 |
| '-- the season!' |
Premier Sunday |
27 Nov 2016 |
| Archaic 'Agreed!' |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Nov 2016 |
| 'My country, ___ of thee' |
The Washington Post |
04 Oct 2016 |
| '-- folly to be wise' |
Premier Sunday |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Contraction in Hamlet's soliloquy |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2016 |
| '___ better to have loved and lost ...' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
02 Sep 2016 |
| Retort to "T'aint!" |
USA Today |
23 Aug 2016 |
| Sequel to 'Angela's Ashes' |
The Washington Post |
18 Aug 2016 |
| Contraction in 'America' |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2016 |
| Frank McCourt memoir |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jul 2016 |
| "T'ain't" retort |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2016 |
| '___ a pity' |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2016 |
| "___ the season to ..." |
Universal |
18 Jul 2016 |
| "__ the season ..." |
USA Today |
23 Jun 2016 |
| Apostrophized affirmative |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jun 2016 |
| ''My country __ of thee'' |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2016 |
| Third word of "America" |
Universal |
29 Feb 2016 |
| 'Whether -- nobler ...' |
Premier Sunday |
28 Feb 2016 |
| '___ well' (George Washington's last words) |
New York Times |
15 Feb 2016 |
| What precedes the season? |
New York Times |
04 Feb 2016 |
| Archaic 'agreed' |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jan 2016 |
| Follow-up to 'Angela's Ashes' |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Retort to "T'aint!" |
|
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| "My country ___ of thee ..." |
|
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| "___ the season to ..." |
|
|
| Poetic contraction |
|
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| Contraction in Hamlet's soliloquy |
|
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| "___ well" (George Washington's last words) |
|
|
| "___ a pity" |
|
|
| "__ the season ..." |
|
|
| "T'ain't" retort |
|
|
| "___ better to have loved and lost ..." |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
|
|
| Carol opener |
|
|
| '...___the season to be jolly' |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2015 |
| "My country, ___ of thee" |
Universal |
22 Dec 2015 |
| 'Twas in the present? |
USA Today |
05 Dec 2015 |
| "My country, ___ of thee . . ." |
USA Today |
02 Dec 2015 |
| ''___ the season to be jolly' |
Jonesin |
10 Nov 2015 |
| '-- folly to be wise' |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Oct 2015 |
| Third word of 'America' |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Oct 2015 |
| "__ a pity" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Sep 2015 |
| Poets' it is |
Canadiana |
21 Sep 2015 |
| 'America' contraction |
Premier Sunday |
20 Sep 2015 |
| "___ the season to be jolly" |
USA Today |
20 Sep 2015 |
| "Whether __ nobler ...": Hamlet |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2015 |
| "My country, ___ of . . ." |
USA Today |
31 Aug 2015 |
| Sole word in the last chapter of 'Angela's Ashes' |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2015 |
| "__ the year's midnight ... ": Donne |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2015 |
| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind . . ." |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2015 |
| "___ the season to ..." |
Family Time |
12 Jul 2015 |
| '-- a pity ...' |
Premier Sunday |
12 Jul 2015 |
| "Deck the Halls" word |
Universal |
07 Jul 2015 |
| That thing's at first oddly ignored |
|
|
| "__ the gift to be simple ... ": Shaker song |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2015 |
| Old-fashioned contraction |
USA Today |
26 Apr 2015 |
| Seasonal contraction |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2015 |
| "My country __ ... " |
LA Times Daily |
22 Feb 2015 |
| ''__ the Voice of the Lobster'' (poem recited by Alice) |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2015 |
| McCourt book |
Newsday |
25 Jan 2015 |
| "My Country ___ of Thee" |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2015 |
| Poet's contraction |
Universal |
08 Jan 2015 |
| "__ the season to be jolly . . ." |
|
|
| McCourt book |
|
|
| McCourt memoir |
|
|
| "My Country ___ of Thee" |
|
|
| "...___the season to be jolly" |
|
|
| Carol contraction |
|
|
| "__ the year's midnight ... ": Donne |
|
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| "__ the gift to be simple ... ": Shaker song |
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| "__ a pity" |
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| "___ the season ..." |
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind . . ." |
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| Old-fashioned contraction |
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| "Whether __ nobler ...": Hamlet |
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| 'America' contraction |
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| 'Twas in the present? |
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| Seasonal contraction |
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| "My country, ___ of thee" |
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| "Deck the Halls" word |
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| Poet's contraction |
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| Sole word in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "My country, ___ of thee . . ." |
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| "My country, ___ of . . ." |
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| "My country __ ... " |
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| '-- a pity ...' |
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| "__ the Voice of the Lobster" (poem recited by Alice) |
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| "'Taint" comeback |
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| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
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| "__ the season . . ." |
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| Frank McCourt book |
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| "... ___ of thee" |
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| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
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| "___ the season" |
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| Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "America" contraction |
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
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| "___ true" |
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| "Verily" |
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| "My country" follower |
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| Poetic contraction |
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| '-- a shame' |
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| Sequel to "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "__ the season..." |
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| "__ better to have loved ...": Tennyson |
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| "__ the season ..." |
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| "__ the season to be jolly ..." |
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| "___ not for you to hear what I can speak": "Macbeth" |
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| "'Tain't" rebuttal |
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| Follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "'___ the season to be jolly" |
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| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
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| "Whether ___ nobler . . ." |
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| Opposite of 'tain't |
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| "My country, ___ ... " |
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| "___ Pity She's a Whore" |
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| "Aye" |
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| It's, once |
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| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
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| Poetic contraction |
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| "___ Pity She's a Whore" (1633 tragedy) |
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| Poetic contraction |
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| It is abbreviated |
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| "My country, __ ..." |
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| McCourt memoir |
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| "__ a pity" |
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| Carol's first word |
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| "... __ of thee" |
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| "'Tain't" rebuttal |
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| "'Tain't" rebuttal |
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| "___ an old tale, and often told" (Scott) |
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| 'My country, -- ...' |
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| Contracted agreement |
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| "___ the last rose of summer" (Thomas Moore poem starter) |
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| "___ better to have loved and lost ..." |
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| "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" |
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| Quaint contraction |
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| McCourt memoir |
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| "My country, __ of thee" |
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
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| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
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| "My country, __ ..." |
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| Word that begins with an apostrophe |
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| It is abbreviated |
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| "Indeedy" |
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| 'Twas in the present? |
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| "__ the season to be jolly . . ." |
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| "'___ the season to be jolly" |
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| "True dat," quaintly |
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| It's in an old way |
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| "___ better to have loved . . ." |
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| "___ folly to be wise" |
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| Frank McCourt sequel |
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| '-- the season ...' |
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| It's in a lot of poetry? |
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| Word before "the season to be jolly" |
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| Quaint affirmation |
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| "'Tain't" rebuttal |
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| "___ better to have loved ..." |
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| Opposite of 'tain't |
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| 1999 Frank McCourt memoir |
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| Beginning of "the season to be jolly" |
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| "__ better to have loved ...": Tennyson |
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| "Whether __ nobler ...": Hamlet |
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| "True dat," quaintly |
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| "___ the season to be jolly . . ." |
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| It's in an old way |
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
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| "My country, ___ of thee" |
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| "___ the season" |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2011 |
| Frank McCourt book |
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| Quaint contraction |
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| It's in poetry? |
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| Carol opener |
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| "My country __ ..." |
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| "My country __ ..." |
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| It's in poetry? |
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| Old-fashioned contraction |
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| McCourt memoir |
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| "My country, __ of thee . . ." |
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| McCourt title |
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| Follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "My country, __ of thee . . ." |
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| "'Tain't" retort |
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| "Angela's Ashes" follow-up |
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| "My country, ___ ..." |
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| "That so?" reply |
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| "___ the season" |
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| My country's follower? |
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| Poetic contraction |
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| It comes before the season? |
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| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
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| "___ better to have loved and lost ..." |
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| "Tain't" retort |
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| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
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| "___ better to have loved and lost . . ." |
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| Quaint "Quite!" |
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| Sit back? |
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| Scale notes |
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| "... __ an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet" |
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
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| "___ the season to be ..." |
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| 1999 Frank McCourt memoir |
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| Frank McCourt sequel |
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| It's found in poetry? |
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." (Hamlet) |
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| Rejoinder to "'Tain't!" |
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| Frank McCourt's follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "___the season . . ." |
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| "___ so appalling - it exhilarates": Dickinson |
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| "___ the last rose of summer" (start of a Thomas Moore poem) |
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| "Whether ___ nobler ..." |
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| "My Country, ___ of Thee" |
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| It's contracted |
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| "America" contraction |
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| "... __ an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet" |
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| "__ not so deep as a well": Shak. |
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| "My country __ of thee ..." |
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| "__ the season ..." |
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| "__ the season to be jolly ..." |
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." ("Hamlet") |
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| "My country __ of thee ..." |
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| McCourt memoir |
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| Frank McCourt title |
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| "___ a dainty thing to command": Cervantes |
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
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| Frank McCourt book |
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| "__ folly to be wise": Gray |
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| Noel contraction |
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| Old-fashioned contraction |
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| "____ a pity" |
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| "That's right," quaintly |
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| "__ folly to be wise": Gray |
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| "That's right," quaintly |
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| "Agreed," poshly |
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| Rejoinder to "'tain't!" |
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| It's in much poetry |
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
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| McCourt memoir |
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| '-- the season!' |
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| '-- a pity' |
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| Carol contraction |
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| Carol contraction |
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| "___ the season ..." |
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| "___ the season to be jolly ..." |
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| Noel contraction |
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| Rejoinder to "'tain't!" |
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| Bard's contraction |
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
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| Not counting fas and las, word after "holly" |
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| Last word of "Angela's Ashes" |
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| "America" contraction |
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| "___ the season!" |
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| Carol contraction |
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| Not counting fas and las, word after "holly" |
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| "___ nobler in the mind . . ." |
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| "Whether __ nobler in the mind ...": Hamlet |
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| "... ___ a consummation devoutly to be wish'd": Hamlet |
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| 1999 Frank McCourt memoir |
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| Carol contraction |
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| "___ now the very witching time of night": Hamlet |
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| Third word of "America" |
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| Word repeated in Emily Dickinson's "___ so much joy! ___ so much joy!" |
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| '-- the season to be jolly' |
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| "'Taint" comeback |
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| It's found in poetry? |
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| It comes before the season |
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| "My country" follower |
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| 1999 best-selling memoir |
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| It's in a carol? |
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| It's found in poetry? |
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| "Whether __ nobler in the mind ...": Hamlet |
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| It's in a carol? |
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| "Angela's Ashes" follow-up |
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| "My country" follower, in song |
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| "___ folly to be wise": Gray |
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| "'Tain't" retort |
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| Yule contraction |
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| Notes after las or word sung after "la la la la la la la la" |
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| '-- folly to be wise' |
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| Frank McCourt novel |
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
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| "__ pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print": Byron |
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| "My country, ___ of thee ..." |
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| "Angela's Ashes" follow-up |
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
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| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
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| It's from the old days |
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| Musical sevenths |
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| Musical sevenths |
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| Carol contraction |
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| Seventh tones |
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| Word after "la la la la" |
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| 1999 memoir that was a bestseller |
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| Opposite of 'tain't |
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| It's from the old days |
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| Word after "la la la la" |
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| "'Tain't" rebuttal |
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| They come before dos |
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| "__ a far, far better thing I do..." |
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| 'Whether -- nobler ...' |
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| McCourt memoir |
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| 'My country -- of thee ...' |
|
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| It's in poetry |
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| True dat, to Shakespeare |
|
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| Third word before "to be jolly" |
|
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| McCourt work |
|
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| "___ the season ... " |
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| The season opener? |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise" (Gray) |
|
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| "My country" follower |
|
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| "___ the wind and nothing more" |
|
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| "__ the season to be ..." |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
|
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| Poet's contraction |
|
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| Coleridge's contraction |
|
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| "__ the season ..." |
|
|
| 1999 Frank McCourt memoir |
|
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| "___ an old tale, and often told": Scott |
|
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| It is, that is |
|
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| "__ the year's midnight ...": Donne |
|
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| It comes before the season |
|
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| "___ the wind and nothing more" |
|
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| Frank McCourt memoir |
|
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| Carol contraction |
|
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| "___ the season …" |
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| "___ better to have loved …" |
|
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| "___ Autumn" (hit 1941 song) |
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| "Here ___" |
|
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| Memoir that preceded "Teacher Man" |
|
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| Carol contraction |
|
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| 1999 Frank McCourt book |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise" |
|
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| "Fa la la la la, la la la la" follower |
|
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| Third word of "America" |
|
|
| Scale notes after las |
|
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| "My country __ . . ." |
|
|
| The season opener? |
|
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| "__ the year's midnight ...": Donne |
|
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| "__ the season to be ..." |
|
|
| It starts the season |
|
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| "__ better to have loved . . ." |
|
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| Carol contraction |
|
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| "___ in my memory lock'd" (Ophelia) |
|
|
| It's in poetry |
|
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| "My country, ___ of thee..." |
|
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| Sonneteer's contraction |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| Frank McCourt sequel |
|
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| "___ the mind that makes the body rich": Petruchio |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| "___ the season to be ..." |
|
|
| Last word of, and sequel to, "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| Frank McCourt title |
|
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| La followers |
|
|
| "___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit) |
|
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| Poetic contraction |
|
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| "...__ time to do't": Lady Macbeth |
|
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| "__ the season..." |
|
|
| Frank McCourt novel |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise" |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
|
| First word of a Frank McCourt title |
|
|
| Third word of America |
|
|
| Follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" |
|
|
| ". . . ___ of thee" |
|
|
| 'Twas in the present? |
|
|
| It is shorter? |
|
|
| Last word in "Angela's Ashes" |
|
|
| "My country __ of thee . . ." |
|
|
| Third word of 'America' |
|
|
| "...__ time to do't": Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| "__ the season..." |
|
|
| '-- the season . . .' |
|
|
| Frank McCourt novel |
|
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| "___ the Last Rose of Summer" (old song standard) |
|
|
| 'Whether -- nobler in the mind ...' |
|
|
| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| "___ better to have loved . . ." |
|
|
| "Whether __ nobler...": Hamlet |
|
|
| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
|
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| "Most definitely" |
|
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| Follower of "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| " 'Taint" comeback |
|
|
| Frank McCourt memoir |
|
|
| Poet's contraction |
|
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| E's in the key of F |
|
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| "__ the year's midnight...": Donne |
|
|
| Archaic contraction |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ...": Hamlet |
|
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| Carol opener |
|
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| "__ the year's midnight...": Donne |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" contraction |
|
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "___ So Sweet" (gospel song) |
|
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| "_____ the season ..." |
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
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| "Whether __ nobler...": Hamlet |
|
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| Preceder of the season |
|
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| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
|
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| " ___ the season ..." |
|
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| 'Angela's Ashes' sequel |
|
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| Third word in "America" |
|
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| Last word of "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| "___ the season to . . ." |
|
|
| Book after "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| Best-selling autobiography of 2000 |
|
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| Frank McCourt follow-up |
|
|
| Scale notes |
|
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| McCourt work |
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| Frank McCourt's sequel to "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler...": Hamlet |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise": Gray |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
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| Poetic contraction |
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| Sequel to 28-Down |
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| Notes after las |
|
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| Frank McCourt title |
|
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| Follow-up to the best seller "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
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| "___ folly to be wise": Gray |
|
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| Ideal blackjack hands |
|
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| Scale notes |
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| "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia |
|
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| "___ the year's midnight...": Donne |
|
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| "___ Me, O Lord" (spiritual) |
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| 'Whether _____ nobler in the mind . . .' |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler in the mind..." ("Hamlet") |
|
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| "___ the season... " |
|
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| Frank McCourt's follow-up to "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| "Whether _____ nobler ..." |
|
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| '_____ the season . . .' |
|
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| "__ for the tears were shed to save me" |
|
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| Woody Herman's "_____ Autumn" |
|
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| '_____ the season ...' |
|
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| Third word of "America" |
|
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| "___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats |
|
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| "___ the season..." |
|
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| It is contracted |
|
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| Last word of "Angela's Ashes" |
|
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| "_____ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "My country, __ of thee" |
|
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| Scale notes |
|
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| "___ the season ..." |
|
|
| 1999 Frank McCourt memoir |
|
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| Carol word |
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| My country ___ . . . |
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| ___ the season . . . |
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| "_____ the season ..." |
|
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| .___ folly to be wise.: Gray |
|
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| "Deck the Halls" word |
|
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| It comes before the season |
|
|
| Scale notes |
|
|
| Woody Herman hit, "___ Autumn" |
|
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| Opposite of tain't |
|
|
| Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" |
|
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| "___ the season to be jolly" |
|
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| ____ the season . . . |
|
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| Third word of America |
|
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| "'Taint" comeback |
|
|
| Archaic contraction |
|
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| "... ___ of thee" |
|
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| "___ Autumn" (jazz tune) |
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| "__ a gift . . ." |
|
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| "Tain't" retort |
|
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| "___ Autumn" |
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| 'Twas now? |
|
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| ". . . _____ of thee" |
|
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| "_____ the season..." |
|
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| Deck the Halls contraction |
|
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| ____ Autumn |
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| Seventh notes |
|
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| "____ the season ..." |
|
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| Opposite of 'tain't |
|
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| "Whether ___ nobler..." |
|
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| Las' followers |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise" |
|
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| ". . . __ of thee" |
|
|
| Poet's contraction |
|
|
| Musical notes |
|
|
| "America" contraction |
|
|
| Third word of "America" |
|
|
| ____ the season |
|
|
| Seasonal contraction |
|
|
| Old-fashioned contraction |
|
|
| Beginning of "the season to be jolly" |
|
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| "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia |
|
|
| "___the season..." |
|
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| ____ the season. . . |
|
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| "__ the season to be..." |
|
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| Las' followers |
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| "___the season..." |
|
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| "___ better to have loved..." |
|
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| Bard's contraction |
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| "My country, ____ of thee..." |
|
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| "Deck the Halls” contraction |
|
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| "____ the season..." |
|
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| "_____ the season..." |
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| Woody Herman's "_____ Autumn" |
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| Moore's "_____ the Last Rose of Summer" |
|
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| "___ the season . . . " |
|
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| Notes |
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| Common contraction |
|
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| " . . . to bed; ___ almost fairy time": Shak. |
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| "My country, ___ . . . " |
|
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| "___ almost fairy time": Shak. |
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| Diatonic notes |
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| It's for poets |
|
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| "My country ___ . . . " |
|
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| "My country __ of thee" |
|
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| Musical tones |
|
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| "My country, ___ of thee . . . " |
|
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| "___ better to have loved . . . " |
|
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| Polynesian plants |
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| Polynesian trees |
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| Word after "My country" |
|
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| "My country __ of thee..." |
|
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| "___ mightiest in the mightiest": Shak. |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise": Gray |
|
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| "___ Autumn," 1941 song |
|
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| Opposite of 't aint |
|
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| Verbal contraction |
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| Poetic word |
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| Musical notes |
|
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| "That he is mad, ___ true" |
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| " . . . ___ of thee" |
|
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| "My country, ___ of . . . " |
|
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| Poets' word |
|
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| " . . . ___ folly to be wise" |
|
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| Country follower |
|
|
| Musical syllables |
|
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| Music notes |
|
|
| "My country, ___ . . ." |
|
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| It's "it's." |
|
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| It is. |
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| It is |
|
|
| Poetic contr. |
|
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| Third word of "America." |
|
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| Common contraction. |
|
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| "My Country" follower. |
|
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| "___ folly to be wise." |
|
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| Poetic contraction. |
|
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| Musical notes. |
|
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| Poets' word. |
|
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| "Aye!" |
|
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| "Aye" |
|
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| "Aye, brother" |
|
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| "Mos def!" |
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| "___ the season ..." |
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| 1999 Frank McCourt memoir |
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| It's for Brit Lit class |
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| Old-fashioned contraction |
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| Verbal contraction. |
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| Preceder of the season |
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| A contraction. |
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| "___ the last rose of summer . . . ” |
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| "___ not so deep as a well . . . " |
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| "___ the Last Rose of Summer." |
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| "___ summer, the darkies are gay." |
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| Quaint affirmation |
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| "___ the last rose of summer . . . " |
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| "Angela's Ashes" sequel |
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| Poet's word. |
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| Poetic verbal contraction. |
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| Notes between las and dos |
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| Musical syllables. |
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| Samoan palms. |
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