| Preadolescent |
USA Today |
24 Jun 2026 |
| 12-year-old, e.g. |
Universal |
21 Jun 2026 |
| Eleven-year-old, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
11 May 2026 |
| Poetic preposition |
Newsday |
05 Mar 2026 |
| Typical middle-schooler, by age |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2026 |
| Pre-adolescent |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2025 |
| 12-year-old, for one |
LA Times Mini |
17 Nov 2025 |
| 11-year-old, e.g. |
USA Today |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Member of Gen Alpha in 2025, maybe |
The Washington Post Mini |
01 Nov 2025 |
| Many a sixth grader |
Universal |
14 Oct 2025 |
| Many a middle schooler |
The Atlantic |
07 Sep 2025 |
| Many a middle schooler |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2025 |
| Eleven-year-old, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Kid on the verge of adolescence |
USA Today |
02 Jun 2025 |
| 10-12-year-old |
New York Times |
12 May 2025 |
| Middle schooler, agewise |
Universal |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Preadolescent |
USA Today |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Many a person wearing dental braces |
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| Someone not quite 13, say |
The Telegraph Plusword |
10 Mar 2025 |
| 12-year-old, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2025 |
| 'Twixt partner |
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| Preadolescent |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Jan 2025 |
| Seventh-grader, probably |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Affected by a tinge of nostalgia in middle of poem |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Nov 2024 |
| ____ager, 12-year-old, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
05 Nov 2024 |
| 11-year-old, e.g. |
USA Today |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Not quite a teen? |
The Telegraph Mini |
16 Sep 2024 |
| Young adolescent - but not yet a teenager (5) |
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| Typical middle schooler |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2024 |
| Many a seventh grader |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jun 2024 |
| Adolescent has right to antique wooden objects (5) |
|
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| Bieber fan, typically |
|
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| Ten-year-old, e.g. |
USA Today |
27 May 2024 |
| Pre-adolescent |
Wall Street Journal |
07 May 2024 |
| Twelve-year-old, e.g. |
USA Today |
04 May 2024 |
| I I-year-old, in adspeak |
|
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| Word describing a child aged 10-12, too old to be a child but too young to be a teenager (5) |
|
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| Many a "Lord of the Flies" character |
|
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| Child approaching adolescence (5) |
|
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| Youngster who may love Olivia Rodrigo |
Universal |
16 Feb 2024 |
| WE NET |
|
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| "That profit's yet to come ___ me and you": Othello |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Feb 2024 |
| Quaint northern child growing up fast? |
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| Pre-adolescent |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2023 |
| 10-to-12-year-old |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2023 |
| In effect, we ensure bard's in the middle |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Jul 2023 |
| 12-year-old, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2023 |
| Preadolescent |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Sixth-grader, usually |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2023 |
| Many a middle-schooler |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2023 |
| Preadolescent |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2022 |
| One getting 'the talk,' say |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2022 |
| One born in the early 2010s, in 2022 |
Universal |
23 Aug 2022 |
| 12-year-old, e.g |
Universal |
09 Aug 2022 |
| Preadolescent |
Universal |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Word for someone between 9 and 12 that was first used by J.R.R. Tolkien |
|
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| 11- or 12-year-old |
Universal |
14 Dec 2021 |
| 12-year-old, e.g |
Universal |
10 Dec 2021 |
| 11-year-old, for example |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2021 |
| 11- or 12-year-old |
USA Today |
21 Jun 2021 |
| One studying for a bar or bat mitzvah, say |
New York Times |
11 Jun 2021 |
| 10-, 11- or 12-year-old |
Universal |
29 May 2021 |
| 11-year-old, say |
Universal |
21 Apr 2021 |
| 10-to-12-year-old |
Newsday |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Twixt |
|
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| 12-year-old, for one |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Feb 2020 |
| Poet's flanked by escort: we encounter hosts |
|
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| Typical middle schooler, agewise |
New York Times |
27 Jan 2020 |
| Typical middle schooler, agewise |
|
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| Many a millennial during the 1990s |
|
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| 11-year-old, for one |
Newsday |
03 Sep 2019 |
| "Not a girl, not yet a woman," to quote Britney Spears |
|
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| Sixth-grader, typically |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Youngster of an awkward age |
|
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| Youngster of an awkward age |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2019 |
| 12-year-old, e.g |
Universal |
20 Feb 2019 |
| One at an awkward age |
Universal |
16 Feb 2019 |
| One at an awkward age |
|
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| 12-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| Youngster of an awkward age |
|
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| Sixth-grader, typically |
|
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| Eleven-year-old, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Dec 2018 |
| Many a reader of the 'Twilight' series |
|
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| Adolescent ever so slight in Tamil Nadu |
|
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| Preadolescent |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2018 |
| In the midst of, poetically |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2018 |
| In the midst of, poetically |
|
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| 11- or 12-year-old |
Newsday |
11 Dec 2017 |
| Many a Disney Channel viewer |
|
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| 12-year-old, say |
Premier Sunday |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Many a Belieber |
|
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| Many a Belieber |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jul 2017 |
| One that's not quite a teenager |
Universal |
27 Mar 2017 |
| Pre-adolescent |
Universal |
27 Feb 2017 |
| Preadolescent |
|
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| Many a Belieber |
|
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| Middle schooler, perhaps |
USA Today |
18 Nov 2016 |
| 11-year old, e.g |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2016 |
| 11- or 12-year-old |
|
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| Adolescent, almost |
Universal |
22 Jul 2016 |
| Many a One Direction fan |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jul 2016 |
| 12-year-old, for one |
Universal |
07 Jun 2016 |
| Middle schooler, maybe |
Universal |
29 May 2016 |
| Many an Ariana Grande fan |
|
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| Pre-adolescent |
USA Today |
14 Apr 2016 |
| Many a middle schooler |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2016 |
| Many a middle-schooler |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Middle schooler, maybe |
|
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| Many a middle-schooler |
|
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| Adolescent, almost |
|
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| 11-year old, e.g. |
|
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| Middle schooler, perhaps |
|
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| 12-year-old, for one |
|
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| Big fan of Selena Gomez, perhaps |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jun 2015 |
| Typical "Divergent" reader |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2015 |
| Pre-adolescent |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2015 |
| 11-year-old, in adspeak |
Universal |
08 Feb 2015 |
| Many a Justin Bieber fan |
|
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| 11-year-old, in adspeak |
|
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| Pre-adolescent |
|
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| Big fan of Selena Gomez, perhaps |
|
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| YA reader, likely |
|
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| Typical "Divergent" reader |
|
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| Typical "Divergent" reader |
|
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| Belieber, probably |
|
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| Typical sixth-grader |
|
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| Member of the Disney Channel's demographic |
|
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| Many a middle schooler |
|
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| Many a preadolescent |
|
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| Subadolescent |
|
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| Fan of pop's One Direction, maybe |
|
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| Shopper in the juniors section, maybe |
|
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| Eleven-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| 'Twixt's partner |
|
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| Fifth or sixth-grader |
|
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| Youngster from 10 to 12 |
|
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| Midst |
|
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| Many a Belieber |
|
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| 12-year-old, for one |
|
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| 12-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| 11- or 12-year-old |
|
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| Justin Bieber fan, often |
|
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| Many a Belieber |
|
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| Subadolescent |
|
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| Many a Belieber |
|
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| Sixth grader, usually |
|
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| Many a Justin Bieber fan |
|
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| 12-year-old |
|
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| Many an "iCarly" fan |
|
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| Justin Bieber fan, maybe |
|
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| Verger on adolescence, informally |
|
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| Experienced trick-or-treater, perhaps |
|
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| Many a junior high student |
|
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| Experienced trick-or-treater, perhaps |
|
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| Many a junior high student |
|
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| Many a Justin Bieber fan |
|
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| Adolescent, almost |
|
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| Shortened preposition |
|
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| Many a Justin Bieber fan |
|
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| Young middle schooler |
|
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| 11- or 12-year-old |
|
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| Twixt's kin |
|
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| A 10-, 11- or 12-year-old |
|
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| Many a middle-schooler |
|
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| Preteen |
|
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| Many a Justin Bieber fan |
|
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| Sixth-grader, usually |
|
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| 'Twixt |
|
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| 'Twixt |
|
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| Eleven-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| Many a Miley Cyrus fan |
|
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| "Hannah Montana" fan |
|
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| Adolescent |
|
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| Many a preadolescent |
|
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| One who was recently a child |
|
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| 12-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| Many a preadolescent |
|
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| 10-to-12-year-old |
|
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| Poet's preposition |
|
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| Seventh-grader, often |
|
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| Oldish youngster |
|
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| Middle schooler, maybe |
|
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| Hobbit adolescent |
|
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| Hobbit adolescent |
|
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| 12-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| Many a preadolescent |
|
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| 12-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| 'Twixt's partner |
|
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| 12-year-old, say |
|
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| Middle-schooler, perhaps |
|
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| 9-to-12 year old |
|
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| 'Twixt |
|
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| Partner of 'twixt |
|
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| Nickelodeon magazine reader, maybe |
|
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| 10-to-12-year-old |
|
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| Twixt's partner |
|
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| In the middle of, poetically |
|
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| Eleven-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| Poet's preposition |
|
|
| 12-year-old, say |
|
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| Many a junior high schooler |
|
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| 12-year-old, e.g. |
|
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| Fifth- or sixth-grader |
|
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| Twixt's partner |
|
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| 12-year-old, for one |
|
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| A 10-, 11- or 12-year old |
|
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| 'Twixt |
|
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| 11-year-old, perhaps |
|
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| Middle-schooler |
|
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| Poet's preposition |
|
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| In amongst |
|
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| 'Twixt |
|
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| 10-to-12-year old |
|
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| Youngster from 10 to 12 |
|
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| Partner of 'twixt |
|
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| Poetic placement |
|
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| Twixt's kin |
|
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| Relative of 'twixt |
|
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| Twixt |
|
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| Relative of twixt |
|
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| 64 Down, for short. |
|
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| Amidst: Poet. |
|
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| Kids' Choice Awards voter |
|
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| In the interval: Poet. |
|
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| Intermediate to: Poet. |
|
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| Twixt. |
|
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| Joining: Poet. |
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