| Mouse-like rodent | 
            The Times Concise | 
            23 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Love working like an animal (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            05 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            05 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike rodent | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            06 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent of Eurasia and North America (4) | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            04 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Lemming kin | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Violet? It's not for a rodent (4) | 
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            | Small rodent | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Love that strange little rodent! (4) | 
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            | Love working like an animal | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            30 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            30 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Love troubled little animal | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            18 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            18 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            16 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Love working like an animal | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            16 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            04 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Love working like an animal | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            04 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Very Spanish exclamation by some little beast! (4) | 
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            | Provo left part for little creature (4) | 
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            | Burrowing rodent | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Creature; love (anag.) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            06 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike farmland critter | 
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            | Small rodent of Eurasia and North America | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Water-rat | 
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            | Small rodent | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            20 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Love working like an animal | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            20 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike rodent (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            24 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Love to upset the animal (4) | 
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            | Hamster cousin | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rodent; love (anag.) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lemming relative | 
            Commuter | 
            14 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Water rat, fieldmouse | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            28 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Animal also called a "field mouse" | 
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            | Some malevolent little animal | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing rodent | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            10 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rodent in love, perhaps (4) | 
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            | Love to upset animal | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            02 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            02 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rodent, one escaping from silky fabric | 
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            | Small rodent of the genus Microtus (4) | 
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            | Small rodent | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Love upset animal | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rodent starts to veer over lawn excitedly (4) | 
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            | Muskrat cousin | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mouse-like critter | 
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            | Burrowing, mouselike rodent | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Water rat, eg | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            09 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Somewhat malevolent creature | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Prey for an arctic fox | 
            New York Times | 
            16 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ratlike rodent | 
            Newsday | 
            09 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing rodent | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Bobtail mouse | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike rodent | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Meadow mouse | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Small, burrowing rodent | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Meadow rodent | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Hamster relative | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Five cheer in Mexico for little rodent | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            15 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing, mouselike rodent | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            The Times Concise | 
            16 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | New love of Mouse's relative | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            17 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Novelist releases Nits from The Mouse-Like Rodent? | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            04 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            Canadiana | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Stout-bodied rodent | 
            The Washington Post | 
            25 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Stout-bodied rodent | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Muskrat cousin | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Riverside rodent | 
            The Times Concise | 
            19 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            03 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Love troubled little animal | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            03 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garden rodent | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Garden rodent | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Relative of a hamster | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            29 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Lemminglike rodent | 
            Jonesin | 
            03 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rodent similar to a fat mouse | 
            Family Time | 
            11 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            Universal | 
            01 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Hamster cousin | 
            Newsday | 
            01 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Five overs left; England's opener shows all the tricks! | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            08 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Animal passion almost rising to ecstasy | 
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            | Meadow mouse, by another name | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            Universal | 
            22 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Love this rodent, strangely | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            14 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            11 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike critter | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            07 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Some malevolent little animal | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Ratlike rodent | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike animal | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike animal | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Garden pest | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike animal | 
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            | Garden pest | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Mouselike animal | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            Canadiana | 
            05 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike rodent | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Lemminglike rodent | 
            Universal | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Rodent with a rounded muzzle | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Field mouse | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Muskrat's burrowing cousin | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike rodent | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mouse lookalike | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Grasslands burrower | 
            New York Times | 
            26 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Crop-damaging rodent | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Small rodent | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing rodent | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing rodent | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing animal | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Crop-damaging rodent | 
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            | Small rodent | 
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            | Burrowing animal | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Grasslands burrower | 
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            | Mouse lookalike | 
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            | Lemminglike rodent | 
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            | Small rodent | 
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            | Mouselike rodent | 
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            | Muskrat's burrowing cousin | 
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            | Mouse look-alike | 
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            | Rodent with a rounded muzzle | 
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            | Little rodent's new love  | 
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            | Meadow rodent | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            13 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Crop-damaging rodent | 
            New York Times | 
            18 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Short-tailed field rodent | 
            Universal | 
            03 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Burrowing rodent | 
            Canadiana | 
            10 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Riverbank rodent | 
            The Times Concise | 
            06 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Short-tailed field rodent | 
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            | Crop-damaging rodent | 
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            | Mouselike critter | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Cousin of a lemming | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Quarrel over housing for climbing animal  | 
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            | Mousey type is against what the Spanish say in The Ring | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            13 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike critter | 
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            | Cousin of a lemming | 
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            | Muskrat relative | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Mouse-like rodent | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            27 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Mouselike animal | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | Kin of a lemming | 
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            | Mouselike animal | 
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            | Meadow rodent | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Burrowing rodent | 
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            | Somewhat malevolent creature | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Field rodent | 
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            | Field rodent | 
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            | Field rodent | 
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            | Mouselike rodent | 
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            | Meadow rodent | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Rodent like a stocky mouse | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Mouselike critter | 
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            | Small rodent | 
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            | Muskrat cousin | 
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            | Meadow rodent | 
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            | Destructive rodent | 
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            | Relative of a lemming | 
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            | Small mouselike rodent | 
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            | Lemming kin | 
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            | Mouse relative | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Mouselike critter | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Furry garden pest | 
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            | Field mouse | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Owl prey | 
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            | Mouse's cousin | 
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            | Snack for a coyote | 
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            | Mouselike farmland pest | 
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            | Grand slam, in bridge | 
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            | Tiny-eared rodent | 
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            | Destructive rodent | 
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            | Mouselike critter | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Meadow rodent | 
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            | Rat cousin | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Burrowing mammal | 
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            | Rat cousin | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Mouselike rodent | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Rodent | 
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            | Mouse cousin | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Ratlike rodent | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Lemming cousin | 
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            | Short-tailed rodent | 
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            | Small rodent | 
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            | Small rodent | 
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            | Garden tunneler | 
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            | Mouselike creature | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Burrowing animal | 
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            | A microtid rodent | 
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            | Ratlike rodent | 
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            | Mouse-like rodent | 
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            | Relative of the lemming | 
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            | Bobtail mouse | 
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            | Small rodent | 
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            | Grand slam | 
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            | Meadow mouse | 
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            | Lemminglike rodent | 
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            | Coup in card playing | 
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            | Lemming's cousin | 
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            | Rodent | 
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            | Field rodent | 
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            | Mouselike rodent | 
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            | Field mouse. | 
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            | Lemming mouse. | 
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            | Meadow mouse. | 
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            | Slam, at cards. | 
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            | Ratlike rodent. | 
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            | Meadow-mouse. | 
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            | Rat's cousin | 
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            | Rodent. | 
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            | Fencer's leap. | 
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            | Meadowmouse. | 
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            | Cousin of rat and mouse. | 
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            | Mouse-like rodent. | 
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            | Mouse-like rodent | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Feb 1942 |