| Term |
The Telegraph Mini |
25 Aug 2025 |
| What might follow buzz, cross or pass |
The Telegraph Mini |
09 Aug 2025 |
| "I give you my ___" |
Universal |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Sentence unit |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jul 2025 |
| Scrabble creation |
USA Today |
11 Jul 2025 |
| Promise |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Language unit |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Conversation piece? |
The Sun Two Speed |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Something with letters (4) |
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| MS Office program |
The Telegraph Quick |
14 May 2025 |
| See 18 |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 May 2025 |
| 48 Down application |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Apr 2025 |
| By ___ of mouth; orally |
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| "Don't say a ___!" |
Universal |
11 Apr 2025 |
| Part of a sentence |
The Sun Mini |
31 Mar 2025 |
| Microsoft's "documentation" software that lets you write inkless letters |
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| Scrabble play, or, when parsed in three parts, a hint to the switch featured in this puzzle's longest answers |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Element of speech |
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| Chat |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Unit of language between a syllable and a sentence |
The Telegraph Mini |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Scrabble formation |
Newsday |
08 Dec 2024 |
| Boggle find |
New York Times |
18 Nov 2024 |
| 'Suit the action to the ___' (Shakespeare Hamlet act 3, sc. 2) (4) |
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| News or information (4) |
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| Signal the fourth tier from base |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Scrabble play |
Universal |
04 Aug 2024 |
| ___ search (classic puzzle) |
Universal |
14 Jul 2024 |
| The last or processor (4) |
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| Promise you'll have something to say (4) |
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| With 6-Down, language lover |
New York Times Mini |
23 May 2024 |
| Promise to start work on the highway (4) |
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| AFTER: Slangy "Amen" |
New York Times |
14 Apr 2024 |
| Sentence part |
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| One's promise that it will form part of the sentence (4) |
|
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| Take my ___ for it.. |
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| Microsoft's "documentation" software that lets you write inkless letters |
|
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| A limit to well-founded rumour |
The Telegraph Toughie |
08 Mar 2024 |
| A limit to well-founded rumour (4) |
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| Any of seven parts of this clue |
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| Argue over daughter's news |
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| Language element (4) |
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| Ordered combination of letters |
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| Thing written in a cros... erm... puzzle |
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| Dictionary look-up |
Newsday |
14 Jan 2024 |
| What what or is is |
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| Dictionary entry |
Commuter |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Unit of speech (4) |
Puzzler |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Dictionary entry |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2023 |
| Conversation piece? |
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| What you make in Scrabble |
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| "I give you my ___" (promise) |
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| Dictionary entry |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Part of a sentence, or change a letter in 22a to get the answer |
|
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| "Mum's the ___!" ("Shh!") |
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| Verb or noun |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Promise Germany conflict is over |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Jun 2023 |
| Sentence unit? |
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| Verb or noun |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2023 |
| Microsoft program for a ".docx" file |
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| Dictionary entry |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Jan 2023 |
| One of six in this clue |
New York Times |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Scrabble formation |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2022 |
| Quick chat with GP about keeping one's head |
The Telegraph Toughie |
20 May 2022 |
| Part of a phrase |
Universal |
11 May 2022 |
| Dictionary entry |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 May 2022 |
| Dictionary entry |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2022 |
| See 16 |
The Guardian Quiptic |
28 Feb 2022 |
| Unit of computer data left out of great deal |
The Guardian Cryptic |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Unit of computer data left out of great deal |
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| 'I give you my ___' |
USA Today |
03 Feb 2022 |
| "The L ___," TV show starring Cobie Smulders as Leigh Ostin |
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| Promise without really delivering, at first |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Oct 2021 |
| 'Agreed!' |
The Washington Post |
14 Oct 2021 |
| "Agreed!" |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2021 |
| Dictionary entry |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Oct 2021 |
| ___ Sneak, game from "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon" featuring conversational cards |
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| Promise from world-weary missing lawyer |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Sep 2021 |
| Dictionary entry |
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| '___ on the street is . . .' |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2021 |
| "The Painted ___," 1975 book on art criticism by Tom Wolfe |
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| Promise all sides today |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Jul 2021 |
| "This" is one, and so is "that" |
Family Time |
07 Jun 2021 |
| Promise from world-weary missing lawyer |
Irish Times Crosaire |
21 May 2021 |
| Promise, or part of a promise |
Universal |
14 May 2021 |
| Part of speech that's hummed out loud |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Conversation piece |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2021 |
| "Amen!" |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jan 2021 |
| 'Amen!' |
The Washington Post |
21 Jan 2021 |
| Promise |
The Times Concise |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Former NFL player Barry ___ who is the President of SpeedPro Centreville |
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| 'You said it!,' in slang |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Dictionary entry |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Aug 2020 |
| Microsoft product |
The Washington Post |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Microsoft product |
LA Times Daily |
16 Aug 2020 |
| Set of blanks on 'Wheel of Fortune' |
USA Today |
16 Jul 2020 |
| Communication, news |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2020 |
| Promise a choice between seven days and one? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Jul 2020 |
| You might put in a good one for someone |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2020 |
| Promise jointly kept by law and order? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 May 2020 |
| Sentence segment |
USA Today |
02 May 2020 |
| Part of a sentence |
Family Time |
09 Mar 2020 |
| Sentence part? |
|
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| 'Don't say a ___!' |
USA Today |
07 Dec 2019 |
| Hangman player's find |
USA Today |
27 Oct 2019 |
| 'You got that right!' |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Small part of a sentence |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2019 |
| Controversy backing Duke's command |
|
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| Scrabble play |
LA Times Daily |
08 Jul 2019 |
| Scrabble play |
The Washington Post |
08 Jul 2019 |
| ___-of-mouth (verbal promotion) |
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| Triple ___ score (Scrabble space) |
Universal |
28 Apr 2019 |
| Unit of language |
The Times Concise |
15 Apr 2019 |
| Microsoft office program whose output is usually 9a |
|
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| "You got that right!" |
|
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| Triple ___ score (Scrabble space) |
|
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| Hangman player's find |
|
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| Scrabble play |
|
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| Bit of news |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Bit of news |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Dictionary entry |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Microsoft Office component |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2018 |
| Promise liberals will quit the planet |
|
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| Microsoft introduction of 1983 |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2018 |
| Scrabble play |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jul 2018 |
| Dictionary unit |
Family Time |
02 Jul 2018 |
| "I give you my ___" (Promise) |
|
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| Promise fair puzzle |
|
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| Shetland troll first to defend altercation |
|
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| Bit of news |
|
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| Microsoft Office component |
|
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| Scrabble play |
|
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| Microsoft introduction of 1983 |
|
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| Promise daughter fight is over |
The Telegraph Toughie |
22 Dec 2017 |
| Something to the wise |
Universal |
09 Nov 2017 |
| 'You said it!' |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Nov 2017 |
| Scrabble formation |
|
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| *Something that might be bleeped |
New York Times |
15 Jun 2017 |
| One of six in this clue |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2017 |
| One of six in this clue |
The Washington Post |
05 Jun 2017 |
| Some workfellow ordained by order, in a lawful sense |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 May 2017 |
| 'You said it!' |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2017 |
| "You said it!" |
|
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| One of six in this clue |
|
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| *Something that might be bleeped |
|
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| Something to the wise |
|
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| Scrabble formation |
USA Today |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Conversation piece? |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2016 |
| 'I agree,' in slang |
New York Times |
08 Oct 2016 |
| Dictionary entry |
Universal |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Thesaurus entry |
LA Times Daily |
01 Aug 2016 |
| Name half of 14 across |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Jul 2016 |
| Communication; news |
The Times Concise |
07 Jun 2016 |
| News; remark |
The Times Concise |
27 Feb 2016 |
| Dictionary entry |
|
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| "I agree," in slang |
|
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| Conversation piece? |
|
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| Thesaurus entry |
|
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| Dictionary entry |
LA Times Daily |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Bit of a speech |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2015 |
| Scrabble play |
Jonesin |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Scrabble formation |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Oct 2015 |
| Conversation piece |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Element of language |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Aug 2015 |
| Conversation piece? |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2015 |
| "Suit the action to the __ ... ": Hamlet |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2015 |
| Scrabble play |
Newsday |
06 May 2015 |
| Many people want the last one |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
30 Jan 2015 |
| Sen-tence component |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Brief chat |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Dictionary entry |
|
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| Bit of a speech |
|
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| Brief chat |
|
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| Conversation piece |
|
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| Scrabble play |
|
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| Small part of a sentence |
|
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| Conversation piece? |
|
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| Conversation piece |
|
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| "Suit the action to the __ ... ": Hamlet |
|
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| Many people want the last one |
|
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| Opposed to a hint, convoluted, husband dropped |
|
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| Information |
|
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| Hangman necessity |
|
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| "The Bird's the ___" |
|
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| With 72-Across, what the answers on this puzzle's perimeter form |
|
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| Part of speech? |
|
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| Brief chat |
|
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| What a definition defines |
|
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| "May I have a ___ with you?" |
|
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| Scrabble formation |
|
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| One of six in this clue |
|
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| Scrabble play |
|
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| Microsoft Office component |
|
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| Solemn promise |
|
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| Short talk |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| Short talk |
|
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| Cameo "___ Up" |
|
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| Writer's unit |
|
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| Personal guarantee |
|
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| Scrabble formation |
|
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| Dictionary unit |
|
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| "Mum's the __!" |
|
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| Conversation piece? |
|
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| Information |
|
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| Short conversation |
|
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| Sponsor's offering? |
|
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| Sponsor's offering? |
|
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| Hangman's revelation |
|
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| The last one ends an argument and can be attached to the last one of 21-, 31-, 40-, and 50-Across |
|
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| Noun or adverb |
|
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| See 17 Across |
|
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| Thesaurus entry |
|
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| Microsoft Office component |
|
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| Noun or verb |
|
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| Kind of ladder exemplified by the answers to the seven starred clues |
|
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| Popular Microsoft product |
|
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| Short discussion |
|
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| The answer to this clue, e.g. |
|
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| It's given to the wise |
|
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| One's promise |
|
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| Hangman requirement |
|
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| Scrabble play |
|
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| Short discussion |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
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| Combination of sounds |
|
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| Dictionary unit |
|
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| News |
|
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| Sentence part |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| Sentence unit |
|
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| Phrase unit |
|
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| News |
|
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| Solemn promise |
|
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| Brief remark |
|
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| Part of a phrase |
|
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| Brief remark |
|
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| With 33-Across, anagrams and puns (or parts hidden in 17-, 24-, 44- and 51-Across) |
|
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| The answer to this clue, for example |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| Part of speech |
|
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| Microsoft product |
|
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| Basic dictionary entry |
|
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| This clue's answer, e.g. |
|
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| Vow |
|
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| Microsoft program |
|
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| Tetragram, for one |
|
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| Solemn promise |
|
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| Dictionary entry |
|
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| Vow |
|
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| One of six in this clue |
|
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| "May I have a ___ with you?" |
|
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| "Car" or "cart" or "cartography" |
|
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| Assurance |
|
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| Short talk |
|
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| One of six in this clue |
|
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| Assurance |
|
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| The answer to this clue |
|
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| Scrabble formation |
|
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| "Mum's the ___" |
|
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| Part of speech |
|
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| Dictionary entry |
|
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| "Mum's the ___" |
|
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| Puzzle part |
|
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| Promise, so to speak |
|
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| Put into a phrase |
|
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| Scripture, with "The" |
|
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| This is one |
|
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| Part of a sentence |
|
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| Microsoft product |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| Popular Microsoft product |
|
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| Utterance |
|
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| Dictionary look-up |
|
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| The answer to this clue |
|
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| Solemn promise |
|
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| Scrabble formation |
|
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| Popular Microsoft software |
|
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| Hangman necessity |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| Dictionary entry |
|
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| It may be dirty |
|
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| ___ to the wise: tip |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| Promise |
|
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| It may be given |
|
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| Scrabble play |
|
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| Dictionary commodity |
|
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| Tidings |
|
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| News; tidings |
|
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| Comment |
|
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| "Mum's the ___": Cervantes |
|
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| Information |
|
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| Cross follower |
|
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| By ___ of mouth |
|
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| Bit of news |
|
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| Tidings |
|
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| This was "in the beginning" |
|
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| Neologist's product |
|
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| Cross or last follower |
|
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| Brief remark |
|
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| Utterance |
|
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| ___-of-mouth |
|
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| Noun or verb |
|
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| Solemn promise |
|
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| Brief remark. |
|
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| Remark. |
|
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| Household article. |
|
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| Phrase. |
|
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| Tidings. |
|
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| Short talk. |
|
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| Signal |
|
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| Scrabble unit. |
|
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| Thing often given. |
|
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| Promise. |
|
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| News. |
|
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| This defines itself. |
|
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| Adverb, for instance. |
|
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| ___ that can follow 9-Across in both entries in 19-, 28-, 45-, and 55-Across |
|
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| Message. |
|
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| "What is honor? A ___!"—Shakespeare. |
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