| Invertebrate that inspired a dance move |
Universal |
13 Sep 2025 |
| Wriggly bait |
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| Wriggler on a fishhook |
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| Insinuate (one's way into) |
The Times Concise |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Squirmy garden creature |
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| Invertebrate with a slender elongated body (4) |
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| Computer virus that can replicate itself (4) |
Puzzler |
01 Jun 2025 |
| Reward for the proverbial early bird |
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| Wriggly creature |
Universal |
15 May 2025 |
| Small creature often found in the bottom of a bottle of Mezcal (4) |
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| See 35-Across |
Universal |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Spineless web saboteur (4) |
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| Sort of gear to wriggle into? (4) |
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| Wriggler in that lives in soil (4) |
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| Wriggling invertebrate (4) |
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| A.k.a. caterpillar, with The |
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| Wriggly bait |
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| Long burrowing invertebrate (4) |
Puzzler |
15 Jan 2025 |
| Long wriggling earth creature |
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| A helminth is a parasitic what? (4) |
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| Tiny animal without limbs or spine (4) |
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| Apple invader Merfolk |
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| Fish dinner? |
LA Times Daily |
12 Dec 2024 |
| Spineless creature (4) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Dec 2024 |
| Wiggly creature |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Nov 2024 |
| Wriggly creature |
Universal |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Tape or glow follower |
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| Wriggler on a fishhook |
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| Creature found in soil (4) |
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| Angler's bait |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Squirmy garden creature |
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| Compost bin helper |
LA Times Daily |
04 Oct 2024 |
| Creature caught by an early bird? |
The Sun Mini |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Work secretly at the thread of a screw (4) |
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| Grub, maggot (4) |
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| Limbless invertebrate (4) |
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| Gummy candy shape |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2024 |
| Early bird's prize |
USA Today Quick |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Without room to wriggle (4) |
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| Early bird's prize |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2024 |
| Wriggly bait |
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| Computer virus that will turn? (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
23 Jul 2024 |
| Despicable creature of either gender (4) |
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| Wriggler for a robin |
Universal |
17 Jun 2024 |
| Wriggling animal that may feast on 23a |
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| Slender elongated invertebrate (4) |
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| You don't want to find one in your apple (4) |
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| Legless garden friend (4) |
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| Wretched person without room |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
18 Apr 2024 |
| Trundle a lob bait along the bottom (*to warm whelk) (4,3,4) |
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| Earth-dwelling creature (4) |
Puzzler |
08 Apr 2024 |
| Computer menace |
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| Food for a robin |
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| Garden invertebrate |
The Times Concise |
27 Mar 2024 |
| This lives in soil |
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| Dirt dweller |
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| Wriggly garden creature (4) |
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| Computer virus that will turn? (4) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Wee wriggler |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2024 |
| Wriggly bait |
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| What the early bird gets, in a saying |
USA Today |
08 Feb 2024 |
| Early bird food? |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Fishing bait |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Robin's breakfast, perhaps |
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| Creepy-crawly |
New York Times |
29 Sep 2023 |
| Wriggly invertebrate |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2023 |
| Wriggly bait |
LA Times Daily |
22 Sep 2023 |
| Dance move done in a prone position, with "the" |
New York Times |
09 Sep 2023 |
| Wriggler on a fishhook |
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| Fisher's lure |
Premier Sunday |
03 Sep 2023 |
| Early bird's reward |
Newsday |
07 Mar 2023 |
| Bird's prey |
Universal |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Eg, nematode |
The Times Concise |
13 Dec 2022 |
| Pitiful character – promise falling short, taking money |
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| Woman with gold married a creep |
The Guardian Cryptic |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Swallow or martin consuming other birds' food? |
The Guardian Cryptic |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Swallow or martin consuming other birds' food? |
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| Sinuous dance that emulates a creature |
New York Times |
02 Jan 2022 |
| Early bird's reward |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Lowlife heading for major argument, but held back |
The Times Cryptic |
04 Nov 2021 |
| What the early bird catches? |
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| Both sides working on charm and the birds love it |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Aug 2021 |
| Bait Mike put on end of line, twisting |
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| Staple item on the early bird menu? |
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| Robin’s find |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2021 |
| Bit of bait |
New York Times |
14 Mar 2021 |
| . Contemptible sort will argue back to Mark |
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| Annelid |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Dec 2020 |
| Early bird's target |
Universal |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Real creep |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2020 |
| Type of malware |
Newsday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Early bird's catch |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2020 |
| Both sides working like a charm and the birds love it |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 Jul 2020 |
| Loathsome one |
Newsday |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Proceed deviously |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2020 |
| Early bird's reward |
Universal |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Snack for a robin |
Newsday |
31 May 2020 |
| Wriggling bait |
LA Times Daily |
18 May 2020 |
| Wriggling bait |
The Washington Post |
18 May 2020 |
| Slither |
The Times Concise |
05 Apr 2020 |
| Creeping invertebrate |
The Times Concise |
11 Mar 2020 |
| Early bird's catch |
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| Bait bucket critter |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2019 |
| Early bird's catch? |
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| Despicable one |
Newsday |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Fish lurer |
Premier Sunday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| A self-replicating software virus |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
10 Mar 2019 |
| Fishhook squirmer |
New York Times |
25 Feb 2019 |
| Screw thread |
The Times Concise |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Fishhook squirmer |
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| Thing on a hook |
Universal |
12 Dec 2018 |
| Bit of bait |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Nov 2018 |
| Wee wriggler |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Word with ring or book |
The Washington Post |
12 Oct 2018 |
| Word with ring or book |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2018 |
| Reward in a maxim |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2018 |
| Invertebrate |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Jul 2018 |
| Wriggly bait? |
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| Wriggler on a fishhook |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2018 |
| Wriggler on a fishhook |
|
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| Thing on a hook |
|
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| Word with ring or book |
|
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| Early bird's victim |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Wriggling bait on a fish hook |
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| Wretched person |
The Telegraph Quick |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Fish bait, often |
Family Time |
16 Jul 2017 |
| Soil-aerating creature |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2017 |
| Wriggly temptation for a fish |
New York Times |
13 Jun 2017 |
| Early bird's reward |
Newsday |
19 Apr 2017 |
| Tequila bottle item |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2017 |
| Soil-aerating creature |
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| Wriggly temptation for a fish |
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| Early bird's reward |
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| Early bird's victim |
|
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| Dangler on a hook |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2016 |
| Early bird's reward |
Family Time |
24 Oct 2016 |
| Slender invertebrate |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Sep 2016 |
| Wriggle |
The Times Concise |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Computer woe |
USA Today |
12 Jun 2016 |
| Contemptible person |
The Washington Post |
23 May 2016 |
| Bird's breakfast |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Object found at the bottom of many a tequila bottle |
The Washington Post |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Computer virus's kin |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Mar 2016 |
| Early bird's breakfast |
Universal |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Reprobate |
Newsday |
23 Jan 2016 |
| Computer woe |
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| Glow or bud follower |
Canadiana |
07 Dec 2015 |
| Early bird's prize |
Newsday |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Wriggly bait |
LA Times Daily |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Thing that's bait, often |
Family Time |
18 Oct 2015 |
| Apple invader |
USA Today |
30 Aug 2015 |
| *Sci-fi shortcut |
LA Times Daily |
17 Jul 2015 |
| 'Thou owest the ___ no silk': King Lear |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
10 Apr 2015 |
| Virus kin |
LA Times Daily |
15 Mar 2015 |
| Fishing bait, often |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2015 |
| Mole's prey |
|
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| "Thou owest the ___ no silk": King Lear |
|
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| Wriggly bait |
|
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| Virus kin |
|
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| Early bird's prize |
|
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| *Sci-fi shortcut |
|
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| Apple invader |
|
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| Apple invader |
|
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| Leech, e.g. |
|
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| Contemptible one |
|
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| See 37-Down |
|
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| Fish's last bite |
|
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| Program that attacks computers |
|
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| Type of malware |
|
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| Wriggling bait |
|
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| Fishhook attachment |
|
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| Early bird's breakfast |
|
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| Bit of bait from the backyard |
|
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| Dance done face-down |
|
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| Bird's find |
|
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| Type of malware |
|
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| Breakdancing move, with "the" |
|
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| Early bird's treat |
|
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| One might get hooked |
|
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| Minnow alternative |
|
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| Tequila inclusion |
|
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| Malware app |
|
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| Mole's snack |
|
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| Contemptible person |
|
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| Early bird's prize |
|
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| Computer problem |
|
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| Spineless one |
|
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| Fish bait |
|
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| Despicable one |
|
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| Live bait |
|
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| Low life? |
|
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| Early bird's victim |
|
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| It may be on a hook |
|
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| Caterpillar |
|
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| Low life? |
|
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| Early bird's victim |
|
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| Poe's "conqueror" |
|
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| Dirt denizen |
|
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| Computer woe |
|
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| Antivirus software target |
|
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| Computer malady (and what can follow the starts of the four longest puzzle answers) |
|
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| Computer woe |
|
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| Robin's quest |
|
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| Thing studied by a helminthologist |
|
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| Fishing bait, perhaps |
|
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| Draw (out) craftily |
|
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| Draw (out) craftily |
|
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| Computer concern |
|
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| Destructive computer program |
|
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| Computer concern |
|
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| Little wriggler |
|
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| It's not wanted in the big apple? |
|
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| Early bird's breakfast |
|
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| Computer malady |
|
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| Computer woe |
|
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| Internet scourge |
|
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| Early bird victim |
|
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| Early bird victim |
|
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| Computer malady |
|
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| One might get hooked |
|
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| Nightcrawler |
|
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| It's not wanted in the big apple? |
|
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| "Inhabitant" of some tequila bottles |
|
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| Bit of bait |
|
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| "Conqueror" in a Poe poem |
|
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| Book liver? |
|
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| Word with inch or tape |
|
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| Bit of bait from the backyard |
|
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| Wriggly bait |
|
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| Fishing item |
|
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| Wriggler |
|
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| Apt rhyme for squirm |
|
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| Computer problem |
|
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| Lives in a book? |
|
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| Bird's find |
|
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| Computer problem |
|
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| Word with inch or tape |
|
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| Treat for an early bird |
|
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| Night crawler |
|
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| Poe's "The Conqueror ___" |
|
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| Fish bait |
|
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| Early bird's reward |
|
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| Contemptible fellow |
|
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| Computer pest |
|
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| Early bird's breakfast |
|
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| Despicable sort |
|
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| Wriggle |
|
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| Low life? |
|
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| Apple eater |
|
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| Inside of a jumping bean |
|
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| Lowlife |
|
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| Cad |
|
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| Tequila bottle additive |
|
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| It may be on a hook |
|
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| Apple spoiler |
|
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| Early bird's delight |
|
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| Apple invader |
|
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| It may be hooked |
|
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| Contemptible one |
|
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| Contemptible person |
|
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| Crawl |
|
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| Lowlife |
|
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| Teredo |
|
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| Tequila additive |
|
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| Advance stealthily |
|
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| Robin's quest |
|
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| Annelid |
|
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| He might get hooked |
|
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| Robin's prey |
|
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| Turner in a saw |
|
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| Word with book or silk |
|
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| Early-bird's victim |
|
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| Book ___ |
|
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| Small creeping animal. |
|
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| Wriggle. |
|
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| Invertebrate |
|
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| Grub. |
|
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| Bait. |
|
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| Night crawler. |
|
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| Anything spiral. |
|
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| Humble wretch. |
|
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| Humble turner. |
|
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| Miserable wretch. |
|
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| Humble crawler. |
|
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| Proceed deviously. |
|
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| Humble creature. |
|
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| Bird food. |
|
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