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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Bold" size="10">ACROSS</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">1 School course
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">5 Third-party account
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">11 Pale tan
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">13 Clothing line
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">15 Nile serpent
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">16 “Buenos ---”
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">17 Tribal leader
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">19 Reservoir maker
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">22 Stunned states
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">24 Marry in haste
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">26 A party to
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">27 Concept
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">28 Early computer
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">30 Wave’s top
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">31 Baseball’s Williams
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">32 Writer Asimov
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">34 Made a sketch
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">35 Drama division
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">38 Ill will
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">41 Like an eyesore
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">42 Ancient
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">43 Shortly
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">44 Andy Hardy’s portrayer
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Bold" size="10">DOWN</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">1 Butte’s kin
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">2 Good pair
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">3 Geometric shape
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">4 Engine sound
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">5 Spine-tingling
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">6 Geometric shape
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">7 Chicago team
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">8 Vault part
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">9 Low digit
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">10 Marry
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">16 Dentist’s deg.
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">18 Singer Horne
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">19 Geometric shape
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">20 Gorillas and gibbons
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">21 Ham or lamb
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">22 Losing scheme
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">25 Old Italian coin
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">29 Geometric shape
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">30 Crow call
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">33 Squalid
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">34 Singer Celine
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">36 Artery problem
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">37 TV’s Daly
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">38 Spoil
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">39 Before today
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">40 Summer sign
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="[No Paragraph Style]" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="10">41 Much of N. Amer. </lang>
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