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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Puzzle by
Eleanor Sullivan
● Edited by
Kiran Parekh
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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Puzzle by
Eleanor Sullivan
● Edited by
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"Don't fall for it!"
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Chipmunk or beaver
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"Don't ___" (1966 "Cabaret" hit)
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Make fizzy
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Abandoned
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Gave, as flattery
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Napoleon's fighting force
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Grps. such as Doctors without Borders
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The S of SOH CAH TOA
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Sea squawker
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Indonesian volcano that spewed sulfur dioxide in 1883*
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1974 CIA spoof
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Builder of Curiosity?
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Like a ballerina using pointe shoes
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H, to Heracles
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Form a brown crust on chicken thighs, say
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"It's so quiet you could hear a ___ drop"
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Circuits that both slow down electrical flow and store energy: Abbr.
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___-de-France
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Hog haven
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What Alice did to change in size
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Woodsy U-M area by the Huron River
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Regarded in a certain way
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Opposed to, in Appalachia
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Type of sax
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American volcano that blanketed the Pacific Northwest with smoke in 1980*
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Gave the final blow, in boxing
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Michigan college town in the middle of the mitten
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Sch. for midshipmen
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Without accompaniment
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Make alterations to
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Tombstone texts
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Oblong Pepperidge Farm cookie
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Italian volcano that gushed molten rock in 79*
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Shorthand experts, briefly
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Mythological boar huntress
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Desirable designer purses
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Get misty-eyed
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In a thin manner
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"When ___ fails ..."
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Hook's right hand
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Scoundrel
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Detroit Lions wide receiver St. Brown
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Japanese graphic novels
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Roja or verde, e.g.
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Drink with crumpets
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Prayers
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Projects, as light
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School founded in 1440
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Mathematician Descartes
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Animal also called a zebra giraffe
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Natural talent
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Skin-cleansing product
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Meal starter?
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Ending for trick or brew
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Rubbish
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Turing and Shepard
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___ de deux
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"Make ___ double"
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Orthodontist's promise
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Andorra's official language
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Layered honey dessert
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All worked up
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CC, perhaps
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Drill sergeant's order
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Ukrainian port city
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Dutch dough?
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Cash dispensers, for short
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Café au ___
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Surgeon Gawande who was on President Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board
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Yoko from Tokyo
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"The cake ___ lie" (Portal catchphrase)
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