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crossword answers
Clue Answer
SUBSTANTIAL HEFTY
Pieces in Joan Didion's 'The White Album' ESSAYS
Bit of good fortune LUCKYBREAK
HUMAN MIND PSYCHE
Went blond, for example DYED
SHEEP'S SOUND BAA
Salsa type MILD
State animal of Utah ELK
LONG PERIOD OF TIME ERA
LONG PERIOD OF TIME EON
Flower on 'The Bachelorette' ROSE
BASICS ABCS
OFF-KILTER ASKEW
PATCH UP MEND
USE A MACHETE CHOP
Degradation from regular use WEARANDTEAR
STEAK CUT TBONE
NYC arena, for short MSG
NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART CITY RENO
ROMANTIC RENDEZVOUS TRYST
Cuisine known for baba ghanouj LEBANESE
'Doctor Who' network BBC
Gave one's take OPINED
Currency in Spain EURO
WATERING CAN PART SPOUT
Boxing endings, for short KOS
Stop-motion sheep who lives at Mossy Bottom Farm SHAUN
Had some jianbing ATE
'RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-___ Spectacular' SLAY
Writes some software CODES
Spinach-loving sailor POPEYE
Moms in a coop HENS
NECESSARILY INVOLVED ENTAILED
K-pop star IDOL
'The ___ Games' HUNGER
HAZARDOUS UNSAFE
___ AND OUTS INS
___ box (Japanese meal) BENTO
SUDDEN SURGE ONRUSH
BEHINDS REARS
BE DISHONEST LIE
WOOD-SPLITTING TOOL AXE
HOWEVER BUT
PROFOUND DEEP
'wow!!!' OMG
How often some vitamins are taken ONCEADAY
___ CHOY (CHINESE VEGETABLE) BOK
GROW INCREASE
Amal Clooney (___ Alamuddin) NEE
BY A WHISKER BARELY
Old West fugitive OUTLAW
MASSIVE HUGE
CHOCOLATY COFFEE MOCHA
ICE CREAM HOLDER CONE
Attention-grabbing whisper PSST
NABISCO COOKIE OREO
Relieved exclamation WHEW
GREAT TIME BLAST
Spicy cookie GINGERSNAP
CANCEL OUT NEGATE
Performs like Monaleo RAPS
ALLEY-___ OOP
LABOR ACTIVIST CHAVEZ CESAR