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crossword answers
Clue Answer
Front staircase STOOP
Emulate Chloe Zhao DIRECT
Bird symbolizing peace DOVE
LITTLE FIGHT SPAT
WATER PARK SLIDE CHUTE
Grilling area PATIO
Be accepted to a program GETIN
CAPTCHA box checked by humans IMNOTAROBOT
'Pariah' filmmaker Rees DEE
COMMOTION ADO
'It wasn't me,' for example DENIAL
WINDOW COVERING DRAPE
Hot-air brush setting LOW
DANGLE A CARROT IN FRONT OF ENTICE
DEER ALSO KNOWN AS WAPITI ELK
FAR FROM COLORFUL DRAB
FELT SORRY ABOUT RUED
Advanced degree in creative writing MFA
Madagascar animal LEMUR
Places to learn kendo DOJOS
'Who am ___ disagree?' ITO
Ruby and crimson REDS
ACCOMPLISHES DOES
ACTRESS MCCLURG EDIE
Sauce for tostones MOJO
Verb in origami instructions FOLD
SLINKY'S SHAPE COIL
'Never ___ a chance' STOOD
___ a yawn (hide your boredom) STIFLE
Island home to Jakarta JAVA
SLEEVE FILLERS ARMS
WINTER OLYMPICS SLED LUGE
LITTLE LIES FIBS
PLAY A TRICK ON FOOL
LADIES GALS
Item onstage PROP
Like Frigg and Freyja NORSE
SHREK, FOR EXAMPLE OGRE
WRENCH OR PLIERS TOOL
Londoner, for example BRIT
Train segment CAR
VOICE BELOW ALTO TENOR
TOUGH JOURNEY TREK
Source of India's national fruit MANGOTREE
WINDOW COLORING TINT
Road-paving goop TAR
UNBELIEVABLE BARGAIN STEAL
ZIGZAG DOWNHILL SLALOM
Still capable of winning INIT
HOPPY BREW, FOR SHORT IPA
___ over (studied closely) PORED
SHRILL BARKS YIPS
Lard and suet FATS
SOME PARENTS MOMS
WINTER OLYMPICS HATS SKICAPS
Photos, for short PICS
Haleakala's island MAUI
___-FI SCI