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crossword answers
Clue Answer
'___ MISERABLES' LES
*GULP* OHNO
Before and ___ ('Wheel of Fortune' category) AFTER
CHASED PURSUED
Comedian's platform STAGE
Daffodil part STEM
DEVOUR EAT
HAVE ON WEAR
CRUMB-CARRYING INSECT ANT
'Whichever works' EITHER
'Virgo's ___' (Beyonce song) GROOVE
SLIP PAST EVADE
SLIP PAST ELUDE
'That's right!' YEP
'12 Men of Christmas' or 'Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher' LIFETIMEMOVIE
Flying saucer, for example UFO
'Star Wars' villain Kylo REN
'Salt Fat Acid ___' (Samin Nosrat book) HEAT
'CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!' ITSON
'Rap Sh!t' creator Issa RAE
'Just a heads-up . . .' FYI
'Grown-ish' star Shahidi YARA
Has a debt to settle OWES
Primary spirit in a Manhattan RYE
RIPPED TORE
Identical ones are rare TRIPLETS
Ingredient for making pasta EGG
Labels on T-shirts TAGS
NOT ALL SOME
Place for a brooch LAPEL
Residential loans HOMEMORTGAGES
Long stretches of time EONS
INFURIATED MAD
Music genre whose E stands for 'electronic' EDM
Periodontist's speciality GUMS
SPANISH CHEER OLE
Scoreboard count (Abbr.) PTS
Word before 'storm' or 'angel' SNOW
Sinus expert ENT
___ to pick (minor complaints) NITS
Sleepytime Bear product TEA
HIGH-___ MONITOR RES
RESCUER SAVIOR
TENANT'S CONTRACT LEASE
SOME SHEEP EWES
TITLE FOR IAN MCKELLEN SIR
UNCORKING SOUND POP
GRIN SMILE
PROPOSALS OFFERS
Silver or steel METAL
Home plate official UMP
Knee tissue, for short ACL
Thick-leaved succulent ALOE
MUST-HAVE NEED
MENACING STATEMENT THREAT
Magazine boss EDITOR
Texas-to-Louisiana direction EAST
The ___-Missouria Tribe OTOE
U.S. astronauts' org NASA
RADIATE EMIT
Word before 'ring' or 'board' MOOD
___ Pieces (peanut butter candies) REESES
STANDARDS NORMS
THOUGHT IDEA
DOES SOME SUMS ADDS
Gestures of agreement NODS