“➡____ your breath! (Don’t bother talking further): Save

➡Architectural constructions: Buildings

➡Basis for a raise: Merit

➡Become aware of: Notice

➡Dumpster fill: Trash

➡Focus of many an X-ray: Chest

➡Increases, as prices: Rises

➡It borders Brazil and Bolivia: Peru

➡Lots of street talk: Slang

➡Something With Arrows: Game pursuer: Hunter

➡Something With Arrows: Graph relative: Chart

➡Something With Arrows: Highway aids: Signs

➡Something With Arrows: Way to go: Road

➡Standard or point of reference: Benchmark

➡Sundae topper: Cherry

➡Too close-fitting to wear: Tight
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“➡___’_ that the truth!: Isnt

➡Assigns a grade to, say: Evaluates

➡Become tiresome: Wear

➡Computer drive part: Disk

➡Crossword composer’s inventory?: Alphabet

➡Financially Supported: Bankrolled

➡Finds fault with: Criticizes

➡Gives an incentive to: Motivates

➡Goal of some meditation: Awareness

➡Have the attention of: Engage

➡Language in Vatican City: Latin

➡Live-streamed, say: Realtime

➡Mad rush: Stampede

➡Medical facility: Clinic

➡Much of a waiter’s income: Tips

➡Not loving anymore: Over

➡People Might Cheat On This: Government income: Taxes

➡People Might Cheat On This: Phone download: Game

➡People Might Cheat On This: Reporter’s quest: Interview

➡People Might Cheat On This: Significant other, e.g.: Partner

➡People Might Cheat On This: Student stress source: Test

➡People Might Cheat On This: What a person eats: Diet

➡Ring decoration: Gem

➡Sn, on a table: Tin

➡Sock end: Toe

➡Tailor’s tool: Scissors

➡Ultraconservative, traditional: Orthodox

➡Verb that sounds like a vowel: Owe

➡We just said the same thing at the same time!: Jinx
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“➡Amount earned from investments: Interest

➡Bringing products into the country: Importing

➡Doubled radius: Diameter

➡Fictional tale: Fable

➡Flower stalk: Stem

➡Give support for retreat: Back

➡Local government leader: Mayor

➡Once sworn in, the Swiss Guard will receive a personal ________ from the Pope: Blessing

➡Process of learning; schooling: Education

➡Short newspaper story: Article

➡Source of gratification: Pleasure

➡The Swiss Guard is only open to ____ Swiss citizens: Male

➡The Swiss Guard is required to be a practicing ________: Catholic

➡These smart sea mammals that look like they are smiling: Dolphins

➡Think ahead: Plan

➡Visibility fogger: Mist

➡Wearing a happy face: Smiling

➡What you try to mate in chess: King
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“➡________, the best team in history was …: Arguably

➡Animals That Worry About Global Warming: Arctic denizen: Polarbear

➡Animals That Worry About Global Warming: Bird in a “tuxedo”: Penguin

➡Animals That Worry About Global Warming: Us: Human

➡Became a shipwreck, perhaps: Sank

➡Frog hangout: Pond

➡Fulfilled, as a promise: Kept

➡Knock over, as a bank: Rob

➡Lawyer’s assignment: Case

➡Leave unmentioned: Omit

➡Like “mice” and “men”: Plural

➡Mental impression: Percept

➡Parties, to pirates: Anagram

➡Shaky; emotionally erratic: Unstable

➡The “N” of PIN: Number

➡Winter work-force reducer: Flu
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“➡Be totally destroyed: Perish

➡Celestial revolver: Planet

➡Charger attachment: Cord

➡Coffee selection: Grind

➡Dull-edged: Blunt

➡Emperors’ domains: Realms

➡Extremely, rather: Quite

➡Field gain: Corn

➡Get, as a gig: Land

➡Gets the better of: Overcomes

➡Happens at the same time: Coincides

➡Herbs and spices: Seasoning

➡Identify, acknowledge: Recognize

➡Impaired from disuse: Rusty

➡Ironman competition parts: Marathons

➡Let loose: Free

➡Like most drivers: Adult

➡Likelihood of success: Prospects

➡Magazine edition: Issue

➡Many Olympic events: Races

➡Minor, as a complaint: Petty

➡Native place: Hometown

➡No longer here: Gone

➡Not just for me: Ours

➡Not the main bank: Branch

➡Place for plates: Sink

➡Pleased with one’s feats: Proud

➡Pressure, so to speak: Screws

➡Rabbit’s treat: Carrot

➡Regard, behold: Lookupon

➡Scars on the hands of a cat owner: Scratches

➡The other way around: Viceversa

➡The super star in the team of 2022 World Cup winner: Messi

➡Thunderous sounds: Rumblings

➡Transplant, as a houseplant: Repot

➡Tries, trains: Practices

➡Uncommon eye color: Hazel

➡Was deeply hurtful: Stung

➡We Would Applaud For: Annual get-together: Reunion

➡We Would Applaud For: Formal delivery: Speech

➡We Would Applaud For: Good reception: Welcome

➡We Would Applaud For: Important call: Decision

➡We Would Applaud For: Musical event: Concert

➡We Would Applaud For: Performances: Shows

➡We Would Applaud For: Tricky business: Magic

➡We Would Applaud For: Victor: Champion

➡Website feature often indicated by a magnifying glass: Search
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“➡… Rhapsody, a song by Queen: Bohemian

➡As soon as: Once

➡Cheating on an ethics exam, e.g.: Irony

➡City inhabitant: Citizen

➡City’s smaller relative: Town

➡Fine-tuning: Adjusting

➡From the Arctic, say: Northern

➡High-reaching ruminants: Giraffes

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: “The mother of success”: Failure

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: Applicant’s goal: Job

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: Cup: Trophy

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: Meet face to face?: Kiss

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: One may be imaginary or close: Friend

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: Tourist’s rental: Car

➡I Will Never Forget My First …: Vet visitor: Pet

➡In Greek mythology, goddess of love and beauty: Aphrodite

➡It’s taken while waiting: Order

➡Like noses, at times: Runny

➡Lying on one’s stomach: Prone

➡Made believe: Pretended

➡Organizing into groups: Sorting

➡Pencil user’s device: Sharpener

➡Person who grasses to the police: Informant

➡Prey for a brown bear: Trout

➡Primitive fishing tool: Spear

➡Raise with great effort: Heave

➡Really, really want: Crave

➡Squeaky wheel’s need: Grease

➡Stick for a shish kebab: Skewer

➡Temporary faults: Glitches

➡XXI: Twentyone
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➡_____berg (News agency): Bloom

➡Aussie birds that don’t fly: Emus

➡Corridor; vestibule: Hallway

➡Home for herons and egrets: Marsh

➡Internet securities that are hackers’ targets: Firewalls

➡Kitchen timer sound: Ding

➡Quite a bit: Often

➡Roofing material: Slate

➡Salmon and so forth: Seafood

➡Star Trek studio: Paramount

➡Stop!: Halt

➡Strong farm animals: Oxen

➡Things With Natural Texture: Canadian flag feature: Leaf

➡Things With Natural Texture: Flooring with veins: Marble

➡Things With Natural Texture: Honeydew or cantaloupe: Melon

➡Things With Natural Texture: Mahogany or oak: Wood

“➡Acts as a go-between: Mediates

➡Autocorrect target: Typo

➡Beasts on the royal arms of Scotland: Unicorns

➡Bell-shaped flower: Lily

➡Biscuits’ beginning: Dough

➡Casting off: Removing

➡Essential thing: Must

➡Event that’s an “Oops!”: Mishap

➡Extend, as a contract: Renew

➡Give a hand: Assist

➡Guesses, expectations: Assumptions

➡Info page on many sites: Faq

➡It Enters A House Without Using A Door: Cat’s quarry: Mouse

➡It Enters A House Without Using A Door: December mall figure: Santa

➡It Enters A House Without Using A Door: Leaf blower: Wind

➡It Enters A House Without Using A Door: Source of vitamin D: Sunlight

➡It Enters A House Without Using A Door: Squeak or creak: Sound

➡It Enters A House Without Using A Door: Virus-transmitting insect: Mosquito

➡Just what the doctor ordered: Dosage

➡Legacy, ancestry: Heritage

➡Let’s see …: Hmm

➡Musician’s asset: Rhythm

➡Needing cleaning, as tabletops: Dusty

➡Receipt figure: Amount

➡Small equine: Pony

➡Streaming delay: Lag

➡Teach a lesson, maybe: Punish

➡Telescope sighting: Asteroid

➡Think wrongly of: Misjudge

➡What follows the semis: Final

➡Where many connections are made: Hubs

➡Where the Amazon begins: Peru

➡Word in many hymns: Rejoice
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“➡_____ card (purchasing option): Debit

➡2 + 2 = 5, for example: Error

➡Area of land: Territory

➡Job Titles: Movie-set boss: Director

➡Job Titles: Summer worker: Intern

➡Job Titles: Top exec: Ceo

➡Let’s skip the chitchat and get down to the ____-gritty: Nitty

➡Lighted distress signal: Flare

➡Needing scratching: Itchy

➡Old, but cool: Retro

➡Put up the white flag: Surrender

➡Spare room user: Guest

➡Sticker on a stem: Thorn

➡Twinkies or Pringles: Snack
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“➡Affliction of the eyes: Blindness

➡Apart from: Except

➡Barista’s creation: Espresso

➡Be the epitome of: Personify

➡Common tattoo sites: Arms

➡Crashes together: Collides

➡Defeat (someone): Overcome

➡Defend a hive: Sting

➡Feeling down: Blue

➡Go in headfirst: Dive

➡Informant: Snitch

➡Involving young patients: Pediatric

➡like all the letters in this clue: Lowercase

➡Like many exercisers: Sweaty

➡More than suspect: Know

➡Not just a snack: Meal

➡Nothing Is More Important Than …: Awareness: Knowledge

➡Nothing Is More Important Than …: December holiday: Christmas

➡Nothing Is More Important Than …: Letter sign-off: Love

➡Nothing Is More Important Than …: Personal identity: Oneself

➡Nothing Is More Important Than …: Still in the game: Alive

➡Nothing Is More Important Than …: Youngster: Kid

➡Out in the open: Public

➡Peruse, as the news: Read

➡Push for something: Advocate

➡Puts out, as a record: Releases

➡Reaction to an awkward moment: Cringe

➡Tie, as a score: Evenup

➡Word with match or money: Making
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