- - What every word in this grid has except the starred hints: 2 wds.
- - Americans usually spell "cancelled" with this
- - Law school freshman: 2 wds.
- - First year law student: 2 wds.
- - Ogden Nash's "The ... lama, he's a priest...": Hyph.
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- - what you hear in this conversation: "what a nice night we're having in this dark forest!" "yes indeed! ooh, look at that full moon!"
- - Night bird in outside hedges gives a loud cry
- - Cries at the way Les gets disheartened
- - Emulates a coyote
- - Emulates a wolf
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- - "This game has been a nail-biter but wait... The ball is in the air again! Will this be the shot that seals the ...?"
- - Seal the ... (make an agreement official)
- - trade in lead production
- - Cope with losing a disorder
- - tourist town in kent that houses two 16th-century castles
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- - Straight to the point … or, homophonically, what this answer is relative to this puzzle?
- - Not left out at the start being outspoken
- - Straight-talking banker? Correct
- - Straight to the point
- - Going straight to the point.
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- - Meteor, and a hint to the word that descends in the starred clues' answers … and this puzzle's grid
- - screen idol on the decline?
- - Celestial misnomer, and a hint to the circled letters
- - Good for a wish maker, bad for a Hollywood agent
- - Meteor
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- - 'Seriously?!' … or what one might ask of the answers to starred clues in this puzzle?
- - Shocked question
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- - *Stock tips, e.g., or a hint to the starred answers' synonyms and their placement in the grid
- - Behind-the-scenes deets
- - Secret the theme answers contain
- - Dirt ... or what 17-, 25-, 36- and 48-Across all have?
- - Scoop, and a clue to five other Across answers
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- - Postseason gridiron game, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in starred answers
- - The Golden ......, Henry James novel
- - Make deliveries: there may be a drink in it for you
- - try to score a perfect 300, say
- - Throw about to get wicket?
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- - "Serena's sporting event is what we're keen on! What sport will you watch this year?"
- - sport andy murray plays
- - In which we serve, preferably faultlessly
- - take the net back: the sin is returning to the game
- - Where love is nothing
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- - Make ends meet, and a hint to what four answers in this puzzle do
- - Do a certain monthly chore
- - Chore for an N.F.L. owner?
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