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LA Times, Sun, Aug 16, 2020 - "Attracting the Wrong Type"
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MaryEllen Uthlaut / Ed. Rich Norris
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© 2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
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Prepare for sushi, in a way
Experienced
"Milk's Favorite Cookie"
__ light
Nevada casino city
Taro paste
La. or Dak., once
Parodies
The ad said "seasonal work" ... and we got an __!
Island wine
Ewoks' forest moon
Asian New Year
Did very well in
Fan
Turned up ground
One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew
... "flexible hours" ... and we got a __!
Team that's won six Super Bowls
NFL linemen
Open court hearing, in law
"__ the ramparts ... "
Cape Town's home: Abbr.
Songwriter Redding
Rescue plea
Start to build a pot
Prohibition
Programming classroom
Tuneful
... "fast-paced environment" ... and we got a __!
Fitting tightly
Boomerang's path
Natural soother
Bearded flower
Tootsy protector
Haphazard application
... "good driving record" ... and we got a __!
Bodybuilder's asset
In single file
Wind catcher
Very small amount
Protective shelter
Horns usually shed once a year
... "high-energy position" ... and we got a __!
Covered, in a way
Caper film subject
"Eat Better, Eat Together" mo.
Door support
One living an orderly life?
Poetic period
Hard pull
Opposite of WSW
Carp family fish
Fifth-century invader
Smoke dispensers, at times
... "service-minded attitude" ... and we got a __!
Be mistaken
"__ Been Thinking About You": 1991 #1 hit
Copy __
Author Bagnold
Long-bodied fish
A channel may lead to one
Shaving cream additive
... "strong verbal skills" and we got a __!
Ljubljana language
Honoring verses
Word between two cards?
Germany's von Bismarck
Coat material
Microsoft product
Versatile truck, informally
Loch with a legend
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Statements of faith
Six-sided fastener
Keyed up
Musical modifier
Make a choice
Linger idly
__ bar
Non-Rx
Puts back up
Sets upright
Gluck's "__ ed Euridice"
Belief system
Sweetheart
Like some sports
Ancient music hall
School income source
Program in advance
"Hell is other people" French dramatist
Eurasian range
"Yada, yada, yada" letters
Visibly anticipate, with "over"
"Little help here, bud?"
African antelope
"Iron Mike" in the ring
Coastal bird
Does a metalworking job
Sailor
Letter embellishment
One given the part
Drink mixer, in Manchester
Stress
Farm product
Reagle of "Wordplay"
Nebraska senator Fischer
Weather map line
Bob Marley, e.g.
Sway on a curve
Common quartet instrument
Emphatic type
Late to the max
"The Balcony" playwright
Taking with force
Deliver spontaneously
Like granola bars
Surround
Small deer
__ Puff: SpongeBob's driving teacher
Shred
Something to crow about?
Cell, nowadays
Always, to a poet
Cover-up in Nero's time
Russian note
Royal ornaments
Of a battery terminal
Sources of fine wool
Less clear
Strip of equipment
Anger
Putting on the payroll
Job for a stylist
Let up
Pupils do it in the dark
They happen
Brief scuffles
Franklin's burned wood
Provide with funding
Member of the fam.
Name possibly derived from the Arabic for "hairy"
Colorless gas for colorful signs
Born, in Brest
"Acid"
Pumpernickel grain