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“Much ___ About Nothing”
ADO
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Journalist Shapiro
ARI
•
Jean ___, pioneering Dada artist
ARP
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Hits up privately on social media, for short
DMS
•
Dine
EAT
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Set your alarm for 7 p.m. instead of 7 a.m., for instance
ERR
•
Computer key in the upper-left corner
ESC
•
The “E” in N.Y.E.
EVE
•
Brooks of Hollywood
MEL
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“Today” network
NBC
•
Place to hang your hat on
PEG
•
Knight’s title
SIR
•
Annoy
VEX
•
“Sure is”
YEP
•
“What were ___ thinking?!?”
YOU
•
Country between Sudan and Niger
CHAD
•
___ and gloom
DOOM
•
Country
LAND
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Big name in hiking sandals
TEVA
•
Sped (through)
TORE
•
French painter Matisse
HENRI
•
Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick
LAMAR
•
D.C. transit system
METRO
•
Got up
STOOD
•
Supercharged engine variety
TURBO
•
Vegetable similar to radicchio
ENDIVE
•
Patterned fabric named for a city in India now known as Chennai
MADRAS
•
Country between the United States and Guatemala
MEXICO
•
Noted thesaurus
ROGETS
•
Storytelling clichés
TROPES
•
Greetings between two frat dudes, say
BROHUGS
•
Country between Peru and Colombia
ECUADOR
•
Fifth, often, for a manual transmission
TOPGEAR
•
Super-firm hold
DEATHGRIP
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Country between Belgium and Germany
LUXEMBOURG