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4 letters · New York Times · Friday, March 27, 2020 · 41-Across
Appeared in 12 New York Times Crosswords between March 1996 and March 2020.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · March 27, 2020 · 41-Across · 4 letters
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only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
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