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6 letters · New York Times · Monday, October 5, 2020 · 4-Across
Appeared in 5 New York Times Crosswords between February 1998 and October 2020.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · October 5, 2020 · 4-Across · 6 letters
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a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
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