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NYT Crossword — 2023-08-30
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Once ___ a time,
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not so ___ ago,
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___ was a girl named Ava.
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Ava's ___ joy was
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her prized ___.
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She had ___ her skill in band,
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despite sitting next to the noisy ____,
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which were an ___ distraction.
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One day, after school, Ava called a ___.
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It hadn't come ___ as she muttered,
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"___, I guess. At least the week's over."
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She was ___ with her music,
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and school was hardly an ___.
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Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___.
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As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage,
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Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument.
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Ava ___ at Dana.
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"Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked.
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Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava.
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Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing
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were ___ that Dana was smitten, too.
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"That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered.
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"I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it."
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Ava mustered every ___ in her brain
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and felt her heart ___ as she blurted,
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"I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!"
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Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!"
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Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed.
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After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___.
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Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies,
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and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing."
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Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___
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and Ava preferred Accra in ___,
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the pair still felt the ____ of their connection.
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One night, after watching "___ Python,"
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bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and
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listening to Nat King ___,
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Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___.
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And, of course, ___ lived
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happily ___ after.
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