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ACROSS
1 - General
agreement 9 - Devastation 10 - Greek dialect 12 - Greek letter 13 - Decay 15 - Snare 17 - Commotion 18 - Adhesive 20 - Significant
time period 21 - Football
position (abb.) 22 Drench 23 - Girl’s name 25 - Erbium (chem.) 26 - Envoy 28 - Argue 30 - Alcoh. . 31 - Male nickname 32 - Drudged 36 - Edible tuber 39 - Latin "you" 40 - Compass
direction (abb.) 41 - Exist 42 - Abraham's
birthplace 43 - Man's name 45 - Chair part 47 - Three-fifths of
an onion
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