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Step James Moss · Saturday, 27 September 2025 · Ahhhh!
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Red-carpet affair with black-tie flair (4)
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Annoyed expression; of a cartoon cat for e.g. (4)
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Sovereign power of Rome; or the Dune boardgame (8)
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Heraldic gold, to a vexillologist (2)
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US postal abbr. for the Peach State (2)
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Current passage of time in GenZ speak (2)
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Body of fellows running an ancient university (9)
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King of Magadha, Shrenika, friend of Buddha (9)
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Platform for shorts and streams, briefly (2)
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One paid to pan or praise (6)
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Soft mineral once found in baby powder (4)
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First half of the Hebrew Bible, abbr. (2)
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Country code on a Maple Leaf URL (2)
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Chicago transit whose name is just two letters (2)
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Chawla of QSQT fame (4)
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Either word in logic gates (2)
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Data a user provides to a system (5)
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Secure; ground (cryptic DD) (4)
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Berates at length (6)
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Character set of the early computer era, with no emojis (5)
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Messi's old club, briefly (5)
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Roughly a billion bytes (8)
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Reddit culture where you can ask real people questions (3)
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Vinyl that spins at 33 1/3 rpm (2)
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Like exercise that keeps you in the fat-burning zone (7)
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Youth group selling Thin Mints (10)
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Private ping on X, briefly (2)
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Melbourne Slam, to tennis fans (2)
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You get this US residency if you pay 1M USD (5,4)
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Dig up; discover after long neglect (7)
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Founded 1899, Italian Automobile Factory of Turin (4)
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Ruler marking between mm and in. (2)
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Chemical symbol that starts lithium-ion (2)
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Gri___, the Petzl braking device for sports with ropes (3)
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Slant typefaces (7)
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So recognizable it needs no caption (6)
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Dame ____ Dench (4)
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Latin for 'that woman', seen in scholia (4)
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Permit letter in India, abbr. (3)
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Govt scheme for boosting mfg (3)
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Typical first note in Indian classical music (2)