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Louisiana Runs Late · Saturday, 2 May 2026 · Ahhhh!
May 2026
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'Bet you,' casually (6)
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Blue-green on a neon sign (4)
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What 'no offence' doesn't always prevent (4)
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Lemon spread in a tart (4)
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Sign of things to come (4)
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News agency behind many a wire story, briefly (2)
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Connections that get you through the door (3)
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Like every rooster (4)
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Music born in New Orleans that leaves room to improvise (4)
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Chapters of history (4)
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Word between 'stay' and 'go' (2)
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What the bouncer checks, briefly (2)
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How an oyster may arrive on ice (3)
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Trumpets and trombones, collectively (5)
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Part of a gym-goer's six-pack, for short (2)
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Calcium, on the periodic table (2)
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Let the beat tell your feet what to do (5)
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Refusal that needs no footnote (2)
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'___ vey!' (2)
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What applause can inflate (3)
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Louisiana stew often ladled over rice (5)
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A thousandth of a kilo (4)
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Horn with three valves and plenty to say (7)
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Operatic star, or the guest who needs three kinds of water (4)
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Places to crash, informally (4)
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Came back on the sender, as an insult might (11)
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What an outlaw is outside (3,3)
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Walking sticks (5)
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Hiring department, briefly (2)
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Key with three sharps (1,5)
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Relief from the heat, humming in the window, briefly (2)
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Pub event that rewards a head full of trivia (4)
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Vessel for ashes (3)
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Commercial interruptions (3)
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African stork nicknamed the 'undertaker bird' (7)
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Procession that turns a street into a stage (6)
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Had adventures in one's sleep (6)
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Louisiana waterway in no hurry (5)
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Lost the battle with gravity (6)
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Laughs through the nose (6)
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Snake with a hood (5)
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'I want my ___!' (3)
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One elected to the Lok Sabha, briefly (2)
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Pop (2)