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99%3Exact Match!
adverb

• continuing in the same way

55%10 Baking ingredient used multiple times in this puzzle?
noun

• fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

• act of decreasing in length

47%7Shortening technique used in linguistics
noun

• the gradual disappearance of an initial (usually unstressed) vowel or syllable as in `squire' for `esquire'

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New York Times09 Nov 2023 Down 38
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