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August 15, 2026
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Across
1. Composer of "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
5. Very manly, as an attitude
6. Feels sore, as muscles after a workout
7. Where chickens sleep at night
8. Tie in a shoelace
Down
1. Breakfast strips from a pig
2. Sound made by a sneeze
3. Trunk in the body, or a treasure box
4. One who throws a party
5. Grade left by a teacher
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