The Crossword Answers NYT - August 30, 2023

across

• her prized ___ Crossword Clue

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  OBOE

• and school was hardly an ___ Crossword Clue

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  EDEN

• Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!" Crossword Clue

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  ISNT

• listening to Nat King ___, Crossword Clue

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  COLE

• Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___ Crossword Clue

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  SODAS

• Once ___ a time, Crossword Clue

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  UPON

• not so ___ ago, Crossword Clue

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  LONG

• She had ___ her skill in band, Crossword Clue

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  HONED

• despite sitting next to the noisy ___, Crossword Clue

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  CLARINETS

• It hadn't come ___ as she muttered, Crossword Clue

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  YET

• She was ___ with her music, Crossword Clue

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  BORED

• Ava ___ at Dana Crossword Clue

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  SMILED

• Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing Crossword Clue

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  AIRLEAK

• were ___ that Dana was smitten, too Crossword Clue

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  SIGNALS

• and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing." Crossword Clue

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  ADO

• Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___ Crossword Clue

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  MALI

• the pair still felt the ___ of their connection Crossword Clue

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  RIGHTNESS

• Ava's ___ joy was Crossword Clue

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  SOLE

• which were an ___ distraction Crossword Clue

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  ADDED

• As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage, Crossword Clue

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  IDLED

• "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked Crossword Clue

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  YOGA

• "That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered Crossword Clue

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  RAD

• and felt her heart ___ as she blurted, Crossword Clue

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  SKIP

• Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies, Crossword Clue

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  CHIP

• One night, after watching "___ Python," Crossword Clue

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  MONTY

• bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and Crossword Clue

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  ASIA

• Ava mustered every ___ in her brain Crossword Clue

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  NEURON

• After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___ Crossword Clue

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  DOSES

• and Ava preferred Accra in ___, Crossword Clue

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  GHANA

• ___ was a girl named Ava Crossword Clue

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  THERE

• One day, after school, Ava called a ___ Crossword Clue

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  LYFT

• Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___ Crossword Clue

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  TUBA

• Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava Crossword Clue

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  ERA

• "___, I guess. At least the week's over." Crossword Clue

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  TGIF

• "I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it." Crossword Clue

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  EBAY

• "I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!" Crossword Clue

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  LYING

• Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed Crossword Clue

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  NOSE

• And, of course, ___ lived Crossword Clue

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  THEY

• happily ___ after Crossword Clue

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  EVER

• Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument Crossword Clue

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  STOW