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END GRID
THEME WORDS:
	0	--	BabyBathwater	|"Throw the ___ out with the ___ " (Miss a good opportunity because of its association with something undesireable)
	0	--	Back	|"Take a ___ seat" (Assume a position of little involvement in something
	0	--	Bacon	|"Bring home the ___ " (Earn a living or Win the prize)
	0	--	WrongSide	|"Get out on the ___ ___ of the bed" (Be in a bad mood)
	0	--	Worlds	|"Best of both ___ " (Satisfying two needs that seem impossible to reconcile)
	0	--	Bullet	|"Bite the ___ " (Do something difficult)
	0	--	Birds	|"For the ___ " (Not for me or Only for weaker or lesser people)
	0	--	BloodWater	|"___ is thicker than ___ " (Family loyalties are stronger than those to friends or anything else)
	0	--		|"Wear the ___ in the ___ " (Be in charge, especially in a family setting)
	0	--	CatBag	|"Let the ___ out of the ___ " (Give away a secret)
	0	--	NoCigar	|"Close but ___  ___ " (Narrowly failed to win or get something right)
	0	--	Turkey	|"Quit cold ___ " (Stop something habitual abruptly)
	0	--	Dried	|"Cut and ___ " (Simple, easy to understand)
	0	--	Cake	|"Piece of ___ " (Easy task, no problem)
	0	--	Cards	|"Play your ___ right" (Make the right strategic moves)
	0	--	Chase	|"Cut to the ___ " (Get to the point)
	0	--	Dumps	|"Down in the ___ " (Depressed)
	0	--	Flash	|" ___ in the pan" (Brief unsustainable success)
	0	--	Dead	|"Beat a ___ horse" (Continually hash out an obvious or settled issue)
	0	--	High	|"Get off your ___ horse" (Stop being arrogant)
	0	--	Kick	|" ___ the bucket" (Die)
	0	--	Line	|"End of the ___ " (Point at which all other effort is impossible or futile)
	0	--	Needle	|" ___ in a haystack" (Something lost in a logistically enormous location)
	0	--	psandqs	|"Mind your ___ ___ ___ " (Behave cautiously or properly)
	0	--	Nose	|"Pay through the ___ " (Reluctantly pay too much)
	0	--	PullOut	|" ___ ___ all the stops" (Apply absolute best effort)
	0	--	CatsDogs	|"Raining ___ and ___ " (Raining torrentially)
	0	--	Rhyme	|"Neither ___ nor reason" (No sense or explanation)
	0	--	WhenInRome	|" ___ ___ ____ , do as the Romans do" (In a new situation, behave like those around you)
	0	--	GrainOfSalt	|"Take something with a ___ ___ ___ " (Consider something skeptically)
	0	--	Skeleton	|" ____ in the closet" (Secret trouble or shame, especially in a family)
	0	--	Span	|"Spick and ___ " (Completely clean)
	0	--	Thunder	|"Steal someone's ____ " (Cause the attention that would be on another to come upon you)
	0	--	Table	|"Bring something to the ___ " (Offer something of interest)
	0	--	Hands	|"Win ___ down" (Win easily and uncontested)
	0	--	Writing	|"The ____ is on the wall" (Something bad is bound to happen)
END THEME WORDS
CURRENT CLUES ACROSS:
	 2 BLOODWATER	|"___ is thicker than ___ " (Family loyalties are stronger than those to friends or anything else)
	 4 CATBAG	|"Let the ___ out of the ___ " (Give away a secret)
	 7 TABLE	|"Bring something to the ___ " (Offer something of interest)
	 8 DRIED	|"Cut and ___ " (Simple, easy to understand)
	11 KICK	|" ___ the bucket" (Die)
	13 SPAN	|"Spick and ___ " (Completely clean)
	17 BABYBATHWATER	|"Throw the ___ out with the ___ " (Miss a good opportunity because of its association with something undesireable)
	18 PSANDQS	|"Mind your ___ ___ ___ " (Behave cautiously or properly)
	19 DEAD	|"Beat a ___ horse" (Continually hash out an obvious or settled issue)
	20 THUNDER	|"Steal someone's ____ " (Cause the attention that would be on another to come upon you)
	25 HIGH	|"Get off your ___ horse" (Stop being arrogant)
	26 BACON	|"Bring home the ___ " (Earn a living or Win the prize)
	29 CAKE	|"Piece of ___ " (Easy task, no problem)
	31 GRAINOFSALT	|"Take something with a ___ ___ ___ " (Consider something skeptically)
	32 LINE	|"End of the ___ " (Point at which all other effort is impossible or futile)
	33 WRONGSIDE	|"Get out on the ___ ___ of the bed" (Be in a bad mood)
	34 FLASH	|" ___ in the pan" (Brief unsustainable success)
	35 SKELETON	|" ____ in the closet" (Secret trouble or shame, especially in a family)
CURRENT CLUES DOWN:
	 1 RHYME	|"Neither ___ nor reason" (No sense or explanation)
	 3 TURKEY	|"Quit cold ___ " (Stop something habitual abruptly)
	 5 BULLET	|"Bite the ___ " (Do something difficult)
	 6 WRITING	|"The ____ is on the wall" (Something bad is bound to happen)
	 9 DUMPS	|"Down in the ___ " (Depressed)
	10 CATSDOGS	|"Raining ___ and ___ " (Raining torrentially)
	12 BIRDS	|"For the ___ " (Not for me or Only for weaker or lesser people)
	14 HANDS	|"Win ___ down" (Win easily and uncontested)
	15 WHENINROME	|" ___ ___ ____ , do as the Romans do" (In a new situation, behave like those around you)
	16 BACK	|"Take a ___ seat" (Assume a position of little involvement in something
	21 CHASE	|"Cut to the ___ " (Get to the point)
	22 PULLOUT	|" ___ ___ all the stops" (Apply absolute best effort)
	23 NOCIGAR	|"Close but ___  ___ " (Narrowly failed to win or get something right)
	24 WORLDS	|"Best of both ___ " (Satisfying two needs that seem impossible to reconcile)
	27 NOSE	|"Pay through the ___ " (Reluctantly pay too much)
	28 NEEDLE	|" ___ in a haystack" (Something lost in a logistically enormous location)
	30 CARDS	|"Play your ___ right" (Make the right strategic moves)
END CURRENT CLUES
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