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In the Spotlight

Featuring familiar words with surprising second acts.

This puzzle shines a spotlight on words with multiple meanings, challenging your vocabulary and wordplay skills.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

1.Bowling triumphs or labor walkouts.
5.Totally cool, or inspiring dread.
9.Spring's feeling or a library card's re-up.
10.Put into order, as a bouquet or a song.
11.Ancient outdoor clock casting shadows.

Down

2.It might lean in Pisa.
3.Familiar or acknowledged.
4.Ancient upright stone slab, often commemorative.
5.Many Mideasterners.
6.Houston firm that became a byword for scandal.
7.It can be Red or Dead.
8.Molten rock beneath the surface.

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