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Author: Alex Eaton-Salners
Editor: Will Shortz
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| Once ___ a time, | UPON |
| not so ___ ago, | LONG |
| ___ was a girl named Ava. | THERE |
| Ava's ___ joy was | SOLE |
| her prized ___. | OBOE |
| She had ___ her skill in band, | HONED |
| despite sitting next to the noisy ___, | CLARINETS |
| which were an ___ distraction. | ADDED |
| One day, after school, Ava called a ___. | LYFT |
| It hadn't come ___ as she muttered, | YET |
| "___, I guess. At least the week's over." | TGIF |
| She was ___ with her music, | BORED |
| and school was hardly an ___. | EDEN |
| Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___. | TUBA |
| As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage, | IDLED |
| Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument. | STOW |
| Ava ___ at Dana. | SMILED |
| "Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked. | YOGA |
| Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava. | ERA |
| Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing | AIRLEAK |
| were ___ that Dana was smitten, too. | SIGNALS |
| "That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered. | RAD |
| "I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it." | EBAY |
| Ava mustered every ___ in her brain | NEURON |
| and felt her heart ___ as she blurted, | SKIP |
| "I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!" | LYING |
| Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!" | ISNT |
| Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed. | NOSE |
| After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___. | DOSES |
| Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies, | CHIP |
| and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing." | ADO |
| Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___ | MALI |
| and Ava preferred Accra in ___, | GHANA |
| the pair still felt the ___ of their connection. | RIGHTNESS |
| One night, after watching "___ Python," | MONTY |
| bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and | ASIA |
| listening to Nat King ___, | COLE |
| Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___. | SODAS |
| And, of course, ___ lived | THEY |
| happily ___ after. | EVER |
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| Trojans' sch. | USC |
| Straw vote, e.g. | POLL |
| Skin cream brand | OLAY |
| Round, squishy toy | NERFBALL |
| Actor Chaney | LON |
| Followed | OBEYED |
| With distinction | NOTEDLY |
| Daring deed | GEST |
| Contraction before "be great" | THATD |
| Obergefell v. ___, Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage | HODGES |
| Conclude miserably | ENDINTEARS |
| Shipwreck site | REEF |
| Reds great Roush | EDD |
| Figure skater Midori | ITO |
| Like buses and bicycles | RIDABLE |
| Curtain trims, e.g. | EDGINGS |
| Bygone Russian rulers | TSARS |
| Inuit skin boat | UMIAK |
| It's a sure thing | BIRDINHAND |
| Dawn goddess | EOS |
| Synthetic fabric | ORLON |
| Never existed | WASNT |
| Wide shoe spec | EEE |
| Just a number, it's said | AGE |
| Alabama governor Ivey | KAY |
| Bother | NUISANCE |
| Language from which we get bupkis and shtick | YIDDISH |
| Starting place | POINTA |
| Knuckle-headed gesture? | NOOGIE |
| Neuters | SPAYS |
| responder | EMT |
| When repeated, a toy train | CHOO |
| Hamlet's interrogative after "How now!" | ARAT |
| Pope after Benedict IV | LEOV |
| Bali, for one | ISLE |
| M.L.B. execs | GMS |
| Stuff in a loft | HAY |
| Title for "Game of Thrones" knights | SER |