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| Braying beast |
| Desert safari beast |
| Middle Eastern market |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Mideast peninsula |
| Jurassic Park" creature |
| East Indian tree |
| Southeast Asian peninsula |
| Middle East airline |
| First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f |
| Horned beast of the zodiac |
| Eastern philosophy |
| Eastern servant |
| Mideast prince |
| Gangnam Style" rapper Psy's nationality |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| A Parkinson's treatment |
| Ancient Mideast civilization |
| Like a jungle beast |
| Beauty and the Beast," e.g. |
| East Indian food |
| Actor's first course? |
| Eastern eye makeup |
| Least satisfactory |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| Ancient Asia Minor coastal region |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |