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TIMETOHITTHEHAY"It's bedtime for me!" LITTLEWHITELIES'Small cue ball' is fiction THESOUNDOFMUSICStrains? That's the story SEEMSREASONABLE"That's not so outrageous" ADVENTCALENDARSTheir last windows are opened on Christmas Eve LOSTONESDIGNITYDidn't save face COLORADOSPRINGSDesperately poor lad crossing city INCOMPLETEGRADEI may stand for it ARMOREDDINOSAURAnkylosaurus, for one ASANENDINITSELFHow humanity exists, per Kant BOLTONWANDERERSEccentric wore brand stolen from football club BOOGIEDOWNBRONXHip-hop's birthplace, colloquially VOICECONTROLLEDSmart, in a way PUTAFACETOANAMEFinally meet in person, or how to make the starred clues match their answers