ABBREVIATION: "an elected official serving as [second-in-command in] an American state" Crossword Clue

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ABBREVIATION: "an elected official serving as [second-in-command in] an American state" Crossword Answer

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SECOND-IN-COMMAND (noun)
1. someone who relieves a commander
ABBREVIATION (noun)
1. a shortened form of a word or phrase
2. shortening something by omitting parts of it

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Across

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13. NOUN: "the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along the center of its bottom"

14. Israeli weapon

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26. NOUN: "a frequent or regular male companion in a romantic or sexual relationship"

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33. Prefix with "cycle" or "verse"

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1. Dough for the IRS

2. NOUN: "a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style"

3. ADJECTIVE: "being in use or operation"

4. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "city and port...in northwestern Pennsylvania"

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7. One of two kissers

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14. NOUN: "the address of a...document or website...on the Internet"

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17. ADJECTIVE: "having a pleasantly pungent, sharp, or spicy taste"

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19. They issue nine-digit IDs

21. VERB: "to pass...used of time or a period of time"

24. NOUN: "[one] who consumes no food (such as meat, eggs, or dairy products) that comes from animals"

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31. Three o'clock, on a grandfather clock

32. "___ me explain!"

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