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MONDAY PUZZLE — The theme of this Monday crossword, constructed by Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp, struck me as a callback to an entry in last week’s Wednesday puzzle (by Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen): [Sounds heard during a cuteness overload]. The answer there was AWS.

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In their song “Once in a Lifetime,” the Talking Heads wisely said,* “You may ask yourself, ‘Why are we entering four sets of double letters?’” and I must say it’s an excellent question.