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• a tentative attempt; an analytic or interpretive literary composition

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Answer: ESSAY

ESSAY is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 398 times.

Referring Clues:

• Russell Baker specialty
• Lamb product
• School assignment
• Opinionated work
• 16-Across work
• Bacon product
• Calvin Trillin piece
• "Civil Disobedience," e.g.
• English exam finale, often
• Bacon piece
• Emerson work
• Article in Harper's or The Atlantic
• Blue-book filler
• Piece in Harper's
• English paper
• Think piece
• With 64-Across, a student's challenge
• Pope production
• Test format
• College application part
• "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," maybe
• Op-ed piece
• Emerson piece
• Very long-winded answer
• "A Modest Proposal," e.g.
• Lamb specialty
• English assignment
• Time piece?
• Composition with a viewpoint
• Bacon or Lamb product
• Opinion piece
• Op-ed piece, e.g.
• Journal submission
• Blue book filler
• Prose piece
•     Bacon piece
• Piece in The New Republic
• Analytic work
• Op-ed, typically
• Writing contest entry
• Swift's "A Modest Proposal," e.g.
• Lamb or Bacon piece
• Pundit's piece
• Part of a college application
• Piece of Lamb?
• Alexander Pope work
• Kind of test question
• High school composition
• Blue-book filler, maybe
• English paper, often
• Scholarship entry, sometimes
• Gore Vidal piece, perhaps
• Part of a history test, sometimes
• Part of many a history test
• Written composition
• Piece with a purpose
• Position paper
• Piece of Bacon?
• Blue book test answer
• Writing contest entry, often
• Gore Vidal composition
• Kind of test answer
• Long test answer
• National Review piece
• Long answer on a test
• Part of a Social Studies test
• Lamb serving
• Part of many an English exam
• Social Studies assignment
• Op-ed offering
• Writing class assignment
• Montaigne's writing form
• Emerson effort
• English homework
• English class assignment
• "The New Yorker" piece
• Class paper
• History class homework, perhaps
• Put to the test
• "The Federalist" component
• Blue book entry
• Exam type you can't guess on
• Expository writing class assignment
• Part of the SAT
• Thoreau tract
• Question type
• Magazine piece, often
• Piece of Bacon
• School composition
• Piece of Lamb or Bacon
• "A literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything": Huxley
• Op-ed column, e.g.
• Samuel Johnson's "The False Alarm," e.g.
• English test component
• Common college admission requirement
• The New Yorker piece
• Test you can't really guess on
• New SAT component
• Samuel Johnson work
• Homework assignment
• High-school composition
• English-class assignment
• Addison and Steele piece
• Editorial piece
• High-school exam part
• Test question, maybe
• Take a crack at
• Thoreau composition
• Foucault product
• Student's composition
• Feature in Harper's or The Atlantic
• Written test type
• Calvin Trillin piece, perhaps
• Exam part, sometimes
• Writing assignment
• Gore Vidal piece
• ''How I Spent My Summer Vacation,'' maybe
• Op-Ed article
• Certain English assignment
• English test requirement, often
• English exam, often
• Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," for one
• Susan Sontag piece
• Alternative to multiple choice
• Type of test
• Alexander Pope piece
• The Atlantic piece
• Virginia Woolf piece
• Written analysis
• Personal prose unit
• Ralph Waldo Emerson piece
• Literary composition
• Test segment, perhaps
• English test, sometimes
• Give it a shot
• English 101 assignment
• "How I Spent My Summer Vacation," e.g.
• "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" e.g.
• Magazine piece, sometimes
• Piece of prose
• Part of some exams
• Emerson opus
• Composition
• Test format, sometimes
• Lengthy test answer
• English final exam, perhaps
• Contest entry
• College application piece, perhaps
• Montaigne piece
• Long-form writing assignment
• SAT segment
• Article in Harper's
• Test composition
• Paper piece
• Charles Lamb piece
• Blue-book composition
• Piece of schoolwork
• Op-ed piece, usually
• English composition
• Short piece of writing
• History class assignment
• Common college admissions requirement
• Long English assignment
• Emersonian effort
• Exam portion, perhaps
• College application component
• It has a point
• "Civil Disobedience" is one
• English homework, perhaps
• Bit of literature
• College application requirement, often
• Analytic writing
• "How I Spent My Summer," often
• Type of question
• Student's assignment
• George Will piece
• English homework, maybe
• School paper
• Exam format
• English homework, often
• Elia writing
• Lamb writing
• SAT section
• Thoreau piece
• With 11-Down, blue-book exam
• Steele work
• Dryden work
• History test section, often
• Longish blog post
• History test component
• Five-paragraph piece, perhaps
• Frank Rich piece
• Short story
• Nora Ephron work
• College application need
• 55 Down portion, often
• Final exam, maybe
• Twain piece
• English test segment, perhaps
• Maureen Dowd piece
• Dreaded assingment
• Part of many a college application
• Lamb creation
• Bacon piece?
• Test answer in a blue book
• First tentative step
• Lamb output
• Short piece on a given subject
• Lamb's forte
• Christopher Hitchens work
• Alternative to true-false or multiple-choice
• Part of a social studies test, often
• Schoolboy's writing exercise
• Exam option
• It's definitely not the short answer
• Swift composition
• David Sedaris work
• Philosophy test component
• Huffington Post piece
• English Lit assignment
• Piece of Lamb or Bacon?
• English-exam element, often
• Piece of Bacon or Lamb
• College paper
• Kind of test ... or a phonetic hint to 17-, 25-, 36-, 47- and 57-Across
• Piece of Slate, e.g.
• Certain homework assignment
• College applicant's composition
• Test type you can't really guess on
• David Sedaris piece
• English class work
• English exam finale, sometimes
• Grader's headache
• History homework, sometimes
• College application portion
• Blue book topic
• Emerson product
• Part of a G.E.D. exam
• Creative exam
• Salon offering
• "Me Talk Pretty One Day" piece
• Elia offering
• English assignment, sometimes
• Short paper
• Outlet for one's thoughts
• Place to find an argument, perhaps
• Written contest entry, say
• Part of some history exams
• Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," e.g.
• Foreword, frequently
• Thoreau work
• English exam part
• SAT part that's judged
• George Will will often write one about baseball
• A kind of composition
• Op-ed, e.g.
• English exam ender, perhaps
• Bacon serving?
• Lengthy writing assignment
• Written exam feature
• English class assignment, maybe
• Part of an English exam, often
• Emerson composition
• Short literary piece
• Composition for high schoolers
• Dreaded assignment
• Optional SAT part
• Longish English assignment
• Written opinion
• End of an English test, perhaps
• Application requirement, maybe
• Many a Slate article
• Final ordeal, perhaps
• Composed piece
• Repplier work
• Many a New Yorker article
• Francis Bacon piece
• "Notes of a Native Son" e.g.
• Optional part of the SAT
• Op-ed piece, say
• Interpretative piece
• Any of the Federalist Papers
• Long homework assignment
• Medium.com posting
• Bacon output
• Long exam answer
• Product in a blue book
• Long written piece
• Multi-paragraph test answer
• Opinion piece, essentially
• Longish written piece
• Position paper, e.g.
• Pundit piece
• Common English assignment
• One-pager, for one
• Response to a prompt
• A college applicant may have to write one
• Short prose composition
• Nonfiction piece
• Student paper
• Lamb offering
• Common App component
• Op-ed, for instance
• Montaigne work
• Speculative prose
• Written material
• College app attachment
• Assignment that might have a page limit
• Assignment with an argument
• Doreen St. Felix work
• Alexander Pope product
• Take a stab at
• Type of magazine piece
• Piece for an editorial page
• English major's assignment
• Writing in a blue book
• Short opinion piece
• Assignment that may have a bibliography
• College application section, often
• Many a Claudia Rankine opus
• "In this ___, I will ..."
• Test answer written in paragraphs
• A student may plagiarize one
• Maya Angelou piece
• Written argument
• Student's writing assignment
• Writing-intensive test type
• Piece of writing that sounds like its third and fourth letters
• Part of a test that may produce a hand cramp
• Writing by John Locke or Alexander Pope
• Didion work
• Pope's "An ___ on Criticism"
• Part of a college application, often
• Assignment that sounds like its third and fourth letters
• Many an op-ed piece
• Type of nonfiction writing
• SAT section eliminated by the College Board in 2021
• Da'Shaun L. Harrison piece
• Feature of The New York Review of Books
• Writing-intensive 27-Across type
• A 48-Down may include one
• One of ten in Baldwin's "Notes of a Native Son"
• One in a stack for an English teacher to grade
• It can set a college application apart
• Tiffany Midge piece
• Piece of one's mind
• Twain's "Taming the Bicycle," e.g.
• Work from Roxane Gay or Jia Tolentino
• Time-consuming assignment to grade
• Class assignment
• Piece of nonfiction writing
• Literary work that sounds like two of its letters
• Written assignment
• Unlikely assignment from a math teacher
• Former SAT section that sounds like the first two letters of "SAT"
• Composition for a Lit class
• Piece of long-form journalism
• Haunani-Kay Trask's "The Color of Violence," for example
• Samantha Irby piece
• Nonfiction piece such as "The Case for Reparations"
• Cause of class struggle?
• Writing contest entry, maybe
• Jia Tolentino piece
• Many a Jamaica Kincaid work
• Piece of writing with a thesis statement
• Lengthy exam answer
• Many an assignment in 9-Down
• Many a homework assignment
• Piece of one's mind?
• Many a June Jordan work
• English class submission
• Literary form
• Part of many 34-Down
• Composition assignment
• Many a Jhumpa Lahiri piece

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• ANIME (64A: "Delicious in Dungeon," e.g.) Delicious in Dungeon is an ANIME TV series that premiered in January of this year, and is available on Netflix. It is based on the manga series of the same name. The show is set in a dungeon, where a group of adventurers are exploring and trying to survive, which sometimes means cooking and eating monsters.
• KONG (41D: Hong ___ (setting for the show "Expats")) Expats is an Amazon Prime miniseries that premiered earlier this year. Nicole Kidman stars as Margaret Woo, an expatriate living in Hong KONG. The show is based on Janice Y. K. Lee's 2016 novel, The Expatriates . I appreciate that the answer here is inferable, yet I still learned something new.

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• RAT (1A: Templeton in "Charlotte's Web," e.g.) Charlotte's Web is a classic children's book by E.B. White. It was first published in 1952, and has been adapted into movies and video games. The title character, Charlotte, is a spider. Charlotte befriends Wilbur, who is a pig, and ultimately uses her webs to save Wilbur's life. Templeton is a RAT, who helps Charlotte and Wilbur in exchange for food.
• FADS (4A: Leg warmers and banana clips) This clue made me laugh! I remember both of these FADS. Leg warmers, which are essentially sleeves for the lower leg, became popular in the 1980s, when I was in high school and college. The 1980s were also a time of popularity for the banana clip, a hair accessory that is curved like the shape of a banana. Last year for Christmas, I asked for (and received) leg warmers. I know they're not in anymore, but they are functional and warm.
• PITAS (8A: Shawarma breads) Shawarma is a dish in Middle Eastern cuisine consisting of thinly sliced meat stacked in a cone-like shape and roasted on a spit. Shawarma is often served on PITAS, sandwich-style.
• ANNIE (19A: "Schitt's Creek" actress Murphy) Schitt's Creek  is a TV series about a formerly wealthy family that relocates to a small town named Schitt's Creek, which they once purchased as a joke. Annie Murphy portrays ALEXIS Rose, one of the adult children of Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy) and Moira Rose (Catherine O'Hara).
• BETTE (20A: Grammy winner Midler) BETTE Midler has won three Grammy Awards: Best New Artist (1974), Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose" (1981), and Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings" (1990).
• LIFE (26A: Board game with plastic cars and people) Ah, this puzzle is sending me on a trip down memory lane with mentions of leg warmers and banana clips, and now the game of LIFE. When I was about 10 years old, I used my own money to buy the board game LIFE. I still have that game, and those plastic cars and people have seen a lot of playing time over the years.
• MOI (38A: Miss Piggy's indignant retort) MOI? I am here for the Miss Piggy references.
• MEALS (60A: ___ on Wheels) Versions of a MEALS on Wheels program exist in Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These programs are generally community-based nutrition programs that deliver MEALS.
• GAMUT (63A: Full spectrum) I think GAMUT is a fun and interesting word! The word derived from musical notation in the 11th century when a monk named Guido of Arezzo developed a musical scale. He called the first line of his bass staff "gamma," and the first note in his scale "ut." "Gamma ut" was the term referring to the first note on the first staff line. Eventually the term was shortened to GAMUT. Over time GAMUT came to refer to the entire musical range, and eventually its meaning expanded outside of music to refer to the full spectrum of anything.
• RABBI (1D: Officiant under a chuppah) A chuppah is a canopy that Jewish couples stand under during their wedding.
• DINO (6D: Fred and Wilma's purple pet) The Flintstones (1960-1966) was the first animated show to air on prime time. Fred and Wilma are the titular Flintstones, and DINO is the family pet, a dogasaurus – a dinosaur exhibiting characteristics of a dog.
• ASIA (11D: Continent that uses 11 time zones) I enjoyed this interesting clue for our crossword-friend ASIA. Here's a fun side note: Although the country of China spans the equivalent of five time zones, the entire country observes the same time zone (UTC+8). This clue made me curious about how many time zones the other continents span. North America also spans 11 times zones. Europe has seven time zones, Africa has six, South America has five, and Australia has three. Antarctica is a special case. It could theoretically have all 24 time zones, as the zones converge at the poles. This isn't practical, of course, and since most of Antarctica is uninhabited, it's a bit of a moot point. In practice, most research stations in Antarctica follow the time zone of the country that operates them, and cruise ships in Antarctica tend to follow the time zone of their departure port.
• DEER (18D: Stag or doe ... or both) A nice reminder that the plural form of DEER is DEER.
• PIG LATIN (22D: "Illysay utbay unfay" language) Ha! In case your PIG LATIN is rusty, this clue says "Silly but fun" language.
• NIQAB (30D: Face covering) A NIQAB is a face covering worn by some Muslim women. A NIQAB covers the face while leaving the eyes uncovered.
• OTOH (32D: "And yet..." in a text) OTOH = on the other hand
• OMANI (54D: Resident of the oldest independent Arab state) The country of Oman is located in West Asia, on the Arabian Peninsula. Oman received independence from Britain in 1951. The capital of Oman is Muscat.
• MAP (65D: Talking guide in Dora's backpack) The title character of the animated children's TV series,  Dora the Explorer  is a seven-year-old Latina girl. On her various adventures, Dora is accompanied by her talking purple backpack and an anthropomorphic monkey named Boots. Like Dora, her backpack speaks both Spanish and English. Dora's helpful talking MAP lives inside her backpack.

Crossword Puzzle Theme Synopsis

• BOXED WINE (17A: Beverage with a dispensing valve)
• BACK TO SQUARE ONE (40A: "Guess I'll start over")
• BON VOYAGE (66A: "Enjoy your vacation!")

The word BONE is found at the outer edges of each theme answer: BO XED WI NE , B ACK TO SQUARE ONE , and BON VOYAG E .

An EXOSKELETON is an external skeleton. In today's puzzle, the EXOSKELETON is demonstrated in the form of the word BONE that is split or broken and appears on the outer edges of each theme answer. I appreciated that the all possible breaks of the word BONE are used: BO/NE, B/ONE, and BON/E. Thank you, Jess, for this delightful puzzle.

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