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• Before close of play, keep score twice?
• Number of thieves favouring heartless thievery
• Double a score
• Alternative to a case?
• Number of nap winks
• -- winks, a short sleep
• Early personal milestone
• Tennis point just before a win, maybe
• XL
• Number with all its letters in alphabetical order
• When a tot gets her first birthday party
• Time to take first steps, maybe
• When many stand alone
• When life begins to be a bit like a stronghold?