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Whenever an O occurs in a clue answer, it fails to match the letter of the crossing word with which it shares a square in the grid. Use each O to circle the other letter in its square, and you'll spell out (reading left to right column by column) an actual U.S. location particularly deserving of a zip code. Seven answers are capitalized.

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