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New York Times: Sunday, March 24, 1996
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 24, 1996 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
J. K. Brill
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Video session
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Video session
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Identified
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Identified
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Pitcher, of sorts
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Pitcher, of sorts
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Bore
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Bore
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Kitchen gadget
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Kitchen gadget
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Ancient Greek coins
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It flows into Lyons
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It flows into Lyons
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European state
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European state
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Gershwin folk opera
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Gershwin folk opera
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What can be said of a Gershwin tune?
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What can be said of a Gershwin tune?
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Gaelic
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Knob
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Twit
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Twit
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Slew
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Slew
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Itinerary abbr.
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Itinerary abbr.
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Most attractive
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Most attractive
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Charitable giving
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Charitable giving
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Culture lead-in
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Like shoes
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Like shoes
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Typeface imitative of handwriting
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Typeface imitative of handwriting
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Tyke's transport
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Tyke's transport
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California city
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California city
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Two-step, for one
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Two-step, for one
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Kind of stage, in human development
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Before, to Byron
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Before, to Byron
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Shorebird
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Shorebird
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1925 Gershwin premiere
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1925 Gershwin premiere
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Jot
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Jot
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Ol' Man, e.g.
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Ol' Man, e.g.
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Gymnastic equipment
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Gymnastic equipment
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Directional suffix
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Directional suffix
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Belle's partner in film
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Affirm
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Affirm
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Language of Iran
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Language of Iran
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Arrives impolitely, with "in"
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Jackie's predecessor
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Jackie's predecessor
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Rocket's deviation
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Rocket's deviation
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Song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy"
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Song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy"
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Cut into three
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Cut into three
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Some are red
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Some are red
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Baseball's Preacher
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Baseball's Preacher
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Yalta's locale
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Yalta's locale
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Unhand
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Unhand
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Song from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
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Song from Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue"
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"My mama done___me" (song lyric)
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"My mama done___me" (song lyric)
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Called on
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Called on
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Phobias
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Phobias
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Shade of green
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Tournament org.
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Tournament org.
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You might have to eat this person's words
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"___now..."
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"___now..."
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Repent
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Repent
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British P.M. during Nixon's Presidency
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British P.M. during Nixon's Presidency
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American paters
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Gershwin satire on politics
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Gershwin satire on politics
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Pen name
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Pen name
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Prefix with dermis
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Subway riders
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Subway riders
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Writer Jong
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Writer Jong
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They make cameos
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They make cameos
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Drawn
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Drawn
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Use a lever
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Use a lever
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Full of idle talk
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Full of idle talk
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Bounce
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Bounce
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Cruise ship freebies
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Cruise ship freebies
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007 foe
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007 foe
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It's a waste
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It's a waste
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Piano's opposite
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Piano's opposite
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Having better sense
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Having better sense
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Pulitzer author Buchanan
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Feminine name suffix
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Another song from Gershwin's "Girl Crazy"
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Gershwin song in a 1924 Astaire musical
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Gershwin song in a 1924 Astaire musical
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Palindromically-named magazine
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Palindromically-named magazine
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Lariat
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Lariat
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"___Ben Jonson!"
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"___Ben Jonson!"
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Use as support
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Use as support
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Oats
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Oats
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Audited a class
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Audited a class
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Republic of 1836
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Republic of 1836
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Named a la Spenser
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Named a la Spenser
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Down
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Sot
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Sot
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To the left
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To the left
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By itself
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By itself
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1953 Pulitzer dramatist
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1953 Pulitzer dramatist
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Marshal in Napoleon's army
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Marshal in Napoleon's army
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Like some sugar
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Like some sugar
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Erred through oversight
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Erred through oversight
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Religious men
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Religious men
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1994 skiing gold medalist
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1994 skiing gold medalist
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Noisy transports
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Noisy transports
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Outdo
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Outdo
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Postulate
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Postulate
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Eighth word of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Eighth word of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Debatable
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Debatable
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Massachusetts cape
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Massachusetts cape
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TV's "___and Stacey"
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TV's "___and Stacey"
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Wreck
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Wreck
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Songwriter's starting point, maybe
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Songwriter's starting point, maybe
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In___ (stymied)
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In___ (stymied)
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Sets
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Sets
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Big-name
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Big-name
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Children's author Le Cain
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Children's author Le Cain
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tree in a thicket
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tree in a thicket
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Secret device
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Secret device
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Kind of visa
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Kind of visa
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Envelope abbr.
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Envelope abbr.
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Match for Seles
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Match for Seles
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Cleave
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Cleave
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Previously
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Previously
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Fishing net
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Fishing net
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Title song from a 1933 Gershwin musical
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Title song from a 1933 Gershwin musical
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Like Ovid's "The Art of Love"
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Like Ovid's "The Art of Love"
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Have a second session
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Have a second session
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Flower display
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Flower display
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Three-time A.L. batting champ
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Three-time A.L. batting champ
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Gershwin ballad from "The Goldwyn Follies"
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Gershwin ballad from "The Goldwyn Follies"
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Prefix with lateral
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Prefix with lateral
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Progress steadily
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Progress steadily
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Hikers' woes
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Hikers' woes
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Office time
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Office time
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Demean
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Demean
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Protected from the sun
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Protected from the sun
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Fitch and muskrat
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Fitch and muskrat
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Good times
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Good times
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Field
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Field
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Tried hard
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Tried hard
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The silent type
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The silent type
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Droplet
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Droplet
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Mr. Rogers
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Mr. Rogers
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Split
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Split
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Unwanted looks
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Unwanted looks
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Stick
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Stick
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Wall Street villain
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Wall Street villain
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Getaway
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Getaway
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Some schools
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Some schools
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Milton's "immortal___"
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Milton's "immortal___"
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Takes in
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Takes in
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A Massey
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A Massey
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Many a John Wayne film
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Many a John Wayne film
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"The Wizard of Oz" actor and family
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"The Wizard of Oz" actor and family
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Made the grade
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Made the grade
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Hardly shy
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Hardly shy
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With defects and all
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With defects and all
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Unsparing
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Unsparing
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Trireme gear
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Trireme gear
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Stew
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Stew
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Chilling
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Chilling
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Perfume ingredient
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Perfume ingredient
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Somewhat
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Somewhat
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Eis's counterpart
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Eis's counterpart
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Ferris wheel operator
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Ferris wheel operator
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Like some lines
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Like some lines
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Copyist
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Copyist
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Actress Barbara Bel___
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Actress Barbara Bel___
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"Chicago Hope" actress
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"Chicago Hope" actress
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Half a famous comedy duo
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Half a famous comedy duo
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By oneself
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By oneself
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Fore-and-after
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Fore-and-after
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Was without, briefly
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Was without, briefly
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Feudal estate
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Feudal estate
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Get a load of
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Get a load of
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Position to fill
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Position to fill
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R.B.I. or E.R.A.
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R.B.I. or E.R.A.
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Even, to Yvonne
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Even, to Yvonne
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Many mins.
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Many mins.
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Verily
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Verily
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Otto I's domain: Abbr.
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Otto I's domain: Abbr.
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Calif. touchdown site
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Intl. trading assn.
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Intl. trading assn.
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