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New York Times: Sunday, May 26, 1996
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 26, 1996 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
R. Ross
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Haphazard growth
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Haphazard growth
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Country on the Gulf of Guinea
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Country on the Gulf of Guinea
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Went off welfare
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Went off welfare
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Summary
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Summary
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Popular support group
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Popular support group
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Gourmet
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Gourmet
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"Don't tell me what to say on the air," said___
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"Don't tell me what to say on the air," said___
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Change the layout
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Change the layout
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Clear the boards
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Clear the boards
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Gets better
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Gets better
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Simple card game
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Simple card game
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Complainer
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Complainer
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Flew off the handle
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Type of belly button
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Singer Watley et al.
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Singer Watley et al.
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Poetic monogram
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Poetic monogram
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Quebec time off
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Voting group
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Voting group
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Voting district
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Voting district
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Foot parts
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Foot parts
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What "nobody doesn't like"
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What "nobody doesn't like"
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Bank holdings
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Bank holdings
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"It's___!"
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"It's___!"
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Retailer R.H.___
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Retailer R.H.___
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Davis of "Jungle Fever"
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Davis of "Jungle Fever"
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Of the lower part of a pistil
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Of the lower part of a pistil
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Report card listing
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Report card listing
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Brief moments
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Brief moments
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Sometimes it must be followed
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Sometimes it must be followed
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Old Pontiac
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Old Pontiac
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Unlike the king's English
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Unlike the king's English
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Munich Mister
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Munich Mister
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Campus program, for short
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Campus program, for short
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Mr. Moto reply
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Mr. Moto reply
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Mobs
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Mobs
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Clift of "The McLaughlin Group"
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Clift of "The McLaughlin Group"
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Consonant (with)
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Consonant (with)
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Bit
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Bit
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Word with smoke or cow
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Word with smoke or cow
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Feeling
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Feeling
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Expenditure
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Expenditure
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Kind of particle
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Kind of particle
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Not work
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Not work
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___-majeste
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___-majeste
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Make tracks
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Make tracks
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They feel for you
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They feel for you
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One who yearns
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One who yearns
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She, in Siena
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She, in Siena
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Condition
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Condition
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Dark
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Dark
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Pub vessel
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Pub vessel
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1961 Best Actor for "Judgment at Nuremberg"
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1961 Best Actor for "Judgment at Nuremberg"
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Collar stiffener
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Collar stiffener
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Cautious
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Cautious
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Apiece
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Apiece
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Additionally
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Additionally
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"Down by the Salley Gardens" poet
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"Down by the Salley Gardens" poet
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"Norma Rae" director Martin
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"Norma Rae" director Martin
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Outbuilding
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Outbuilding
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Flubs
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Flubs
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Sticky stuff
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Obvious pleasure
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Obvious pleasure
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Port St.___, Fla.
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Port St.___, Fla.
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Actress Parsons
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Actress Parsons
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"Republican Congressmen don't like me," said___
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"Republican Congressmen don't like me," said___
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Chills, so to speak
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Chills, so to speak
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Contacts, modern-style
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Contacts, modern-style
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"Sense and Sensibility" director
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"Sense and Sensibility" director
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Salon employee
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Salon employee
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Boy of old song
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Boy of old song
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Tough ones
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Parts of orreries
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Parts of orreries
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How some taxes are levied
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Parlay a bet
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Parlay a bet
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Have___of nerves
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Have___of nerves
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Ready for the Information Age
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Ready for the Information Age
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Trip starter
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Trip starter
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"I won my 1984 Tony by just a few votes," said___
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"I won my 1984 Tony by just a few votes," said___
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Stalwart
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Stalwart
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Raggedy ones
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Raggedy ones
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Cambodia's Lon___
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Cambodia's Lon___
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What bad things shouldn't get
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What bad things shouldn't get
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Fritz's 1984 running mate
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Fritz's 1984 running mate
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Poetically ajar
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Poetically ajar
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Baseball's McCarver
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Baseball's McCarver
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1988 film "Rent-___"
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1988 film "Rent-___"
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"Starring in 'Who's the Boss?' was a breeze," said___
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"Starring in 'Who's the Boss?' was a breeze," said___
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Ultimatum
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Ultimatum
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Ball stars
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Ball stars
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"...___'clock scholar"
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"...___'clock scholar"
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Le Carre's "___People"
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Le Carre's "___People"
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Put on
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Put on
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Pop singer Ian
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Pop singer Ian
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"Punk rock is cruel," said___
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"Punk rock is cruel," said___
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"I was no wallflower in 'Vanity Fair,'" said___
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"I was no wallflower in 'Vanity Fair,'" said___
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"I fear watching my own films," said___
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"I fear watching my own films," said___
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Undiluted
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Undiluted
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Limousine
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Limousine
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Mystery novelist Cross
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Mystery novelist Cross
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More than medium
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More than medium
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River to the Rhone
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River to the Rhone
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Part of 35-Across
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Part of 35-Across
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Cruising
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Cruising
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Nuts
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Nuts
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"I'll do my Hepburn imitation in a minute," said___
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"I'll do my Hepburn imitation in a minute," said___
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Annoyed
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Annoyed
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Sends
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Sends
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Like a fugitive
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Like a fugitive
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"Drat!' magnified
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"Drat!' magnified
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"'The Sound of Music' would make a good movie," said___
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"'The Sound of Music' would make a good movie," said___
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Lost
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Lost
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Japanese-American
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Japanese-American
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Patient's cry
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Patient's cry
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Belgian waterway
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Belgian waterway
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Part of a stable family
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Part of a stable family
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Director Wertmuller et al.
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Director Wertmuller et al.
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Words with "stone" or "the matter"
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Words with "stone" or "the matter"
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That girl
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That girl
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Finished, in a way
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Finished, in a way
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In___(stuck)
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In___(stuck)
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One who vituperates
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One who vituperates
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Evidence of lack of empathy
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Evidence of lack of empathy
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Has the con
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Has the con
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It's a tight fit
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It's a tight fit
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___Tome
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___Tome
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A.B.A. members
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A.B.A. members
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Cast out
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Cast out
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Confrontation
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Confrontation
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Dallas suburb
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Dallas suburb
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Steps
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Steps
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Security item
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Security item
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___Paradiso in the Alps
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___Paradiso in the Alps
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10% of DCX
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10% of DCX
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Former Sec. Aspin
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Former Sec. Aspin
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Org. the Surgeon General addresses
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Org. the Surgeon General addresses
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Grammy category
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