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New York Times: Sunday, October 6, 1996
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 6, 1996 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
R. Max Hopkins
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United nations
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United nations
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As loud as possible, in music
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As loud as possible, in music
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British P.T.A. members
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British P.T.A. members
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Brewer Frederick
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Brewer Frederick
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Gymnastics coach Karolyi
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Gymnastics coach Karolyi
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Prodigy rival
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Prodigy rival
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At the bottom
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At the bottom
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Freshen, in a way
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Freshen, in a way
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+Seamy locale
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+Seamy locale
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Jimmy Dorsey's "Maria ___"
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Jimmy Dorsey's "Maria ___"
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+Fruit juice
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+Fruit juice
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Circulation aid
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Circulation aid
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Enriches
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Enriches
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Dumas duelist
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Dumas duelist
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Thirds in series
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Thirds in series
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Neth. neighbor
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Neth. neighbor
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Sudden bolts of lightning
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Sudden bolts of lightning
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+Gray-brown goose
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+Gray-brown goose
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Not miss ___
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Not miss ___
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Wiped out
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Wiped out
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Top vaults
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Top vaults
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Stowe tow
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Stowe tow
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Hosp. printouts
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Hosp. printouts
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Stranger
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Stranger
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Projecting angles
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Projecting angles
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Twain family name
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Twain family name
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Rival
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Rival
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Clear, as tables
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Clear, as tables
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Surprise hit?
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Surprise hit?
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Destined for the playoffs
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Destined for the playoffs
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Irk
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Irk
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+Building ___
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+Building ___
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Finis, in Frankfurt
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Finis, in Frankfurt
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Hwys.
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Hwys.
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+Popular Florida theme park
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+Popular Florida theme park
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+Pac-Man, e.g.
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+Pac-Man, e.g.
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Smelly
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Smelly
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+Peel
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+Peel
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Lincoln and others
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Lincoln and others
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"Wayne's World" co-star
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"Wayne's World" co-star
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Honor
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Honor
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Amphorae
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Amphorae
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First word of Burns's "To a Mouse"
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First word of Burns's "To a Mouse"
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Any of the Trucial States
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Any of the Trucial States
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"I Spy" co-star
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"I Spy" co-star
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Shore creature
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Shore creature
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Public image
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Public image
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Surrounded
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Surrounded
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Overly adulatory
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Overly adulatory
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Smooth, as a road
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Smooth, as a road
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Squire
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Squire
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Half of "The Odd Couple"
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Half of "The Odd Couple"
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___ world record
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___ world record
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+Inter follower
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+Inter follower
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"Kill ___ killed"
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"Kill ___ killed"
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Let out
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Let out
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Now
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Now
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British biscuit
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British biscuit
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Start of many Spanish place names
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Start of many Spanish place names
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+Calling a spade a spade
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+Calling a spade a spade
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Atmospheric probe
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Atmospheric probe
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+Monument
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+Monument
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Like some old joints
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Like some old joints
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Margarine fat
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Margarine fat
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"___ we there yet?"
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"___ we there yet?"
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Inflict on
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Inflict on
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In singular fashion
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In singular fashion
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Picnic hamperer
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Picnic hamperer
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Au contraire, in slang
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Au contraire, in slang
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"The tax which all distinction must pay": Emerson
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"The tax which all distinction must pay": Emerson
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English channel
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English channel
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Composer Delibes
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Slangy suffix
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+Italian dish
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+Italian dish
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Science events
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Science events
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Set of letters
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Set of letters
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Hardly four-star hotels
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Hardly four-star hotels
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+Alcoholic product of Spain
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+Alcoholic product of Spain
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Patron
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Patron
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+Bureaucrat
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+Bureaucrat
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Gory film figure
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Gory film figure
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One of the elite
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One of the elite
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+Secret
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+Secret
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Michael Keaton and others, filmwise
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Michael Keaton and others, filmwise
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Laundry woes
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Laundry woes
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In telegraphese
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In telegraphese
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Poe poem, with "The"
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Poe poem, with "The"
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Collector's items
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Collector's items
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It may hold the fort
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It may hold the fort
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Roscoes
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Roscoes
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With 45-Down, author of "My People"
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With 45-Down, author of "My People"
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+Grist
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+Grist
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Ogee's outline
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Ogee's outline
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Last-minute writings
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Last-minute writings
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Flushing Meadows team
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Flushing Meadows team
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Copper
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Copper
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Constant
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Constant
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Specify
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Specify
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Fixed insertion
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Fixed insertion
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See 29-Down
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See 29-Down
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"Merrie Melodies" name
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"Merrie Melodies" name
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Egg classification
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Egg classification
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Essence
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Essence
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Swarms
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Swarms
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First word of Massachusetts' motto
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First word of Massachusetts' motto
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Covenant
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Covenant
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Family members, informally
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Family members, informally
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"The Crucible" locale
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"The Crucible" locale
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Singer Lopez
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Singer Lopez
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Duck down
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Duck down
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+Punish severely
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+Punish severely
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Takes the primrose path
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Takes the primrose path
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Cop's order
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Cop's order
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Like some meanings
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Like some meanings
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Over-50 org.
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Over-50 org.
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Word with eagle or bug
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Word with eagle or bug
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+Tangerinelike Philippine fruit
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+Tangerinelike Philippine fruit
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Rembrandt's "___ of Ganymede"
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Rembrandt's "___ of Ganymede"
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D-Day beach
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D-Day beach
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Guarded
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Guarded
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+Product once advertised as an "esteemed brain tonic"
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+Product once advertised as an "esteemed brain tonic"
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Court official
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Court official
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+Transportation provider since 1976
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+Transportation provider since 1976
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+European capital
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+European capital
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Give ___ up
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Give ___ up
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Yorkshire cow shed
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Yorkshire cow shed
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Snip
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Snip
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Jaw
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Jaw
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Early explosive device
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Early explosive device
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Made up
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Made up
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+Graffiti artist, e.g.
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+Graffiti artist, e.g.
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Fuss with feathers
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Fuss with feathers
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"For ___ us a child is born"
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"For ___ us a child is born"
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1921 murder defendant
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1921 murder defendant
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Lofty, as a mountain peak
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Lofty, as a mountain peak
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Not satisfied
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Not satisfied
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+Like some furnace fuel
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+Like some furnace fuel
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"The ___ Love" (1987 R.E.M. hit)
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"The ___ Love" (1987 R.E.M. hit)
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30's auto
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30's auto
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Physicist's concern
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Physicist's concern
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Relative of a dune buggy, for short
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Relative of a dune buggy, for short
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"The Best Years of Our Lives" co-star
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"The Best Years of Our Lives" co-star
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