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New York Times: Sunday, December 8, 1996
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 8, 1996 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
A. J. Santora
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Title sister of a 1970 film
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50's pitcher Maglie
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50's pitcher Maglie
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Shelley, for one
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Shelley, for one
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Bodybuilder's intake
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Bodybuilder's intake
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Hydrangea, e.g.
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Hydrangea, e.g.
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A Khan
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A Khan
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Further shorten, as a board
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Further shorten, as a board
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1982 Tony nominee Milo
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1982 Tony nominee Milo
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One-one and two-two
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One-one and two-two
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Women's shoe style
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Women's shoe style
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Bridger
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Bridger
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Ends of lines
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Ends of lines
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Classical earth goddess
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Classical earth goddess
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Kind of cracker
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Kind of cracker
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Hamilton's prov.
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Hamilton's prov.
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Glow
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Glow
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Those who work
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Those who work
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Given life, perhaps
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Given life, perhaps
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See 7-Down
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See 7-Down
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Contemporary author-illustrator Jon
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Contemporary author-illustrator Jon
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Unvarnished
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Unvarnished
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Roar of a crowd
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Roar of a crowd
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Love personified
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Love personified
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React angrily
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React angrily
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Illinois city
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Illinois city
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"De ___ Poetica" (ancient treatise)
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"De ___ Poetica" (ancient treatise)
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Arles article
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Orchestra member
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Orchestra member
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Caruso was one
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Caruso was one
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Feature of James Monroe's estate
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Feature of James Monroe's estate
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Palindrome girl
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Palindrome girl
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Lourdes is one
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Lourdes is one
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Coif
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Coif
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Trauma sites, for short
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Trauma sites, for short
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Suntanning areas
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Suntanning areas
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Ran for one's wife?
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Ran for one's wife?
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November honorees
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November honorees
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Armada component
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Armada component
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Teases
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Teases
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Quieting down
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Quieting down
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Tee follower
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Tee follower
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Western Hemisphere abbr.
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Western Hemisphere abbr.
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___ team (assault unit)
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___ team (assault unit)
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Extreme amount
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Extreme amount
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Bug shots?
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Bug shots?
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Scale notes
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Scale notes
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List in a hurry?
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List in a hurry?
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Stonehenge builder
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Stonehenge builder
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All, in stage directions
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All, in stage directions
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Difference
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Difference
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Sound mind, in a phrase
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Sound mind, in a phrase
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Partner for Clark
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Partner for Clark
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Crosspiece
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Crosspiece
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Potato choice
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Potato choice
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Kind of panel
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Kind of panel
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Sandwich filler
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Sandwich filler
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Parade figure
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Parade figure
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Indy 500 gear
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Indy 500 gear
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Beyond control
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Beyond control
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Words with eye or fore
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Words with eye or fore
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Certain repairman
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Certain repairman
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Cockpit reading: Abbr.
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Cockpit reading: Abbr.
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Furious
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Furious
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___ a time
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___ a time
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Song much played on the radio
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Song much played on the radio
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Shaft
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Shaft
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To ___ (exactly)
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To ___ (exactly)
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Bake, as eggs
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Betel palm
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Betel palm
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Honking time
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Honking time
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Its slogan was once "Wide world of entertainment"
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Its slogan was once "Wide world of entertainment"
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Delhi gown
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Delhi gown
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Long time
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Long time
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With 43-Across, a 1940's movie cowboy
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With 43-Across, a 1940's movie cowboy
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Bean and others
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Bean and others
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Stop
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Stop
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Writer Dinesen
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Writer Dinesen
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___ doute (certainly): Fr.
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___ doute (certainly): Fr.
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Prefix with light
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Prefix with light
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Stuck
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Stuck
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Dump
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Dump
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Pearl player, in a 1996 sitcom
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Pearl player, in a 1996 sitcom
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Shade of red
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Shade of red
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Red tag locale
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Red tag locale
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Alone
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Alone
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"For the life ___..."
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"For the life ___..."
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Confined
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Confined
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Monopoly equipment
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Monopoly equipment
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Barbary beast
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Barbary beast
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Off ___ (occasionally)
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Off ___ (occasionally)
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Extended
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Extended
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"___ in Calico" (1946 song)
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"___ in Calico" (1946 song)
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Saint Philip ___ (Renaissance figure)
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Saint Philip ___ (Renaissance figure)
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Fashionable shop
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Fashionable shop
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Bag
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Bag
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Holiday bird
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Holiday bird
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"Rocket Man" John
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"Rocket Man" John
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Tractor man John
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Tractor man John
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Kind of land
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Kind of land
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Brothers' name of 40's-50's music
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Brothers' name of 40's-50's music
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Monthly synagogue observance
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Monthly synagogue observance
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Lyricist Sammy et al.
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Lyricist Sammy et al.
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"Pretty stupid, huh?" declarer
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"Pretty stupid, huh?" declarer
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Old Houston hockey team
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Old Houston hockey team
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Lake Indians
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Lake Indians
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Raspy
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Raspy
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Addams Family member
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Addams Family member
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VCR
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VCR
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Public relations gambit
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Public relations gambit
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Small eggs
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Small eggs
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One of filmdom's Coen brothers
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One of filmdom's Coen brothers
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Certain discriminators
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Certain discriminators
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Daughter of Mnemosyne
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Daughter of Mnemosyne
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Restrict
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Restrict
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"Women Who Run With the Wolves" author
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"Women Who Run With the Wolves" author
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French suffix
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French suffix
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Split ___
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Split ___
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Toast start
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Toast start
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They're a pain
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They're a pain
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Looked over
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Looked over
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Rijksmuseum artist
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Rijksmuseum artist
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From Odense
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From Odense
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Standing-room-only show
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Standing-room-only show
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Do needlework
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Do needlework
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___ hunch
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___ hunch
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Biblical miracle worker
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Biblical miracle worker
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Hardly a naif
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Hardly a naif
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Bullets
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Bullets
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Extort from
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Extort from
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Nautical order
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Nautical order
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Bud Grace comic strip
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Bud Grace comic strip
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Connecticut Senator
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Connecticut Senator
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Prefix with -morph
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1982 Disney film
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1982 Disney film
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More than a peeve
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More than a peeve
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In addition
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In addition
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Old Dodge
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Old Dodge
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Frost
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Frost
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Kind of skirt
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Kind of skirt
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Dist. ___
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Greek letter
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Greek letter
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Marlins locale: Abbr.
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