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New York Times: Sunday, January 5, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 5, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
W. R. Williams
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Blah
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Blah
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Airplane engines
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Airplane engines
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Remind again and again of an error
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Remind again and again of an error
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Stopped lying
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Stopped lying
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Get hot under the collar
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Get hot under the collar
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Very hot under the collar
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Very hot under the collar
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Buck Rogers's female companion
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Buck Rogers's female companion
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It opens with a 75-bar bassoon solo
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It opens with a 75-bar bassoon solo
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Poor surfer
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Poor surfer
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Ref. set
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Zodiac symbol
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Zodiac symbol
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Like Abner
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Like Abner
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"1,001 Arabian Nights" hero
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"1,001 Arabian Nights" hero
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Quills
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Quills
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Roman way
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Roman way
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Fr. religieuse
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Fr. religieuse
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Charged
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Charged
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Parade decorations
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Parade decorations
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Monumental
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Monumental
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Esophagus
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Esophagus
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Completes a graveside ceremony
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Completes a graveside ceremony
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Country singer Black
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Country singer Black
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Droopy-eared one
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Droopy-eared one
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Follow, as advice
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Follow, as advice
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Social activities
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Social activities
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Noted Dixieland clarinetist
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Noted Dixieland clarinetist
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Unequaled
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Unequaled
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The sun, the moon and the stars
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The sun, the moon and the stars
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Implant
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Implant
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Notorious London prison
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Notorious London prison
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Like some stocks, for short
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Like some stocks, for short
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Initials on a rocket
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Initials on a rocket
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Rum cocktail
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Rum cocktail
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Circles and such
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Circles and such
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Fiesta, e.g.
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Fiesta, e.g.
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Mystery writer Josephine
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Mystery writer Josephine
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Italian province or its capital
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Italian province or its capital
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Disney deer
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Disney deer
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Caesar's well
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Caesar's well
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Sitcom originally titled "These Friends of Mine"
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Sitcom originally titled "These Friends of Mine"
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Bouquets
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Bouquets
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Scotland yards?
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Scotland yards?
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Corps unit
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Corps unit
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Basins
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Basins
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Neural transmitters
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Neural transmitters
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"Happy Days" role
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"Happy Days" role
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Papal capes
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Papal capes
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Engine stats
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Engine stats
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It gives players a cushion
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It gives players a cushion
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Bird calls
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Meteorological datum
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Meteorological datum
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Tennis player Ramirez
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Tennis player Ramirez
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___ del Fuego
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___ del Fuego
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Bailey's bailiwick
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Bailey's bailiwick
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"Walking on Thin Ice" singer
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"Walking on Thin Ice" singer
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Those playing the role of Boris Godunov
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Those playing the role of Boris Godunov
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Athos, to Porthos
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Athos, to Porthos
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Writer Rogers St. Johns
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Writer Rogers St. Johns
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Like a samaritan's help
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Like a samaritan's help
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Tangle
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Tangle
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Implement
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Implement
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Staffing
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Staffing
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Goddess of peace
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Goddess of peace
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Crook
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Crook
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Understanding
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Understanding
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Cause for an insurance claim
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Cause for an insurance claim
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Derisive laugh
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Jim Palmer, notably
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Preventing an attack, in a way
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Cadets' inits.
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Drink for Beowulf
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Camera setting
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Camera setting
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Not the prayerful sort
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Not the prayerful sort
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"You ___ worry..."
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"You ___ worry..."
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Clash
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Clash
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Major record co.
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Major record co.
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Sounds of reproof
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Display item
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Display item
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Ransackers
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Ransackers
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Indy 500 family
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Indy 500 family
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Some Protestants: Abbr.
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Some Protestants: Abbr.
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Sale item abbr.
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Pilot's nightmare
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Pilot's nightmare
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Firing up
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Firing up
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Overlooks
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Overlooks
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Gene Autry pic
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Gene Autry pic
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His feast day is April 11
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His feast day is April 11
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The unmarried woman in "An Unmarried Woman"
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The unmarried woman in "An Unmarried Woman"
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Submitted
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Submitted
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Ditties
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Ditties
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Arabic letter
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Arabic letter
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Makes amends
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Makes amends
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Writer Wiesel
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Writer Wiesel
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Hard to describe
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Hard to describe
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Holiday decorations
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Holiday decorations
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State oratorically
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State oratorically
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Intrinsically
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Intrinsically
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Fighting
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Fighting
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Show senility
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Idle
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Idle
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Capital of Guam
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Capital of Guam
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One of the Canaries
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One of the Canaries
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The place
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The place
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1960 Sinatra movie
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1960 Sinatra movie
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Roberts of "Charlie's Angels"
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Roberts of "Charlie's Angels"
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Salad green
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Salad green
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Fr. girls
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Fr. girls
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Bothers
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Bothers
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Actually
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Actually
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Behind the times
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Behind the times
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It gets into a pickle
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It gets into a pickle
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Seabirds
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Seabirds
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Small African antelope
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Small African antelope
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Noted workshop chief
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Noted workshop chief
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Ship, in poetry
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Ship, in poetry
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English writers Derek and Christopher
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English writers Derek and Christopher
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Advocate
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Advocate
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"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" author
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"The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" author
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1974 Chicago hit
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1974 Chicago hit
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Furniture protector
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Furniture protector
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Roulette player's opponent
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Roulette player's opponent
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Unrest
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Unrest
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Steed's movement
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Steed's movement
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Position oneself to hear better
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Position oneself to hear better
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Pageant element
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Pageant element
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Low tracts
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Low tracts
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Chip feature
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Chip feature
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Engage in logrolling
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Engage in logrolling
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Cartoonist Drake
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Cartoonist Drake
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Dry
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Dry
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Defy
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Defy
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Mauna ___
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Mauna ___
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Bank figure: Abbr.
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Bank figure: Abbr.
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"___ moment"
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"___ moment"
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