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New York Times: Sunday, February 9, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 9, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
D. Niles
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Lake name of two Olympics
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Lake name of two Olympics
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"Pardon me, Marcello"
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"Pardon me, Marcello"
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Bay
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Bay
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The dawn
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The dawn
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Seesaw
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Seesaw
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Nervous system stimulant
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Nervous system stimulant
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Amore from Judy Garland, 1948
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Amore from Judy Garland, 1948
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Amore from Jan Garber and His Orchestra, 1926
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Amore from Jan Garber and His Orchestra, 1926
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Jonathan's father, in the Bible
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Jonathan's father, in the Bible
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Sour
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Sour
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Romance, e.g.
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Romance, e.g.
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"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-___"
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"Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-___"
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When dinner may be served
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When dinner may be served
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Amore from Dean Martin, 1955
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Amore from Dean Martin, 1955
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Reply courtesy, briefly
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Reply courtesy, briefly
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___ embarrassment (be mortified)
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___ embarrassment (be mortified)
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Where black is white, for short?
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Where black is white, for short?
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Muse for Milton
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Muse for Milton
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All alternative
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All alternative
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40
It turns out lts.
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It turns out lts.
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Footnote abbr.
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Footnote abbr.
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Griffith and Gibb
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Griffith and Gibb
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Rundown
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Rundown
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It may be picked up in bars
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It may be picked up in bars
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Ruth's "Laugh-In" foil
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Ruth's "Laugh-In" foil
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"Bye!"
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"Bye!"
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Star of 50's TV's "Private Secretary"
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Star of 50's TV's "Private Secretary"
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Amore from Andy Williams, 1965
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Amore from Andy Williams, 1965
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"I do," e.g.
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"I do," e.g.
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Express
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Express
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Like an oxeye window
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Like an oxeye window
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Example of Peke speak?
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Example of Peke speak?
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Metro entrance
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Metro entrance
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Above, in Berlin
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Above, in Berlin
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Subway passages
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Subway passages
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"Good ___!"
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"Good ___!"
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Lick ___ promise
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Lick ___ promise
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Music for a baseball team?
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Music for a baseball team?
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Ore delivery, maybe
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Ore delivery, maybe
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Vacation spot
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Vacation spot
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Striking likeness
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Striking likeness
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"The Spanish Tragedy" dramatist
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Amore from Anita Baker, 1986
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Amore from Anita Baker, 1986
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Actress called "The Jersey Lily"
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Actress called "The Jersey Lily"
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Kentucky Derby times
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Kentucky Derby times
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W. Hemisphere land
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W. Hemisphere land
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Strike down
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Strike down
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Aim
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Aim
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Certain South Asian
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Certain South Asian
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Initials in a 1991 financial scandal
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Initials in a 1991 financial scandal
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Org. at Constitution Hall
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Org. at Constitution Hall
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Investigator's sources
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Investigator's sources
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Purplish
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Purplish
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Verb for you
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Verb for you
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Relative of an onion
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Relative of an onion
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About
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About
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Amore from the Archies, 1969
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Amore from the Archies, 1969
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Rapper ___ Shakur
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Rapper ___ Shakur
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Grunts
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Grunts
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Simoleons
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Simoleons
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"The Age of Reason" writer
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"The Age of Reason" writer
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Cold Adriatic wind
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Amore from the Beatles, 1968
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Amore from the Beatles, 1968
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Amore from the Diamonds, 1957
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Amore from the Diamonds, 1957
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Parent's armful
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Parent's armful
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Singer Waters
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Singer Waters
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For one
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For one
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The sun and moon
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The sun and moon
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Sillies
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Sillies
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Meals in a hall
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Meals in a hall
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Thrusting fencing maneuver
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Thrusting fencing maneuver
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Kook
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Kook
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Provokes
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Provokes
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"Gangsta's Paradise" singer
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"Gangsta's Paradise" singer
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Provoke
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Provoke
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During office hours
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During office hours
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Needed smelling salts
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Needed smelling salts
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Encrustation
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Encrustation
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Part of the soft palate
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Part of the soft palate
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Pastor's sch.
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Pastor's sch.
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Major C.P.A. employer
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Major C.P.A. employer
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Strokes for Solti
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Strokes for Solti
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It's inclined to provide shelter
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It's inclined to provide shelter
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Dark area
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Dark area
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Ravel's "Ma mere ___" ("Mother Goose")
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Ravel's "Ma mere ___" ("Mother Goose")
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Franklin's 1936 foe
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Franklin's 1936 foe
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Like a beauty queen
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Like a beauty queen
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Contained
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Contained
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Where to catch a moray
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Where to catch a moray
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View
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View
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Gloomy
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Gloomy
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Scully and Mulder's obsession
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Scully and Mulder's obsession
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Telepathic
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Telepathic
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Court demand
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Court demand
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"Away!"
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"Away!"
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Common on-line activities
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Common on-line activities
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Military wear
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Military wear
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Precincts
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Precincts
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___ Winston Churchill
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___ Winston Churchill
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It's just south of Des Plaines
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It's just south of Des Plaines
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Coming
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Coming
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___ noir
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___ noir
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Spirit
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Spirit
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Cry of delight
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Cry of delight
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That's the way it goes
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That's the way it goes
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"Bury Me in a Free Land" poet
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"Bury Me in a Free Land" poet
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Presque Isle locale
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Presque Isle locale
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French score
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French score
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On in years
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On in years
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Pooped
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Pooped
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Relative of the English horn
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Relative of the English horn
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Code letter after Sierra
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Code letter after Sierra
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Uintah Reservation Indians
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Uintah Reservation Indians
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Auctioneer's aid
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Auctioneer's aid
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Coin worth about 19 cents
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Coin worth about 19 cents
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Autocrats
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Autocrats
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Sunday reading
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Sunday reading
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Charge
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Charge
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Fourth of July?
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Fourth of July?
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Truman's Missouri birthplace
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Truman's Missouri birthplace
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Swiss tourist center
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Swiss tourist center
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Lapel item, sometimes
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Lapel item, sometimes
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Land
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Land
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Kind of tour
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Kind of tour
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Garden root
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Garden root
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Fierce woman
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Fierce woman
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Wings
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Wings
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Words read with feeling?
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Words read with feeling?
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Some antennas
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Some antennas
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Cupidity
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Cupidity
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Fixes, as furniture
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Fixes, as furniture
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1937 DuPont invention
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1937 DuPont invention
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Marbles
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Marbles
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Classic cause of a fall
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Classic cause of a fall
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___ Tuesday
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___ Tuesday
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___ creek
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___ creek
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1977 Cy Young winner from the Yankees
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1977 Cy Young winner from the Yankees
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Dutch treat
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Dutch treat
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Letter from St. Paul: Abbr.
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Letter from St. Paul: Abbr.
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Standing prerequisite
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Standing prerequisite
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Suffix with Samson
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Suffix with Samson
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Do a Little bit
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Do a Little bit
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