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New York Times: Sunday, May 18, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 18, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Frances Hansen
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Like some appliances
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Cremona name
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Cremona name
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Spite
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Spite
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Halloween get-up
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Halloween get-up
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Inveigh (against)
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Actor Alain
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Actor Alain
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50's-70's Dodgers manager Walt
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50's-70's Dodgers manager Walt
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Slip
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Slip
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1936 film
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1936 film
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Where Maracana Stadium is
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Where Maracana Stadium is
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"La Navarraise" heroine
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"La Navarraise" heroine
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Wheezy chest sounds
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Nursery rhyme character who "fell fast asleep"
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Nursery rhyme character who "fell fast asleep"
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Daiquiri flavor
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Daiquiri flavor
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___ clock (self-winding timepiece)
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___ clock (self-winding timepiece)
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Fiasco
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Fiasco
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Emergency supply
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Emergency supply
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Of the upper hipbone
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Of the upper hipbone
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Started eating
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Started eating
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City on the North Platte
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City on the North Platte
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"It Happened One Night" star
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"It Happened One Night" star
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Printemps month
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Printemps month
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Prayer word
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Prayer word
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Waiting area for the Robert E. Lee
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Waiting area for the Robert E. Lee
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One of a Latin trio
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Ursula Andress's birthplace
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Ursula Andress's birthplace
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Get better, so to speak
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Get better, so to speak
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"Meet John Doe" star
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"Meet John Doe" star
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P.C. Wren's Beau
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P.C. Wren's Beau
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Rank below abbess
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Rank below abbess
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Kind of space
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Kind of space
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Name in Keats's "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer"
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Name in Keats's "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer"
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3-2, e.g.
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3-2, e.g.
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Some poker payments
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Some poker payments
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Faineance
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Faineance
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Home for Heidi
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Home for Heidi
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Plow part
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Plow part
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Abel, for one
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Abel, for one
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Put an edge on
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Put an edge on
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"You Can't Take It With You" star
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"You Can't Take It With You" star
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1958 Pulitzer author
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1958 Pulitzer author
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British royal, informally
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British royal, informally
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Former Eur. airline
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Former Eur. airline
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Alternative to Corinthian
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Alternative to Corinthian
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Inexperienced
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Inexperienced
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Ref's decision
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Ref's decision
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Born May 18, 1897, he directed all the films named in this puzzle
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Born May 18, 1897, he directed all the films named in this puzzle
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Wheedle
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Wheedle
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60's series set in post-Civil War
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60's series set in post-Civil War
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Spread out
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Spread out
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St. ___, first American links locale
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St. ___, first American links locale
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Pakistan's chief river
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Pakistan's chief river
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Odalisques serve them
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Odalisques serve them
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Contradicts
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Contradicts
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Respected one
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Respected one
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Barbecue offering
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Barbecue offering
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One of Princess Yasmin's names
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One of Princess Yasmin's names
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1946 film
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1946 film
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Private eye
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Private eye
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Tennis doubles player
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Tennis doubles player
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Utters
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Utters
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Like some votes
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St. Agnes's ___ (January 20)
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St. Agnes's ___ (January 20)
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Salad start
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Salad start
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Ballet ___
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Ballet ___
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Like a 103-Down, maybe
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Usher's offering
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"Wheels"
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"Wheels"
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Served the purpose
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Served the purpose
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Make a killing
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Make a killing
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Contribute during preparation
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Contribute during preparation
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Famous party giver
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Famous party giver
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Marine ___
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Marine ___
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Moreover
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Moreover
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Physics topic
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Physics topic
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Griffith TV role
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Griffith TV role
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Fugard's "A Lesson From ___"
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Fugard's "A Lesson From ___"
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W.W. II transports: Abbr.
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W.W. II transports: Abbr.
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Four-time Japanese P.M.
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Four-time Japanese P.M.
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Sounds from the lea
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Sounds from the lea
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Make heroic
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Make heroic
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1951 film
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1951 film
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Posthumous Plath book
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Posthumous Plath book
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Fumble
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Fumble
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Nail polish
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Nail polish
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Island next to Leyte
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Island next to Leyte
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You can stand this!
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You can stand this!
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Oregonian
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Oregonian
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1944 film
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1944 film
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Part of a tennis court
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Part of a tennis court
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Except
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Except
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Rascal
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Rascal
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Their work goes down the tubes
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Their work goes down the tubes
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Hall-of-___
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Hall-of-___
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Shopping street in London's West End
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Shopping street in London's West End
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Shows surprise
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Shows surprise
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Puccini's "Vissi d'___"
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Puccini's "Vissi d'___"
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Don Juan's mother
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Don Juan's mother
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Like Asia's reaches
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Like Asia's reaches
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Woman's wide lace collar
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Woman's wide lace collar
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Pianist-actor Wilson
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Pianist-actor Wilson
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"Over There" composer
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"Over There" composer
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Louise de la Ramee's pen name
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Louise de la Ramee's pen name
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The Water Rat's friend
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The Water Rat's friend
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Sticky stuff
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Sticky stuff
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Reconsidered
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Reconsidered
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Father
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Father
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Typewriter sound
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Typewriter sound
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Snub, in a way
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Snub, in a way
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Chin
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Chin
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It means "Out of my way!"
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It means "Out of my way!"
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Game of chance
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Game of chance
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Young hog
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Young hog
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Dominions
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Dominions
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Hero of 1898
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Hero of 1898
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Steinbeck family
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Steinbeck family
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Early weather satellite
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Early weather satellite
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Plymouth Colony leader
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Plymouth Colony leader
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Character actor J. ___ Naish
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Character actor J. ___ Naish
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Emancipation
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Emancipation
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Western backdrops
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Western backdrops
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Caller on Miss Mullens, in Longfellow
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Caller on Miss Mullens, in Longfellow
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Sack
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Sack
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Guy in the street
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Guy in the street
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TV actress Meyers
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TV actress Meyers
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Moderate
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Moderate
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Beersheba's locale
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Beersheba's locale
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Grant Wood, notably
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Grant Wood, notably
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Knife handles
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Knife handles
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Wrong
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Wrong
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Title for Kiri Te Kanawa
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Title for Kiri Te Kanawa
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Rap duo ___ Kross
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Bernadette, e.g.: Abbr.
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Bernadette, e.g.: Abbr.
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Six-foot runner?
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Six-foot runner?
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George's brother
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George's brother
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Certain letter
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Certain letter
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Nevada county seat
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Nevada county seat
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