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New York Times: Sunday, December 21, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 21, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Frances Hansen
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1962 Tommy Roe hit
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1962 Tommy Roe hit
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"I'd rather not hear about it!"
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"I'd rather not hear about it!"
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Go with the flow
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Go with the flow
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"Casablanca" producer
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"Casablanca" producer
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Meteorological effects
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Meteorological effects
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"Beggars can't be choosers" et al.
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"Beggars can't be choosers" et al.
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Start of a verse
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Start of a verse
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Ring thing
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Ring thing
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Toothpaste-approving grp.
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Toothpaste-approving grp.
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"I Know" singer Farris
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"I Know" singer Farris
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Christian ___
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Christian ___
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"Olympia" painter
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"Olympia" painter
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Every, in prescriptions
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Every, in prescriptions
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Tot's transport
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Tot's transport
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They may have soft shells
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They may have soft shells
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Filippo Lippi's title
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Filippo Lippi's title
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Finger, so to speak
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Finger, so to speak
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Muezzin's call to prayer
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Muezzin's call to prayer
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Unnerve
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Unnerve
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Plum pudding ingredient
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Plum pudding ingredient
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From Umbria: Abbr.
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From Umbria: Abbr.
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Verse, part 2
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Verse, part 2
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Dolly, for one
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Dolly, for one
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Lust after
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Lust after
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Sailplanes
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Sailplanes
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Stag
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Stag
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O.K.
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O.K.
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Attribute
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Attribute
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Mug
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Mug
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Designer in J.F.K.'s White House
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Designer in J.F.K.'s White House
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Take under one's wing
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Take under one's wing
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Thin
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Thin
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Nice touch
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Nice touch
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"Caught" star Maria Conchita ___
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"Caught" star Maria Conchita ___
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___-garde
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___-garde
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Netanyahu's predecessor
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Netanyahu's predecessor
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Starbuck's captain
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Starbuck's captain
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Its capital is Altdorf
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Its capital is Altdorf
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Verse, part 3
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Verse, part 3
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Galley feature
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Galley feature
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"How now! ___?": Hamlet
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"How now! ___?": Hamlet
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Caesar's wings
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Caesar's wings
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Malodorous
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Malodorous
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Christian Science founder
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Christian Science founder
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RR stop
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RR stop
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Jelly Roll Morton biographer Alan
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Jelly Roll Morton biographer Alan
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Locale of Ptolemy's lighthouse
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Locale of Ptolemy's lighthouse
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Good name for a chef?
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Good name for a chef?
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Hardly a sissy
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Hardly a sissy
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West of Hollywood
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West of Hollywood
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Patch up
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Patch up
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Princess Yasmin ___ Khan
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Princess Yasmin ___ Khan
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Obvious clue
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End of the verse
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End of the verse
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Person in a booth
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Person in a booth
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___ Trail (Everglades highway)
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___ Trail (Everglades highway)
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Testify under oath
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Testify under oath
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Nervous, with "up"
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Nervous, with "up"
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Clytemnestra's killer
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Clytemnestra's killer
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Sprung up
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Sprung up
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Draft
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Draft
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Harness part
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K-6: Abbr.
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K-6: Abbr.
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
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Refuse
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Refuse
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Classify
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Classify
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All there
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All there
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Plunk
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Plunk
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One of Knute's successors
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One of Knute's successors
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Cheese made of 52-Across's milk
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Cheese made of 52-Across's milk
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Cuts into
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Cuts into
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French Revolution leader
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French Revolution leader
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Toledo-to-Akron dir.
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Toledo-to-Akron dir.
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Extra
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Extra
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Not-so-mild oath
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Stravinsky ballet
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Stravinsky ballet
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A Dumas
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A Dumas
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Lao-___
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Lao-___
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Lively, to Liszt
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Lively, to Liszt
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Dona ___ (Las Cruces' county)
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Dona ___ (Las Cruces' county)
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The Magi, notably
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The Magi, notably
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Hampton Court feature
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Hampton Court feature
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They're nonreturnable
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They're nonreturnable
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Kind of warden
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Kind of warden
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Boston Symphony conductor
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Boston Symphony conductor
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Christmas tree hangings
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Christmas tree hangings
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Even one
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Even one
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Napoleon relative
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Napoleon relative
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W.W. II tyrant
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W.W. II tyrant
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Certain rating
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Certain rating
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Friend of Aramis
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Friend of Aramis
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See 72-Down
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See 72-Down
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Bugs bugs him
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Bugs bugs him
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Desktop publisher's supply
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Desktop publisher's supply
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Social climber's concern
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Social climber's concern
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Affirm under oath
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Affirm under oath
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Ragwort variety
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Ragwort variety
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Strange "gift"
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Strange "gift"
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They may be modified
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They may be modified
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Richard Leakey's birthplace
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Richard Leakey's birthplace
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Set back?
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Set back?
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Making no progress
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Making no progress
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Sticks in the mud
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Sticks in the mud
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Stalin's persecuted peasant
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Stalin's persecuted peasant
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Bygone delivery person
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Bygone delivery person
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Source of the Truckee River
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Source of the Truckee River
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It may be toxic
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It may be toxic
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Work around
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Work around
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Broken
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Broken
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Shakespearean verb ending
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Shakespearean verb ending
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Babydoll
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Babydoll
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With 40-Down, Down East university town
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With 40-Down, Down East university town
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Discompose
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Discompose
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Bon Ami alternative
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Bon Ami alternative
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Rubs the wrong way
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Rubs the wrong way
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More odious
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More odious
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Crimson Tide, for short
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Crimson Tide, for short
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Panache
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Panache
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Blue Eagle inits.
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Blue Eagle inits.
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Mesquite or mimosa, e.g.
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Mesquite or mimosa, e.g.
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Muscateers?
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Muscateers?
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Shanxi shrine
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Shanxi shrine
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Marilu of "Taxi"
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Marilu of "Taxi"
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Socked away
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Socked away
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Helga's husband
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Helga's husband
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Thou squared
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Thou squared
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First South Korean president
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First South Korean president
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Hard to hold
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Hard to hold
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Mayberry's Goober
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Mayberry's Goober
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Biol., geol., etc.
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Biol., geol., etc.
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Name of two ancient Egyptian kings
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Name of two ancient Egyptian kings
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Cries of surprise
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Cries of surprise
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Kind of wave
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Kind of wave
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The Untouchables, e.g.
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"Naughty!"
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"Naughty!"
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W.W. II arena
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W.W. II arena
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Make an antimacassar
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Make an antimacassar
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Cockney residence
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Cockney residence
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