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New York Times: Sunday, December 28, 1997
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 28, 1997 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matt Gaffney
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Heist gain
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East German secret police
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East German secret police
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"Star Wars" princess
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Attack moves
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Attack moves
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S
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S
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Alpo competition
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Alpo competition
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P
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Threatening finale
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Clinton has two
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Clinton has two
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Buys or leases
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Buys or leases
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Miller hero
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Miller hero
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Downed
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Downed
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Shakespeare, e.g.
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Here on the authority of
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Here on the authority of
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Ripken, Jr. and Sr.
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Ripken, Jr. and Sr.
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"And I Love ___"
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"And I Love ___"
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Had the know-how
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Had the know-how
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Mo. parts
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Mo. parts
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Hot
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Hot
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Knots
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Knots
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"Cabaret" director
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"Cabaret" director
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Tract
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Tract
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1968 track and field gold medalist
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1968 track and field gold medalist
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Former Swedish P.M. Palme
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Former Swedish P.M. Palme
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Water around the Ijsselmeer
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Water around the Ijsselmeer
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Wrap
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Wrap
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Medium-range U.S. missiles
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Medium-range U.S. missiles
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Some feasts
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Some feasts
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Dolphin leader
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Dolphin leader
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She's put out to pasture
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She's put out to pasture
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Horror film staple
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Horror film staple
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Vocal style
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Vocal style
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Sat at home
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Sat at home
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Either "M" of M&M's
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Either "M" of M&M's
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Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke"
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Heroine of Tennessee Williams's "Summer and Smoke"
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Basso Pinza
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Basso Pinza
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Existentialist concern
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Existentialist concern
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From Tabriz
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From Tabriz
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Wayne genre
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Wayne genre
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Whitish
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Whitish
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Printed
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Printed
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Popular museum exhibits
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Anatomical cavities
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Anatomical cavities
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Irk
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Irk
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Big dictionary section
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Big dictionary section
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Break
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Break
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Pinball paths
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Pinball paths
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Hill and Bryant
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Hill and Bryant
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Horseshoer's need
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Horseshoer's need
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Hostilities
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Hostilities
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Greek architectural feature
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Greek architectural feature
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Circus
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Circus
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Wheat part
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Wheat part
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Old-time actresses Markey and Bennett
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Old-time actresses Markey and Bennett
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Oscar-winning Gibson
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Oscar-winning Gibson
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Moravian, e.g.
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Some clouds
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Some clouds
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Bit of fancy footwork
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Bit of fancy footwork
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Live
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Live
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Correo ___ (airmail)
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Correo ___ (airmail)
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Make eights, maybe
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Make eights, maybe
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Kind of hotel
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Kind of hotel
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Unlearned
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Unlearned
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M
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Made out
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Made out
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G
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Positions
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Positions
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The best
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The best
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Call it quits
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Complete
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"Dog Day Afternoon" character
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"Dog Day Afternoon" character
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Blame
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Blame
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Switch settings
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Switch settings
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"The Crucifixion" painter
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Tariff co-sponsor of 1930
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Tariff co-sponsor of 1930
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Common powder
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Common powder
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When the sun goes down
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When the sun goes down
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Near misses, maybe
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Near misses, maybe
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"Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting)
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"Wie geht es ___?" (German greeting)
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Flight
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Flight
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Two or more periods
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Two or more periods
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"___ be all right"
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"___ be all right"
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Partner-to-be
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Partner-to-be
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Toast
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Toast
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Alerts
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Alerts
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"Bravo!"
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"Bravo!"
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Choctaw for "red people"
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Choctaw for "red people"
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Attached, in a way
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Attached, in a way
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Derisive
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Derisive
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Not just any
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Not just any
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Remnants
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Remnants
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Ski run
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Ski run
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"Buddy"
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"Buddy"
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Bit of a drag
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Thin nails
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Thin nails
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Yesteryear
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Yesteryear
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King ___ Trio (popular 40's combo)
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King ___ Trio (popular 40's combo)
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___ d'amore
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___ d'amore
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Baby
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Baby
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Actress Harper
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Actress Harper
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Bettors bet on them
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Dickens alias
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Dickens alias
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Traveled horizontally
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Traveled horizontally
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Cold one
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Cold one
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Heroine of 1847
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Heroine of 1847
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Alley mewers
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Alley mewers
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Lover of Pyramus
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Lover of Pyramus
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The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
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The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
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Armor-plated warship
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Armor-plated warship
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Black Sea port, new-style
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Black Sea port, new-style
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Kind of path or pay
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___ about (approximately)
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___ about (approximately)
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Karate school
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Karate school
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Blows away
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Blows away
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Run for it
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Run for it
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First name in bridge
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First name in bridge
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Pinup features
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Pinup features
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Over
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Over
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Shah ___ Pahlavi
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Shah ___ Pahlavi
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Game-ending pronouncement
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Game-ending pronouncement
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Have it in mind
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Have it in mind
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When shadows almost disappear
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Grand slam foursome
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Grand slam foursome
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Lawyers: Abbr.
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Lawyers: Abbr.
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Touch, say
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Touch, say
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Largest Greek island, to locals
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Largest Greek island, to locals
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Rawls and Reed
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Rawls and Reed
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1968 Chemistry Nobelist Onsager
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Santa ___
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Santa ___
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Egyptian menaces
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Egyptian menaces
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Seemingly forever
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Seemingly forever
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Greek cheese
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Greek cheese
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Reaches
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Reaches
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On-line periodical, for short
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Subject of a 1982 best seller
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Subject of a 1982 best seller
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Mapmaker's aid
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Mapmaker's aid
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Crackerjacks
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Crackerjacks
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They follow signatures
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They follow signatures
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Underground network
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Underground network
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Forum locale
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Forum locale
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R-rating reason
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R-rating reason
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Followers
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Followers
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Late evening
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Late evening
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End in ___
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End in ___
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What to do "in St. Louis"
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What to do "in St. Louis"
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An Acura
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An Acura
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Ingot
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Ingot
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Geometrical solid
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Geometrical solid
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Major command
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Major command
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Minerva's domain
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Minerva's domain
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Full
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Full
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English university town
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English university town
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Took steps
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Took steps
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Quick holiday
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Quick holiday
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Very
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Very
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New Zealander
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New Zealander
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London's ___ Square
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London's ___ Square
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Runner Rosie
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Runner Rosie
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On the other side of the street: Abbr.
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Alias
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Alias
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Unproven facility
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Hung. neighbor
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Hung. neighbor
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Alphabet trio
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