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New York Times: Sunday, March 8, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 8, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Richard Silvestri
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Backside
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Backside
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Chaff
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Chaff
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Fluff up
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Fluff up
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Alum, for one
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Alum, for one
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First name in daredeviltry
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First name in daredeviltry
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Fixed the pilot
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Fixed the pilot
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Mix, in a way
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Mix, in a way
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Mixed bag
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Mixed bag
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Part of a girl's magazine dealing with makeup?
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Part of a girl's magazine dealing with makeup?
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Attempt to irritate?
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Attempt to irritate?
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Kind of sauce: Var.
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Kind of sauce: Var.
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Treasure State capital
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Straight
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Straight
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Sing in a full, happy voice
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Await judgment
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Fowl place
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Fowl place
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Tops in quality
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On the horizon
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On the horizon
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Goldbrick
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Goldbrick
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Maker of the game Pong
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Maker of the game Pong
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Cinematographer Nykvist
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Cinematographer Nykvist
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Got up
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Got up
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1969 Peace Prize grp.
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1969 Peace Prize grp.
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"___ Bell" (Stephen Foster song)
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"___ Bell" (Stephen Foster song)
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Go parasailing
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Go parasailing
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Has a bug
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Has a bug
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E.T.S. offering
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E.T.S. offering
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Connecticut Bulldog
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Connecticut Bulldog
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Sleeves of a sports jacket?
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Sleeves of a sports jacket?
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Milk, in combinations
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Milk, in combinations
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Dorm companion
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Dorm companion
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Former West African capital
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Former West African capital
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Infer
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Infer
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Epitome of hardness
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Epitome of hardness
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Garfield's middle name
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Garfield's middle name
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Grow past the hour
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Shampooing aftermath
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Shampooing aftermath
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Utter impulsively
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Utter impulsively
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Kitchen cloths
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Kitchen cloths
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Beautiful Berry
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Beautiful Berry
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Little one bypasses the altar?
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Little one bypasses the altar?
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Script ending
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Script ending
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Audio effect
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Audio effect
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Appealing
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Appealing
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Sale caveat
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Sale caveat
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Winter Palace resident
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Winter Palace resident
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Afore
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Afore
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Kitchen gadgets
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Kitchen gadgets
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Slide in sleet
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Swell top
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Swell top
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Religious knights
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Religious knights
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Eucharistic plate
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Eucharistic plate
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Help for a mountaineer
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Help for a mountaineer
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"Phooey!"
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"Phooey!"
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Jam session feature
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Jam session feature
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Used stickum
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Used stickum
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Put forward
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Put forward
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Emulate Isamu Noguchi
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Emulate Isamu Noguchi
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Side by side
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Side by side
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Grange lacrosse team?
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Grange lacrosse team?
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Philly champion?
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Philly champion?
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Member of the Winnebago nation
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Member of the Winnebago nation
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Like "The X-Files"
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Like "The X-Files"
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Stowe character
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Stowe character
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Court defense
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Court defense
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Bryn ___ College
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Bryn ___ College
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52-Across and the like
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52-Across and the like
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Electrical setup
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Electrical setup
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Cap'n Hawks of "Show Boat"
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Cap'n Hawks of "Show Boat"
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Cause for Chapter 11
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Eye layer
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Bugaboo
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Bugaboo
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In a flap?
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In a flap?
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Timber problem
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Timber problem
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Force back
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Force back
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Pay stretcher
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Pay stretcher
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Something to heave
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Something to heave
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Increase the slope of
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Random bits
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Random bits
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Veldt sight
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Veldt sight
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___ breve
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Helios, to the Romans
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Helios, to the Romans
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Mask features
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Mask features
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Tone down
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Tone down
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Succulent plant
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Succulent plant
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Penn Station initials
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Penn Station initials
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"Hold the Line" rock group
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"Hold the Line" rock group
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Ankles
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Ankles
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Rank
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Rank
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Gamboling spot
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Gamboling spot
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Washing
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Washing
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Directs a hoedown
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Directs a hoedown
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Phony
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Phony
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Author Calvino
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Author Calvino
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Country's border?
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Country's border?
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At this point
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At this point
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Hurts badly
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Hurts badly
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Army dog?
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Army dog?
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Overjoy
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Overjoy
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Chopper part
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Chopper part
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Out of ___ (grouchy)
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Out of ___ (grouchy)
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Pool shot
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Pool shot
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Protection against tampering
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Protection against tampering
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Devonshire dad
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Devonshire dad
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"Get ready for the camera!"
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"Get ready for the camera!"
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Collector's book
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Collector's book
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Sojourn
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Sojourn
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Small type
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Small type
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Backing for plasterwork
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Backing for plasterwork
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One of the Thomases
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One of the Thomases
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Krypton and xenon
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Krypton and xenon
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Tattered Tom's creator
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Tattered Tom's creator
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Fat or wax
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Fat or wax
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Night cover
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Night cover
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Button material
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Button material
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Bunches of bits
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Bunches of bits
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Plying with pills
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Plying with pills
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Understand
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Understand
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Mattress brand
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Mattress brand
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Sounds of contentment
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Sounds of contentment
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Winnebago, e.g.
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Winnebago, e.g.
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Vestibule item
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Vestibule item
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Sideboard
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Sideboard
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Bow on the screen
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Bow on the screen
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Married people
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Married people
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Cork
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Cork
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1920 Colette novel
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1920 Colette novel
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Go for
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Go for
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The lot
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The lot
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Tube, over here
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Tube, over here
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Theater backdrop
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Theater backdrop
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Caruso portrayer
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Caruso portrayer
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Bit of physics
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Bit of physics
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___ precedent
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___ precedent
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Cold powder
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Cold powder
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Antitoxins
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Antitoxins
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Prefix with com
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Prefix with com
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Before long
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Before long
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Fax
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Fax
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Yarborough component, perhaps
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Yarborough component, perhaps
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O.A.S. member: Abbr.
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O.A.S. member: Abbr.
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Nada
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