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New York Times: Sunday, May 3, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 3, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
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Discussed thoroughly, with "out"
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Florentine family name
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Florentine family name
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Flattened at the poles
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Flattened at the poles
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Diffuse
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Diffuse
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Medium-sweet sherry
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Medium-sweet sherry
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Song from "Holiday Inn"
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Song from "Holiday Inn"
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Meteorological menace
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Meteorological menace
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Holiday in Hue
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Holiday in Hue
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Skyrocket
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Skyrocket
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Bamako is its capital
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Bamako is its capital
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Univ. awards
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Modest bathing suit
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Modest bathing suit
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Lustrous hue
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Lustrous hue
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Notre Dame name
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Feature of some modems
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Feature of some modems
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99-Down, Down Under
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99-Down, Down Under
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Oft-scripted Baroness Orczy novel
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Oft-scripted Baroness Orczy novel
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Smash letters
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Smash letters
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Limerick language
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Limerick language
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One of the Reiners
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One of the Reiners
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Gospel music award
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Gospel music award
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Moonshine
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Moonshine
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Cautious stock inv.
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Spring bloomer
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Spring bloomer
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Op. ___
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Op. ___
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Botanist's workplace
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Botanist's workplace
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74-Down's opposite
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74-Down's opposite
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Constriction worker?
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Constriction worker?
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6-pointers
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6-pointers
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Theme of this puzzle
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Theme of this puzzle
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Small shot
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Small shot
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Landed a haymaker
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Landed a haymaker
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Sked guesses
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Sked guesses
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Quits working
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Quits working
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Name of 13 popes
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Name of 13 popes
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"Iceland" star
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"Iceland" star
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Cager Kukoc
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Cager Kukoc
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React to a bad joke, perhaps
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React to a bad joke, perhaps
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Gore's grp.
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Gore's grp.
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Infielder Joey ___
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Infielder Joey ___
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Warehouse supply: Abbr.
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Warehouse supply: Abbr.
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Shoe box marking
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Shoe box marking
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Peaked
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Peaked
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"Hot Diggity" singer
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"Hot Diggity" singer
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Aurora's counterpart
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Aurora's counterpart
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Crack team?: Abbr.
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Crack team?: Abbr.
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Boiled holiday treat
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Boiled holiday treat
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Loaf locale
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Loaf locale
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Get wind of
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Get wind of
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Mountain lake
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Mountain lake
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Slapstick ammo
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Slapstick ammo
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Suffix with duct
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Suffix with duct
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Theseus' land
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Theseus' land
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Counterirritant concoction
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Counterirritant concoction
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First Olympic Hall of Fame gymnast
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First Olympic Hall of Fame gymnast
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Under political attack, maybe
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Under political attack, maybe
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Plan
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Plan
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Stalk
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Stalk
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Cartoon cat
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Cartoon cat
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Oater groups
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Popular book genre
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Popular book genre
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Wheyfaced
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Wheyfaced
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Whack
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Whack
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In great demand
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In great demand
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Journal addendum?
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Journal addendum?
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Cut
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Cut
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Code name
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Code name
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Medicine Nobelist Metchnikoff
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Afro and bob
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Afro and bob
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"Just Another Girl on the ___" (1993 drama)
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"Just Another Girl on the ___" (1993 drama)
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Cause for pause
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Cause for pause
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Soul singer Hayes
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Soul singer Hayes
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Stadium cheer
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Stadium cheer
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___ Paese cheese
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___ Paese cheese
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Fred Mertz, notably
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Fred Mertz, notably
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Exiter's exclamation
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Exiter's exclamation
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Hint
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Hint
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Nephew of Cain
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Nephew of Cain
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Where Dick Button won gold
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Where Dick Button won gold
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Epitaph starter
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Epitaph starter
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S.D.I. concern
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S.D.I. concern
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"Phooey!"
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"Phooey!"
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Fury
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Fury
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Bud, to Lou
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Bud, to Lou
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Business biggie
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Business biggie
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Ford Sterling played one
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Ford Sterling played one
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Exiter's exclamation
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Exiter's exclamation
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Chilean president, 1964-70
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Chilean president, 1964-70
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Delicious
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Delicious
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Holy war
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Holy war
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Starwort, e.g.
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Starwort, e.g.
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Most difficult to believe
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Most difficult to believe
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Buttinsky
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Buttinsky
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Feeling lousy
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Feeling lousy
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Chopin works
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Chopin works
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Exhibits, basically
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Exhibits, basically
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Answer to "Shall we?"
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Answer to "Shall we?"
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"Put a lid on it!"
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"Put a lid on it!"
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Kind of float
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Kind of float
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Revolutionary name
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Revolutionary name
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Pawn
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Pawn
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Speaker's spot
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Speaker's spot
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Putting up with
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Putting up with
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Dictionary abbr.
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Dictionary abbr.
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"Here comes trouble!"
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"Here comes trouble!"
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Inc. relative
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Inc. relative
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Have ___ (overreact)
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Have ___ (overreact)
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Open-mouthed quintet
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Open-mouthed quintet
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"À votre ___!"
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"À votre ___!"
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Chabrier's "Le Roi malgré ___"
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Chabrier's "Le Roi malgré ___"
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Palace or prison, e.g.: Abbr.
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Palace or prison, e.g.: Abbr.
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"I told you so!"
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"I told you so!"
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D.S.M. recipient
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D.S.M. recipient
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"Singing journalist" Phil
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"Singing journalist" Phil
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Guards, collectively
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Guards, collectively
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Yemeni port
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Yemeni port
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Slalom maneuver
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Slalom maneuver
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Henri or Pierre, e.g.
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Roadie's load
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Roadie's load
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Shutout
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Shutout
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Dress (up)
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Dress (up)
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Shepherd's locale
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Shepherd's locale
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Stripling
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Stripling
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Nursery rhyme boy
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Nursery rhyme boy
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Starbucks serving
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Starbucks serving
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Stops up
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Stops up
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Solicits, with "up"
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Solicits, with "up"
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Map of the Aleutians, usually
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Map of the Aleutians, usually
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Fussbudget
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Fussbudget
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House mem.
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House mem.
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What anglers want that campers don't
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What anglers want that campers don't
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"Mr. Belvedere" actress Graff
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"Mr. Belvedere" actress Graff
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School clique, maybe
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School clique, maybe
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Kind of seal
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Kind of seal
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Ready for surgery
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Ready for surgery
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Whisper sweet nothings
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Whisper sweet nothings
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Cape ___
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Cape ___
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Chi preceder
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Chi preceder
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Humerus locale
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Humerus locale
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Year abroad
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Year abroad
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Most letters in D.C.
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