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New York Times: Sunday, May 17, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 17, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David J. Kahn,
Hillary B. Kahn
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Be unwarrantably bold
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Occultism
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Occultism
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Modus operandi
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Modus operandi
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One seen at trackside
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One seen at trackside
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Moonstruck
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Moonstruck
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Lizard with a serrated crest
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Lizard with a serrated crest
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Start of an imaginary soliloquy
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Start of an imaginary soliloquy
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Inoffensive
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Inoffensive
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Accepted
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Accepted
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Kind of ticket
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Enzyme suffix
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Part 2 of the soliloquy
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Walker's aid
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Walker's aid
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Uris novel "___ 18"
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Uris novel "___ 18"
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Buddhist who has attained Nirvana
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Sitter's charge
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Halfwit
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Halfwit
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Tierra-Fuego bridge
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Tierra-Fuego bridge
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Spirited meeting?
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Spirited meeting?
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Part 3 of the soliloquy
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Part 3 of the soliloquy
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Ref's call
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Ref's call
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Part of many Arab names
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Favorite
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Favorite
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International money
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International money
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Part 4 of the soliloquy
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Prefix with nucleotide
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French cleric
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French cleric
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Controversial teachings
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Controversial teachings
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Promising words
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Part of a G.I.'s address
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Part of a G.I.'s address
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50's baseball nickname
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50's baseball nickname
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Samantha's daughter on TV
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Samantha's daughter on TV
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1976 album "Olé ___"
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1976 album "Olé ___"
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Declinations
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Declinations
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1939 Humphrey Bogart role
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1939 Humphrey Bogart role
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Rattling trains
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Catch, as flies
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Type
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Type
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Part 5 of the soliloquy
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Part 5 of the soliloquy
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To me, to Mimi
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To me, to Mimi
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Psychoanalyst Fromm
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Psychoanalyst Fromm
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Introduction to marketing?
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Introduction to marketing?
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Picnic spoiler
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Picnic spoiler
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Part 6 of the soliloquy
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Popular van Gogh painting
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Popular van Gogh painting
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She's a deer
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She's a deer
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Kind of tin
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Brillo rival
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Entanglement
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Entanglement
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Holds
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Holds
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Pickle place
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Pickle place
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Part 7 of the soliloquy
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Part 7 of the soliloquy
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Took place
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Took place
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Airport feature
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Airport feature
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Nasser's org.
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Nasser's org.
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Genoan V.I.P., once
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Genoan V.I.P., once
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End of the soliloquy
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Put on ice
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Put on ice
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Arbitrates
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Arbitrates
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Bawl out
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Bawl out
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One of the Munsters
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One of the Munsters
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It has its ups and downs
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It has its ups and downs
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African menaces
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African menaces
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Smarten up
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Smarten up
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Ham's need
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Ham's need
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Dangerous bacteria
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Dangerous bacteria
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Lets fly
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Lets fly
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Actor Tognazzi
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Actor Tognazzi
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Zinger
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Zinger
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Elusive one
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Elusive one
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Word with wheel or engine
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Word with wheel or engine
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At all
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At all
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Dog-scolding word
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Dog-scolding word
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"What's in ___?"
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"What's in ___?"
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Put aboard
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Put aboard
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Land around the Brahmaputra Valley
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Land around the Brahmaputra Valley
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Station in space
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Station in space
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Something to stroke
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Something to stroke
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King of song
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King of song
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"Very funny!"
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"Very funny!"
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Quick round of tennis
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Quick round of tennis
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Stunt man, e.g.
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Stunt man, e.g.
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___ la Plata
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___ la Plata
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Obfuscate
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Obfuscate
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"The Birth of a Nation" grp.
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"The Birth of a Nation" grp.
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Journalist Nellie
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Journalist Nellie
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One ___ (ball game)
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"I'm a Stranger Here Myself" poet
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Put on the throne
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Put on the throne
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Insect nests
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Insect nests
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Narrow valley
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Narrow valley
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Reach on foot
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Reach on foot
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"The ___ Love"
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"The ___ Love"
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Killer whale
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Killer whale
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Classical music features
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Noted Yugoslav patriot
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Mixed dish
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Mixed dish
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Fill-in
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Fill-in
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1979 exile
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1979 exile
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Naturalness
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Naturalness
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Churchill contemporary
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Churchill contemporary
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Checkup
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Checkup
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Second degree?
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Second degree?
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Go ___ for
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Go ___ for
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When repeated, an old-fashioned cry
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When repeated, an old-fashioned cry
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Spinner
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Spinner
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"Here's ___ your eye!"
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"Here's ___ your eye!"
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Southwest land
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Southwest land
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Dummies
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Dummies
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Grated on
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Grated on
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Fatuous
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Fatuous
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Abate
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Abate
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Theological belief
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Theological belief
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Long Island community
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Long Island community
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Reef, maybe
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Reef, maybe
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Oilman Kashoggi
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Oilman Kashoggi
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Blurb, e.g.
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Blurb, e.g.
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Part of a yoke
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Part of a yoke
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Flashlight carriers
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Flashlight carriers
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Definitive word
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Definitive word
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Cacao exporter
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Cacao exporter
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Veep before Ford
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Veep before Ford
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First name in opera
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More smooth
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More smooth
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Artist with collectible lithos
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Artist with collectible lithos
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Equivocator's forte
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Equivocator's forte
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Some I.B.M. products
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Some I.B.M. products
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Tail
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Tail
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A year in the life of St. Anselm
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A year in the life of St. Anselm
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Barked
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Barked
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Muzzles
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Muzzles
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Popular snack cracker
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Popular snack cracker
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Explosives
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Explosives
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Parched
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Parched
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Oberhausen one
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Oberhausen one
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"___ lay me down..."
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"___ lay me down..."
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Target of a bang-up job?
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Target of a bang-up job?
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Actress Taylor
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Actress Taylor
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Sinn ___
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Sinn ___
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Bandage
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Bandage
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Legit
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Legit
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Gulf war weapons
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Gulf war weapons
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Father-and-daughter actors
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Father-and-daughter actors
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Swagger
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Swagger
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Depot abbr.
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Depot abbr.
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Narc activities
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Narc activities
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Person with a mike
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Person with a mike
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1982 Michener epic
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1982 Michener epic
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"Bali ___"
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"Bali ___"
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Word on a ticket
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Word on a ticket
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Teams up with
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Teams up with
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Type size
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Type size
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Reminders
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Reminders
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"Nightmare" street
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"Nightmare" street
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Kitty in "The Killers," 1946
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Kitty in "The Killers," 1946
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Hamilton is on it
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Hamilton is on it
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Flower on a French shield
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Flower on a French shield
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Author LeShan
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Author LeShan
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Just-hired
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Just-hired
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Rod
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Rod
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Common possessive
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Common possessive
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It has a bite and hops
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