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New York Times: Sunday, August 9, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 9, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Christopher Hurt
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Launch of July 1962
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Launch of July 1962
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The "E" in E. L. Doctorow
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The "E" in E. L. Doctorow
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Rattles, for 1-Across
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Rattles, for 1-Across
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Trapped
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Trapped
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1930's-40's director Zoltan ___
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1930's-40's director Zoltan ___
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Secondary result
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Secondary result
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Hardly used
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Hardly used
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Writer who said "Satire is what closes Saturday night"
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Writer who said "Satire is what closes Saturday night"
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Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon
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Pulitzer-winning biographer Leon
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Sundial letters
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Sundial letters
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Junglelike
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Junglelike
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Ere
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Ere
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"I wish you a meretricious and a happy New Year" penner
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"I wish you a meretricious and a happy New Year" penner
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Mom-and-pop grp.
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Mom-and-pop grp.
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Kind of condor
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Kind of condor
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Dealer's nemesis
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Dealer's nemesis
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Smart
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Smart
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Patches again
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Patches again
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One of the Allies of W.W. II
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One of the Allies of W.W. II
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0 degrees
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0 degrees
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Anxious
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Anxious
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Where the smart set sat [answer to be entered in the appropriate manner]
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Where the smart set sat [answer to be entered in the appropriate manner]
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Green, maybe
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Green, maybe
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1966 movie that won Best Original Score
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1966 movie that won Best Original Score
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Novel by 47-Down
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Novel by 47-Down
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Universités
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Universités
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Island in French Polynesia
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Island in French Polynesia
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Gov. Landon
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Gov. Landon
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"___ on $45 a Day"
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"___ on $45 a Day"
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A reduced state
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A reduced state
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Park toy
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Park toy
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Made for a mortise
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Made for a mortise
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Binary ___
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Binary ___
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Thoroughly confine
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Thoroughly confine
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Plaza abbr.
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Plaza abbr.
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Handlebar feature
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Handlebar feature
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Bun, for one
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Bun, for one
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Japanese portal
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Japanese portal
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Prairielike
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Prairielike
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Sanford of "The Jeffersons"
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Sanford of "The Jeffersons"
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French flier
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French flier
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Center or end
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Center or end
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Snick-or-___
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Snick-or-___
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Taras Bulba, notably
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Taras Bulba, notably
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Munich's river
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Munich's river
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Matador's opponent
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Matador's opponent
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Like some diets
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Like some diets
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Word before "loves me" and "loves me not"
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Word before "loves me" and "loves me not"
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"From Bed to Worse" writer
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"From Bed to Worse" writer
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Floor
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Floor
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Eastern pooh-bah
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Eastern pooh-bah
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Games grp.
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Games grp.
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___-American
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___-American
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She said "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think"
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She said "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think"
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More eccentric
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More eccentric
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Certain sweaters
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Certain sweaters
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Zaps, in a way
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Zaps, in a way
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Treater's words
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Treater's words
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Nocturnal noisemaker
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Nocturnal noisemaker
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Upriver spawner
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Upriver spawner
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Reversion
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Reversion
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Scrabble draw
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Site of Vance Air Force Base
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Camp locale
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Camp locale
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Rock layer
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Rock layer
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Lot
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Lot
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With 87-Down, Wit's End resident called "Old Vitriol and Violets"
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With 87-Down, Wit's End resident called "Old Vitriol and Violets"
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Goes back to the start
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Goes back to the start
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Hosp. test
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Hosp. test
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Mr. X
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Mr. X
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In the majority?
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In the majority?
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Leaking
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Leaking
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Loose overcoat
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Loose overcoat
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Name as a price
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Name as a price
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Grant giver, for short
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Grant giver, for short
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Waters
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Waters
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Back talk
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Back talk
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San ___
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San ___
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Brand of daminozide
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Brand of daminozide
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Neck band?
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Neck band?
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Collection of legends
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Collection of legends
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Whom "I Like"
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Whom "I Like"
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Summoned, as a butler
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Summoned, as a butler
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Island southeast of Borneo
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Island southeast of Borneo
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Schools for engrs.
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Schools for engrs.
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"What ___ the odds?"
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"What ___ the odds?"
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"Papillon" star
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"Papillon" star
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"No ___!" (slangy O.K.)
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"No ___!" (slangy O.K.)
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Drift
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Drift
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"'Tis ___ bagatelle!"
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"'Tis ___ bagatelle!"
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Editor who "looked like a dishonest Abe Lincoln"
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Editor who "looked like a dishonest Abe Lincoln"
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Handy
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Handy
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Buntlines, e.g.
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Buntlines, e.g.
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Pigtail
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Pigtail
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She replied to Noël Coward's "You look almost like a man!" with "And so do you"
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She replied to Noël Coward's "You look almost like a man!" with "And so do you"
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Nursery rhyme residence
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Nursery rhyme residence
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Confute
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Confute
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Dean Smith's sch.
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Dean Smith's sch.
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Buenos ___
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Buenos ___
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Leisure
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Leisure
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One facing life, maybe
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One facing life, maybe
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Smut
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Smut
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Loner
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Loner
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East wind, in Greek myth
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East wind, in Greek myth
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Chanel fragrance
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Chanel fragrance
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Hot dog garnish
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Hot dog garnish
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Haven
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Haven
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Casualty of 1997
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Casualty of 1997
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Subatomic particle
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Subatomic particle
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Abstractions
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Abstractions
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Gorgeous Georgian?
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Gorgeous Georgian?
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J.F.K. or F.D.R.
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J.F.K. or F.D.R.
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Sherlock's lady friend
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Sherlock's lady friend
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See 6-Down
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See 6-Down
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52-Down rival
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52-Down rival
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It's a gas
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It's a gas
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Bean
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Bean
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___ Mounds (Illinois historical site)
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___ Mounds (Illinois historical site)
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Collect
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Collect
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They may be vital
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They may be vital
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Chem. or biol.
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Chem. or biol.
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So out it's in
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So out it's in
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Guitar sound
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Guitar sound
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Winner of a noted 1978 Supreme Court case
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Winner of a noted 1978 Supreme Court case
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Comedian Smirnoff
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Comedian Smirnoff
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Wife of Esau
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Wife of Esau
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Glandular fever, for short
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Glandular fever, for short
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Medea rode on it
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Medea rode on it
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Kind of suit
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Kind of suit
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Done, in Verdun
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Done, in Verdun
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Sleep phenomena
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Sleep phenomena
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Utah city
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Utah city
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Turn left
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Turn left
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Fashion inits.
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Fashion inits.
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Snake ___
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Alphabetic sequence
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Actress Massen of "Tokyo Rose"
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