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New York Times: Sunday, September 20, 1998
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 20, 1998 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Charles M. Deber
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God "the most merciful"
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God "the most merciful"
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Bird of myth
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Slanted: Abbr.
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Slanted: Abbr.
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Blacksmith's tools
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Blacksmith's tools
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Prefix with grain
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Show presenter, for short
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Pioneering Russian spacecraft series
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Lawn game
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Lawn game
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Sight off the coast of Salerno
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Sight off the coast of Salerno
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Bugs
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Bugs
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Be creative
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Be creative
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Spanish weeks
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Spanish weeks
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Expo '70 host
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Expo '70 host
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Saw red
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Saw red
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Last-minute ticket acquirer, maybe
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Last-minute ticket acquirer, maybe
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"Well done!"
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"Well done!"
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Broadly
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Broadly
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Certain annuity plan
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Certain annuity plan
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1998, e.g., in fancy language
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1998, e.g., in fancy language
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Piglike animals
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Piglike animals
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Cleveland team, for short
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Minneapolis-to-Fargo hwy.
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Minneapolis-to-Fargo hwy.
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Man, in old Rome
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Man, in old Rome
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Rock's Burdon and Carmen
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Rock's Burdon and Carmen
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Transmit via computer
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Seventh-century date
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Some porcelain
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Some porcelain
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Worker ___
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Worker ___
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Math ratio
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Math ratio
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Orchestra member
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Orchestra member
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Gulf of ___ (arm of the Baltic)
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Gulf of ___ (arm of the Baltic)
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No longer in enemy hands
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No longer in enemy hands
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Heather lands
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Heather lands
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Footnote word
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Footnote word
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A new look at an 18th-century English writer
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A new look at an 18th-century English writer
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Fabric with nubby yarn
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Fabric with nubby yarn
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First name in stand-up
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First name in stand-up
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Big name in computer games
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Big name in computer games
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Like a wayward G.I.
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Like a wayward G.I.
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Nautical passageway
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Nautical passageway
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Bustles
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Bustles
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Mouths
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Mouths
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"From Here to Eternity" wife
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"From Here to Eternity" wife
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Oil driller's setup
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Oil driller's setup
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On again
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On again
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Sing like Bing
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Sing like Bing
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Non-P.C. suffix
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Express
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Express
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Institution since 1701
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Institution since 1701
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Close and Ford
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Close and Ford
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Nurses and police officers, e.g.
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Nurses and police officers, e.g.
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Neighbors of Ethiopians
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Neighbors of Ethiopians
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Enemies of the Iroquois
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Enemies of the Iroquois
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Consider, with "over"
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Consider, with "over"
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Kind of set
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Kind of set
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Place to go with a flashlight
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Place to go with a flashlight
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He coached 347 N.F.L. wins
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He coached 347 N.F.L. wins
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Menu section
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Menu section
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Like our numbers
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Like our numbers
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Apocalypse
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Apocalypse
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1773 Tea Party, e.g.
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1773 Tea Party, e.g.
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Survey respondent
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Survey respondent
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Let go of
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Let go of
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Back muscle, for short
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TV actress Taylor
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TV actress Taylor
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Jacket choice
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Jacket choice
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Sushi supplies
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Sushi supplies
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Poetic preposition
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Poetic preposition
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Seconds: Abbr.
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Seconds: Abbr.
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Collect
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Collect
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"12 Angry Men" director
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"12 Angry Men" director
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Pack animal
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Pack animal
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Monopoly avenue next to the B.&O. Railroad
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Monopoly avenue next to the B.&O. Railroad
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Sellers of record players
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Sellers of record players
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Brownish
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Brownish
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Sugar ending
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Sugar ending
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Feature of classical architecture
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Feature of classical architecture
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Kind of artery
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Kind of artery
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Bomb
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Bomb
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"Crazy Love" singer
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"Crazy Love" singer
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Song syllables
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Song syllables
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Vases of a "La Bohème" character
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Vases of a "La Bohème" character
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___ radical
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___ radical
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Fast shuffle, so to speak
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Fast shuffle, so to speak
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Sandwich base
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Sandwich base
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Very beginning
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Very beginning
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Item that's often stubbed
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Item that's often stubbed
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Composer Saint-___
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Composer Saint-___
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Not a good person with secrets
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Not a good person with secrets
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Democrats fight it
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Democrats fight it
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"___ long..."
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"___ long..."
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Representation
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Representation
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Writer Welty
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Writer Welty
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Roundish
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Roundish
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Forehead feature
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Forehead feature
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Source of an omen, maybe
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Source of an omen, maybe
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Zoom
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Zoom
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Drury Lane composer of the 1700's
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Drury Lane composer of the 1700's
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The Panthers of the Big East Conference
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The Panthers of the Big East Conference
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Success for a returning space shuttle
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Success for a returning space shuttle
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"Do you ___?"
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"Do you ___?"
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Target of many a wound
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Target of many a wound
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1991-92 U.S. Open champ
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1991-92 U.S. Open champ
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Not streamlined
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Not streamlined
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Parts of 69-Down
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Parts of 69-Down
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Catlike
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Catlike
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___-Tiki
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___-Tiki
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Tiny model
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Tiny model
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Casey of County General Hospital
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Casey of County General Hospital
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Pilgrimage sites
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Pilgrimage sites
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Lean
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Lean
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Berlin's "___ Lost in His Arms"
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Berlin's "___ Lost in His Arms"
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See 57-Down
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See 57-Down
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Soaked
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Soaked
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Sculpture subjects
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Sculpture subjects
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In a minute
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In a minute
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Maker of a brand name?
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Maker of a brand name?
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Lacking
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Lacking
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Early wheels
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Early wheels
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O.K.
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O.K.
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Per ___
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Per ___
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Insouciant
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Insouciant
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Chart holder
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Chart holder
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The 1990's, politically speaking
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Vintner's cache
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Vintner's cache
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William or Henry
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William or Henry
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Sparkle
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Sparkle
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Weak
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Weak
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Train
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Train
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Carol starter
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Carol starter
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Mountains, so to speak
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Mountains, so to speak
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"Difficult years"
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"Difficult years"
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Position
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Position
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Met singer Simon
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Met singer Simon
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Kirk, e.g.: Abbr.
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Kirk, e.g.: Abbr.
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Straight, after "in"
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Straight, after "in"
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Low tract
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Low tract
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Recovering from a charley horse
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Recovering from a charley horse
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Onetime Presidential inits.
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Onetime Presidential inits.
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Dory feature
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