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New York Times: Sunday, August 22, 1999
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 22, 1999 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Raymond Hamel
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"Prima Ballerina" artist
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"Prima Ballerina" artist
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Hill of law
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Hill of law
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Chester Arthur's middle name
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Marvel Comics superhero
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Betel nut tree
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Betel nut tree
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Confined to one part of the body
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Confined to one part of the body
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U-shaped instrument
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U-shaped instrument
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How some things strike
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How some things strike
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Using tape on a bulletin board?
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Using tape on a bulletin board?
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Part of the eye
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Part of the eye
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Charades, basically
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Charades, basically
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Most clever
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Most clever
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Pell-___
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Pell-___
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Be near bankruptcy
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Early 70's sitcom
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Early 70's sitcom
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Logo
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Logo
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Kind of twist
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Kind of twist
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Some Brahms works
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Some Brahms works
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They probably don't think much of you
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They probably don't think much of you
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Convex molding
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Convex molding
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Furniture material
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Furniture material
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About 1% of the atmosphere
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About 1% of the atmosphere
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Headline about the Rolling Stones' leader's recovery?
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Headline about the Rolling Stones' leader's recovery?
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Noted work?
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Noted work?
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Way out
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Way out
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Order at the George & Dragon
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Order at the George & Dragon
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Sea bordering Kazakhstan
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Sea bordering Kazakhstan
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Huge
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Huge
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Come into one's own
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Come into one's own
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Certain chord
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Certain chord
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Library material
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Library material
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Memory
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Memory
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A-mazing animals
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A-mazing animals
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It involves many sharp turns
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It involves many sharp turns
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Big paperback publisher
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Big paperback publisher
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Hit the big time
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Hit the big time
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Chucks
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Chucks
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Color wheel display
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Color wheel display
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Kitchen tool
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Kitchen tool
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Neighbor of Mont.
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Neighbor of Mont.
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It's said with a wave of the hand
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Compass heading
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Compass heading
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Catch
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Catch
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Fleece
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Fleece
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Blows to the head?
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Blows to the head?
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Wallace cohort
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Wallace cohort
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Woman from Bethlehem
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Woman from Bethlehem
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Sit up for
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Sit up for
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Dog treat
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Dog treat
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Brimless bonnet
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Brimless bonnet
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Nixon policy
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Nixon policy
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1980's Sandinista leader
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1980's Sandinista leader
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Director's option
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Director's option
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Lister's abbr.
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Lister's abbr.
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Gloomy
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Gloomy
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Having less shading
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Having less shading
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Game resembling pinball
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Game resembling pinball
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"Civilization" director Thomas
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"Civilization" director Thomas
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Soft drinks revealed?
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Soft drinks revealed?
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She found success with Caesar
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She found success with Caesar
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Purcell's "___ and Welcome Songs"
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Purcell's "___ and Welcome Songs"
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#2 Bill Withers hit of 1972
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#2 Bill Withers hit of 1972
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Like some stocks
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Like some stocks
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Acetylacetone form
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Acetylacetone form
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Common mixer
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Common mixer
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It may reflect well on you
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It may reflect well on you
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Driving problem
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Driving problem
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"Hi and Lois" family pet
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Old railroad name
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Contracts
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Contracts
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One more than sieben
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Towering desert plants: Var.
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Towering desert plants: Var.
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Certain gene
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Certain gene
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Silent votes
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Silent votes
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Here, but not here
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Here, but not here
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Serving of 52-Across
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Serving of 52-Across
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Atlas Mountains locale
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Atlas Mountains locale
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Pop star Morissette
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Pop star Morissette
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Université preceder
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Université preceder
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Synagogue chests
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Synagogue chests
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Kitty
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Kitty
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Cardsharp's technique?
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Cardsharp's technique?
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Shantytown composition
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Shantytown composition
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Food that may be folded
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Food that may be folded
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Spheres
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Spheres
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"...___ You Ain't My Baby?" (1944 hit)
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"...___ You Ain't My Baby?" (1944 hit)
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Pavarotti's football feats?
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Pavarotti's football feats?
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What Mr. Brown can do, in a Dr. Seuss title
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What Mr. Brown can do, in a Dr. Seuss title
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Tomato variety
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Tomato variety
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Ungodliness
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Ungodliness
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Viva ___
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Viva ___
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Source of a bugle call
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Source of a bugle call
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"Do ___!"
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"Do ___!"
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Centimeter-gram-second unit
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Centimeter-gram-second unit
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Wrapped up
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Wrapped up
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Advance amount
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Advance amount
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One taking orders
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One taking orders
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The Depression and others
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The Depression and others
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Org. with many rules
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Org. with many rules
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Kind of thermometer
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Kind of thermometer
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Hungry look
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Hungry look
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Lean (on)
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Lean (on)
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Fancy home
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Fancy home
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Previously
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Previously
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Simple
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Simple
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"The Breakfast of Charlatans"?
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"The Breakfast of Charlatans"?
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Teen party
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Teen party
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"We're constantly attacked" and "the stockades are rotting"?
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"We're constantly attacked" and "the stockades are rotting"?
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Punishment unit
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Janis's comic strip mate
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Janis's comic strip mate
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Get-up-and-go
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Get-up-and-go
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Influence
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Influence
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Philistine
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Philistine
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Locks
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Locks
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Language with mostly monosyllabic words
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Language with mostly monosyllabic words
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Covered with many small figures, in heraldry
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Covered with many small figures, in heraldry
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View electronically
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View electronically
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Stage presentation
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Stage presentation
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Italian duchess Beatrice d'___
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Italian duchess Beatrice d'___
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Red or black, e.g.
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Incubator activity
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Incubator activity
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Cow, maybe
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Cow, maybe
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Hot time: Abbr.
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Hot time: Abbr.
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Bombs
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Bombs
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Like the oceans
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Like the oceans
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Beat in yardage
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Beat in yardage
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Lace site
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Lace site
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Affixable, in a way
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Affixable, in a way
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It may be laid on thick
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It may be laid on thick
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Mother ___
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Mother ___
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What thunder may do
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What thunder may do
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Make permanent
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Make permanent
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Like many gardens
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Like many gardens
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Fuss
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Fuss
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Fleshy fruit
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Fleshy fruit
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Favorite one
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Favorite one
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Palm used for basketry
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Tree trunk bulge
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Tree trunk bulge
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Ghoul
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Ghoul
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Small peg
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