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New York Times: Sunday, January 23, 2000
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 23, 2000 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joe DiPietro
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Prized clam
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Prized clam
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Take back, in a way
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Take back, in a way
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Big trouble
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Big trouble
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Too firm, perhaps
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Too firm, perhaps
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Ristorante offering
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Ristorante offering
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Parenthetical figure
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Parenthetical figure
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Come to
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Come to
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Valuable game tiles
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Valuable game tiles
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Reason to look in a rear-view mirror
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Reason to look in a rear-view mirror
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Poison conduit
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1970 Medicine Nobelist Bernard
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1970 Medicine Nobelist Bernard
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Fish in a tank
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Fish in a tank
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Comparison center
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Comparison center
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Auto that debuted in 1899
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Wallop
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Wallop
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Big name in computers
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Mailer's request
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Mailer's request
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Wildcatter's find
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Wildcatter's find
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Jay preceder
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Jay preceder
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Soccer announcer's cry
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Soccer announcer's cry
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It parallels a radius
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It parallels a radius
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It is contracted
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It is contracted
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Some chocolates
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Some chocolates
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Dissect, in a way
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Dissect, in a way
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Gets a glimpse of
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Gets a glimpse of
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Surreptitious stock buyer
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Surreptitious stock buyer
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Pageant contender
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Pageant contender
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Scratch post?
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Scratch post?
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Super-duper
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Super-duper
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Harrow rival
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Harrow rival
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Postpone
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Postpone
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Celebrity
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Celebrity
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Puzzle contestant who eschews aid
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Puzzle contestant who eschews aid
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Play kneesies, maybe
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Play kneesies, maybe
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Room to swing ___
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Room to swing ___
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Shut (up)
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Shut (up)
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Letter abbr.
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Letter abbr.
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Places with tapes
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Places with tapes
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Dictate
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Dictate
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Match-opening cry
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Match-opening cry
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Invitation word
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Invitation word
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Spartan serfs
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Spartan serfs
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Vane dir.
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Vane dir.
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Memorial Day event, for short
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Memorial Day event, for short
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Rara avis
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Rara avis
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Car co. purchased by Chrysler
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Car co. purchased by Chrysler
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Stratego piece
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Stratego piece
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They were hot in Detroit in 1984
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They were hot in Detroit in 1984
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Road crew's supply
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Road crew's supply
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Ghana neighbor
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Ghana neighbor
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Termite, e.g.
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Termite, e.g.
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Dry ___
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Dry ___
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Work translated by Pope
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Work translated by Pope
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Corner
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Corner
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Magwitch of "Great Expectations"
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Magwitch of "Great Expectations"
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Lecherous
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Lecherous
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One with animal magnetism?
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One with animal magnetism?
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"Forget it!"
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"Forget it!"
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Touched up
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Touched up
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Mythical swimmer
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Mythical swimmer
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Carol opener
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Carol opener
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Feel dizzy
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Feel dizzy
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Survived
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Survived
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Beat
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Beat
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Astronomical discovery of the 1960's
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Astronomical discovery of the 1960's
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Foolish
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Foolish
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Noted landfall
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Noted landfall
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Raise
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Raise
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Split result, usually
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Split result, usually
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___-X
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___-X
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Headline News news
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Headline News news
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Hands-together time
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Hands-together time
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Bullet
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Bullet
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Linen vestment
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Linen vestment
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Central part
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Central part
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"Couldn't help it!"
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"Couldn't help it!"
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"Prometheus" muralist
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"Prometheus" muralist
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Pro ___
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Pro ___
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Links annoyance
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Links annoyance
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Blemished
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Blemished
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Blew
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Blew
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Swimming sensation of 1926
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Swimming sensation of 1926
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Junkyard deal
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Junkyard deal
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It may be due
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It may be due
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Cabbies' targets
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Cabbies' targets
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Flips
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Flips
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Hawks' kin
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Hawks' kin
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Inured
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Inured
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Trophy
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Trophy
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63-yard field goal kicker Jason
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63-yard field goal kicker Jason
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Cross characters
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Cross characters
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Annie Oakleys
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Annie Oakleys
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Misinforms
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Misinforms
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Toast
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Toast
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Andorran's tongue
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Andorran's tongue
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Lining
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Lining
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Legally prevent
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Legally prevent
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Assign to, as blame
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Assign to, as blame
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Corrupt
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Corrupt
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Dahl and others
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Dahl and others
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Defensive position in fencing
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Defensive position in fencing
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Something to take a chance on
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Something to take a chance on
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C.I.A. worry
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C.I.A. worry
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Legal, so to speak
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Legal, so to speak
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Show worry
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Frontier trophy
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Frontier trophy
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Kind of transplant
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Kind of transplant
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Reversals
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Reversals
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Bibliographical phrase
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Bibliographical phrase
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First bishop of Paris
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First bishop of Paris
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Expert
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Expert
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Attention getter
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Attention getter
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Fries, maybe
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Fries, maybe
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Conductor of a sort
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Conductor of a sort
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Stopper
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Stopper
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Norse war god
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Norse war god
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Borscht belt locale
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Borscht belt locale
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Muttered comments
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Muttered comments
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Jazz star
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Jazz star
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Bromide
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Bromide
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Over there
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Over there
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Level, e.g.
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Level, e.g.
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Prompt
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Prompt
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___ Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron
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___ Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron
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Until now
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Until now
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Didn't merely cut
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Didn't merely cut
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Goodbyes
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Goodbyes
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Incriminating evidence, with "the"
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Incriminating evidence, with "the"
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Prohibition
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Prohibition
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Bed choice
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Bed choice
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Fighting
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Fighting
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Give away
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Give away
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Sidewalk stand sales
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Sidewalk stand sales
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Electronics giant
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Electronics giant
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Central truth
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Central truth
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Bag
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Bag
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