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New York Times: Sunday, February 20, 2000
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 20, 2000 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Trip Payne
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Director's order
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Director's order
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Bench item
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Rough projections
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They go to market
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They go to market
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Dove's discovery, once
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Dove's discovery, once
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Start of a Jimmy Durante song
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Start of a Jimmy Durante song
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Black-and-white outfit
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Black-and-white outfit
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Popular invitees
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Popular invitees
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President of the Lunar Society?
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President of the Lunar Society?
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It might be tempting
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It might be tempting
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Trattoria topping
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Trattoria topping
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It has a spot on it
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"What's this!"
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"What's this!"
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President of Misers of America?
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President of Misers of America?
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Poet Teasdale
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Poet Teasdale
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Like certain talk shows
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Like certain talk shows
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Harass
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Harass
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"What did I tell you?"
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"What did I tell you?"
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Paris's rival
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Paris's rival
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Big galoots
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Mistake follower, at times
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Mistake follower, at times
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President of the Bakers' Union?
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President of the Bakers' Union?
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Beer belly
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Beer belly
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Shooting star, maybe
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Shooting star, maybe
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Wool derivative
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Wool derivative
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Skip past
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Majorette's motion
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Majorette's motion
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Hitchhike
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Hitchhike
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Silver Springs neighbor
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Silver Springs neighbor
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President of the Mapmakers' Group?
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President of the Mapmakers' Group?
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Journalist Whitelaw ___
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Journalist Whitelaw ___
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"To your health!"
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"To your health!"
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Model T alternatives
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Coloring
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Coloring
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Product placements
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Product placements
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Montana tribe
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Montana tribe
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Lets off some steam
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Lets off some steam
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Abominates
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Abominates
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President of the One-Member Association?
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President of the One-Member Association?
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Bottom of a chest
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Disgusted
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Disgusted
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Alexander, e.g.
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Alexander, e.g.
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Sci-fi danger
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Sci-fi danger
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Betelgeuse's setting
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Betelgeuse's setting
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"...___ short pier!"
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"...___ short pier!"
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Meets defiantly
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Meets defiantly
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It's in vein
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President of Truck Part Manufacturers, Inc.?
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President of Truck Part Manufacturers, Inc.?
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Conductor Boulanger
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Conductor Boulanger
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Actress Swenson
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Actress Swenson
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Virgil creation
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Virgil creation
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Modern ice cream flavor
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Modern ice cream flavor
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More circumspect
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More circumspect
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Singer Redbone
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Singer Redbone
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Put the kibosh on
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Put the kibosh on
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President of the Foundation for Religious Heroism?
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President of the Foundation for Religious Heroism?
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Brut alternative
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Z ___ zebra
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Z ___ zebra
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Snockered
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Snockered
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Bathroom installation
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Bathroom installation
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Cornerback Sanders
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Cornerback Sanders
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Notes
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Notes
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They're uneven
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They're uneven
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President of the Screen Actors Guild?
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President of the Screen Actors Guild?
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Self expression?
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Self expression?
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Turn into confetti
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Turn into confetti
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"Crime does not pay," e.g.
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"Crime does not pay," e.g.
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Female demon
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Female demon
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President of Quitters International?
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President of Quitters International?
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Gamut
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Gamut
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"My stars!"
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"My stars!"
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Qabus bin Said's land
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Qabus bin Said's land
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Sudden pain
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Sudden pain
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"The Rape of the Lock" concern
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"The Rape of the Lock" concern
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Cyclades island
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Cyclades island
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Payoffs
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Payoffs
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"You don't say!"
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"You don't say!"
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Foreign dignitaries
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Foreign dignitaries
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Susan Lucci's character
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Susan Lucci's character
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Circus employee
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Circus employee
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Magazine article?
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Magazine article?
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Lay flat
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Lay flat
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Delineate
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Delineate
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Itinerary word
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Itinerary word
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Bisected
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Bisected
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It's all wound up
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It's all wound up
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"Guitar Town" singer Steve
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"Guitar Town" singer Steve
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Restrain, in a way
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Restrain, in a way
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___ avis
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___ avis
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They cause blowups
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They cause blowups
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Two-inch putt, e.g.
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Two-inch putt, e.g.
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Suppresses one's wanderlust
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Suppresses one's wanderlust
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"White rump," in Shawnee
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"White rump," in Shawnee
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Novelist Waugh
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Novelist Waugh
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Cautious person's concerns
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Cautious person's concerns
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First name in cosmetics
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First name in cosmetics
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Winter warmer
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Winter warmer
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Entice
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Entice
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Adam's first wife, in Jewish lore
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Adam's first wife, in Jewish lore
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Crunch maker
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Crunch maker
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Historian Toynbee
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Historian Toynbee
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Darlin'
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Darlin'
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Kan. borderer
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Kan. borderer
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Year in Edward the Confessor's reign
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Year in Edward the Confessor's reign
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Card sentiment, sometimes
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Card sentiment, sometimes
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Less sophisticated
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Less sophisticated
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"La Traviata" mezzo
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"La Traviata" mezzo
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Fought the clock
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Fought the clock
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"Henry & June" character
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"Henry & June" character
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Grid parts
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Grid parts
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Issue
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Issue
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Pack item, for short
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Pack item, for short
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Slapstick projectiles
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Slapstick projectiles
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner
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Looks
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Looks
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It's handed down
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It's handed down
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Groups of spies
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Groups of spies
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A question of possession
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A question of possession
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Stewart's role in "Harvey"
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Stewart's role in "Harvey"
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Company
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Company
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Social swimmer
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Social swimmer
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Smoking or non, e.g.: Abbr.
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Smoking or non, e.g.: Abbr.
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It's over your head
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It's over your head
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Hutch contents
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Hutch contents
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Moth repellent
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Moth repellent
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Big 10 sch.
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Big 10 sch.
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Catch some Z's
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Fraternity row characters
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Frequent Rose Bowl team
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Frequent Rose Bowl team
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Refuse
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Refuse
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Shoots again
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Shoots again
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They sometimes flash "12:00"
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They sometimes flash "12:00"
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Shell competitor
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Shell competitor
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Tony-winner Worth
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Tony-winner Worth
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Coward, in Aussie slang
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Coward, in Aussie slang
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"The Age of Bronze" sculptor
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"The Age of Bronze" sculptor
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It may be bid
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It may be bid
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Long
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Long
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Jet black
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Jet black
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Vier preceder
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Vier preceder
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In the near future
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In the near future
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Neville Brand western
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Neville Brand western
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Onion chopper, e.g.
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Onion chopper, e.g.
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Name in Ugandan history
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Name in Ugandan history
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"Good boy" of rhyme
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"Good boy" of rhyme
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Scrap
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Scrap
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Narthex end
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Narthex end
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Kind of center
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Kind of center
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Discovery I computer
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Discovery I computer
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Cold front, e.g.
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Cold front, e.g.
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___ choy
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___ choy
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"My Cup Runneth Over" singer
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"My Cup Runneth Over" singer
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Brute
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Brute
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Sting
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Sting
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"Toy Story" animation company
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"Toy Story" animation company
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Dress type
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Dress type
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Went nowhere
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Went nowhere
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Old enough
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Old enough
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Magic amulets
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Magic amulets
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Enterprise rival
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Enterprise rival
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Fix a chart
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Fix a chart
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Dreary sound
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Dreary sound
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Dreary sound
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Dreary sound
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Photographer's choice
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Photographer's choice
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Roleo needs
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Roleo needs
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Open-air swimming pool
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Open-air swimming pool
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Naysayer
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Naysayer
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Cut
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Cut
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Dash measures
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Dash measures
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Day or way preceder
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