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New York Times: Sunday, March 5, 2000
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 5, 2000 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Nancy Nicholson Joline
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They're stuffed in delis
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Train
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Train
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Kids' game
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Kids' game
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Jiggers?
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Jiggers?
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Uncertain
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Uncertain
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Like pigs' feet
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Like pigs' feet
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Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant film
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Julia Roberts/Hugh Grant film
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Best-selling 1969 album
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Best-selling 1969 album
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Willa Cather heroine
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Willa Cather heroine
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John, Paul and George: Abbr.
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John, Paul and George: Abbr.
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Part of U.N.L.V.
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Part of U.N.L.V.
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Like 47-Down's bubbles
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Kay Kyser's "___ Reveille"
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Kay Kyser's "___ Reveille"
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He was Plato in "Rebel Without a Cause"
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He was Plato in "Rebel Without a Cause"
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Emphatic type: Abbr.
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Emphatic type: Abbr.
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Electrify
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Electrify
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Sneaks one past
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Sneaks one past
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Radar gun wielder
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Radar gun wielder
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Where Eliza Doolittle met Henry Higgins
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Where Eliza Doolittle met Henry Higgins
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Imagined
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Imagined
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Dispositions
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Dispositions
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Have ___ at
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Marmalade-loving bear
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Rama VII's domain
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Gastronomic capital of France
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Gastronomic capital of France
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___ artery
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___ artery
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At another time
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Split
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Split
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Refreshment stands
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Refreshment stands
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Köln's river
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Köln's river
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___ four
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___ four
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Organ with a drum in it
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Organ with a drum in it
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Theme of this puzzle
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Theme of this puzzle
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___ Mochis, Mexico
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___ Mochis, Mexico
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Restaurant stack
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Restaurant stack
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Sinner's motivator?
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Sinner's motivator?
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"Fiddler on the Roof" setting
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"Fiddler on the Roof" setting
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Eyeballed
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Eyeballed
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Adventure
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Adventure
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Sound
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Sound
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Felt bad about
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Counterfeiters' nemeses
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Counterfeiters' nemeses
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"Upstairs, Downstairs" setting
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"Upstairs, Downstairs" setting
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"Fables in Slang" author
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"Fables in Slang" author
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Semi drivers?
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Semi drivers?
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Hardly hardworking
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Hardly hardworking
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Coarsely abusive language
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Coarsely abusive language
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Censor's subject
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Censor's subject
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Spot for a parade
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Spot for a parade
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Nev. neighbor
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Nev. neighbor
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Tel ___-Jaffa
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Tel ___-Jaffa
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Not in the strike zone, maybe
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Not in the strike zone, maybe
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Jeff Lynne's grp.
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Jeff Lynne's grp.
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Exemplar of grace
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Exemplar of grace
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Tire trapper
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Tire trapper
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Change pocket
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Change pocket
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Capacitates
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Capacitates
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"___ Blues" (1924 Paul Whiteman hit)
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"___ Blues" (1924 Paul Whiteman hit)
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British press, figuratively
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British press, figuratively
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Like some discussions
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Like some discussions
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Party, e.g.
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Party, e.g.
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Needing kneading?
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Needing kneading?
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Certain bike
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Certain bike
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Friday's creator
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Friday's creator
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Full
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Full
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It's hung and beaten
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It's hung and beaten
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Unexpected, in a way
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Jot
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Jot
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Re
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They may need guards
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They may need guards
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Come too
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Come too
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Shakespearean ending
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Tag line
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Tag line
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Bird, once
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Bird, once
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One-named fashion designer
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One-named fashion designer
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Sunscreen ingredient
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Finance workers, for short
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Finance workers, for short
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One up, e.g.
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One up, e.g.
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In-case connector
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In-case connector
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SALT II signer
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SALT II signer
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Yours, in Tours
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Yours, in Tours
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New Jersey's ___ University
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New Jersey's ___ University
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Countercurrent
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Countercurrent
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Polo clubs
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Polo clubs
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Pellagra preventer
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Pellagra preventer
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She married Mickey
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She married Mickey
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Fellow students, e.g.
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Fellow students, e.g.
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Breathed
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Breathed
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They're kept behind bars
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They're kept behind bars
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Hoisting devices?
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Hoisting devices?
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"Mahalo ___ loa" ("Thank you very much," in Maui)
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"Mahalo ___ loa" ("Thank you very much," in Maui)
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Go places
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Go places
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Harry Belafonte song phrase
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Harry Belafonte song phrase
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Swelled heads
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Swelled heads
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What one little piggy had
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What one little piggy had
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Like pigs' feet
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Like pigs' feet
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Island entertainer
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Island entertainer
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Peak discoverer
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Peak discoverer
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Inter ___
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Inter ___
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French Christian
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French Christian
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Incessantly
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Incessantly
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Decision-making method
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Decision-making method
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"The Nanny" butler
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"The Nanny" butler
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Fender benders, e.g.
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Fender benders, e.g.
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Short composition
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Short composition
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Star bursts
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Star bursts
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Chefs aim to please them
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Chefs aim to please them
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Mace source
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Mace source
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Post-delivery handout
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Post-delivery handout
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Mother of Helen
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Mother of Helen
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Of the 66-Across
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Of the 66-Across
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___-eyed
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___-eyed
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Kind of student
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Kind of student
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University of ___ (the Golden Hurricane)
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University of ___ (the Golden Hurricane)
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Excite, slangily
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Excite, slangily
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Quattro or Cabriolet
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Quattro or Cabriolet
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Striptease
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Striptease
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Track challenge
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Track challenge
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Reversed
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Reversed
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High-cholesterol concoction
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High-cholesterol concoction
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Former first family
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Former first family
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Pulled off
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Pulled off
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John
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John
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Didn't tip
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Didn't tip
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Department store section
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Department store section
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Develop
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Develop
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Soften
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Soften
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Comic John
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Comic John
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Made introductions, maybe
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Made introductions, maybe
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Power statistic
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Power statistic
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Place on the schedule
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Film editing effect
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Grace period?
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Grace period?
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Ill-bred
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Ill-bred
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Reconditioned, e.g.
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Reconditioned, e.g.
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Kick
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Kick
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Spanish tar
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Spanish tar
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Drillmaster's word
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Murder ___
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Murder ___
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Bowie collaborator
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