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New York Times: Sunday, August 20, 2000
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 20, 2000 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Charles M. Deber
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Czech capital, to the Czechs
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Private schools: Abbr.
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Stop, in Paris
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Stop, in Paris
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Mathematician with a formula named after him
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___ Kea
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___ Kea
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Harold of "Ghostbusters"
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Harold of "Ghostbusters"
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Distrustful
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Distrustful
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Hebrew fathers
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Hebrew fathers
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Orgs.
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Orgs.
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TAKE 1
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Risks
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Risks
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Marriage and others
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Marriage and others
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Connery successor
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Connery successor
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Mother, colloquially, in Britain
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Mother, colloquially, in Britain
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How some pkgs. are sent
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Lots
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Lots
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Decay constants, in physics
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Decay constants, in physics
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Illegal bank practices
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Illegal bank practices
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Musical quality
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Musical quality
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Those, in Tegucigalpa
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Those, in Tegucigalpa
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Neighbor of Liech.
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Neighbor of Liech.
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Quaint verses
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Ancient Italic people
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Ancient Italic people
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A-Team member
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A-Team member
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Auditor, e.g.: Abbr.
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Auditor, e.g.: Abbr.
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Hit the nose
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Hit the nose
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Insurable item
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Chip dip
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Chip dip
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Folk's Guthrie
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Folk's Guthrie
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Francis or Henri
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Francis or Henri
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Vietnam War Gen. Creighton
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Vietnam War Gen. Creighton
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Sled piece
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Sled piece
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Pleasureful retreat
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Pleasureful retreat
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TAKE 3
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Underground
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Underground
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Discrimination against the elderly
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Discrimination against the elderly
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Hulled grain
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Hulled grain
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Prepare for war
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Prepare for war
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60's Mets shortstop Chacon
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60's Mets shortstop Chacon
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___ this earth
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___ this earth
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Burden
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Burden
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Versailles, for one
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Versailles, for one
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Suffix with absorb
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No. of beachgoers?
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No. of beachgoers?
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Former Ugandan strongman
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Former Ugandan strongman
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Award-winning Disney Broadway musical
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Award-winning Disney Broadway musical
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Family docs
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Family docs
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Clark's girl
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Clark's girl
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TAKE 4
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In a tizzy
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Charlie Brown's exclamation
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Algonquian tribe
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Algonquian tribe
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Aussie marsupials
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Aussie marsupials
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Treacherous ones
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Witching hour
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Witching hour
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Colorful salamander
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Colorful salamander
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"Don't give up!"
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"Don't give up!"
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Singer Horne and others
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Singer Horne and others
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Brave one
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Brave one
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"Let 'em have it!"
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"Let 'em have it!"
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TAKE 5
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Kitschy 50's film monster
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Kitschy 50's film monster
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Supernatural
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Supernatural
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Track gold medalist Rudolph
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Build, as a monument
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Build, as a monument
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___ que (because): Fr.
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___ que (because): Fr.
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Recovers from a flood
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Recovers from a flood
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Certain entrance exams, for short
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Certain entrance exams, for short
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Casino lure
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Casino lure
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Take 5, clue 4
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Like Eric the Red
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Like Eric the Red
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Adamant ant?
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Bride of Boaz
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Wings
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Wings
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Thyme, e.g.
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Thyme, e.g.
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Recitalist Rubinstein
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Recitalist Rubinstein
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Gossiped
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Gossiped
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Keeler and Dee
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Keeler and Dee
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Med. sch. subject
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All-nighter, maybe
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Athenian magistrate
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Athenian magistrate
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Partnership
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Partnership
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"...___ old soul"
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"...___ old soul"
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Sawyer or Keaton
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Sawyer or Keaton
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Concordes
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Concordes
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Crimson Tide
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Crimson Tide
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Take 4, clue 2
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Take 4, clue 2
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Take 3, clue 2
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Sea eagles
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Sea eagles
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Cobb and others
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Cobb and others
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Sugar for beer-making
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Sugar for beer-making
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Legal trademark user
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Legal trademark user
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Arab chieftain: Var.
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Arab chieftain: Var.
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Work force measure
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Work force measure
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Shelter in TV's "Survivor"
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Shelter in TV's "Survivor"
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Relative of -esque
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Relative of -esque
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Paris street
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Paris street
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Humorist Bombeck
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Humorist Bombeck
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Like windows
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Like windows
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Modern image makers, for short
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Bank department
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Bank department
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Take 5, clue 2
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Suffix with liquid
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Dewey Decimal ___: Abbr.
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Dewey Decimal ___: Abbr.
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Chits
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Chits
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Lose one's blush
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Lose one's blush
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___-night doubleheader
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___-night doubleheader
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Making a team
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Making a team
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Supplants
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Supplants
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South Africa's KwaZulu-___ province
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South Africa's KwaZulu-___ province
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Certain constrictor
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Certain constrictor
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Tenement locale
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Tenement locale
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Vena ___
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Vena ___
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Unlikely Playboy Channel watcher
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Take 2, clue 1
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Murmur
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Murmur
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Encourages
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Encourages
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Snick-a-___ (combat with knives)
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Snick-a-___ (combat with knives)
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Hodgepodge
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Hodgepodge
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"Begone!"
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"Begone!"
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Graduated
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Graduated
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Leprechaun's land
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Leprechaun's land
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Take 5, clue 1
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___ spumante
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Wharton hero
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Wharton hero
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Charged
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Charged
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Common ___
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Common ___
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Victorian virtue
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Victorian virtue
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More powerful
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More powerful
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March instruments
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March instruments
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Elder and Younger English statesmen
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Citrus drinks
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Citrus drinks
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Tiff
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Tiff
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Picnic dish
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Picnic dish
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Prince Charles's avocation
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Prince Charles's avocation
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Towards the tail
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Towards the tail
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Many miles off
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Attention amount
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Attention amount
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Take 2, clue 2
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Take 2, clue 2
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"You ___ Beautiful"
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"You ___ Beautiful"
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Memorable dos
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Memorable dos
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Wool coat wearer
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Wool coat wearer
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Detroit-based grp.
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Detroit-based grp.
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Calif. zone
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Calif. zone
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Mom and dad
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Mom and dad
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Jacket fastener
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Jacket fastener
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Make a member
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Make a member
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1998 N.L. champs
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1998 N.L. champs
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Bandleader Cugat
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Bandleader Cugat
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110-Down part
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110-Down part
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Andrea ___
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Andrea ___
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"Laugh-In" man
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"Laugh-In" man
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The light bulb, to Edison
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The light bulb, to Edison
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Brewer's base
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Brewer's base
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Says "I do"
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Says "I do"
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Roman "fiddler"
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Roman "fiddler"
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Pet name
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Pet name
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Dona ___, 1978 Sonia Braga role
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Dona ___, 1978 Sonia Braga role
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Tricksters
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Tricksters
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N.B.A.'s Archibald
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Avg. size
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