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New York Times: Sunday, August 27, 2000
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 27, 2000 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Dana Motley
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Michener best seller
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Michener best seller
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Fed. loan agency
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Fed. loan agency
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Nolan Ryan, for one
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Nolan Ryan, for one
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Where to do some bodywork?
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Where to do some bodywork?
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Gets the red out?
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Gets the red out?
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National League division
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National League division
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Limonite's pigment
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Limonite's pigment
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Legend on the ice
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Legend on the ice
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Temporarily
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Temporarily
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Certain partner: Abbr.
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Certain partner: Abbr.
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They come on the 25th
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They come on the 25th
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It may be tidy
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It may be tidy
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Ending with Juan
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Ending with Juan
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"The Carpet-Bag," in "Moby-Dick"
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"The Carpet-Bag," in "Moby-Dick"
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With 63-Down, a New Mexico county
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With 63-Down, a New Mexico county
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Confectioner's goof?
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Confectioner's goof?
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Introduced
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Introduced
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Merle Haggard, self-admittedly
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Merle Haggard, self-admittedly
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Troubadour's tune
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Troubadour's tune
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One of Thor Heyerdahl's boats
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One of Thor Heyerdahl's boats
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Snap brim, e.g.
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Snap brim, e.g.
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Washington dingbat?
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Washington dingbat?
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They're cross-shaped
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They're cross-shaped
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Lixivium
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Lixivium
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London's Old ___
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London's Old ___
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60's campus news
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60's campus news
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Forceful group?
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Forceful group?
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Men in the hood?
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Men in the hood?
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Part of P.S.T.: Abbr.
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Part of P.S.T.: Abbr.
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Mexican sandal
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Mexican sandal
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Texas state tree
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Texas state tree
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Street that hosts a music festival
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Street that hosts a music festival
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Slash, for one
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Slash, for one
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Meal for a moth
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Meal for a moth
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"Magnum, P.I." setting
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"Magnum, P.I." setting
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Occasion to use the good china
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Occasion to use the good china
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Kisser
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Kisser
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Victorian
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Victorian
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Major introduction?
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Major introduction?
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Serial novel's start
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Serial novel's start
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It gets into hot water
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It gets into hot water
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Stunt
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Stunt
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X into MXX
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X into MXX
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Kind of propeller
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Kind of propeller
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Load line locale
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Load line locale
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N.F.L. coach with 347 career victories
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N.F.L. coach with 347 career victories
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Castle site?
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Castle site?
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Keep in a cellar, maybe
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Keep in a cellar, maybe
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___ colada
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___ colada
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Dress decoration?
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Dress decoration?
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With 118-Across, part of a child's schooling
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With 118-Across, part of a child's schooling
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Tech stock choice
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Tech stock choice
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You, to Yves
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You, to Yves
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Inventor Sikorsky
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Inventor Sikorsky
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Trips
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Trips
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Samoan simpleton?
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Samoan simpleton?
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Physics Nobelist Penzias
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Physics Nobelist Penzias
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One with unusually fine hands?
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One with unusually fine hands?
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Goon
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Goon
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Lighter producer
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Lighter producer
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Outmoded copier
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Outmoded copier
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Trans ___ (Asian range)
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Trans ___ (Asian range)
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Like some nuts
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Like some nuts
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Hertfordshire river
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Hertfordshire river
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Calyx segment
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Calyx segment
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Jiffs
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Jiffs
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Dominican's dwelling
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Dominican's dwelling
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Southwest extension
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Southwest extension
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See 90-Across
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See 90-Across
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Book before Esth.
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Book before Esth.
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Line feeder, of a sort
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Line feeder, of a sort
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Fido's greeting
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Fido's greeting
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___ Minor (northern constellation)
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___ Minor (northern constellation)
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Spring time: Abbr.
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Florida island
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Florida island
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Doshisha University locale
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Doshisha University locale
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It spans the 33-Down
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It spans the 33-Down
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Fossil fuel found in coastal veins
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Fossil fuel found in coastal veins
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Aromatherapeutic additives
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Aromatherapeutic additives
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Take ___ at
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Take ___ at
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Five-star
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Five-star
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Autumn arrival
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Autumn arrival
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Churchill's "___ Finest Hour"
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Churchill's "___ Finest Hour"
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It may bring on a sigh
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It may bring on a sigh
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Hosp. sites
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Hosp. sites
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Mediocre steamed dish?
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Mediocre steamed dish?
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Branch managers?
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Branch managers?
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Philip II dispatched it
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Philip II dispatched it
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Letter drop, e.g.
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Letter drop, e.g.
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Circular tube
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Circular tube
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20th-century tree painting?
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20th-century tree painting?
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Play in an alley
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Play in an alley
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Not spectacular
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Not spectacular
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Blue preceder or follower
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Blue preceder or follower
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Crow, e.g.
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Crow, e.g.
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Reek
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Reek
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Author Rand
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Author Rand
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It's known for its bell ringers
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It's known for its bell ringers
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Sports stat
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Sports stat
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Window alternative
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Window alternative
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One of the rare earths
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One of the rare earths
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Like some face powders
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Like some face powders
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Terrorist's taboo?
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Terrorist's taboo?
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See 84-Down
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See 84-Down
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Uses one's 60-Down
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Uses one's 60-Down
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Hives, medically
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Hives, medically
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A party to a party?
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A party to a party?
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Novelist Morante
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Novelist Morante
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Swift contemporary
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Swift contemporary
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Side flaps
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Side flaps
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Flashy dance?
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Flashy dance?
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See 30-Across
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See 30-Across
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Cultural Revolution leader
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Cultural Revolution leader
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Like some controls
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Like some controls
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Kepi-sporting soldier
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Kepi-sporting soldier
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Fujimori's land
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Fujimori's land
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They may be laid out
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They may be laid out
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Easy dupes
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Easy dupes
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Spain's Guadalquivir, e.g.
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Spain's Guadalquivir, e.g.
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Stand in
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Stand in
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500
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500
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Jason's charge
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Jason's charge
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With 53-Down, smarts
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With 53-Down, smarts
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Speculator's target
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Speculator's target
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Teetotaler's order
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Teetotaler's order
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See see as sea, say
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See see as sea, say
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Like a coxcomb
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Like a coxcomb
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Vienna premiere of 1805
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Vienna premiere of 1805
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Pacer's place
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Pacer's place
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Less certain
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Less certain
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Snowbird's destination, perhaps
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Snowbird's destination, perhaps
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Recognition responses
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Recognition responses
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Physician to Marcus Aurelius
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Physician to Marcus Aurelius
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Shows shock
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Shows shock
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Bridget Riley's genre
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Bridget Riley's genre
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Lott's predecessor
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Lott's predecessor
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Chinese menu letters
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Chinese menu letters
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Besides
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Besides
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Unit of energy
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Unit of energy
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Turn red, perhaps
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