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New York Times: Sunday, September 23, 2001
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 23, 2001 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Randolph Ross
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Stinkers
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Stinkers
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Desirable guests
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Desirable guests
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Renders harmless
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Renders harmless
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Like some algebra
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Like some algebra
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Framework over railroad tracks
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Framework over railroad tracks
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Phrase meaning "in order to"
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Phrase meaning "in order to"
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Collins/Tarkington book about winning a game of roulette?
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Collins/Tarkington book about winning a game of roulette?
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Full
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Full
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Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr.
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Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr.
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Hoskins's role in "Hook"
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Hoskins's role in "Hook"
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Start of an idea
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Start of an idea
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Team manager
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Team manager
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Ephron/Kerouac book about rest stop fast food?
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Ephron/Kerouac book about rest stop fast food?
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Election night info
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Election night info
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Computer grp.
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Computer grp.
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You've seen them before
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You've seen them before
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The "A" of 38-Across
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The "A" of 38-Across
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React to gravity
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Halloween supplies
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Halloween supplies
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A.C. unit
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A.C. unit
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Stoker/Wallace book about an unappreciated vampire?
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Prized ones
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Prized ones
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Co. in a 2001 merger
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Co. in a 2001 merger
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Reveals
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Reveals
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Say "y'all," say
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Say "y'all," say
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Serves well done
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Serves well done
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19th-century literary inits.
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19th-century literary inits.
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___ years (old)
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___ years (old)
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With 63-Across, Stele
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With 63-Across, Stele
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See 62-Across
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See 62-Across
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Morrison/Dinesen book about musical roots?
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Morrison/Dinesen book about musical roots?
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It's paid in el paÃs
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It's paid in el paÃs
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Skedaddle
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Skedaddle
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Y to the max?
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Y to the max?
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Giant star of the 1930's-40's
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Giant star of the 1930's-40's
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Church exchange?
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Church exchange?
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Ball girl
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Ball girl
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Product introduced by a North Carolina pharmacist in 1898
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Product introduced by a North Carolina pharmacist in 1898
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___ Spiegel
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___ Spiegel
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Total
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Total
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Hailey/King book about flight delays?
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Hailey/King book about flight delays?
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Safety grp.
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Safety grp.
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Switch extension
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Switch extension
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Naval intro
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Naval intro
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New money
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New money
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Like some clocks
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Like some clocks
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Atl. crosser
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Atl. crosser
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Member of a wedding party
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Member of a wedding party
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Dershowitz/Shute book about badly fitting bikinis?
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Dershowitz/Shute book about badly fitting bikinis?
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One who sees Ethiopia as the promised land
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One who sees Ethiopia as the promised land
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Old comics flapper
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Lyricist Harbach
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Lyricist Harbach
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Farm female
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Farm female
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Zeus' favorite child
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Zeus' favorite child
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Terkel/Updike book about two-income families?
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Terkel/Updike book about two-income families?
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From what source
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From what source
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Like a good argument
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Like a good argument
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They're overcome
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They're overcome
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Pantry
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Pantry
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007 foe
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007 foe
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On the line
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On the line
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OPEC units
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OPEC units
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Hot time on the Riviera
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People who are practicing
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Civic supporter
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Civic supporter
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It blows off steam
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It blows off steam
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Certain meter reader
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Certain meter reader
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Shows contempt
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Shows contempt
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It may bring wisdom
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It may bring wisdom
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More than a few words
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More than a few words
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Future resident
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Future resident
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Unbending
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Unbending
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Sign of nervousness
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Sign of nervousness
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Lex. entry
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Lex. entry
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Have no ___ for
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Have no ___ for
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Baloney
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Baloney
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Perfumes
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Perfumes
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Animal followed by a tickbird
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Animal followed by a tickbird
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Atlanta's subway and bus system
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Atlanta's subway and bus system
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Position
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Position
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11/11 honoree
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11/11 honoree
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Old Red scare grp.
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Old Red scare grp.
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Depression
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Depression
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Novel
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Novel
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Sidewalk racer
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Sidewalk racer
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Monster, so to speak
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Monster, so to speak
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Weathercaster's tool
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Weathercaster's tool
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Film star Flynn
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Film star Flynn
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Sitting ducks
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Sitting ducks
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Constrict, as a passage
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Constrict, as a passage
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Call's partner
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Call's partner
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Part of a copse
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Part of a copse
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SALT signatory
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SALT signatory
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It may give a sinking feeling
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It may give a sinking feeling
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Caruso player in "The Great Caruso"
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Caruso player in "The Great Caruso"
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Mex. neighbor
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Mex. neighbor
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Copycat
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Copycat
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Up
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Up
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Mexican child
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Mexican child
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Professional prefix
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Professional prefix
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Rebels
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Rebels
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Smirnoff rival, informally
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Smirnoff rival, informally
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Divine name in showbiz
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Divine name in showbiz
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When Juliet is compared to the sun
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When Juliet is compared to the sun
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Name in many a hymn
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Name in many a hymn
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Five-time Rose Bowl winner
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Five-time Rose Bowl winner
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Weather info: Abbr.
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Weather info: Abbr.
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"La Vie en Rose" singer
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"La Vie en Rose" singer
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Old literary collection
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Old literary collection
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Cream ___
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Cream ___
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Concert hall
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Concert hall
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Latin land
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Latin land
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Author of "The Other"
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Author of "The Other"
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"Yale ___" (1901 song)
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"Yale ___" (1901 song)
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Mail, in Marseille
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Mail, in Marseille
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Pirate's place
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Pirate's place
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Big mouth
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Big mouth
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Bulletin board items
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Bulletin board items
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___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine)
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___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine)
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"How wonderful!"
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"How wonderful!"
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Show
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Show
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Explode
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Explode
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Furnace tender
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Furnace tender
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"You ___!" ("Yessiree")
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"You ___!" ("Yessiree")
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Not cook, say
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Not cook, say
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Searches high and low
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Searches high and low
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Swim stroke
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Swim stroke
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___ yoga
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___ yoga
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Poe family
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Poe family
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Scandinavian country, to its citizens
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Scandinavian country, to its citizens
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Wetland
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Wetland
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Name in the Jazz Hall of Fame
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Name in the Jazz Hall of Fame
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TV Guide span
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TV Guide span
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___ in re: Lat.
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___ in re: Lat.
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___ Lingus
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___ Lingus
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Loos
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Loos
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Unspecified power
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Unspecified power
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S.F. is on it in the summer
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