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New York Times: Sunday, September 22, 2002
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 22, 2002 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
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Player of old tunes
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Player of old tunes
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Kind of wool
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Grassy plain
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Grassy plain
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Syndicate V.I.P.
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Syndicate V.I.P.
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Scene of 1914 fighting
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Place to learn anglais
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Place to learn anglais
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Constellation next to Taurus
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Constellation next to Taurus
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As easy as falling off ___
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As easy as falling off ___
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Prefix with physical
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Prefix with physical
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Solzhenitsyn novel setting
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Solzhenitsyn novel setting
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Money for a babysitter?
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Money for a babysitter?
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One enamored of early Europeans?
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___ noodles (Chinese dish)
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Climbing plant
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Climbing plant
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Writer Rand
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Writer Rand
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Crimson rival
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Crimson rival
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Chicken
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Chicken
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Med. choices
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Med. choices
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Robinson Crusoe, e.g.
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Robinson Crusoe, e.g.
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In agreement
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In agreement
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Sandbox pile?
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Sandbox pile?
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Homily: Abbr.
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Homily: Abbr.
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Intimidate
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Intimidate
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Tiny swarmer
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Tiny swarmer
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Common female middle name
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Common female middle name
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Pride
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Pride
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Manhattan Project skeptic's motto?
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Manhattan Project skeptic's motto?
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___ Miss
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___ Miss
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Do some high-tech surgery
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Do some high-tech surgery
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Rat-___
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Rat-___
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It may be cocked
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It may be cocked
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Sign on many lawns
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Sign on many lawns
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Cronus or Oceanus
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Cronus or Oceanus
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Giants Stadium spectator, maybe
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Giants Stadium spectator, maybe
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Plastic ___ Band
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Plastic ___ Band
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River to Donegal Bay
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River to Donegal Bay
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See 80-Across
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See 80-Across
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Turkish title
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Turkish title
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Words from a long-suffering orthopedic patient?
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Words from a long-suffering orthopedic patient?
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With 72-Across, former Va. official
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With 72-Across, former Va. official
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Kind of bran
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Kind of bran
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Provider of coded instructions
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Provider of coded instructions
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"Zip your lip!"
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"Zip your lip!"
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Small songbird
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Small songbird
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Greek goddess with a great deal of patience?
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Orderly fliers
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Orderly fliers
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Anna Karenina and others
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Anna Karenina and others
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Car bar
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Car bar
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Wake-up calls
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Wake-up calls
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Washington and McKinley: Abbr.
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Washington and McKinley: Abbr.
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"Fresh Air" airer
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"Fresh Air" airer
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Sound at a soda fountain
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Sound at a soda fountain
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Cocaine, for one
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Cocaine, for one
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Slow computer download?
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Acceleration forces of Russian aircraft?
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Acceleration forces of Russian aircraft?
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Author Brookner
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Author Brookner
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Spring
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Spring
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Park ranger's study: Abbr.
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Park ranger's study: Abbr.
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Writer ___ Maria Remarque
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Writer ___ Maria Remarque
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Motherly start
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Motherly start
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Trouble spots for teens
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Trouble spots for teens
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Hardly
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Hardly
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Chicago's Richard ___ Center
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Chicago's Richard ___ Center
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Proximate to, to poets
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Proximate to, to poets
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Cutesy-poo dog
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Cutesy-poo dog
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It may precede a 48-Across
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Clairvoyant's opener
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One doing amniocentesis?
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One doing amniocentesis?
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Qom native
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Qom native
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See 6-Down
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With 5-Down, auto debut of 1986
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With 5-Down, auto debut of 1986
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Shed
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Shed
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Nondescript
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Nondescript
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Arcade name
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Arcade name
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Snug
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Snug
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Sect follower?
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Sect follower?
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Voyageurs Natl. Park locale
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Voyageurs Natl. Park locale
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Minivehicle
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Minivehicle
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Something it's good to be
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Something it's good to be
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Card-matching game: Var.
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Card-matching game: Var.
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Popular sports car, informally
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Popular sports car, informally
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Lay
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Lay
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Molding with a curved profile
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Molding with a curved profile
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Communications satellite, basically
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Communications satellite, basically
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Certain bet
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Certain bet
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Go on
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Go on
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Words in many a Perry Mason title
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Words in many a Perry Mason title
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Verdi opera
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Verdi opera
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Put up
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Put up
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Bond type, briefly
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Bond type, briefly
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Aware of
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Aware of
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Unsuitable
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Unsuitable
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Explorer Hernando de ___
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Explorer Hernando de ___
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One way to be struck
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One way to be struck
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List ender
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List ender
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First president of Korea
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First president of Korea
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Pool shot
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Pool shot
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Unease
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Unease
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Hero of the 1997 best seller "Cold Mountain"
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Hero of the 1997 best seller "Cold Mountain"
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Kind of box
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Kind of box
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Meat cut
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Meat cut
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Rear end, in anatomy
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Rear end, in anatomy
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Month before Adar
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Month before Adar
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Watched and did nothing
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Watched and did nothing
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"___ Too Late" (King hit)
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"___ Too Late" (King hit)
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Young fellow
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Young fellow
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Singer Lopez
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Singer Lopez
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One ___ (poor odds)
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One ___ (poor odds)
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Actress Foster
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Actress Foster
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Work that's played allegro?
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Work that's played allegro?
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Certain discrimination
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Certain discrimination
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Birthplace of Jules Verne
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Birthplace of Jules Verne
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Delightful places
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Delightful places
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Dentist's order
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Dentist's order
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Reggae pioneer Peter
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Reggae pioneer Peter
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In good shape
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Suffix with decor
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Suffix with decor
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Beast
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Beast
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Year George V took the throne
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Year George V took the throne
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Actor Julia
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Actor Julia
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Feminine
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Feminine
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Polite word to a Fräulein
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Polite word to a Fräulein
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Not yet attached, in a way
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Not yet attached, in a way
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"Tootsie" co-star
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"Tootsie" co-star
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Mucilage
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Mucilage
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Cold weather protector
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Cold weather protector
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Star in the Summer Triangle
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Star in the Summer Triangle
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Present occasion
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Present occasion
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Aggressive
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Aggressive
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Kama ___
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Kama ___
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Black cat, to some
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Type type
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Type type
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Hunchback of film horror
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Frustrate
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Frustrate
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Early 50's TV comedy
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___ uproar
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___ uproar
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When the stars come out, in ads
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Hardly portly
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Hardly portly
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One-on-one sport
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One-on-one sport
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Refrain part
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