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New York Times: Sunday, October 26, 2003
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 26, 2003 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Merrell
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Fort Worth sch.
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Fort Worth sch.
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Plain folk
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Plain folk
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Player
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Player
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Late bloomer
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Late bloomer
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Millennium Falcon pilot ___ Solo
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Millennium Falcon pilot ___ Solo
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"Il convivio" writer
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"Il convivio" writer
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Revolutionary's cry
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Revolutionary's cry
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Iffy response
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Iffy response
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Where there's a whole lot of shaking going on
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Where there's a whole lot of shaking going on
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Salad ingredient
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Salad ingredient
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Proofers' catches
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Proofers' catches
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Before TV, were there ...?
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Before TV, were there ...?
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Copper
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Copper
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___ Fey of "S.N.L."
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___ Fey of "S.N.L."
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God with raven messengers
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God with raven messengers
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Seed cover
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Seed cover
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Rtes.
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Rtes.
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Word about someone
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Word about someone
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Crying
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Crying
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Ritardando, musically
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Ritardando, musically
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Stock market abbr.
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Stock market abbr.
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Before phones, was there ...?
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Before phones, was there ...?
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Basic faith
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Basic faith
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Brought on
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Brought on
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More palatable
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More palatable
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Port of ancient Rome
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Port of ancient Rome
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Ditches
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Ditches
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___ Dhabi
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___ Dhabi
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Globule
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Globule
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Poetic gloamings
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Poetic gloamings
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Guinness et al.
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Guinness et al.
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Before watches, were there ...?
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Before watches, were there ...?
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Snitch
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Snitch
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___ Senate Office Building
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___ Senate Office Building
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Subject in Revelation
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Subject in Revelation
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Fay famous for a scream
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Fay famous for a scream
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Home of FedEx
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Home of FedEx
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Fast clip on the road
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Fast clip on the road
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W.W. II guns
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W.W. II guns
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Observatory sighting
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Observatory sighting
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Food for many zoo animals
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Food for many zoo animals
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Curse
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Curse
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Turns
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Turns
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Recorded proceedings
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Recorded proceedings
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Negotiator with G.M.
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Negotiator with G.M.
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Before movies, were there ...?
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Before movies, were there ...?
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Like invitees
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Like invitees
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Plunge in
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Plunge in
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Something that's hatched
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Something that's hatched
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First name in 1950's Broadway
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First name in 1950's Broadway
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Hot breakfast
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Hot breakfast
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Colosseum wear
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Colosseum wear
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Like "enow" or "erst"
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Like "enow" or "erst"
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Run through
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Run through
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Big bores, slangily
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Big bores, slangily
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Before cars, were there ...?
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Before cars, were there ...?
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Father's talk: Abbr.
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Father's talk: Abbr.
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Most pleasant
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Most pleasant
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Rank
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Rank
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D.D.E.'s purview
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Sound from an exam cheater
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Sound from an exam cheater
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Old Chinese money
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Old Chinese money
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Flip
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Flip
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Mantel sight
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Mantel sight
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Prefix with -pod
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Before jets, was there ...?
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LP player
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LP player
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Home to some 4-Across
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Home to some 4-Across
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Fancied
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Fancied
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Called strikes, say
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Called strikes, say
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Kind of rating
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Kind of rating
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Israel's southern triangle
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Israel's southern triangle
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It's scaled
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It's scaled
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Chasers
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Chasers
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Grammatical classifications
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Grammatical classifications
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Actress Scacchi
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Actress Scacchi
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It spans Minn. to N.Y.
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It spans Minn. to N.Y.
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Lifting
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Lifting
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View from the Bay of Naples
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View from the Bay of Naples
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North side
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North side
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"Zip-___-Doo-Dah"
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"Zip-___-Doo-Dah"
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Pop singer Manfred ___
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Pop singer Manfred ___
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Opening
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Opening
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Stabilized
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Stabilized
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Sheepdog activity
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Sheepdog activity
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Natural do
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Natural do
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Stepped
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Stepped
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Powerful car engine, informally
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Powerful car engine, informally
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Depend (on)
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Depend (on)
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City between Richfield and Minnetonka
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City between Richfield and Minnetonka
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Ab machines, e.g.
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Ab machines, e.g.
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Cooking personality
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Cooking personality
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A.T.M. selection: Abbr.
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A.T.M. selection: Abbr.
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Snapper's line?
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Snapper's line?
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Before computers, were there ...?
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Chicago-based monthly since 1945
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Chicago-based monthly since 1945
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Pauses
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Pauses
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Old-time ruler
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Old-time ruler
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Like some verbs: Abbr.
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Like some verbs: Abbr.
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Schedule
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Schedule
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Wide collars
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Wide collars
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Lap dog, for short
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Lap dog, for short
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Really love
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Really love
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Battler of Big Tobacco: Abbr.
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Battler of Big Tobacco: Abbr.
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Some linemen: Abbr.
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Some linemen: Abbr.
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Was inactive
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Was inactive
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Sci-fi's Doctor ___
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Sci-fi's Doctor ___
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Daytime TV staple
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Daytime TV staple
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Start of a refrain
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Start of a refrain
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Before trucks, were there ...?
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"___ Girls" (1957 musical)
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"___ Girls" (1957 musical)
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Delirious
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Delirious
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1967 war locale
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1967 war locale
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Boom sites
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Boom sites
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Prey
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Prey
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Verdi's "___ tu"
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Verdi's "___ tu"
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Vagabond
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Vagabond
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___ disadvantage
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___ disadvantage
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One with short limbs
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One with short limbs
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Common folk
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Common folk
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Pen with oink?
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Pen with oink?
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Grand slam, e.g.
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Grand slam, e.g.
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It can hold many cups
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It can hold many cups
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Long Island county
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Long Island county
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The Mustangs of the N.C.A.A.
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The Mustangs of the N.C.A.A.
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With it
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With it
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Invader of Gaul
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Invader of Gaul
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Highly ionized gas
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Highly ionized gas
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Document used in coll. admissions
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Country music network, once
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Country music network, once
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Some fraternity men
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Some fraternity men
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Corrodes
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Corrodes
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Stationery name
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Stationery name
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Take out of the game
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Take out of the game
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Comics family name
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Kid
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Kid
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Alfred who coined the phrase "inferiority complex"
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Alfred who coined the phrase "inferiority complex"
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Not a std. listing
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Not a std. listing
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Certain école
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Certain école
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Onetime Marshall Isl. event
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Onetime Marshall Isl. event
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Figaro and others
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Figaro and others
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Apostrophized preposition
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Apostrophized preposition
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"Alas!"
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"Alas!"
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Instant
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Instant
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It gets ground up
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It gets ground up
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Swing's path
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Swing's path
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Relative of -esque
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Relative of -esque
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One kidnapping negotiator
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Some volleyball shots
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Some volleyball shots
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Midrange voice
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Midrange voice
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Imminent
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Imminent
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Hitting the spot
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Hitting the spot
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Wee, in one spelling
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Wee, in one spelling
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Kind of mitt
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Kind of mitt
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Bloop
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Bloop
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Chump
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Chump
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Weighed down
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Weighed down
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Pioneer carrier
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Pioneer carrier
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John Wayne film, with "The"
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John Wayne film, with "The"
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S.C. Johnson brand
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S.C. Johnson brand
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Land that's mostly sand
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Land that's mostly sand
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Late spring forecast
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Late spring forecast
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Use a surgical beam
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Use a surgical beam
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Not just a rarity
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Gives the boot
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Gives the boot
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"Now ___ it!"
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"Now ___ it!"
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Hurray, in Hidalgo
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Hurray, in Hidalgo
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Laudatory lines
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