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New York Times: Sunday, December 28, 2003
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 28, 2003 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Seth A. Abel
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Rooting sections?
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Reserve
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Reserve
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Latin-American rattler
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Latin-American rattler
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Consort to Queen Victoria
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Consort to Queen Victoria
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Had figured out
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Had figured out
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Meteorologist's line
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Meteorologist's line
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Ambiguous headline about agriculture legislation
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Ambiguous headline about agriculture legislation
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Superfund org.
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Superfund org.
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They might save your breath
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They might save your breath
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___ Friday
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___ Friday
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Jiffy
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Jiffy
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Genteel affair
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Genteel affair
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"Eso ___" (Paul Anka hit)
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"Eso ___" (Paul Anka hit)
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"Kapow!"
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"Kapow!"
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Many a perfume
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Many a perfume
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Ambiguous headline about school cooking lessons
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It's all ears
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It's all ears
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Quick approval: Abbr.
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Quick approval: Abbr.
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___-mo
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___-mo
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Nursery rhyme diner
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Nursery rhyme diner
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Like a shoppe
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Like a shoppe
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Flummox
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Flummox
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Release
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Release
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"___ luck?"
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Ambiguous headline about construction delay
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First mate?
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First mate?
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Passable
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Passable
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No longer fast
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Adoring trio
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Adoring trio
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Some mattresses
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Some mattresses
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Specters
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Specters
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Washington and others
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Washington and others
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CPR administrators
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CPR administrators
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Abbr. after a comma
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Abbr. after a comma
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Capital on the Dnieper
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Capital on the Dnieper
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Place for hops
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Place for hops
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Ambiguous headline about the Bush cabinet
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Actress Thurman
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Actress Thurman
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Once before?
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Once before?
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Some partners: Abbr.
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Some partners: Abbr.
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Cambodian currency
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Fleet
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Fleet
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Island chain?
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Island chain?
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Buds
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Buds
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Two-faced
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Two-faced
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Ambiguous headline about Mideast dealings
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Pressing need?
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Pressing need?
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Place to connect a mike
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Place to connect a mike
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"Rush!"
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"Rush!"
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Swingers' grp.
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Swingers' grp.
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Basketball position: Abbr.
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Basketball position: Abbr.
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Summer quaff
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Summer quaff
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Free from government control, slangily
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Free from government control, slangily
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Parrot
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Parrot
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Person behind a pram
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Person behind a pram
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Faucet attachment
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Lady of Arthurian romance
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Lady of Arthurian romance
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Athletic wear company founded in Australia
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Athletic wear company founded in Australia
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Music bar
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Music bar
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Flat person
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Flat person
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Sound's partner
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Express approval, in a way
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Magician's opening
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Apollo vehicle
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Apollo vehicle
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Lead
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Lead
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Underline
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Underline
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"M*A*S*H" co-star
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"M*A*S*H" co-star
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Dutch painter Frans
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Dutch painter Frans
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Couture monogram
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Acknowledges in passing
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Acknowledges in passing
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W.W. II code machines
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W.W. II code machines
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"Undo" mark
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"Undo" mark
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___ pad
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___ pad
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Vein specialists
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Vein specialists
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Trash receptacles
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Trash receptacles
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Pooh pal
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Pooh pal
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Border
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Border
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Wine unit
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Wine unit
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Bailiwick
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Bailiwick
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Platitudes
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Platitudes
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Classic kids' game
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Classic kids' game
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"L'Arlésienne" composer
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"L'Arlésienne" composer
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___ nut
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___ nut
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Defeat badly
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Defeat badly
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Big fat mouth
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Big fat mouth
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Leg-puller
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Leg-puller
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"You betcha!"
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"You betcha!"
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Drug unit
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Drug unit
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Drew in books?
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Drew in books?
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Cliff feature
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Cliff feature
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Classic Welles role
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Classic Welles role
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Inkless pen
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Inkless pen
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Customs
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Customs
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Popular painkiller
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Popular painkiller
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Jude, for one
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Jude, for one
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Company whose name is also its stock symbol
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Company whose name is also its stock symbol
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Wall Street workers
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Wall Street workers
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"Same here"
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"Same here"
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Clear in the winter
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Clear in the winter
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Collected dust
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Collected dust
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"Uncle!"
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"Uncle!"
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Racket
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Racket
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Casual attire
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Casual attire
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Observed the Sabbath
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Observed the Sabbath
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Justice dept. division
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Justice dept. division
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Crime solver's aid
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Crime solver's aid
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Helps
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Helps
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Little sprinters
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Little sprinters
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Do a do
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Do a do
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Certain camera, for short
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Certain camera, for short
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Look that could kill, say
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Look that could kill, say
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Poet Khayyám
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Poet Khayyám
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Store frequented by mechanics
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Store frequented by mechanics
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Its founder was born in Mecca
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Its founder was born in Mecca
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Obstruct
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Obstruct
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Like some parties
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Like some parties
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Disney canine
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Disney canine
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Mentalist Geller
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Mentalist Geller
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Faculty levels, for short
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Faculty levels, for short
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Deep-sixed
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Deep-sixed
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Dance pioneer Duncan
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Dance pioneer Duncan
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Crate label
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Crate label
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Straight man?
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Straight man?
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Jazz pianist Hines
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Jazz pianist Hines
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Alternatives to Movados
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Alternatives to Movados
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Familiar complimentary close
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Familiar complimentary close
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Illicit drugs, briefly
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Rise
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Rise
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Church alcove
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Church alcove
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Suffix with chick
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Suffix with chick
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Christian name
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Christian name
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To be overseas
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To be overseas
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Toiling away
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Toiling away
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Fresh scent
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Fresh scent
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Retired, as a prof.
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Retired, as a prof.
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"Ain't ___ Sweet"
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"Ain't ___ Sweet"
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Grier of "Foxy Brown"
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Grier of "Foxy Brown"
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Approx. 252 calories
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Approx. 252 calories
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Hoosegow
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