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New York Times: Sunday, May 9, 2004
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 9, 2004 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Charles M. Deber
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Best Western competitor
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Best Western competitor
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Ledger entry
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Ledger entry
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Need a lift?
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Need a lift?
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Bit of cheesecake
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Bit of cheesecake
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Metalware decoration
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Metalware decoration
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Hair dressing
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Hair dressing
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New Deal inits.
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New Deal inits.
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Hurler's stat.
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Hurler's stat.
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Clingy duchess?
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Clingy duchess?
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New York's ___ School of Design
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New York's ___ School of Design
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Place for booths: Abbr.
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Place for booths: Abbr.
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Slick
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Slick
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Double-crosser
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Double-crosser
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Andrea ___ (lost passenger ship)
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Andrea ___ (lost passenger ship)
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Comment about a mixed public reaction?
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Comment about a mixed public reaction?
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Cutting, as a remark
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Cutting, as a remark
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Like peas in ___
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Like peas in ___
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Strong as ___
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Strong as ___
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Wheel alignment
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Wheel alignment
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That, to a seƱorita
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That, to a seƱorita
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Summa cum ___ (top grads)
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Summa cum ___ (top grads)
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Family man, familiarly
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Family man, familiarly
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Il or elle, in Paris
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Il or elle, in Paris
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Some summer workers
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Some summer workers
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"___ oui!"
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"___ oui!"
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Agree
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Agree
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Plowing December roads, e.g.?
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Plowing December roads, e.g.?
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Tea accompanier
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Tea accompanier
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Some seasonal Florida residents
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Some seasonal Florida residents
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Prohibitory words
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Prohibitory words
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Start of a counting-out rhyme
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Start of a counting-out rhyme
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Pay stub?
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Pay stub?
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Rewrites
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Rewrites
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Gogol's "___ Bulba"
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Gogol's "___ Bulba"
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N.L. East city
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N.L. East city
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Bush solicitor general Theodore
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Bush solicitor general Theodore
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Fluid overload
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Fluid overload
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Weight of a lorry's load, maybe
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Weight of a lorry's load, maybe
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Release
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Release
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Reception from a Roman emperor?
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Reception from a Roman emperor?
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Fast-food restaurant equipment
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Fast-food restaurant equipment
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___-Rooter
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___-Rooter
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"Don Pasquale" role
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"Don Pasquale" role
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Annoy
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Annoy
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Levels
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Levels
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Like some blows to the side of the head
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Like some blows to the side of the head
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Pot-au-___ (French stew)
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Pot-au-___ (French stew)
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The King
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The King
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Casual shirts
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Casual shirts
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Moving picture?
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Moving picture?
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More advanced, in a way
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More advanced, in a way
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"Restrooms ahead"?
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"Restrooms ahead"?
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See 115-Across
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See 115-Across
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South America's Rio ___
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South America's Rio ___
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Modern locale of ancient 113-Across
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Cut through
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Cut through
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Brought out
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Brought out
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Most bookish student in western New York?
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Most bookish student in western New York?
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Pitcher Robb ___
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Pitcher Robb ___
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Bikini-to-Oahu dir.
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They may be seen in cameos
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They may be seen in cameos
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Juice producer
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Juice producer
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One of the "Star Trek" series, to fans
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Bygone map inits.
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Bygone map inits.
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"Camelot" composer
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"Camelot" composer
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Seizure
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Seizure
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Pause
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Pause
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Take ___ (snooze)
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Delineates
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Delineates
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"I ___ Rock"
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"I ___ Rock"
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Luth. or Meth., e.g.
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Luth. or Meth., e.g.
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1966 Michael Caine title role
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1966 Michael Caine title role
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Frank
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Frank
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It runs Down Under
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It runs Down Under
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Lowest parts
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Lowest parts
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"___ care"
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"___ care"
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Like some farmers
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Like some farmers
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Gatekeeper
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Gatekeeper
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Actress Gardner
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Actress Gardner
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Flower smeller?
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Flower smeller?
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Barbarian songwriter?
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Barbarian songwriter?
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___ Army (links group)
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___ Army (links group)
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Herod's fortress
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Herod's fortress
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Intrusive
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Intrusive
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First Lady of Jazz
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First Lady of Jazz
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Groundskeeper's order
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Groundskeeper's order
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Surgeon general under Reagan
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Surgeon general under Reagan
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Adjective in a "Ripley's" entry
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Adjective in a "Ripley's" entry
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Asian peninsula: Abbr.
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Asian peninsula: Abbr.
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They may be final or physical
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They may be final or physical
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Tomb of ___, in Najaf, Iraq
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Tomb of ___, in Najaf, Iraq
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Go for the gold?
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Go for the gold?
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Quadrennial games org.
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Quadrennial games org.
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Eagle of the sea
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Eagle of the sea
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Possible reason for a poke in the ribs
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Possible reason for a poke in the ribs
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Domestic
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Domestic
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___ noir
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___ noir
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As soon as
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As soon as
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Alfred Nobel's birthplace
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Alfred Nobel's birthplace
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Caesar's March 15 destination
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Caesar's March 15 destination
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Bond
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Bond
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Staggers
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Staggers
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Wedding belle
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Wedding belle
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Virgin Isl., e.g.
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Virgin Isl., e.g.
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Cartoonist Edward
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Cartoonist Edward
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Candidate's declaration
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Candidate's declaration
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"The Voyage Out" novelist
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"The Voyage Out" novelist
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Feeling worse
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Feeling worse
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Foul-tasting dessert?
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Foul-tasting dessert?
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___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
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___-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
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Eye site
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Eye site
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Arch with a point
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Arch with a point
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Viking competitions?
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Viking competitions?
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Noted wine area
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Noted wine area
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It means everything
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It means everything
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As required, after "if"
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As required, after "if"
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"___ the conquered!": Livy
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"___ the conquered!": Livy
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Lambert Airport locale: Abbr.
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Lambert Airport locale: Abbr.
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Identical
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Identical
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Cross shape
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Cross shape
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Goal-oriented guy
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Goal-oriented guy
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Holyfield of the ring
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Holyfield of the ring
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Hillock
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Hillock
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Whistle blower, for short
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Whistle blower, for short
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Font lines
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Font lines
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Arouse
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Arouse
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Big roll
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Big roll
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Pair of lamps, maybe
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Pair of lamps, maybe
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Dweller on the Danube
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Dweller on the Danube
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Article in Die Welt
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Article in Die Welt
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El ___
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El ___
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"El ___" (1983 film)
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"El ___" (1983 film)
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Linney of "The Truman Show"
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Linney of "The Truman Show"
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Reason (from)
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Reason (from)
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Yeasty brews
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Herbaceous plant
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Herbaceous plant
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Dash widths
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Part of a business report, with "the"
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Part of a business report, with "the"
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Bank deposit
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Bank deposit
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Word repeated before "away"
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Word repeated before "away"
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