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New York Times: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 12, 2004 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Lee Glickstein,
Nancy Salomon
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Fan's sound
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Fan's sound
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One of the Brothers Karamazov
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One of the Brothers Karamazov
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Collapsible lid
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Collapsible lid
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Ran very slowly
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Ran very slowly
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Like most sonnets
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Like most sonnets
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Multiply like an amoeba
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Multiply like an amoeba
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Amazed telegram recipient's cry?
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Amazed telegram recipient's cry?
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One who gets a reaction
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One who gets a reaction
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In order
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In order
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Jerk
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Jerk
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Letter getter
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Letter getter
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"Dennis the Menace" airer on old TV
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"Dennis the Menace" airer on old TV
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One going down fast
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One going down fast
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PC key
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PC key
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Palliate
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Palliate
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Indian butter
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Indian butter
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Midshipmen's gridiron gains?
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Midshipmen's gridiron gains?
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Fairylike being of myth
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Where a lot of fed. govt. workers live
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Where a lot of fed. govt. workers live
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Playwright Peter who wrote "Marat/Sade"
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Playwright Peter who wrote "Marat/Sade"
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TV Guide data
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TV Guide data
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Water, chemically
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Water, chemically
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Ignored, as authority
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Ignored, as authority
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Calling "chicken," perhaps
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Calling "chicken," perhaps
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Colorful circle
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Colorful circle
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Saw out of the blue?
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Saw out of the blue?
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Supporting
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Supporting
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Got milk
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Got milk
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Famous murder defendant of the 1920's
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Famous murder defendant of the 1920's
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Silent authority?
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Silent authority?
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Unstimulating
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Unstimulating
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Lengthy sentence
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Carol contraction
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Carol contraction
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Silent army
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Silent army
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Some multiplayer deals
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Some multiplayer deals
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"You don't say!"
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"You don't say!"
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Book before Esther: Abbr.
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Book before Esther: Abbr.
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What a local news broadcast leads with?
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What a local news broadcast leads with?
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Announce
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Announce
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Darkening
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Darkening
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Impetuously, perhaps
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Impetuously, perhaps
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Gloomy guy
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Gloomy guy
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"Don't worry"
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"Don't worry"
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Clinton's first secretary of defense
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Clinton's first secretary of defense
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Relatively rare
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Relatively rare
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Falls behind, in a way
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Tramp class?
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Tramp class?
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One of 12 popes
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One of 12 popes
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"See ya"
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"See ya"
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Namath put it on the map: Abbr.
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Namath put it on the map: Abbr.
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Grounds for a good night's sleep?
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Grounds for a good night's sleep?
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Table scrap
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Table scrap
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Befuddled
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Befuddled
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Land's end?
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Land's end?
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Kind of theater
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Kind of theater
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"Darned if I know"
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"Darned if I know"
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Result of a vacuum cleaner mishap?
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Result of a vacuum cleaner mishap?
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One tooting a horn
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One tooting a horn
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Joins in
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Joins in
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Busted
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Busted
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Diving areas
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Diving areas
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Hate with a passion
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Primary strategy
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Primary strategy
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Blows away
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Ding Dong alternatives
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Ding Dong alternatives
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"The Compleat Angler" author Walton
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"The Compleat Angler" author Walton
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Strong Greek wine
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Strong Greek wine
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Nutritionist's fig.
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Nutritionist's fig.
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Goes belly up
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Goes belly up
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Raymond of "Dr. Kildare"
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Raymond of "Dr. Kildare"
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Chats online, for short
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Chats online, for short
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Course list abbr.
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Course list abbr.
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Baltic port
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Baltic port
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Cool brews
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Cool brews
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"You don't even want to know the alternative!"
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"You don't even want to know the alternative!"
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Canada's Point ___ National Park
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Canada's Point ___ National Park
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Polish
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Polish
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Wedding fling?
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Wedding fling?
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Bird: Prefix
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Bird: Prefix
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Cost of a mail-order bride?
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Cost of a mail-order bride?
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Building material
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Building material
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Clipped
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Clipped
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Get bug-eyed over
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Get bug-eyed over
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Gorgons
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Gorgons
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Cold weather protector
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Cold weather protector
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Took care of
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Took care of
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Tread stealthily
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Tread stealthily
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Alfred E. Neuman feature
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Alfred E. Neuman feature
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7' 5" Ming
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7' 5" Ming
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Made fancy
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Made fancy
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Little digit
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Little digit
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Lake tribe
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Lake tribe
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Mrs. Copperfield
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Mrs. Copperfield
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Order to a power plant worker?
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Order to a power plant worker?
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Small types
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Small types
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Cheney's predecessor
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Cheney's predecessor
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Hoity-toity one
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Hoity-toity one
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Prince of Broadway
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Prince of Broadway
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Kite aid
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Kite aid
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Nourished the mind
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Nourished the mind
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Early Nebraskans
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Early Nebraskans
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Bro
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Bro
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Jackie's second
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Jackie's second
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Coarse
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Coarse
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Moonshine maker
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Moonshine maker
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Pledge of allegiance
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Pledge of allegiance
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___ gratias
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___ gratias
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Early seafarers feared going over it
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Early seafarers feared going over it
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Not behind
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Not behind
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"Eye of ___ Â…"
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"Eye of ___ Â…"
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Robes of office, once
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Robes of office, once
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Breaks off
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Breaks off
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Like some nuts
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Like some nuts
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Putdown
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Putdown
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Has too much, briefly
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Has too much, briefly
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Lift
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Lift
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Baker of song
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Baker of song
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Swindler, slangily
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Swindler, slangily
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Some stock quotes
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Some stock quotes
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Sheet music abbr.
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Sheet music abbr.
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Road runner
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Road runner
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Lit
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Lit
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It usually has a point
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It usually has a point
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Some farm machinery
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Some farm machinery
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Respected ones
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Respected ones
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Put forward
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Put forward
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Goddess of peace
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Goddess of peace
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Broken
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Broken
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Range from Iowa
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Range from Iowa
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Twisted character in "Oliver Twist"
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Twisted character in "Oliver Twist"
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Bad spots for a date
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Next
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Next
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Unit of volume
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Unit of volume
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Once, once
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Once, once
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TV warrior
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TV warrior
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Initials in stone
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Initials in stone
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Giant of old
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Sign of a winner
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Sign of a winner
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Surrealist sculptor
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