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New York Times: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 25, 2005 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matt Skoczen
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Dog's owner
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Dog's owner
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Crit. condition areas
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Go (for)
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Go (for)
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Famed Chicago hotel
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Famed Chicago hotel
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Station number
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Station number
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Injured, in a way
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Injured, in a way
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Like an apartment with new tenants
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Like an apartment with new tenants
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Dislodging boats that have run aground?
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Dislodging boats that have run aground?
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Runs for no purpose
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Runs for no purpose
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Long stretch
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Long stretch
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Go for the gold?
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Go for the gold?
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Actress MacDowell
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Actress MacDowell
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Beehives, e.g.
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Beehives, e.g.
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One calling at peak times?
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One calling at peak times?
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Salon worker
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Salon worker
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"Horton Hears ___"
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"Horton Hears ___"
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Advice to a husband seeker?
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Advice to a husband seeker?
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"Lowdown" singer Boz ___
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"Lowdown" singer Boz ___
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Photo ID?
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Photo ID?
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Chinese philosopher Chu ___
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Chinese philosopher Chu ___
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Respecting
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Respecting
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Goddess of agriculture
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Goddess of agriculture
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Warm wool
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Warm wool
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Presidential monogram
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Presidential monogram
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"Don't ___ dumb"
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"Don't ___ dumb"
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Karaoke?
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Karaoke?
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TKO caller
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TKO caller
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Get
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Get
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Stairstep measure
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Stairstep measure
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Spots
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Spots
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Dart
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Dart
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Medical worker in a billfold picture?
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Medical worker in a billfold picture?
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Mex. miss
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Mex. miss
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Glass component
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Glass component
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It may follow a def.
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It may follow a def.
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WB competitor
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WB competitor
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One of the Ewings, on "Dallas"
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One of the Ewings, on "Dallas"
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Selective Service System, once?
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Selective Service System, once?
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Be bombastic
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Be bombastic
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Hellenic vowel
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Hellenic vowel
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Shows homage
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Shows homage
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First airline with commercial transpacific passenger flights
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First airline with commercial transpacific passenger flights
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Lee foe
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Lee foe
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Football linemen: Abbr.
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Football linemen: Abbr.
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Melbourne-to-Brisbane dir.
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Melbourne-to-Brisbane dir.
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[Not again!] and [I can't!]
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[Not again!] and [I can't!]
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Procrastinator's pick-up line?
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Procrastinator's pick-up line?
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Like venison
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Like venison
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Annual Sunday night event, with "the"
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Annual Sunday night event, with "the"
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Insignia
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Insignia
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Bruce who appeared in "Suspicion"
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Bruce who appeared in "Suspicion"
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Travis who sang "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
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Travis who sang "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)"
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Comfy footwear
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Comfy footwear
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Shade of green
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Shade of green
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"We Help Heal" sloganeer
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"We Help Heal" sloganeer
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Where to store extra chandeliers?
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Where to store extra chandeliers?
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Teacher's note on a test
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Teacher's note on a test
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Subject to change in size, as a picture on a screen
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Subject to change in size, as a picture on a screen
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Famous Indy 500 family
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Famous Indy 500 family
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Neil Armstrong's middle name
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Neil Armstrong's middle name
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Halifax hrs.
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Halifax hrs.
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Crosswalk users, for short
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Crosswalk users, for short
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Shirley who sang "Goldfinger"
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Walk leisurely
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Walk leisurely
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Blessing preceder
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Blessing preceder
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Lose a lap
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Lose a lap
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1960's chess champ Mikhail
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1960's chess champ Mikhail
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Blow-up: Abbr.
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Blow-up: Abbr.
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Goes back into business
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Library cataloging datum, briefly
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Library cataloging datum, briefly
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PC "brain"
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PC "brain"
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___ Minor
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___ Minor
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Hélène, for one
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Hélène, for one
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Mark of a ruler
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Mark of a ruler
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Money replaced by euros
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Money replaced by euros
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QB stats
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QB stats
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Icicle feature
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Icicle feature
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1984 Patrick Swayze film, the first movie released with a PG-13 rating
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1984 Patrick Swayze film, the first movie released with a PG-13 rating
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"I'll do that"
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"I'll do that"
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Original Clarabell the Clown player
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Original Clarabell the Clown player
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Brief strangers?
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Brief strangers?
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Its national anthem is "Jana Gana Mana"
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Its national anthem is "Jana Gana Mana"
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Imperfection
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Imperfection
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Modern address
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Modern address
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Beats (out)
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Beats (out)
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Accesses the Web
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Accesses the Web
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Hebrew name meaning "He is my God"
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Hebrew name meaning "He is my God"
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Can. province
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Can. province
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Kind of skirt
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Kind of skirt
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Kitchen item: Abbr.
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Kitchen item: Abbr.
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Perfume holder
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Perfume holder
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They make people raise their hands
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They make people raise their hands
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Gobbles (up)
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Gobbles (up)
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Historical novelist Holland
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Historical novelist Holland
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Fellini or Godard work
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Fellini or Godard work
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Acronymic pop group name
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Teamster
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Teamster
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Tennis score
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Tennis score
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Expensive
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Expensive
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Big Ten inits.
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Big Ten inits.
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Poetic preposition
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Poetic preposition
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VCR speed meas.
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VCR speed meas.
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Absolute bliss
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Absolute bliss
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Turn dark
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Turn dark
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Look toward
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Look toward
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R. J. Reynolds pack
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R. J. Reynolds pack
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Bow
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Bow
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Rustic setting
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Rustic setting
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Capts.' inferiors
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Capts.' inferiors
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Flemish painter Jan van ___
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Flemish painter Jan van ___
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Dines
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Dines
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Angler's basket
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Angler's basket
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"Easy as pie!"
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"Easy as pie!"
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Grant and others
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Grant and others
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TV comic who wrote "If Roast Beef Could Fly"
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Lorgnette piece
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Lorgnette piece
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1997 Peter Fonda role
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1997 Peter Fonda role
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Humanitarian Wallenberg
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Humanitarian Wallenberg
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Foreign flier
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Foreign flier
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Common temple name
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Common temple name
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In high repute
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In high repute
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Half of a double-header, maybe
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Half of a double-header, maybe
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Certs competitor
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Certs competitor
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Menace
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Menace
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Place to work out
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Place to work out
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Joke response
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Diner feature
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Diner feature
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Woman's shoe style
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Woman's shoe style
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Fair-hiring grp.
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Fair-hiring grp.
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Some blades
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Some blades
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English distance
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English distance
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Smart
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Smart
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Place of bliss
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Place of bliss
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"That is ___ expected"
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"That is ___ expected"
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Fr. ladies
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Fr. ladies
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Civil War inits.
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Civil War inits.
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Troop grp.
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Troop grp.
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Outmoded
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Outmoded
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___ whim
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___ whim
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Sound of a leak
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