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New York Times: Sunday, October 2, 2005
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 2, 2005 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Randolph Ross
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A pinch, maybe
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Provide food for many
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Provide food for many
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Some dance records, for short
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Some dance records, for short
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Musical Young
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Musical Young
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Snouted animal
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Snouted animal
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Of service
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Of service
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Double-crosser
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Double-crosser
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"Lay it ___!"
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"Lay it ___!"
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1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger
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1996 Helen Fielding book made into a film starring Renée Zellweger
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Assault with a grenade, as a commanding officer
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Move, quickly
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Space chimp of 1961
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Memo abbr.
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Olympic rings, e.g.
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Olympic rings, e.g.
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Absorb the cost of
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Suffix with social
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Best-selling 2003 Alice Sebold novel
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Best-selling 2003 Alice Sebold novel
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Three of ___
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Three of ___
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Capital of Hubei province
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Capital of Hubei province
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Israel's Weizman
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Israel's Weizman
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1995 Ellen DeGeneres best seller
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1995 Ellen DeGeneres best seller
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Very pleasant
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Very pleasant
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Like some translations
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Like some translations
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Alternative to oil
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Larry McMurtry novel made into an Emmy-winning TV series
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Larry McMurtry novel made into an Emmy-winning TV series
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Pharmaceutical giant
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Pharmaceutical giant
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Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"
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Longoria of "Desperate Housewives"
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A thief might take one
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A thief might take one
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Salad ingredient
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Salad ingredient
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Part
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Part
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Not clerical
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Not clerical
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Battle reminder
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Battle reminder
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2003 Bill O'Reilly political best seller
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2003 Bill O'Reilly political best seller
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"Christ of St. John of the Cross" artist
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"Christ of St. John of the Cross" artist
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"Wheel of Fortune" request
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"Wheel of Fortune" request
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Bad party guest
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Bad party guest
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Kennel cry
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Kennel cry
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Made up one's mind about
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Made up one's mind about
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Grazing spot
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Grazing spot
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Imperiled
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Imperiled
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1994 semi-autobiographical novel by Anna Quindlen
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1994 semi-autobiographical novel by Anna Quindlen
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Son of Prince Valiant
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Son of Prince Valiant
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Heroic deeds
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Heroic deeds
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Monopoly maker
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Monopoly maker
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1939 Agatha Christie classic
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1939 Agatha Christie classic
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Pakistani tongue
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Early American diplomat Silas
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Early American diplomat Silas
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Nine: Prefix
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Nine: Prefix
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1929 Virginia Woolf title
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1929 Virginia Woolf title
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Place for a team's insignia
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Place for a team's insignia
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Atlantic catch
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Atlantic catch
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Winter Palace resident
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Winter Palace resident
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Sibilant talk
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Dr. Pavlov
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Dr. Pavlov
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Author Jaffe
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Author Jaffe
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Stay too long on the beach
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2000 essay collection by David Sedaris
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2000 essay collection by David Sedaris
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Protected, at sea
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Protected, at sea
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Before
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Before
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They give people big heads
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They give people big heads
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Key
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Key
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Sale site
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Sale site
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Filch
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Filch
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Lilac, e.g.
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Bonnie's beau
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Bonnie's beau
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Like poorly washed windows
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Something a maid might break
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Something a maid might break
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Many a prom coif
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Cookie fruit
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Cookie fruit
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Springs
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Springs
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Stephen King canine
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Stephen King canine
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Squares things
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Squares things
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"___ the season "
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"___ the season "
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Trains in Chicago
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Trains in Chicago
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Signal to stop
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Signal to stop
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Poet's inspiration
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Poet's inspiration
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Last of a Monday-to-Friday series
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Last of a Monday-to-Friday series
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"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" composer
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"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" composer
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Restricted area
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Restricted area
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Dress
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Dress
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"This looks verrry bad for me!"
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"This looks verrry bad for me!"
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Kids' blocks
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Kids' blocks
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Silver-scaled fish
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Silver-scaled fish
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Big bang cause
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Big bang cause
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Suffix with proverb
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Subject in foreign language class
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Subject in foreign language class
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Sem. degree
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Sem. degree
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Applaud
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Applaud
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"The ___ near"
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"The ___ near"
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Actress Sobieski
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Actress Sobieski
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"Uh-uh!"
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"Uh-uh!"
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Baylor's home
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Baylor's home
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Odd
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Odd
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Pilot's dir.
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Pilot's dir.
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Rx instruction
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Rx instruction
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Capri suffix
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George of "La Cage aux Folles"
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George of "La Cage aux Folles"
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Spanish rice
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Spanish rice
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Actor Raf of "The Italian Job," 1969
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Actor Raf of "The Italian Job," 1969
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Fancy ice creams
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Fancy ice creams
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Toyota model
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Toyota model
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Saw
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Saw
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[I can't remember the words to this song]
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[I can't remember the words to this song]
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Henny Youngman specialty
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Henny Youngman specialty
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Apelike
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Apelike
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It may need gratification
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It may need gratification
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Fed. property manager
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Fed. property manager
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Schlepped
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Schlepped
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Longtime photographer for Vogue
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Longtime photographer for Vogue
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Author Segal
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Author Segal
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Disposed
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Disposed
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Kind of logic
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Kind of logic
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Take away the defenses of
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Take away the defenses of
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Famed huckster
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Famed huckster
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Actress Meryl
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Actress Meryl
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Take to court
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Take to court
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Japanese martial art
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Japanese martial art
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Exceptional
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Exceptional
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Operate
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Operate
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"Charlotte's Web" monogram
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"Charlotte's Web" monogram
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Fret
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Fret
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Dolled up
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Dolled up
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Chinese dynasty
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Chinese dynasty
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Impossible to read
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Impossible to read
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Nursery arrival
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Nursery arrival
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Vitamin dosage
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Vitamin dosage
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Author Le Guin
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Author Le Guin
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Lion
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Lion
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Held off
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Held off
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Ancient Mexican
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Ancient Mexican
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1980's Pontiac
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1980's Pontiac
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Ragtime dance
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Ragtime dance
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Massage locale
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Massage locale
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Bebopper
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Bebopper
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Marx Brothers-like
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Marx Brothers-like
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Press
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Press
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A piece of a three-piece
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A piece of a three-piece
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"Tarzan" actor
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"Tarzan" actor
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Vegas opening
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Vegas opening
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Fast food inits.
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Fast food inits.
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Grand ___, Nova Scotia
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Fashion inits.
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