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New York Times: Sunday, October 16, 2005
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 16, 2005 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Con Pederson
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"Meet John Doe" director
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"Meet John Doe" director
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Wooden shoe
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Wooden shoe
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PIN spotters?
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PIN spotters?
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Realize
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Realize
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Weaving willow
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Weaving willow
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Softly
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Softly
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Bigmouth
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Bigmouth
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Relieve
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Relieve
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Dullish
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Dullish
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Layabout
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Layabout
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Poor actor staying sober?
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Poor actor staying sober?
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"Yeah, we've got that," e.g.?
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"Yeah, we've got that," e.g.?
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Aligned
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Aligned
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Longtime "Today" co-host
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Olin of "Chocolat"
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Olin of "Chocolat"
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___-Magnon
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___-Magnon
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Philosophy of the "Chuang Tzu"
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Philosophy of the "Chuang Tzu"
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Extra-base hit, probably?
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Extra-base hit, probably?
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Solo
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Solo
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Et ___
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Et ___
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Like tea
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Like tea
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F.D.R.'s wiring program
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F.D.R.'s wiring program
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Doesn't own
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Doesn't own
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Fancy home features
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Fancy home features
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___ powers
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___ powers
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Now it's Thailand
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Review of fall fashion accessories?
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Review of fall fashion accessories?
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Skate part
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Skate part
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Ticket
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Ticket
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Astrological point
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Astrological point
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Trawlers' nets
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Trawlers' nets
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Fetter
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Fetter
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Sat
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Sat
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Agitation
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Agitation
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Humiliates
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Humiliates
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Decision points
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Decision points
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First name in court fiction
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Official denial
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Official denial
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Excused from saving a sinking boat?
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Excused from saving a sinking boat?
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"Casablanca" role
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"Casablanca" role
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Obscured
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Obscured
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Having nothing obscured
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Having nothing obscured
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Balderdash
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Balderdash
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Like
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Like
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Given to glad-handing
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Given to glad-handing
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Double-bonded compound
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Double-bonded compound
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Not forgetting
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Not forgetting
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Fouled in basketball, in a way?
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Fouled in basketball, in a way?
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Prayer
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Prayer
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Undisguised
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Undisguised
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Pianist/composer Dohnányi
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Beau
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Beau
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Barren
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Barren
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Fake molding in a room?
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Fake molding in a room?
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Guidebook for golf greens?
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Guidebook for golf greens?
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Mideast potentate
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Mideast potentate
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Butterfly in youth
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Butterfly in youth
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No, to Natasha
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Make a long story short?
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Make a long story short?
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Like fur coats
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Like fur coats
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City north of Cologne
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City north of Cologne
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Familiar truths
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Try again
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Try again
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Rectangular paving stones
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Was very bright
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Italian silk center
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Wise ___ owl
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Tropical helmet material
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Practice tit for tat
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Practice tit for tat
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Venues
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Venues
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Skyline pointer
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Skyline pointer
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Ambulance attendant, often
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Ambulance attendant, often
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Aloe, naturally
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Aloe, naturally
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Low tie
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Low tie
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P.G.A. Tour site, ___ Pines
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P.G.A. Tour site, ___ Pines
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Oberhausen cry
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Oberhausen cry
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Catch-22
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Catch-22
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Where "Guernica" was hung during W.W. II
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Where "Guernica" was hung during W.W. II
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Day in a heat wave
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Day in a heat wave
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Run again
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Run again
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Tupper of Tupperware fame
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Tupper of Tupperware fame
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Start of a sowing adage
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Start of a sowing adage
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Leave in a hurry, with "out"
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Leave in a hurry, with "out"
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Got along
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Got along
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Russian assembly
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Russian assembly
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Channel changer
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Channel changer
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Part of the Old World: Abbr.
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Part of the Old World: Abbr.
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Tongue-curling
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Tongue-curling
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Blueprint datum
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Blueprint datum
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Farm sound
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Farm sound
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Can
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Can
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Decreasing numbers of
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Decreasing numbers of
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It's in the past
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It's in the past
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European launch vehicle
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European launch vehicle
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Hard to lift
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Hard to lift
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Most contrived
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Most contrived
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Drink from a machine
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Drink from a machine
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Spillane's "___ Jury"
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Spillane's "___ Jury"
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Game with a yellow card
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Game with a yellow card
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Skip
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Skip
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Dweller on Cape Prince of Wales
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Dweller on Cape Prince of Wales
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Insignificant
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Insignificant
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1912 Physics Nobelist ___ Dalen
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1912 Physics Nobelist ___ Dalen
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Site of a historic 1905 revolt
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Site of a historic 1905 revolt
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Film, briefly
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Film, briefly
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Suffering a loss
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Suffering a loss
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Ego
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Ego
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Out-of-control
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Woolen cloak of ancient Rome
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Woolen cloak of ancient Rome
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Long Island county
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Long Island county
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Toucher of the Pacific Rim
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Toucher of the Pacific Rim
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Vote seeker
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Vote seeker
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Ring bearer
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Ring bearer
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Gave, as wood to a wood chipper
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Garden site
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Garden site
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Antimob acronym
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Antimob acronym
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Managed, with "out"
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Managed, with "out"
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Indoctrinate
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Indoctrinate
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Afflicts
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Afflicts
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___ facto
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___ facto
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City NNW of Madrid
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City NNW of Madrid
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Big trouble
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Big trouble
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Will of the Bible
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Will of the Bible
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Archaeologist's reckoning
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Archaeologist's reckoning
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Hang around
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Hang around
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Hang around
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Hang around
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Fills, as cracks between tiles
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Fills, as cracks between tiles
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Archive documents
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Archive documents
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Dormmate
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Dormmate
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Ransacks
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Ransacks
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Trapshoot
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Trapshoot
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Lyrics
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Lyrics
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J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, at Oxford
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J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, at Oxford
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"A Day Without Rain" singer
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"A Day Without Rain" singer
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Gush
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Gush
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Rush
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Rush
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Cherokee Strip city
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Cherokee Strip city
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Least change
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Least change
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Approximately
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Approximately
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Dutch ___
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Dutch ___
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Hamlet, e.g.
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1964 Ronny and the Daytonas hit
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