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New York Times: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 30, 2005 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
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Act high-handedly?
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Kind of film
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Having gone through a flood, say
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Having gone through a flood, say
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Opposite of away
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Opposite of away
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Boxers alternative
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Boxers alternative
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Neaten (up)
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Neaten (up)
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Sudden shock?
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Sudden shock?
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Precise
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Precise
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Abstain
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Abstain
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1910's film star known as The Vamp
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1910's film star known as The Vamp
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Interdicts
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Interdicts
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Père's frère
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Père's frère
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Farmer's prayer
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Farmer's prayer
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"Batman" fight scene word
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"Batman" fight scene word
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Book after Ezra: Abbr.
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Book after Ezra: Abbr.
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Durango domicile
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Halloween expense?
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Halloween expense?
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French concern: Abbr.
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French concern: Abbr.
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Recreating
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Recreating
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Beethoven dedicatee
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Beethoven dedicatee
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Curious one
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Curious one
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Creepy neighborhood?
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Creepy neighborhood?
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Bobbing for apples, e.g.
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Bobbing for apples, e.g.
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Watchmaker's sci.
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Watchmaker's sci.
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Weight lifters' units
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Weight lifters' units
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Not only that
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Laughing matter
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Laughing matter
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Indecipherable
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Indecipherable
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Onetime home of Kit Carson
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Onetime home of Kit Carson
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Knows about
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Knows about
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Apparition on a "Concentration" board?
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Apparition on a "Concentration" board?
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Philatelic design on an envelope
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Philatelic design on an envelope
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Bats
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Bats
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Shouted encouragement
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Shouted encouragement
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Tuning note instrument
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Tuning note instrument
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Iris holder
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Iris holder
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College QB, maybe
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1998 BP purchase
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1998 BP purchase
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Prop for Quasimodo
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Prop for Quasimodo
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Study of ghouls and goblins?
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Study of ghouls and goblins?
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Grandmotherly type
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Grandmotherly type
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Angler with pots
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Angler with pots
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Provocation, metaphorically
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Provocation, metaphorically
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___ Halles, old Parisian market
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___ Halles, old Parisian market
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Tuneup for a Halloween conveyance?
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Tuneup for a Halloween conveyance?
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Spanish direction
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Spanish direction
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Alphabetic trio
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Alphabetic trio
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Grab ___
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Grab ___
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Puts
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Puts
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Sponge mushroom
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Sponge mushroom
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Italian painter Guido
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Italian painter Guido
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Poker declaration
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Poker declaration
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Architectural projections
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Architectural projections
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Singer of the aria "Dio! mi potevi scagliar"
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Singer of the aria "Dio! mi potevi scagliar"
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Periodic Halloween sight?
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Periodic Halloween sight?
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Ahab, for one
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Ahab, for one
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Computer letters
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Computer letters
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Long green
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Long green
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Bedouins and Tuaregs
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Bedouins and Tuaregs
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Future atty.'s hurdle
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Made a haunted house sound
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Public relations effort
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River of Tuscany
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River of Tuscany
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Riga native
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Riga native
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Not mint
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114-Across, e.g.
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Recent U.S.N.A. grad
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Good buddy
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Good buddy
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Astronomical bear
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Astronomical bear
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M.D.'s requirement
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M.D.'s requirement
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Brewers' needs
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Brewers' needs
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Worrying sound to a balloonist
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Worrying sound to a balloonist
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Other side
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Other side
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Military reconnaissance tool
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Military reconnaissance tool
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Group of cacklers in wooden shoes?
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Group of cacklers in wooden shoes?
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Biol. branch
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Biol. branch
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Protected state bird
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Protected state bird
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It's found above the ankle
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It's found above the ankle
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Cold drink
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Cold drink
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What to call the barber of Seville
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What to call the barber of Seville
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Airport shuttles
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Airport shuttles
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Cops
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Cops
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Tan and others
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Tan and others
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Work with needles
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Work with needles
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Kid's Halloween candy, e.g.
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Kid's Halloween candy, e.g.
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One of a French trio
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One of a French trio
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Vice president before Gerald
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Vice president before Gerald
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Give out
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Give out
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Maintain
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Maintain
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Parts of la Polynésie
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Parts of la Polynésie
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Receptacle for some Halloween contributions
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Receptacle for some Halloween contributions
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"___ my case"
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"___ my case"
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Have an ___ the ground
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Have an ___ the ground
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Maintain
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Maintain
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Martial arts place
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Martial arts place
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Barbershop request
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Barbershop request
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Not kick off
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Not kick off
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Land-clearing device
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Land-clearing device
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Nail site
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Nail site
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Explorer's need
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Explorer's need
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Snitch
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Snitch
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Best
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Best
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Neighbor of Jor.
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Neighbor of Jor.
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Attack by plane, in a way
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Attack by plane, in a way
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Jacksonville-to-Daytona Beach dir.
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Jacksonville-to-Daytona Beach dir.
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Mao's successor as Chinese Communist leader
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Mao's successor as Chinese Communist leader
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Response to a bad pun
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Cousin of Fortran
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Cousin of Fortran
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White poplar
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White poplar
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Terrifying cry?
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Terrifying cry?
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Didn't break
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Didn't break
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Potassium ___
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Potassium ___
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Workers in rows
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Workers in rows
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Fanfare
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Fanfare
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Caravan, e.g.
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Caravan, e.g.
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Hubbub
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Hubbub
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___ Rabbit
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___ Rabbit
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Versatile nuke
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Versatile nuke
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Didn't take it any longer
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Didn't take it any longer
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Flat-ended instrument
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Flat-ended instrument
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Run for it
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Run for it
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Two topper
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Two topper
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"But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life / Somethin' ain't right " singer
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"But I'm still white, sometimes I just hate life / Somethin' ain't right " singer
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Like early dawns and late sunsets
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Like early dawns and late sunsets
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Packing way too much
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Packing way too much
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Tennis's Nastase
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Tennis's Nastase
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Lock site
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Lock site
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Street of mystery
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Street of mystery
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Handled
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Handled
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Cut
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Cut
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First-century Roman emperor
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First-century Roman emperor
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"To Live and Die ___"
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"To Live and Die ___"
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Popular game set on an island
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Popular game set on an island
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Kind of bread
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Kind of bread
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Leave open-mouthed
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Leave open-mouthed
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Old Roman cry
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Garden adjunct
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Garden adjunct
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Stitching posts: Abbr.
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Stitching posts: Abbr.
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Rhein blocker
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Rhein blocker
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"Stand" rock group
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"Stand" rock group
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