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New York Times: Sunday, November 20, 2005
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, November 20, 2005 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Merrell
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Crows
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Crows
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"A Passage to India" character
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"A Passage to India" character
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Popular player since 2001
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Popular player since 2001
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Kids
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Kids
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Baker, of a sort
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Baker, of a sort
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Bulb unit
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Bulb unit
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Exclusive of anything else
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Exclusive of anything else
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Author Sinclair
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Author Sinclair
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Of last month
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Of last month
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Incarnation
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Incarnation
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Best-selling Hasbro toy introduced in the 1960's
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Best-selling Hasbro toy introduced in the 1960's
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Mascot #1
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Seafood selection
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Seafood selection
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Feeling
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Feeling
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It might make the torso seem moreso
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It might make the torso seem moreso
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Hypo meas.
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Hypo meas.
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One taking advantage of a long arm
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One taking advantage of a long arm
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Q.E.D. part
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Q.E.D. part
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Ka ___ (Hawaii's South Cape)
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Ka ___ (Hawaii's South Cape)
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Former German president Johannes ___
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Former German president Johannes ___
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Duel personalities?
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Duel personalities?
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G.P.S. heading
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G.P.S. heading
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Off-land lander
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Off-land lander
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Gray head?
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Gray head?
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Lights (into)
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Lights (into)
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Mascot #2
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Rising times
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Rising times
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Things best let be, proverbially
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Things best let be, proverbially
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Symbols used in Navajo and Mayan art
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Symbols used in Navajo and Mayan art
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Nut
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Nut
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Heavy
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Heavy
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Barracks locale
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Barracks locale
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"In excelsis ___"
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"In excelsis ___"
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Mail-sorting ctr.
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Mail-sorting ctr.
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Genetic inits.
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Genetic inits.
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Mr. Hulot's player, in films
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Mr. Hulot's player, in films
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Galoot-like
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Galoot-like
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Street coat?
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Street coat?
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Mascot #3
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Name-callers, maybe
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Name-callers, maybe
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One of 12 tiles in mah-jongg
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One of 12 tiles in mah-jongg
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Existence, to Claudius
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Existence, to Claudius
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner
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First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for?
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First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for?
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It used to be pitched
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It used to be pitched
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Uffizi display
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Uffizi display
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Best of the best
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Best of the best
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Landlocked land
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Landlocked land
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Rising
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Rising
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Agog
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Agog
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Writer Carroll
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Writer Carroll
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Mascot #4
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Mascot #4
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Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park site
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Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park site
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End in the Bible?
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End in the Bible?
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Shell carrier
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Shell carrier
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CD burners
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CD burners
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Tagged
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Tagged
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Country singer Joe
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Country singer Joe
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QB's gains
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QB's gains
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Show appreciation
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Show appreciation
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Acquisitive sort
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Acquisitive sort
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Mideast org.
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Mideast org.
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Scrap
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Scrap
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Petach Tikva resident
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Petach Tikva resident
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Armory grp.
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Armory grp.
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Mascot #5
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1960's TV actress Stevens
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1960's TV actress Stevens
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Tries to trap something
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Tries to trap something
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One rolling with the Stones?
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One rolling with the Stones?
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Skilled
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Skilled
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"Smooth Operator" singer
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"Smooth Operator" singer
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Win by ___
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Win by ___
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Mooring spots
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Mooring spots
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Clipped
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Clipped
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List abbr.
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List abbr.
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Forlorn one
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Forlorn one
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Union general
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Union general
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Swindlers
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Swindlers
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Laser surgery targets
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Laser surgery targets
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In the center of
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In the center of
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Kind of ray
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Kind of ray
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Hardly one of hoi polloi
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Hardly one of hoi polloi
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"Hard ___!" (nautical order)
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"Hard ___!" (nautical order)
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Airhead
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Airhead
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Imprison
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Imprison
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Hotelier Helmsley
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Hotelier Helmsley
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Bandleader's start
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Bandleader's start
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Neat as a pin
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Neat as a pin
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Henhouse sounds
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Henhouse sounds
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Caen's river
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Caen's river
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Prevents
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Prevents
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Corked vessel
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Corked vessel
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Like George Washington's church
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Like George Washington's church
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Mascot #6
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Mascot #6
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Decorated, as leather
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Decorated, as leather
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Bad looks
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Bad looks
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Kitties
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Kitties
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No fan of Pizarro, certainly
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No fan of Pizarro, certainly
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Devices in electrical networks
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Devices in electrical networks
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Act the ogler
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Act the ogler
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Burn cause
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Burn cause
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Urgent transmission, for short
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Urgent transmission, for short
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Country star's sitcom
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Country star's sitcom
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Compos mentis
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Compos mentis
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Roulette bet
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Roulette bet
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2000 Olympics host
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2000 Olympics host
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Most up-to-date
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Most up-to-date
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Basso Pinza
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Basso Pinza
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Startled interjection
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Startled interjection
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"Sorry, Charlie!"
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"Sorry, Charlie!"
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Narc's haul
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Narc's haul
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Sweater style
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Sweater style
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A doofus might do it
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A doofus might do it
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It makes clothes close
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It makes clothes close
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Short order in a diner
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Short order in a diner
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Voice vote
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Voice vote
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Rod
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Rod
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Springs
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Springs
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Farm calls
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Farm calls
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Rear
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Rear
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Illogically, not the eighth mo.
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Illogically, not the eighth mo.
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Monstrous
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Monstrous
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Cement holder
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Cement holder
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Lodge letters
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Lodge letters
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Large fish, maybe, to a fisher
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Large fish, maybe, to a fisher
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Suffix with pay
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Suffix with pay
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River through Siberia
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River through Siberia
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Like many Ping-Pong balls, nowadays
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Like many Ping-Pong balls, nowadays
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Dentist's target
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Dentist's target
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Driver's lic. info
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Driver's lic. info
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Take it easy
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Take it easy
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Latin hymn "Dies ___"
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Mascot #7
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Mascot #7
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Squealer's spot
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Squealer's spot
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Match in chips
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Match in chips
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Rear
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Rear
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Left
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Left
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Fair and square
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Fair and square
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Metered praise
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Metered praise
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Inner tubes, topologically
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Inner tubes, topologically
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Store sign
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Store sign
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Avoids
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Avoids
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Prompt
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Prompt
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Having a goatee and beret, say
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Having a goatee and beret, say
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Digestive juice
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Digestive juice
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"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria
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"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria
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Shoe sales clerk's urging
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Shoe sales clerk's urging
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Ate
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Ate
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Sharply focused
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Sharply focused
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Made, as a case
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Made, as a case
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Stalagmite makeup
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Stalagmite makeup
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Volleyball putaways
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Volleyball putaways
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Rodeo ring?
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Rodeo ring?
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___ honorable (formal apology)
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___ honorable (formal apology)
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Drift off
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Drift off
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Prospector's find
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Prospector's find
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Scriptural interpretation
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Scriptural interpretation
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Fashionable bag
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Fashionable bag
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Muscat resident
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Muscat resident
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Taken back, as territory
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Taken back, as territory
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Gauzy material
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Gauzy material
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Wine region
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Wine region
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Milker's handhold
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Milker's handhold
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Rush!
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Rush!
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Prefix with mensch
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Hwy. sign no.
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Hwy. sign no.
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