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New York Times: Sunday, December 11, 2005
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 11, 2005 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ben Tausig
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Tailors anew
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Tailors anew
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Swami accessory
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Swami accessory
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Year "As You Like It" debuted
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Year "As You Like It" debuted
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Ticker tape letters?
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Ticker tape letters?
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Italian composer ___ de' Cavalieri
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Italian composer ___ de' Cavalieri
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Frozen potato producer
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Frozen potato producer
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Complete miss
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Complete miss
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Bulb-buyer's personal concern?
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Bulb-buyer's personal concern?
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Country founded by King Tomislav in A.D. 924
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Country founded by King Tomislav in A.D. 924
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Lawn game
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Lawn game
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Estab. with closed-circuit TV
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Estab. with closed-circuit TV
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Seconded
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Seconded
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Whence daybreak
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Growth rate?
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Growth rate?
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Mil. branch
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Mil. branch
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Having intervals
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Having intervals
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Way to go
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Way to go
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Lion's den?
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Lion's den?
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Left homes
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Left homes
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Fool's gold
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Fool's gold
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Dressing ingredient
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Dressing ingredient
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Enamelware
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Enamelware
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Drop
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Drop
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NASA craft
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NASA craft
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"Give ___ go!"
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"Give ___ go!"
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Dog-eared piece
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Dog-eared piece
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Manhattan component
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Manhattan component
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Brazilian hot spot
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Brazilian hot spot
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Split bit
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Split bit
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It's not clear
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It's not clear
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Underwear and socks inventory?
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Underwear and socks inventory?
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Kind of relationship
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Kind of relationship
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___-bodied
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___-bodied
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"Cribs" network
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"Cribs" network
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One with a pole position?
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One with a pole position?
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Rush
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Rush
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Get going
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Get going
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Sets
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Sets
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Thick fur
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Thick fur
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Emmy winner Falco
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Emmy winner Falco
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Tony Clifton, to comic Andy Kaufman
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Tony Clifton, to comic Andy Kaufman
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Endeavor
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Endeavor
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Grandes celebraciones
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Grandes celebraciones
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[Insert your least favorite politician's name here]?
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[Insert your least favorite politician's name here]?
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Historic 1972 hurricane
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Historic 1972 hurricane
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You can say that again
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You can say that again
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Rap's Dr. ___
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Rap's Dr. ___
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Police contest?
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Police contest?
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Actor Tamiroff
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Actor Tamiroff
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Produces
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Produces
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Late ___
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Late ___
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Turn off
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Turn off
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Knobthorns and wattle trees
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Knobthorns and wattle trees
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What a magazine subscriber may await?
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What a magazine subscriber may await?
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Rainy day resource
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Rainy day resource
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Joined the mob, maybe
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Trial balloon
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Trial balloon
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Summer quencher
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Summer quencher
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Lush
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Lush
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"Why is this night different Â…?" nights
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"Why is this night different Â…?" nights
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Young chickens
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Jainism, e.g.: Abbr.
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Title from which "admiral" is derived
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Poodle's handle
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"Mr. Belvedere" actress Graff
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"Mr. Belvedere" actress Graff
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New York county whose seat is Owego
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New York county whose seat is Owego
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Dancing style
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Dancing style
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Kids' stuff
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Kids' stuff
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They may be bookmarked
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They may be bookmarked
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Portuguese king
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Portuguese king
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Famous
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Famous
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Not permanent
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Not permanent
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Go on and on
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Go on and on
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Jobs output
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Jobs output
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Tells how to act
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Tells how to act
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Kind of hook
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Kind of hook
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Use, as plates
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Use, as plates
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Movie light
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Movie light
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Sylvan locale
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Sylvan locale
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___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" band)
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___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" band)
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Wallpaper design
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Wallpaper design
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Cousin of a raspberry
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Cousin of a raspberry
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Hard hats' lunch holders
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Hard hats' lunch holders
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Oscar nominee for "The Aviator," 2004
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Oscar nominee for "The Aviator," 2004
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Feed
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Feed
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Word with house or hand
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Word with house or hand
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On the quiet
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On the quiet
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Radioactivity pioneer
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Radioactivity pioneer
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Recess
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Recess
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Piccadilly Station sight
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Piccadilly Station sight
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El ___
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El ___
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Going on and on
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Going on and on
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One of TV's Bunkers
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One of TV's Bunkers
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Places for indoor plants
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Places for indoor plants
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Speechless
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Speechless
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___ sch.
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___ sch.
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Some injections
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Some injections
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Tribe related to the Missouria
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Tribe related to the Missouria
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Foot
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Foot
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Reed in music
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Reed in music
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Legal writ, for short
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Legal writ, for short
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Each citizen's right, in a democracy
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Each citizen's right, in a democracy
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___ of Skye
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___ of Skye
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Downed
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Downed
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N.L. pitcher Shawn
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N.L. pitcher Shawn
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Comic Mort
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Comic Mort
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Something of yours you can't see
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Something of yours you can't see
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Fugitive
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Fugitive
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Followers of wells?
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Followers of wells?
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Caterer's associate
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Caterer's associate
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BMW competitor
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BMW competitor
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Actor Burton
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Actor Burton
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Partner, maybe, in a French firm
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Partner, maybe, in a French firm
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Insinuate
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Insinuate
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One of the Ghostbusters
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One of the Ghostbusters
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Toss up
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Toss up
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Taste
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Taste
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"This should come ___ surprise"
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"This should come ___ surprise"
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Avatar of Vishnu
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Avatar of Vishnu
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Lose
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Lose
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Entertainment innovation of the 1920's
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Entertainment innovation of the 1920's
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Way, way back
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Way, way back
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Follow
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Follow
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Worst grade
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Worst grade
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Removers of locks
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Removers of locks
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Swahili sir
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Swahili sir
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Rainbowlike
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Rainbowlike
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Fluff, in a way
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Fluff, in a way
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Delicacy
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Delicacy
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Haunting
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Haunting
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Draw
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Draw
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Swab's sobriquet
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Swab's sobriquet
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State
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State
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Boys
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Boys
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Terra-cotta piece
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Terra-cotta piece
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Part of E.M.T.: Abbr.
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Part of E.M.T.: Abbr.
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P.D. rank
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P.D. rank
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Old-fashioned punishment
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Suffix with suburban
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TV drama sites, for short
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