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New York Times: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, April 23, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joe DiPietro
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Picks up
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Sea lettuce, e.g.
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Wide open
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Wide open
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15-Down rival, once
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Taxing time
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Taxing time
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Attends
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Attends
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They're towed away
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They're towed away
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See 98-Across
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See 98-Across
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Footwear eaten by an animal?
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Footwear eaten by an animal?
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Tumults
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Page
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Page
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Instant
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Instant
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General ___ chicken
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Old-time welcome
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Clue that helped convict a movie snack thief?
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Wretched
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Get all lovey-dovey
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Police car maneuver, slangily
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Police car maneuver, slangily
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Cell, e.g.
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Cell, e.g.
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Like the ans. to this clue
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One in a six-pack
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One in a six-pack
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N.Y.S.E. and Nasdaq, e.g.
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N.Y.S.E. and Nasdaq, e.g.
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Like some fishing hooks
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Like some fishing hooks
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Stubborn person getting on another's nerves?
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Black
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Black
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___ weight
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Built
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Built
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Weed
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Weed
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Went after
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Went after
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Shot up
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Shot up
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Rub the wrong way
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Rub the wrong way
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Home to some Mongolian nomads
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Thug whose books aren't selling?
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Thug whose books aren't selling?
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Dust Bowl refugee
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Mitsubishi competitor
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Mitsubishi competitor
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Vandals
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Vandals
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Famed Georgia football coach Vince
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Famed Georgia football coach Vince
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Sparkle
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Sparkle
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Tuna salad ingredient
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River isles
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Thick
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Thick
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Nicholson negotiating with Stiller and Affleck?
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Nicholson negotiating with Stiller and Affleck?
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Less than explanatory parental explanation
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Less than explanatory parental explanation
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Bowls over
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Bowls over
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H.S. class
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H.S. class
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Call from a meadow
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Cousin of a cobra
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It must be in the genes
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It must be in the genes
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B. A. Baracas portrayer on TV
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Starting to get blue?
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Supreme rulers blow up a major hardware store?
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Supreme rulers blow up a major hardware store?
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With 22-Across, movie hero of 1977
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Hot
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Hot
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Mortar mixer
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Mortar mixer
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Acute
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Acute
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Twin sister of Ares
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Cousins of a disheveled wading bird?
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Going ___
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Going ___
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Spots on a graph
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One of the Waughs
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Priest's urging
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Priest's urging
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"Only Time" singer
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"Only Time" singer
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Annual parade honoree, for short
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Point
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Point
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Sound at the front of East Hampton
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Buddy of the Clintons, e.g.
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Apple had one in 1980: Abbr.
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Funky do
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Called
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Called
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Due for a drop-off?
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Due for a drop-off?
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"Like that matters"
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"Like that matters"
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Actor Cariou
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Bugs
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Bugs
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Leftovers at a barbecue
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Hedge fund whiz, for short
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"Whaddaya know"
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"Whaddaya know"
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What two palms up may indicate
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What two palms up may indicate
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Hoop star's entourage
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Hoop star's entourage
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Prevent
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Prevent
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Traditional Olympics powerhouse
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Traditional Olympics powerhouse
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Sugary quaff
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Sugary quaff
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Eastern European
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Eastern European
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Like some provocatively colored lips
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Like some provocatively colored lips
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Pencil holder
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Pencil holder
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System start-up?
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System start-up?
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William Styron title heroine
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William Styron title heroine
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Kind of support
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Kind of support
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"This should get you started Â…"
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"This should get you started Â…"
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Unelite, in London
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Unelite, in London
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Eccentric
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Eccentric
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Singer/radio host John
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Singer/radio host John
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"___ Lap" (1983 film)
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"___ Lap" (1983 film)
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Did nothing
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Did nothing
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They don't provide outlets
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They don't provide outlets
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Stuck
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Stuck
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Be acquainted with Vanna?
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Be acquainted with Vanna?
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Diplomat Boutros Boutros-___
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Diplomat Boutros Boutros-___
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Tear-jerkers often have one
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Tear-jerkers often have one
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Try
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Try
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Biblical shepherd
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Biblical shepherd
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Shepherd's concern
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Shepherd's concern
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Radiates
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Radiates
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It has six holes
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It has six holes
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Peter and the Wolf's "duck"
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Peter and the Wolf's "duck"
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Like some sums
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Like some sums
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Horse sound
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Horse sound
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Long walk
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Long walk
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Andrea Doria's domain
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Andrea Doria's domain
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Wash out
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Wash out
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Write (for)
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Write (for)
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Columnist Mike
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Columnist Mike
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___ Chris Steak House (restaurant chain)
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___ Chris Steak House (restaurant chain)
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Saturn and Mercury, for two
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Saturn and Mercury, for two
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House keepers
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House keepers
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Negative campaign feature
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Negative campaign feature
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Water, perhaps
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Water, perhaps
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Be in harmony
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Billionth: Prefix
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Billionth: Prefix
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Intruder's deterrent, maybe
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Intruder's deterrent, maybe
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Chaps
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Chaps
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Starr of song
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Starr of song
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"Count me in"
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"Count me in"
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Arid
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Arid
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Extra
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Extra
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Dusty floor cleaner
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Dusty floor cleaner
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Breakfast cereal
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Breakfast cereal
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Ungodlike
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Ungodlike
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Must pay
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Must pay
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Station house figures
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Station house figures
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Jump for joy
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Ship over there?
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Ship over there?
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Show agreement with
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Pint-sized, downsized
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Pint-sized, downsized
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Irish ___
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Irish ___
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Elhi org.
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Elhi org.
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Mil. transport
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Mil. transport
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Knockout of knockouts
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Knockout of knockouts
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___-Tiki
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___-Tiki
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Beethoven's "Minuet ___"
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Once
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