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New York Times: Sunday, May 21, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 21, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ashish Vengsarkar
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Codger
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Codger
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Mischief maker of myth
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1945 news, in headlines
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1945 news, in headlines
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"Amerika" author
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"Amerika" author
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Part of the Dept. of Labor
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Part of the Dept. of Labor
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Option for heads
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Option for heads
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Indian queen
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Indian queen
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It begins "Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son "
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It begins "Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son "
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Seasonal salutation
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Seasonal salutation
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"Jeopardy!" phrase
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"Jeopardy!" phrase
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Start of quote
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Start of quote
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Column of boxes on a questionnaire
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Column of boxes on a questionnaire
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Failing grades
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Failing grades
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Shipboard cries
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Shipboard cries
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Nursery cry
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Nursery cry
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Column of boxes on a questionnaire
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Column of boxes on a questionnaire
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Of a heart chamber
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Of a heart chamber
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New at the beach, maybe
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Part 2 of quote
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Part 2 of quote
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Very wide spec.
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Command to a dog
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Command to a dog
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-like
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-like
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Geometry figure?
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Geometry figure?
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Of a certain hydrocarbon group
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Of a certain hydrocarbon group
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Crew alternative
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Crew alternative
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Bombay-born dancer Juliet
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Bombay-born dancer Juliet
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Lao-tzu follower
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Lao-tzu follower
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"The Return of the Jedi" girl
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"The Return of the Jedi" girl
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Latin 101 verb
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Latin 101 verb
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Montgomery of jazz
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Montgomery of jazz
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Part 3 of quote
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Originally
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Originally
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Carry
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Carry
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Drug drop, maybe
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Drug drop, maybe
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Goolagong of tennis
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Goolagong of tennis
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Sight for sore eyes?
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Sight for sore eyes?
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Capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
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Capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
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Trials
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Trials
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Like some cats
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Like some cats
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___ minimum
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___ minimum
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Langston Hughes poem
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Langston Hughes poem
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___ the finish
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___ the finish
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Part 4 of quote
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Zero
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Zero
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Shark, e.g.
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Shark, e.g.
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Postpaid encl.
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Postpaid encl.
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Suffix with lact-
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Suffix with lact-
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Cup holder
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Cup holder
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Alternative to gov or edu
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Alternative to gov or edu
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Related maternally
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Related maternally
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End of quote
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Time to grow rice
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Time to grow rice
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Pictorial
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Pictorial
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Kind of acid
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Kind of acid
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Dock site
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Dock site
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Tongue site
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Tongue site
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Slick
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Slick
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Actress Graff
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Actress Graff
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Goes a mile a minute
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Goes a mile a minute
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Cache contents
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Cache contents
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Fill
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Fill
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Shipping option, for short
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Words on a medicine bottle
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Opposite of hog
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Opposite of hog
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Closet contents of a 21-Across
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Closet contents of a 21-Across
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Trysts
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Trysts
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Admits, with "up"
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Admits, with "up"
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Acquaintances
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Acquaintances
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Very impressed
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Very impressed
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Ray, Klee and Millais
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Ray, Klee and Millais
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Thai money
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Thai money
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"That's ___ haven't heard!"
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"That's ___ haven't heard!"
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Willfully tightening the screws, say
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Willfully tightening the screws, say
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Calcutta native
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Calcutta native
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Wellington natives
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Wellington natives
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Architect William van ___
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Architect William van ___
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Computer protection
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Computer protection
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Chiang ___-shek
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Chiang ___-shek
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Pop-ups, e.g.
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Pop-ups, e.g.
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Pad user
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Pad user
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Slippery
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Slippery
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Miles away
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Miles away
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Jai ___
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Jai ___
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Drove
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Drove
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1999 Ron Howard comedy
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1999 Ron Howard comedy
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Nine inches
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Nine inches
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Robert, for one
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Robert, for one
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Police dept. employee
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Police dept. employee
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Guru habitat
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Guru habitat
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Purple shade
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Purple shade
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Colorful wrap
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Colorful wrap
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Fictional donkey
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Fictional donkey
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Oliver's love in "As You Like It"
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Oliver's love in "As You Like It"
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"___ the Needle" (1981 movie)
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"___ the Needle" (1981 movie)
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Like some acoustic music
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Like some acoustic music
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Composer Mahler
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Composer Mahler
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Stationery brand
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Stationery brand
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Something to pop
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Something to pop
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Nobel-winning economist Lawrence
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Nobel-winning economist Lawrence
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Medical suffix
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Medical suffix
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Rodney Dangerfield's "I don't get no respect," e.g.
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Rodney Dangerfield's "I don't get no respect," e.g.
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Like the arrangement of gems in some bracelets
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Like the arrangement of gems in some bracelets
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"The Shelters of Stone" heroine
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"The Shelters of Stone" heroine
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A Ryder
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A Ryder
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The Supreme Court, e.g.
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The Supreme Court, e.g.
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View for Shakespeare?
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View for Shakespeare?
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Eur. land
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Eur. land
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Undo
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Undo
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One of the Gandhis
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One of the Gandhis
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"Holy cow!"
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"Holy cow!"
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Grabber's cry
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Grabber's cry
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People: Prefix
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People: Prefix
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Cig. purchases
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Cig. purchases
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Film character who says "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'"
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Film character who says "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'"
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Fifth-century year
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Fifth-century year
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2003 A.L. M.V.P., to fans
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2003 A.L. M.V.P., to fans
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Go-getter
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Go-getter
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1977 double-platinum Steely Dan album
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1977 double-platinum Steely Dan album
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Checks out
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Checks out
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Exclamation at the end of a trip
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Exclamation at the end of a trip
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Résumé parts
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Résumé parts
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___ Mix
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___ Mix
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Actress Zellweger
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Actress Zellweger
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Utah's ___ Canyon
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Utah's ___ Canyon
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Literary inits.
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Literary inits.
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Bright circle?
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Bright circle?
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Bushes rarely seen nowadays
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Bushes rarely seen nowadays
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Leg part
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Leg part
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Glorify
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Glorify
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"Come ___!"
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"Come ___!"
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Fall off
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Fall off
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Madonna's "La ___ Bonita"
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Madonna's "La ___ Bonita"
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No bystander
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No bystander
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Physicist with an element named after him
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Physicist with an element named after him
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___ Penh
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___ Penh
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Diamond stat.
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Diamond stat.
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MSN competitor
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MSN competitor
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Burn cause
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Burn cause
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