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New York Times: Sunday, July 23, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, July 23, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Fred Piscop
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Corp. honcho
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Some Filipinos
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Some Filipinos
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Starter's need
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Starter's need
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TV alien
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TV alien
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Storyteller of Samos
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Storyteller of Samos
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Virtuous sort
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Virtuous sort
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Duration of many a TV show
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Duration of many a TV show
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Wine that causes incoherent talk?
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Wine that causes incoherent talk?
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Vietnamese city painted in soothing colors?
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Vietnamese city painted in soothing colors?
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Pseudopod formers
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Pseudopod formers
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Capital on the Mississippi
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Capital on the Mississippi
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"Missed it!"
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"Missed it!"
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Literary governess
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Literary governess
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Girl's name that's a Texas county seat
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Girl's name that's a Texas county seat
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Second word of many limericks
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Second word of many limericks
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What a dummy!
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What a dummy!
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French priest born in early July?
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French priest born in early July?
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Worry, it's said
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Worry, it's said
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Calif. hub
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Calif. hub
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Not quite right?
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Not quite right?
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Mint hardware
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Mint hardware
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Fillet
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Fillet
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Poppy derivative
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Poppy derivative
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W.W. II-era enlistee
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W.W. II-era enlistee
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They're trident-shaped
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They're trident-shaped
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Dries, in a way
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Dries, in a way
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Popular British society magazine
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Popular British society magazine
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Steamed
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Steamed
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Authorize
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Authorize
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Life of ___
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Life of ___
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Monologist of note
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Monologist of note
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Start of Montana's motto
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Start of Montana's motto
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Source of iron
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Source of iron
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Defeats regularly, in sports lingo
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Defeats regularly, in sports lingo
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Cracker spread that's a little sparse on top?
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Cracker spread that's a little sparse on top?
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Shook down
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Shook down
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Game with matchsticks
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Game with matchsticks
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Yearbook sect.
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Yearbook sect.
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Brownie, e.g.
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Brownie, e.g.
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___' Pea
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___' Pea
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Dasher, to Dancer
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Dasher, to Dancer
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Gave in
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Gave in
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Haberdashery item
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Haberdashery item
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Put out
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Put out
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It melts in your mouth
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It melts in your mouth
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Journal add-on?
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Journal add-on?
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Attire
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Attire
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Bungled, with "up"
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Bungled, with "up"
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Common order, with "the"
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Common order, with "the"
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Bit of sports news
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Bit of sports news
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Foreign exchange option
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Foreign exchange option
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Kind of engr.
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Kind of engr.
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Discontinued investigative series?
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Discontinued investigative series?
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Chanson de ___
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Chanson de ___
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Some choristers
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Some choristers
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Spot in a Manilow tune
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Spot in a Manilow tune
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Ad headline
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Ad headline
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Centers of squares, maybe
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Centers of squares, maybe
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Brute
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Brute
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Deli offering
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Deli offering
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Expert in ornamental fabrics?
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Expert in ornamental fabrics?
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Rate at which a personnel manager works?
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Rate at which a personnel manager works?
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Orchard starter
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Orchard starter
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Cream
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Cream
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"Not my problem!"
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"Not my problem!"
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1940's first lady
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1940's first lady
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Rehabilitated, in a way
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Rehabilitated, in a way
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Boxer-turned-actor
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Boxer-turned-actor
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Ring
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Ring
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Jumper, briefly
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Jumper, briefly
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Enlarge, in a way
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Enlarge, in a way
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Salinger dedicatee
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Salinger dedicatee
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Lamenting one
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Lamenting one
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Common Internet letters
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Bireme gear
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Bireme gear
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Sidesplitter
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Sidesplitter
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With no guarantees
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With no guarantees
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Was of use to
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Was of use to
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Make it big
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Make it big
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___ corda (music marking)
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___ corda (music marking)
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Trojan War sage
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Trojan War sage
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Like pure gold
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Like pure gold
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Dept. of Labor div.
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Dept. of Labor div.
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Romp
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Romp
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Place for a pad
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Place for a pad
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After-school arrangements
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After-school arrangements
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Punished, in a way, in the Bible
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Punished, in a way, in the Bible
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Fair-hiring org.
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Fair-hiring org.
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U.S. ally since '48
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U.S. ally since '48
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Green
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Green
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Old five-franc coin
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Old five-franc coin
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Place on the schedule
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Place on the schedule
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Auto parts giant
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Auto parts giant
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Trick shot that knocks the balls off a French pool table?
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Trick shot that knocks the balls off a French pool table?
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Freely
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Freely
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Drew nigh
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Drew nigh
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Old "public diplomacy" org.
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Old "public diplomacy" org.
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Enthusiastic cheering section at a bullfight?
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Enthusiastic cheering section at a bullfight?
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Unbroken
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Unbroken
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Just back from vacation, say
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Just back from vacation, say
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They do the thinking
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They do the thinking
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River whose delta is Cape Tortosa
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River whose delta is Cape Tortosa
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[sigh]
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[sigh]
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"Please?"
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"Please?"
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St. Andrews golf club member
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St. Andrews golf club member
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Pacific kingdom
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Pacific kingdom
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Like a cardinal
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Like a cardinal
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Promptly
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Promptly
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Peace Nobelist called a "messenger to mankind"
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Peace Nobelist called a "messenger to mankind"
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Concerning
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Concerning
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"Had enough?"
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"Had enough?"
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Lively tempo
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Lively tempo
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Catkin bearers
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Catkin bearers
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Kind of blast
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Kind of blast
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J. M. Barrie pirate
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J. M. Barrie pirate
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Flute, e.g.
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Flute, e.g.
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Sweet after-dinner drinks
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Sweet after-dinner drinks
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Additionally
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Additionally
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"You've got to be kidding!"
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"You've got to be kidding!"
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Lend support to
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Lend support to
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___ Coty, predecessor of Charles de Gaulle
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___ Coty, predecessor of Charles de Gaulle
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Simple, pretty songs
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Simple, pretty songs
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Grandparents, often
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Grandparents, often
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No longer good
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No longer good
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He hoped to succeed H.S.T.
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He hoped to succeed H.S.T.
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Authorized to travel
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Authorized to travel
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Actress Anderson
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Actress Anderson
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Fishing gear with fine mesh wire
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Fishing gear with fine mesh wire
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Garage job
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Garage job
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Enzyme suffix
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Enzyme suffix
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Simple headstone
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Simple headstone
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Put on record, but not actually on a record
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Put on record, but not actually on a record
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Intensifies, with "up"
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Intensifies, with "up"
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Clarifying phrase
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Clarifying phrase
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Rink leap
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Rink leap
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Sleek, for short
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Sleek, for short
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Jazzman Saunders
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Jazzman Saunders
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Tranquil scene
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Tranquil scene
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Suffix with front
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Suffix with front
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Apology starter
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