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New York Times: Sunday, September 24, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 24, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mark Diehl,
Kevin McCann
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With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across
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Kind of race
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Kind of race
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"Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright
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"Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright
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Modern home of the 10-Down
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Modern home of the 10-Down
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Product sold with a bag
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Product sold with a bag
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"Hop ___!"
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"Hop ___!"
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Tyros
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Tyros
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Bill Clinton memoir
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Bill Clinton memoir
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Nasty sort
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Nasty sort
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Effecting a release
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Effecting a release
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Blue
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Blue
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Start of a quip from Court and Society Review, 1887
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Start of a quip from Court and Society Review, 1887
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V.I.P.
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V.I.P.
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Literature Nobelist Morrison
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Literature Nobelist Morrison
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What "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" may or may not be about
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What "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" may or may not be about
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Quip, part 2
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Quip, part 2
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Edit
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Edit
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"An Affair to Remember" star, 1957
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"An Affair to Remember" star, 1957
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Berlioz's "Les nuits d'___"
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Berlioz's "Les nuits d'___"
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Man of mystery
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Man of mystery
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Layered
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Layered
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Project completion?
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Project completion?
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King Minos, for one
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King Minos, for one
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Site for Franklin Roosevelt
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Site for Franklin Roosevelt
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Matter of debate
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Matter of debate
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Pageant prize
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Pageant prize
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Quip, part 3
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Quip, part 3
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"It's about time!"
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"It's about time!"
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Lucre
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Lucre
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Energizer or Duracell option
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Energizer or Duracell option
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Low-value wad
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Low-value wad
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Quip, part 4
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"The Thief of Bagdad" actor, 1940
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"The Thief of Bagdad" actor, 1940
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Ramallah grp.
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Ramallah grp.
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Mystique
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Mystique
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W.W. II wolf pack
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W.W. II wolf pack
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Quip, part 5
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Quip, part 5
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"Rubber Duckie" singer of children's TV
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"Rubber Duckie" singer of children's TV
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See 112-Down
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See 112-Down
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Winter pear
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Winter pear
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Brynhild's beloved
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Brynhild's beloved
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Granting grp.
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Granting grp.
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It can be found in a tree
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It can be found in a tree
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Cry with eyes lit up
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Cry with eyes lit up
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4 x 4
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4 x 4
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Cold war winner
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Cold war winner
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Huge, to Hugo
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Huge, to Hugo
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Quip, part 6
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Quip, part 6
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Lao-___
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Lao-___
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Dutch export
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Dutch export
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DÃa's opposite
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DÃa's opposite
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End of the quip
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End of the quip
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Try to win, in a way
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Try to win, in a way
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Like a Swiss Army knife
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Like a Swiss Army knife
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One of a sailing trio
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One of a sailing trio
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Time competitor, informally
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Time competitor, informally
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Used a crowbar on, maybe
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Used a crowbar on, maybe
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Election day: Abbr.
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Election day: Abbr.
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Fish that may someday spawn
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Fish that may someday spawn
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Call after a hammer is hit
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Call after a hammer is hit
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Agrippina's slayer
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Agrippina's slayer
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Prize since 1949
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Prize since 1949
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See 1-Across
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Down
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___ law
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___ law
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Nutritious bean
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Breakfast in a box
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Flying start?
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Common ink purchase
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Common ink purchase
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Tittle
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Tittle
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It's read word for word
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It's read word for word
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Fun house item
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Fun house item
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"Revolution From Within" author
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"Revolution From Within" author
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Old inhabitant of 14-Across
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Old inhabitant of 14-Across
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With every hair in place
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With every hair in place
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Ones dressed in black
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Ones dressed in black
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F.D.A.-banned supplement
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F.D.A.-banned supplement
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Match player?
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Match player?
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Dramatic rebuke
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Dramatic rebuke
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Scout leader?
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Scout leader?
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S O S responder: Abbr.
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S O S responder: Abbr.
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Satisfied subscriber, apparently
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Satisfied subscriber, apparently
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Part of a manger scene
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Part of a manger scene
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Stem
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Stem
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Poet with the longtime NPR program "A Word in Your Ear"
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Poet with the longtime NPR program "A Word in Your Ear"
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Pencil holder, sometimes
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Pencil holder, sometimes
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Muscular watchdog
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Muscular watchdog
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Sparked anew
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Sparked anew
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"But on the other hand Â…"
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"But on the other hand Â…"
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Early sixth-century year
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Early sixth-century year
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Put out
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Put out
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Stain
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Stain
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Actor Williams of "Happy Days"
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Actor Williams of "Happy Days"
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Revolution, for one
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Revolution, for one
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Hammock supports
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Hammock supports
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Sic on
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Sic on
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Bills, e.g.
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Bills, e.g.
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Exactly, after "to"
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Exactly, after "to"
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Court plea, briefly
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Court plea, briefly
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Anne of comedy
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Anne of comedy
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Bygone Crayola color
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Bygone Crayola color
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Black piano key
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Black piano key
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Pearl City setting
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Pearl City setting
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Imbibe
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Imbibe
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Brigham Young University site
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Brigham Young University site
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"Let's ___ There" (1980's NBC slogan)
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"Let's ___ There" (1980's NBC slogan)
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Dim responses
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Dim responses
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"Â… ___ saw Elba"
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"Â… ___ saw Elba"
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Retired
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Retired
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Tired
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Tired
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Mark Twain/Bret Harte play
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Mark Twain/Bret Harte play
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Game of chance
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Game of chance
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"Black Beauty" author
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"Black Beauty" author
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Link with
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Link with
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___ Tranquillity
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___ Tranquillity
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Offer that seems too good to be true, probably
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Birthright seller
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Birthright seller
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Lug
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Lug
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Floor (it)
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Floor (it)
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Knoxville sch.
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Knoxville sch.
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Get back on track
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Get back on track
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Begin something, in slang
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Begin something, in slang
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Just firm enough
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Just firm enough
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Lofty degree
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Lofty degree
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It's a test
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It's a test
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Element that quickly oxidizes in air
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Element that quickly oxidizes in air
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Artist with the 2002 #1 hit "Lose Yourself"
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Artist with the 2002 #1 hit "Lose Yourself"
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Winter fishing tool
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Winter fishing tool
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Not attack head-on
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Not attack head-on
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Family viewing mark
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Family viewing mark
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"My ___!"
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"My ___!"
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March slogan word
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March slogan word
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Dawning response
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Dawning response
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"Way cool!"
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"Way cool!"
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Strange: Prefix
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Strange: Prefix
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With 84-Across, very simple
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With 84-Across, very simple
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Had to settle
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Had to settle
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Bone head?
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Bone head?
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Application form abbr.
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