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New York Times: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 29, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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Modern wall hanging
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Modern wall hanging
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Military letters
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Kind of case in grammar: Abbr.
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Kind of case in grammar: Abbr.
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Fruit of a flower
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Fruit of a flower
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Place
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Place
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Water carrier
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Water carrier
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Shetland turndown
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Shetland turndown
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Nail polish remover
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Nail polish remover
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Cheery fellow in the neighborhood?
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Cheery fellow in the neighborhood?
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One for the books
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One for the books
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"You got that right!"
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"You got that right!"
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Slowly ascended
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Slowly ascended
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Class clown, e.g.
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Class clown, e.g.
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More furtive
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Actress Kelly
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Actress Kelly
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Empties (of)
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Empties (of)
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Bit of tax planning, for short
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Bit of tax planning, for short
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Excellent portrayal of a Gary Cooper role?
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Excellent portrayal of a Gary Cooper role?
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Hitch
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Hitch
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Brainy
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Brainy
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Work periods
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Work periods
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Fireplace
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Fireplace
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Social breakdown
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Social breakdown
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Turkish title
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Turkish title
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Answer men
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Answer men
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"Let me repeat Â…"
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"Let me repeat Â…"
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Tattoo an anonymous source?
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Tattoo an anonymous source?
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Dried coconut meat
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Dried coconut meat
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Charlotte ___
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Charlotte ___
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"Holy mackerel!"
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"Holy mackerel!"
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Night spot
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Night spot
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Clears
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Clears
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Something to "call me" per an old song Â… or a hint to this puzzle's theme
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Something to "call me" per an old song Â… or a hint to this puzzle's theme
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Tin Man's malady
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Tin Man's malady
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Let up
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Let up
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Turn red or yellow, say
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Turn red or yellow, say
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Impermissible
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Impermissible
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Flat storage site
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Flat storage site
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"The A-Team" actor on the cover of GQ?
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"The A-Team" actor on the cover of GQ?
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Lines on a staff
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Lines on a staff
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Presenter of a likeness?
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Presenter of a likeness?
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Start of a Latin conjugation
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Start of a Latin conjugation
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Minnesota college
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Minnesota college
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Match
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Match
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"Enough!"
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"Enough!"
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Gemstone quality
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Gemstone quality
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Running in circles?
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Running in circles?
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Father's song about a 79-Down character?
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Father's song about a 79-Down character?
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Bard's "before"
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Bard's "before"
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Pull (in)
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Pull (in)
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"It's Too Late Now" autobiographer
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"It's Too Late Now" autobiographer
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All in ___ work
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All in ___ work
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Mountain climber, e.g.
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Mountain climber, e.g.
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Saint whose feast day is December 25
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Saint whose feast day is December 25
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1969 hit by the Who
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1969 hit by the Who
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Nuts
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Nuts
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Get a bald advertising icon out of the slammer?
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Get a bald advertising icon out of the slammer?
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In pieces
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In pieces
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Father figures
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Father figures
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Cover girl Heidi
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Cover girl Heidi
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Razor name
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AOL alternative
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AOL alternative
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Sheffield-to-London dir.
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Big name in games
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Outdoor wedding rental
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Returnees from Mecca
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Returnees from Mecca
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Not laugh-out-loud funny, perhaps
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Place for a programme
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Place for a programme
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Dance in France
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Dance in France
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"This is right ___ alley"
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"This is right ___ alley"
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Mediterranean isl.
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Mediterranean isl.
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Keep from overheating, in a way
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Keep from overheating, in a way
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Rococo
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Rococo
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Recipe amount
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Recipe amount
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Starr of the N.F.L.
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Starr of the N.F.L.
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Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring"
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Bach's "___, Joy of Man's Desiring"
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Campus figs.
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Campus figs.
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Candles in a menorah, e.g.
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Candles in a menorah, e.g.
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They may go under the arms
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They may go under the arms
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Response to a backstabber
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Response to a backstabber
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Putting up a guy in the bath?
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Putting up a guy in the bath?
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Among other things
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Among other things
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Aristocracies
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Aristocracies
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"Babi ___" (Yevtushenko poem)
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"Babi ___" (Yevtushenko poem)
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They may make you sick
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They may make you sick
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Kind of income
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Kind of income
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Extinct flightless bird
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Extinct flightless bird
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Security needs
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Security needs
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Test before further studies, for short
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Test before further studies, for short
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Geom. line
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Geom. line
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Many a NASA employee: Abbr.
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Many a NASA employee: Abbr.
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Showy bloom
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Showy bloom
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Stone heap
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Stone heap
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Come after
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Come after
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Honored a monocled man at the Friars Club?
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Honored a monocled man at the Friars Club?
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Diplomats
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Diplomats
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Wait
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Wait
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Game player's gleeful cry
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Game player's gleeful cry
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View by computed tomography
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View by computed tomography
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Noted polar explorer
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Noted polar explorer
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Charles, for one
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Charles, for one
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Natural bristles
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Natural bristles
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Wyo. neighbor
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Wyo. neighbor
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John on a farm
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John on a farm
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Angled
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Angled
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Attention-getting cry
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Attention-getting cry
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Open ___
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Open ___
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Typing test stat.
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Typing test stat.
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Election closer?
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Election closer?
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RC's, e.g.
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RC's, e.g.
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Fashion plates, in British lingo
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Fashion plates, in British lingo
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Low part of a high top
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Low part of a high top
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Place for a béret
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Place for a béret
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Havana's home
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Havana's home
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Column material
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Column material
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"Typee" sequel
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"Typee" sequel
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Idiotic
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Idiotic
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Pitcher
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Pitcher
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See 87-Across: Abbr.
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See 87-Across: Abbr.
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Turn red or yellow, say
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Turn red or yellow, say
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Dunk
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Dunk
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Singer Lopez
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Singer Lopez
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Achieve through trickery
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Achieve through trickery
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___ St.-Louis, Paris
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___ St.-Louis, Paris
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Mabel who sang "Fly Me to the Moon"
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Mabel who sang "Fly Me to the Moon"
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Lighthouse signals
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Lighthouse signals
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Aptly named author Charles
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Aptly named author Charles
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Film buff's channel
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Film buff's channel
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Key of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1
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Key of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 1
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Mountain ridge
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Mountain ridge
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Pine
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Pine
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Overseas assembly
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Overseas assembly
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Mozart's ___ Symphony (No. 36)
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Mozart's ___ Symphony (No. 36)
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Mail letters
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Mail letters
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College application nos.
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"Joy of Cooking" author Rombauer
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"Joy of Cooking" author Rombauer
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Sign of success
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Sign of success
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Kisser
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Kisser
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