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New York Times: Sunday, December 17, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 17, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joe DiPietro
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Sharp cheese quality
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Sharp cheese quality
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Center of emotions
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Center of emotions
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Mountain top?
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Mountain top?
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___ Club of old TV
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___ Club of old TV
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Big record co.
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Big record co.
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Many, many
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Many, many
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This puzzle's northern border?
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This puzzle's northern border?
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Be in a hole
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Be in a hole
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Access code?
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Access code?
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Stockpiles
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Stockpiles
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Fired up
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Fired up
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Scruffs
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Scruffs
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Its clue reads "Unstable subatomic particle"
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Its clue reads "Unstable subatomic particle"
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Treater's words
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Key-signature preceder
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Key-signature preceder
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Family subdivisions
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Family subdivisions
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Opposite of post-
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Opposite of post-
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Drying chamber
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Drying chamber
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With 33-Down, quickly
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With 33-Down, quickly
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More than devotion
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More than devotion
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Sine ___ non
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Sine ___ non
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Gary ___, Pultizer-winning Beat poet
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Gary ___, Pultizer-winning Beat poet
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Kind
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Kind
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Plays
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Plays
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Abrasive stuff
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Abrasive stuff
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Spot for slop
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Spot for slop
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Prevent from escaping
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Prevent from escaping
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Breaches of faith
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Breaches of faith
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With 97-Across, bearer of edible triangular nuts
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With 97-Across, bearer of edible triangular nuts
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Land with monsoons
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Land with monsoons
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Not monaurally
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Not monaurally
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Meat, in Madrid
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Meat, in Madrid
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Count with many titles
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Count with many titles
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More faithful
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More faithful
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Congresswoman Abzug and others
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Congresswoman Abzug and others
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Vulnerable point
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Vulnerable point
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"Awww"-inspiring
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"Awww"-inspiring
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It may be indicated by a stroke
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It may be indicated by a stroke
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Hot
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Hot
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An Untouchable
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An Untouchable
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Mosaic flooring
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Mosaic flooring
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Restaurateur Toots
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Restaurateur Toots
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Newport Beach sight
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Newport Beach sight
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Where a bell ringer may stand
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Where a bell ringer may stand
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Ibsen play
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Ibsen play
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Like some carol apparel
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Like some carol apparel
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Within reach
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Within reach
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Receiver's counterpart
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Receiver's counterpart
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Gave birth to
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Gave birth to
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Drops
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Drops
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Fourth of 12: Abbr.
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Fourth of 12: Abbr.
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Eye openers?
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Eye openers?
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Clark of country music
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Clark of country music
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See 51-Across
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See 51-Across
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Provided, as a line
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Provided, as a line
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___ haddie (smoked fish)
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___ haddie (smoked fish)
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Run for dear life?
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Run for dear life?
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Cold war draft
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Cold war draft
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Williams's "Popeye" co-star
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Williams's "Popeye" co-star
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Attacked in a rage
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Attacked in a rage
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Unpaired
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Unpaired
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Missed a golden opportunity
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Missed a golden opportunity
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Disagrees
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Disagrees
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In shape
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In shape
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This puzzle's southern border?
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This puzzle's southern border?
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Antarctica's ___ Coast
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Antarctica's ___ Coast
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French pronoun
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French pronoun
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"___ bad!"
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"___ bad!"
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Hot
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Hot
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Water falls?
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Water falls?
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"___ a chance"
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"___ a chance"
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It may glow in the dark
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It may glow in the dark
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Crater creators, e.g.
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Crater creators, e.g.
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Makeshift Frisbee
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Makeshift Frisbee
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One taking a big bow
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One taking a big bow
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Suffix with Capri
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Suffix with Capri
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Message in a bottle, maybe
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Message in a bottle, maybe
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Already chosen for play, say
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Already chosen for play, say
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Mass x velocity measurements
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Mass x velocity measurements
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Sound in the middle of Italy
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Sound in the middle of Italy
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Unstable subatomic particle
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Unstable subatomic particle
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Minute opening?
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Minute opening?
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Beetle, e.g.
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Beetle, e.g.
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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss
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Hall-of-Fame pitcher Joss
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Onetime
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Onetime
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Spots for some shirts
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Spots for some shirts
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Matching pair
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Matching pair
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"Here, maybe I can do it"
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"Here, maybe I can do it"
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They're often dinged
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They're often dinged
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Once called
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Once called
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Suffix with direct
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RCA competitor
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RCA competitor
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See 37-Across
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See 37-Across
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Big name in sneakers
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Big name in sneakers
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Like baba
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Like baba
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Bay windows
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Bay windows
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Ancient Roman financial officer: Var.
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Ancient Roman financial officer: Var.
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Targeted, as with a mailing
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Targeted, as with a mailing
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Boom
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Boom
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Firms: Abbr.
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Firms: Abbr.
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"Sic et Non" author
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"Sic et Non" author
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Discuss business at a social occasion
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Discuss business at a social occasion
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Mansion staff
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Mansion staff
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Bay
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Bay
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Hater
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Hater
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Rustic
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Rustic
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Often-smoked fish
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Often-smoked fish
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Metallurgists' supplies
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Metallurgists' supplies
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Explorer at Labrador in 1497
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Explorer at Labrador in 1497
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French conductor Leibowitz
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French conductor Leibowitz
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Red or Card
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Red or Card
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Satellite of 1962
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Satellite of 1962
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Approval on "The Little Rascals"
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Approval on "The Little Rascals"
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Strong women
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Strong women
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Licentious man
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Licentious man
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Blood carriers
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Blood carriers
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Has trouble swallowing
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Has trouble swallowing
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Place of chaos
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Place of chaos
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Cow annoyers
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Cow annoyers
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Org. in TV's "Nash Bridges"
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Org. in TV's "Nash Bridges"
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Adds as a bonus
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Adds as a bonus
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State capital on the Tietê River
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State capital on the Tietê River
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Started to melt
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Started to melt
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Home of many talk shows
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Opposite of dominate
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Supplier of candy and toys for kids
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Supplier of candy and toys for kids
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"Shane" actor
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"Shane" actor
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Lion, at times
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Lion, at times
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It's used to check septic systems
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It's used to check septic systems
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Asian observance
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Asian observance
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Shareholder's income: Abbr.
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Shareholder's income: Abbr.
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Steakhouse selection
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Steakhouse selection
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Cot alternative
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Cot alternative
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Guitar great ___ Paul
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They were once cloned
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They were once cloned
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Chop up
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Chop up
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Prefix with skeleton
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Prefix with skeleton
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Actor Wheaton
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Actor Wheaton
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Yalie
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Yalie
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Take in slowly
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