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New York Times: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 31, 2006 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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Sharp competitor
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Sharp competitor
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"Do ___ to eat a peach?": Eliot
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"Do ___ to eat a peach?": Eliot
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German link
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German link
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Represent, as in legal matters
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Represent, as in legal matters
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Ectomorphic
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Ectomorphic
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Worker with a chair
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Worker with a chair
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Be a make-up artist?
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Be a make-up artist?
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Red fluorescent dye: Var.
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Red fluorescent dye: Var.
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1954 film set in 16th-century Japan
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1954 film set in 16th-century Japan
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Old cable inits.
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Old cable inits.
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They may get into a jam
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They may get into a jam
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Low digits
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Low digits
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Elite groups
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Elite groups
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About
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About
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Many garden plantings
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Many garden plantings
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Most broad?
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Most broad?
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Wide shoe spec
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1981 Alan Alda comedy, with "The"
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1981 Alan Alda comedy, with "The"
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Underground network
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Underground network
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Diplomat Silas
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Diplomat Silas
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Flip (out)
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Flip (out)
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Jubilant
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Jubilant
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Barely beat
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Director Welles
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Director Welles
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Stockholm flier
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Stockholm flier
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1982 Dudley Moore tearjerker
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1982 Dudley Moore tearjerker
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British gun
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British gun
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In a sardonic way
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In a sardonic way
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Blood line
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Blood line
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Goldman ___
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Goldman ___
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Pre-Q queue
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Pre-Q queue
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Some accents
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Some accents
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Bad beginning?
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Bad beginning?
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Prof.'s helpers
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Prof.'s helpers
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More manly-chested
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More manly-chested
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Charged
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Charged
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"Yeah, that'll happen!"
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"Yeah, that'll happen!"
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"All the Things You Are" composer
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"All the Things You Are" composer
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Avian meat
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Avian meat
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Wordsworth works
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Wordsworth works
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1983 Charles Bronson thriller
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1983 Charles Bronson thriller
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Symbol
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Symbol
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Fed. medical research group
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Fed. medical research group
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Fey of "30 Rock"
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Fey of "30 Rock"
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Supremos
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Supremos
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QB Favre
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QB Favre
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Child's activity?
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Child's activity?
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Candy holder
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Candy holder
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Madrid Mrs.
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Madrid Mrs.
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Browns slowly
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Browns slowly
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Roman man
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Roman man
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"___ new?"
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"___ new?"
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Fights
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Fights
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Pang
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Pang
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Tale
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Tale
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1990 sequel to "Chinatown," with "The"
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1990 sequel to "Chinatown," with "The"
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Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr.
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Half of a 1955 merger: Abbr.
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January 1 events
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January 1 events
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Colorado Indian
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Colorado Indian
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Ghost
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Ghost
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Instruments with keys
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Instruments with keys
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Off
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Off
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Christopher who wrote "Still Me"
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Christopher who wrote "Still Me"
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1988 baseball flick
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1988 baseball flick
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Emeritus: Abbr.
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Emeritus: Abbr.
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In an odd way
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In an odd way
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Magazine success
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Magazine success
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Cart
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Cart
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Subscription card option
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Subscription card option
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Feminine suffix
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Feminine suffix
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The Caribbean's ___ Islands
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The Caribbean's ___ Islands
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Suffix with glass
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Suffix with glass
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1987 Peter Falk crime caper
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1987 Peter Falk crime caper
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"Quantum Healing" author
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"Quantum Healing" author
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Some linemen: Abbr.
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Some linemen: Abbr.
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Heraldic silver
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Heraldic silver
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Towel embroidery
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Towel embroidery
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Reasons
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Reasons
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Summer clock setting: Abbr.
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Summer clock setting: Abbr.
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Entangle
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Entangle
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Gridiron figs.
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Gridiron figs.
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Incomes
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Incomes
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Pause in verse
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Pause in verse
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Cape ___, Mass.
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Cape ___, Mass.
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"___ Said" (Neil Diamond hit)
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"___ Said" (Neil Diamond hit)
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Knock out, say
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Knock out, say
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Start of a spell
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Start of a spell
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Tail end
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Tail end
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"Love Story" author Segal
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"Love Story" author Segal
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Last month
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Last month
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1995 Hugh Grant farce
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1995 Hugh Grant farce
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Rock stats
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Rock stats
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Auspices
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Auspices
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With 81-Down, tradition suggested by this puzzle's theme
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With 81-Down, tradition suggested by this puzzle's theme
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Bygone despot
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Bygone despot
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1970 Jack Nicholson picture
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1970 Jack Nicholson picture
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___ lark
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___ lark
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Thing in court
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Thing in court
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Original title of Beethoven's "Fidelio"
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Original title of Beethoven's "Fidelio"
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Rafter's wood
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Rafter's wood
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Crooks
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Crooks
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Dover delicacy
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Dover delicacy
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Not liquidy
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Not liquidy
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Begins courting
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Begins courting
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Cable staple since 1979
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Cable staple since 1979
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Organic compound
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Organic compound
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Choosing-up word
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Choosing-up word
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"___ needle pulling thread" ("The Sound of Music" lyric)
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"___ needle pulling thread" ("The Sound of Music" lyric)
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Flamenco cheer
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Flamenco cheer
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Rob Roy's refusal
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Rob Roy's refusal
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Co. shares
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Co. shares
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Overthrowing, e.g.
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Overthrowing, e.g.
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Twisty curve
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Twisty curve
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Temper
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Temper
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Old IBM PC's
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Old IBM PC's
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Price reader
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Price reader
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Turkish V.I.P.'s
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Turkish V.I.P.'s
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Feuding (with)
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Feuding (with)
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Gas station adjunct, often
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Gas station adjunct, often
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It may go for a couple of bucks
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It may go for a couple of bucks
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Dashboard feature
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Dashboard feature
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1932 romance with Maurice Chevalier
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1932 romance with Maurice Chevalier
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Actor with a mohawk
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Actor with a mohawk
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Kind of harp
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Kind of harp
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Elegy
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Elegy
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Laugh sound
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Laugh sound
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Not play it straight
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Not play it straight
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Peewees
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Peewees
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Kind of test
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Kind of test
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War stat
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War stat
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Metric wts.
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Metric wts.
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Baseball's Martinez
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Baseball's Martinez
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Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
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Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
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Bank offering
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Bank offering
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It's surrounded by white
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It's surrounded by white
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See 13-Down
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See 13-Down
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Some cricketers
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Some cricketers
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Popular smokes
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Popular smokes
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1999 film set in the Persian Gulf
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___ choy
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___ choy
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Parisian way
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Parisian way
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Flamingo, e.g.
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Flamingo, e.g.
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Speedway letters
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Speedway letters
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Huge financial loss
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Huge financial loss
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It'll give you a lift
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It'll give you a lift
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Instruction to a chauffeur
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Instruction to a chauffeur
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Gagarin in space
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Gagarin in space
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Golf's Michelle
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Golf's Michelle
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"... ___ quit!"
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"... ___ quit!"
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Springy dance
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Springy dance
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Joint proprietors
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Joint proprietors
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Cold-blooded pets
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Cold-blooded pets
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Horse handler
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Horse handler
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Unload
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Unload
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Like a Cyclops
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Like a Cyclops
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Most loathsome
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Most loathsome
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1545 council site
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1545 council site
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No more than
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No more than
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Arm parts
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Arm parts
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Jewish orgs.
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Jewish orgs.
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Concert gear
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Concert gear
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Bring in
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Bring in
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Org. for women drivers
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Org. for women drivers
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Copycat
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Copycat
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Actress Daly
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Actress Daly
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Junk bond rating
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Junk bond rating
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"I see!"
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"I see!"
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"___ me?"
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