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New York Times: Sunday, August 12, 2007
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 12, 2007 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Cathy Millhauser
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Illustrious
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Illustrious
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She wrote "Under the Sign of Saturn"
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She wrote "Under the Sign of Saturn"
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Body of precepts
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Body of precepts
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Dow product
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Dow product
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Country whose leader has competed in five Winter Olympics
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Country whose leader has competed in five Winter Olympics
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Part of U.R.I.
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Part of U.R.I.
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Tarot reading, crystals, spiritualism, etc.
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Tarot reading, crystals, spiritualism, etc.
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Arrive
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Arrive
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Jack who played a sawmill worker in "Twin Peaks"
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Jack who played a sawmill worker in "Twin Peaks"
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Mourn audibly
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Mourn audibly
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"___ yellow ribbon ..."
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"___ yellow ribbon ..."
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U.S.N. noncoms
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U.S.N. noncoms
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Wheel on a spur
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Wheel on a spur
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Traditional English festival
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Traditional English festival
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Caladryl: itch :: Bengay
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Caladryl: itch :: Bengay
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Partner of music
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Partner of music
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Charlotte who played Mrs. Garrett on TV
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Charlotte who played Mrs. Garrett on TV
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Gaits out of the gate
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Gaits out of the gate
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Little John's weapon in Robin Hood legend
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Little John's weapon in Robin Hood legend
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You are: Sp.
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You are: Sp.
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Does some file transfers
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Does some file transfers
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Break-even enterprise
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Break-even enterprise
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Basic way up a slope
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Basic way up a slope
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Comparable to a fiddle
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Comparable to a fiddle
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Bootlicker
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Bootlicker
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You might play something by it
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You might play something by it
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A current flows into it
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A current flows into it
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___-deucy (game with dice)
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___-deucy (game with dice)
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Brooke Shields movie, with "The"
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Brooke Shields movie, with "The"
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Bit of a snicker
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Bit of a snicker
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Alma mater for Carol Burnett and Jim Morrison: Abbr.
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Alma mater for Carol Burnett and Jim Morrison: Abbr.
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Keyboard instruments
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Keyboard instruments
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Some contraband
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Some contraband
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Fish that migrates from seawater to freshwater and back
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Fish that migrates from seawater to freshwater and back
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Playmate of Piglet
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Playmate of Piglet
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Its roar is worse than its bite
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Its roar is worse than its bite
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It may be waved at the Olympics
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It may be waved at the Olympics
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Learning level
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Learning level
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Language suffix
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Language suffix
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Overdone
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Overdone
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One of the Spice Girls and namesakes
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One of the Spice Girls and namesakes
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Northernmost borough of London
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Northernmost borough of London
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Well-planned
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Well-planned
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Elongated marine fish
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Elongated marine fish
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Biathlon needs
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Biathlon needs
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Dinner bun
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Dinner bun
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Exempli gratia, e.g.
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Exempli gratia, e.g.
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Abbr. on Rockies skeds
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Abbr. on Rockies skeds
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"Pride and Prejudice" beau
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"Pride and Prejudice" beau
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Root canal, in dentist-speak
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Root canal, in dentist-speak
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Hair removal site
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Hair removal site
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Composer Franz
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Composer Franz
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Seed cover
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Seed cover
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Mrs. Chaplin
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Mrs. Chaplin
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Egg
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Egg
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"South Pacific" role
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"South Pacific" role
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Nabisco's ___ wafers
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Nabisco's ___ wafers
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1987 Kubrick film
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1987 Kubrick film
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Longtime Chicago mayor
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Longtime Chicago mayor
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Capital of France's Aube department
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Capital of France's Aube department
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"Ta-ta"
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"Ta-ta"
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Show awe, in a way
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Show awe, in a way
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Fix firmly
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Fix firmly
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Like a paradise
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Like a paradise
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Attorney William after whom a stadium is named
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Given the ax?
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Apple on a teacher's desk?
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Neighbor of Chad
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Neighbor of Chad
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Sculpting medium
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Sculpting medium
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Sen. John Kerry served there
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Sen. John Kerry served there
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Sullen looks
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Sullen looks
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Bob Hoskins's role in "Hook"
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Bob Hoskins's role in "Hook"
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Zip
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Zip
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Salem-to-Portland dir.
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Salem-to-Portland dir.
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Spiritual path in Hinduism
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Spiritual path in Hinduism
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Off the injured list
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Off the injured list
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Start of a referral
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Start of a referral
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Work unit
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Work unit
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Chaim Potok novel
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Chaim Potok novel
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Family-style Asian dish
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Family-style Asian dish
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See red, talk a blue streak, etc.
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See red, talk a blue streak, etc.
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Perfume, in a way
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Perfume, in a way
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Where Bernard Shaw was an anchor for 21 yrs.
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Where Bernard Shaw was an anchor for 21 yrs.
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African grassland
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African grassland
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Space City baseballer
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Space City baseballer
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Had a bill, still
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Had a bill, still
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Most base
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Most base
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Pound sounds
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Pound sounds
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Boring tool
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Boring tool
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Greenish-blue
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Greenish-blue
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Tarot suit
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Tarot suit
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Proverbial portion
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Proverbial portion
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Beethoven's Third
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Beethoven's Third
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Carpentry byproduct
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Carpentry byproduct
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London gallery
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London gallery
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Alice of "Hollywood Cavalcade"
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Alice of "Hollywood Cavalcade"
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What "[sic]" may signify
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What "[sic]" may signify
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Paradise
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Paradise
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Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme
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Ralph Kramden catchphrase on old TV ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme
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Ancient theaters
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Ancient theaters
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Dandelion or goldenrod, e.g.
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Dandelion or goldenrod, e.g.
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They're blown in the winds
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They're blown in the winds
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Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm"
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Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm"
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Old Greek market
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Old Greek market
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Singer Sumac
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Singer Sumac
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Tied surgically
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Tied surgically
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Santana's "___ Como Va"
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Santana's "___ Como Va"
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Press
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Press
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Base of some ethanol
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Base of some ethanol
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Opinion pieces
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Opinion pieces
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Always: It.
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Always: It.
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Quickly check (on)
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Quickly check (on)
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Certain girder
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Certain girder
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Trapper's prize
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Trapper's prize
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Hiram Walker, for one
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Hiram Walker, for one
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Parasite
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Parasite
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"Should ___ acquaintance be forgot ..."
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"Should ___ acquaintance be forgot ..."
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French town on the Vire
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French town on the Vire
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Jive, e.g.
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Jive, e.g.
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Outer: Prefix
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Outer: Prefix
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Singer with the double-platinum album "The Memory of Trees"
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Singer with the double-platinum album "The Memory of Trees"
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French greeting
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French greeting
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Burn at the end?
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Burn at the end?
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Dogie catcher
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Dogie catcher
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Underarm
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Underarm
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Garden fertilizer
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Garden fertilizer
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Zigzag, in a way
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Zigzag, in a way
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Airport screening equipment
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Airport screening equipment
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Centaur's head?
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Centaur's head?
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The "Claudius" in Tiberius Claudius Nero
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The "Claudius" in Tiberius Claudius Nero
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Page-turners are good ones
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Page-turners are good ones
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Life ___
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Life ___
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Mid 12th-century date
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Swedish retail giant
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Swedish retail giant
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Province NW of Madrid
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Province NW of Madrid
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W.W. II arena
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W.W. II arena
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"___, captain!"
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"___, captain!"
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Alkali in cleansers
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Alkali in cleansers
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Response to a funny text
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Response to a funny text
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Procter & Gamble detergent
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Procter & Gamble detergent
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