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New York Times: Sunday, September 30, 2007
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 30, 2007 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kelsey Blakley
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Starting point
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Starting point
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Wraps on stage
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Org. that inspects factories
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Org. that inspects factories
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Frog's place
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Frog's place
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___-pointe (ballet position)
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___-pointe (ballet position)
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Footballer-turned-politician Swann
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Footballer-turned-politician Swann
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Inn's offering
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Inn's offering
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Hungry lion, e.g.
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Hungry lion, e.g.
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*Ice hockey penalty
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*Ice hockey penalty
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Mame, e.g.
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Mame, e.g.
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Motrin rival
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Motrin rival
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They may be high before a competition
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They may be high before a competition
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Purges
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Purges
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Companion of a spade
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Companion of a spade
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Surgically excise
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Surgically excise
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Pod that's sometimes pickled
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Pod that's sometimes pickled
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*Tongue-in-cheek
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*Tongue-in-cheek
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Côte d'___
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Côte d'___
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Observed
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Observed
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*Somewhat in jest
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*Somewhat in jest
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Unbroken
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Unbroken
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Dinner spread
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Dinner spread
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Food label abbr.
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Food label abbr.
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Rocky Mtn. highs?
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Rocky Mtn. highs?
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Patron saint of metalworkers
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Patron saint of metalworkers
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Not skip a beat?
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Go-go-go
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Go-go-go
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Not go by one's own locomotion
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Connections
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Connections
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Family V.I.P.'s
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Family V.I.P.'s
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"Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak.
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"Myself was stirring ___ the break of day": Shak.
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Oiled, in a manner
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Oiled, in a manner
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*Sign of coming danger
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*Sign of coming danger
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To be handled by
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To be handled by
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___-eyed
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___-eyed
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"TV Funhouse" show, for short
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"TV Funhouse" show, for short
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Key holder?: Abbr.
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Key holder?: Abbr.
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox" author, 1970
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox" author, 1970
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Upshot
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Upshot
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Lack of variety
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Special case?
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Special case?
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Dan ___, former N.B.A. star and coach
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Dan ___, former N.B.A. star and coach
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Roman historian
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Roman historian
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Jazzy Anita
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Jazzy Anita
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Sharp bend
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Sharp bend
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*Drifter
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*Drifter
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Colorless, flammable gas
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Colorless, flammable gas
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Imitator
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Imitator
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*What "dele" means
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*What "dele" means
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___ moss
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___ moss
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Does just all right
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Does just all right
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Top-notch
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Top-notch
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Israeli statesman Barak
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Israeli statesman Barak
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Actress/spokeswoman Belafonte
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Ancient Greek region
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Tin: Prefix
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Tin: Prefix
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*Barnyard fixture
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*Barnyard fixture
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New Hampshire senator John
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New Hampshire senator John
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1965 movie "___ What You Did"
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1965 movie "___ What You Did"
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Give a come-hither look
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Give a come-hither look
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Toy company whose name is an anagram of 124-Across
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Toy company whose name is an anagram of 124-Across
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Corkscrew, e.g.
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One-liners
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One-liners
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General ___ chicken
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General ___ chicken
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Bygone U.S. gas brand
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Annual literary award
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Silas of the Continental Congress
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Silas of the Continental Congress
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Thompson and Lazarus
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Thompson and Lazarus
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Relative of 26-Across
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Relative of 26-Across
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Jewish crêpe
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Jewish crêpe
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Exclamations of exasperation
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Exclamations of exasperation
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Religious recluse
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Religious recluse
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Derisive gesture
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Derisive gesture
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Periods in prison, e.g.
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Periods in prison, e.g.
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Old French coins
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Ad follower
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Ad follower
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City of New Orleans operator
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City of New Orleans operator
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*Professional courtesy in pricing
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*Professional courtesy in pricing
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First word spoken to earth from the lunar surface
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First word spoken to earth from the lunar surface
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Dashed
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Dashed
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Maker of Bug-B-Gon
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Maker of Bug-B-Gon
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Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue
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Fivesome seen in order in the answer to each starred clue
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Shady sorts?
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Shady sorts?
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Biotite and phlogopite
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Biotite and phlogopite
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Home of "The Diane Rehm Show"
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Home of "The Diane Rehm Show"
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Put away for good
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Put away for good
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Christopher Morley novel "Kitty ___"
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Christopher Morley novel "Kitty ___"
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Future residents
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Future residents
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Banquet holder
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Banquet holder
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Designer Cassini
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Designer Cassini
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Some cliff dwellers
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Some cliff dwellers
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English playwright Ayckbourn
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English playwright Ayckbourn
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"I'm game!"
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"I'm game!"
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Backing
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Backing
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Landlord, e.g.
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Landlord, e.g.
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Development sites
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Development sites
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Came down
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Came down
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Word with bar or color
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Word with bar or color
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One-to-one, e.g.
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One-to-one, e.g.
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Card catalog abbr.
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Card catalog abbr.
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Chiantis, e.g.
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Chiantis, e.g.
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Poet who wrote "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on"
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Poet who wrote "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on"
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*Time during a graveyard shift
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*Time during a graveyard shift
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Tears to pieces
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Tears to pieces
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Arch sites
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Arch sites
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Nothing doing?
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Nothing doing?
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Sea of ___
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Sea of ___
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Newts
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Newts
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Stephen Jay ___, author of "The Panda's Thumb"
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Stephen Jay ___, author of "The Panda's Thumb"
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Role in "The Color Purple"
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Role in "The Color Purple"
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Carded, say
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Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight
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Grp. conducting Operation Deny Flight
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Repeated cry at a beer blast
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Cousin of Spot
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Cousin of Spot
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Beach bash
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Beach bash
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___ nitrate
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___ nitrate
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Lick again
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Lick again
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Flair
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Flair
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Nielsens
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Nielsens
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To-___
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To-___
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Small bark
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Small bark
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Saint-___, capital of France's Loire department
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Saint-___, capital of France's Loire department
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4-Down's brothers
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4-Down's brothers
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Brings to naught
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Brings to naught
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Feminist Germaine
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Feminist Germaine
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Crossword solver, presumably
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Crossword solver, presumably
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Philosopher Wittgenstein
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Philosopher Wittgenstein
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Italian poet Torquato ___
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Italian poet Torquato ___
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Misbehave
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Misbehave
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"The Family Circus" cartoonist
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"The Family Circus" cartoonist
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Side flap
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Side flap
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Rampaging
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Rampaging
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" author
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"A Confederacy of Dunces" author
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Pivots
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Pivots
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"American Pie" actor Jason
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"American Pie" actor Jason
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Uneducated boor
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Uneducated boor
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Unaccompanied
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Unaccompanied
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Novice, maybe
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Novice, maybe
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Simile's center
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Simile's center
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Day-___
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Day-___
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