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New York Times: Sunday, November 25, 2007
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, November 25, 2007 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Trip Payne
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Contractors' offerings
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Contractors' offerings
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Rigging technicians
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Rigging technicians
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Traipse (about)
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Traipse (about)
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Diamond points
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Diamond points
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Fashion's Tahari
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Fashion's Tahari
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Affected
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Affected
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Web-based education
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Web-based education
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Between green and black, maybe
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Between green and black, maybe
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General assemblies
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General assemblies
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Nonsense about a cocktail?
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Nonsense about a cocktail?
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Warning about Mel Gibson on a wrestling surface?
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Warning about Mel Gibson on a wrestling surface?
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Catchy tunes
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___ prime
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___ prime
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Somewhere around
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Somewhere around
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Far from perky
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One who tells it like it isn't
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One who tells it like it isn't
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Bagel order
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Bagel order
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Skosh
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Skosh
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Major book about a leader of the lighter industry?
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Major book about a leader of the lighter industry?
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Mr. Noodle's friend on "Sesame Street"
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Mr. Noodle's friend on "Sesame Street"
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Ltr. with a period
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Ltr. with a period
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Like most jigsaw puzzles
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Like most jigsaw puzzles
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Snow leopard
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Snow leopard
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Capital of Honshu
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Capital of Honshu
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French Toaster Sticks maker
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French Toaster Sticks maker
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Work with intaglio
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Work with intaglio
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Decent
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Decent
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Fixes a soundtrack
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Fixes a soundtrack
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Margaret famous for painting waiflike children with big eyes
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Margaret famous for painting waiflike children with big eyes
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Japanned metal
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Japanned metal
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Climber's challenge
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Climber's challenge
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Not for the masses
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Not for the masses
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Hound, typically?
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Hound, typically?
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Subject of the film "An Unreasonable Man"
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Subject of the film "An Unreasonable Man"
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Sportscaster Dierdorf
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Sportscaster Dierdorf
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He spent 29 years in the Knesset
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He spent 29 years in the Knesset
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Kind of powder
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Kind of powder
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Formerly did
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Formerly did
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Part of making a crossword
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Part of making a crossword
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They travel very long distances
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They travel very long distances
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X-ray doses
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X-ray doses
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Takes too much, quickly
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Takes too much, quickly
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Half of an animation duo
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Half of an animation duo
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Verdi's "Don ___"
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Verdi's "Don ___"
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"___ Unleashed!" (cartoon volume)
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"___ Unleashed!" (cartoon volume)
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Figure skating maneuver
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Figure skating maneuver
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Why horses are attracted to a witch's headgear?
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Why horses are attracted to a witch's headgear?
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Something "realise" lacks
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Something "realise" lacks
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Overshadows
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Overshadows
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Chang and Eng's homeland
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Chang and Eng's homeland
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1987 Suzanne Vega hit
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1987 Suzanne Vega hit
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Join up
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Join up
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Berserkly
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Divers' milieus
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Divers' milieus
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Why guitar-loving Cooke was blue when his gal named her favorite musical instrument?
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Why guitar-loving Cooke was blue when his gal named her favorite musical instrument?
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Witticism about a wrinkly little dog?
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Witticism about a wrinkly little dog?
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Flame battler, at times
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Flame battler, at times
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Cover, in a way
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Cover, in a way
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Part of the answer to 36-Down
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Part of the answer to 36-Down
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Tannin source
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Tannin source
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City that lost capital status in 1990
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City that lost capital status in 1990
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Unable to pay the bill
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Unable to pay the bill
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1980s video game console, in brief
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1980s video game console, in brief
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Puzzled (out)
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Puzzled (out)
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___ Spenlow (Dickens girl)
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___ Spenlow (Dickens girl)
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Road's shoulder
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Road's shoulder
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Its first word translates as "wrath"
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Its first word translates as "wrath"
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A nitwit liked the loud noise?
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A nitwit liked the loud noise?
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Apparently do
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Apparently do
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"Eydie Swings the Blues" singer
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"Eydie Swings the Blues" singer
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Some tomatoes
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Some tomatoes
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Find ___ one's heart
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Find ___ one's heart
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Gray lines
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Gray lines
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Dominican-born player with more than 600 homers
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Dominican-born player with more than 600 homers
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Infection causes
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Infection causes
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Get ___ of
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Get ___ of
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Messing of "Will & Grace"
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Messing of "Will & Grace"
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Open up, as a topic
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Open up, as a topic
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Whenever
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Whenever
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"My dear man"
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"My dear man"
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Musician Brian
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Musician Brian
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Rank below warrant officer: Abbr.
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Rank below warrant officer: Abbr.
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Some crosstown trips
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Some crosstown trips
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Word before lock and load
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Word before lock and load
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Swift's "A Tale of ___"
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Swift's "A Tale of ___"
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1980s Soviet leader Andropov
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1980s Soviet leader Andropov
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Count (on)
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Count (on)
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Signed in, say
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Signed in, say
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Middle name of "the King"
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Middle name of "the King"
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Red-shelled fruit: Var.
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Red-shelled fruit: Var.
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R.N.'s locale
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R.N.'s locale
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U.S. dance grp.
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U.S. dance grp.
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L.A.'s region
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L.A.'s region
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Having multiple layers
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Having multiple layers
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German chancellor Merkel
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German chancellor Merkel
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"Skedaddle!"
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"Skedaddle!"
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Making a curling motion with the forefinger, maybe
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Making a curling motion with the forefinger, maybe
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Frenzied situation
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Frenzied situation
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Like some jeans
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Like some jeans
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To-do pile's place
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To-do pile's place
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Promote
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Promote
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Perfect places
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Perfect places
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Italian saint Philip ___
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Italian saint Philip ___
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Nut producer
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Nut producer
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In ___ (dazed)
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In ___ (dazed)
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Vote in Québec
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Vote in Québec
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Complicate commercials for woodworking tools?
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Complicate commercials for woodworking tools?
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End of a James Bond title
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Wrote a novel, e.g.
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Safari spottings
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Safari spottings
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Graveyard shift time
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Graveyard shift time
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Aviation-related
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Aviation-related
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Doldrums
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Doldrums
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W.W. II American naval cruiser
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W.W. II American naval cruiser
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Slangy turndown
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Slangy turndown
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"Feels good!"
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"Feels good!"
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Shoppe adjective
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Shoppe adjective
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Temporarily not working
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Temporarily not working
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Take to the skies
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Take to the skies
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William Petersen series
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William Petersen series
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"Oh, clever!"
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"Oh, clever!"
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Flourish
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Flourish
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Calls (for)
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Calls (for)
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"Symphonie Fantastique" need
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"Symphonie Fantastique" need
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Show off
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Show off
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Feature of some locks
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Feature of some locks
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Clinton's first defense secretary
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Clinton's first defense secretary
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"___ is just pink trying to be purple": Whistler
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"___ is just pink trying to be purple": Whistler
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Exeunt ___ (stage direction)
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Exeunt ___ (stage direction)
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Beurre blanc, e.g.
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Rider of the steed Babieca
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Coupon user
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Coupon user
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Two-out actions: Abbr.
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Two-out actions: Abbr.
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Plebe's place: Abbr.
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Plebe's place: Abbr.
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Home to the Dr Pepper Museum
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Home to the Dr Pepper Museum
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Velcro alternative
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Velcro alternative
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Her sidekick was Gabrielle
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Her sidekick was Gabrielle
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Greek consonants
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New England sch.
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New England sch.
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New Pontiac of 1964
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New Pontiac of 1964
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