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New York Times: Sunday, December 16, 2007
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 16, 2007 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David J. Kahn,
Steve Kahn
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Current
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One making a delivery
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One making a delivery
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"___ fan tutte"
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"___ fan tutte"
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Get set
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Get set
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Fished with a baited line
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Fished with a baited line
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Garden figure
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Garden figure
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"Too bad"
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"Too bad"
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Cookie introduced in 1912
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Cookie introduced in 1912
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Movie critic Kael
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Movie critic Kael
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Prison movie about a medical miracle?
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Prison movie about a medical miracle?
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Wine made from the moscato bianco grape
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Wine made from the moscato bianco grape
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O.K.: Var.
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O.K.: Var.
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Global warming?
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Global warming?
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Tim Allen comedy about unionizing seasonal workers?
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Tim Allen comedy about unionizing seasonal workers?
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Loser's cry
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Loser's cry
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"Born Under ___ Sign" (1960s blues album)
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"Born Under ___ Sign" (1960s blues album)
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Monkey business
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Monkey business
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I.S.P. of note
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I.S.P. of note
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In addition
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In addition
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With 95-Down, investigate
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With 95-Down, investigate
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Court pseudonym
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Court pseudonym
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Pay to play
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Home of golf's Sony Open
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Home of golf's Sony Open
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Turn over
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Turn over
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Prequel to "Reservoir Dogs?"
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Prequel to "Reservoir Dogs?"
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Onetime host of "Classic Concentration"
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Onetime host of "Classic Concentration"
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Home of Chennai
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Home of Chennai
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Airports
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Airports
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Judicial cover-ups?
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Judicial cover-ups?
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"Answer the question"
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"Answer the question"
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Tuscany city
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Tuscany city
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Request to Vanna White
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Request to Vanna White
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Ingmar Bergman classic narrated by Jacques Cousteau?
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Ingmar Bergman classic narrated by Jacques Cousteau?
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Brick holder
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Brick holder
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Scintilla
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Scintilla
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"Out of Africa" author
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"Out of Africa" author
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With 69-Down, not just hard of hearing
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With 69-Down, not just hard of hearing
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Positive potential
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Positive potential
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Meal with bitter herbs
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Meal with bitter herbs
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Cloud of gas and dust
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Cloud of gas and dust
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Chaplin comedy about a religious migration?
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Chaplin comedy about a religious migration?
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Attend
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Attend
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On and after
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On and after
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Funny Louis and others
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Funny Louis and others
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Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen
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Conductor ___-Pekka Salonen
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Game resembling crazy eights
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Game resembling crazy eights
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Like the letters on a dreidel
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Like the letters on a dreidel
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Kreskin claim
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Kreskin claim
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Joan Baez's "Farewell, ___," written by Bob Dylan
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Joan Baez's "Farewell, ___," written by Bob Dylan
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"___ and Janis" (comic strip)
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"___ and Janis" (comic strip)
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Part of the Old World
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Chiller about glass-climbing reptiles?
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Chiller about glass-climbing reptiles?
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Stamp
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Stamp
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Private telephone channel
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Private telephone channel
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"It's ___" (Pet Shop Boys hit)
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"It's ___" (Pet Shop Boys hit)
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Tom Cruise action thriller about a nasty argument?
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Tom Cruise action thriller about a nasty argument?
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Embellishment
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Embellishment
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Thingum
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Thingum
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Jealous Olympian
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Jealous Olympian
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Skull and Bones member, e.g.
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Skull and Bones member, e.g.
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One heading down a slippery slope
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One heading down a slippery slope
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Sonoma neighbor
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Sonoma neighbor
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Oaxaca women: Abbr.
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Oaxaca women: Abbr.
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Red ___ #2
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Red ___ #2
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Hens, but not roosters
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Hens, but not roosters
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Parade honoree, for short
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Refuse
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Refuse
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Way to go
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Way to go
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Jazz guitar great Herb ___
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Jazz guitar great Herb ___
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Laila who dances in and out of the ring
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Laila who dances in and out of the ring
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Sci-fi movie about gender discrimination?
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Sci-fi movie about gender discrimination?
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French red
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French red
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Had thirds, maybe
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Had thirds, maybe
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Meter or liter
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Meter or liter
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Pic taker
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Pic taker
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Suffix with pay
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Suffix with pay
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Nautical danger
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Nautical danger
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"Honest!"
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"Honest!"
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Good ones are cracked
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Good ones are cracked
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Home of 1-Down
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Home of 1-Down
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Advanced
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Advanced
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Expensive box
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Expensive box
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Toothed, botanically
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Toothed, botanically
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1950s TV name
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Part of D.A.: Abbr.
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Part of D.A.: Abbr.
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Pops
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Pops
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"Delightful!"
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"Delightful!"
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Creamy color
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Creamy color
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Keystone ___
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Keystone ___
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Spoof about the soul of a fraternity?
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Spoof about the soul of a fraternity?
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Midwest native
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Midwest native
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Magnifier
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Magnifier
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Singer ___ Neville
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Singer ___ Neville
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Bogart/Bacall mystery about serious basement dampness?
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Bogart/Bacall mystery about serious basement dampness?
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London Underground, with "the"
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London Underground, with "the"
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Intuited
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Intuited
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Loads
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Loads
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Other: Sp.
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Other: Sp.
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Medieval hymn start
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Medieval hymn start
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Awarded zero stars, say
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Awarded zero stars, say
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Romeo's last words
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Romeo's last words
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Goalie's area
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Goalie's area
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Chihuahua, por ejemplo
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Chihuahua, por ejemplo
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Not wanting to fight, say
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Not wanting to fight, say
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Sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
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Sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
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Itch
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Itch
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County of Cooperstown, N.Y.
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County of Cooperstown, N.Y.
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ID theft target
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ID theft target
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Hotfooted it
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Hotfooted it
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"My ___!"
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"My ___!"
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Turned down, in a way
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Turned down, in a way
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See 73-Across
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Fixes
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Fixes
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Winter lift?
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Winter lift?
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___ Reader
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___ Reader
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M.D.
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M.D.
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Lois Lane player of early TV, whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme
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Assemble again
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Assemble again
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Operate
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Operate
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Pizzeria in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing"
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Pizzeria in Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing"
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Assemblages
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Assemblages
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Not shown
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Not shown
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With nothing to hide
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With nothing to hide
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Vampy wear
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Vampy wear
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"Like, no way!"
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"Like, no way!"
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Odd shares
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Odd shares
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See 44-Across
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"Just ___ thought!"
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"Just ___ thought!"
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Kitchen attraction
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Kitchen attraction
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Pitcher of milk?
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Pitcher of milk?
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___ wagon
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___ wagon
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In reserve
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In reserve
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Cowboy rival
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Cowboy rival
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Many Rice grads: Abbr.
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Many Rice grads: Abbr.
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Victor's cry
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Victor's cry
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___ Hari
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___ Hari
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Get set
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Get set
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Disco ___
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Disco ___
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Had a life
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Had a life
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Clover locale
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