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New York Times: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 16, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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Place for bluegrass
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Place for bluegrass
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#1 on the charts
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#1 on the charts
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Blast
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Blast
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Kia sedan
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Kia sedan
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Café con ___
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Certify
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Certify
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Broad comedies involving hogs?
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Broad comedies involving hogs?
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Like traditional Catholic Masses
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Like traditional Catholic Masses
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N.H.L.'s Tikkanen
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N.H.L.'s Tikkanen
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Entertainment center at many a sports bar
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Entertainment center at many a sports bar
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Where bluejackets go
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Movement that inspired '60s fashion
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Good viewing spot for a canyon
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Good viewing spot for a canyon
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Bickering
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Bookcase lineup
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Bookcase lineup
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Beautifully illustrated report of a computer failure?
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Clark's partner
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Clark's partner
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It's put on some houses
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It's put on some houses
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"It'll ___ you"
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"It'll ___ you"
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Stockholm-bound carrier
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Stockholm-bound carrier
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First-year J.D. student
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First-year J.D. student
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Makes eyes at
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Makes eyes at
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All-time top-selling Atari video game
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All-time top-selling Atari video game
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Cake maker's boast?
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Cake maker's boast?
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Short-legged, thick-set horse
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Short-legged, thick-set horse
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Not badgering, say
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Not badgering, say
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Flood survivor
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Flood survivor
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Nursery rhyme call sung to an old French melody
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Nursery rhyme call sung to an old French melody
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Short breaks
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Short breaks
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French director's comment about his submission to a film festival?
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French director's comment about his submission to a film festival?
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Wide-headed fastener
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Wide-headed fastener
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Smears
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Smears
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Ang Thong resident
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Ang Thong resident
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How some kids spend the summer
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How some kids spend the summer
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"Peer Gynt" mother
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"Peer Gynt" mother
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Bird call on a farm?
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Bird call on a farm?
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They're developed by a muscleman
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They're developed by a muscleman
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Lip cover
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Lip cover
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Nebraska county with an Indian name
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Nebraska county with an Indian name
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Super Bowl XLII M.V.P. Manning
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Super Bowl XLII M.V.P. Manning
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Gen. Lee, in brief
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Gen. Lee, in brief
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Loyal
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Loyal
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Lobster claw
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Lobster claw
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A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"?
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A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"?
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Rocker Morissette
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Rocker Morissette
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Till compartment
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Till compartment
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Succulents that soothe
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Succulents that soothe
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Easy wins
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Easy wins
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Starter starter?
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Starter starter?
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Sign that's often lit
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Sign that's often lit
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Film editor's job
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Most heterogeneous
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Most heterogeneous
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Former Tennessee senator's Halloween costumes?
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Former Tennessee senator's Halloween costumes?
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Prestigious
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Prestigious
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Curt
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Curt
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Name on some euros
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Name on some euros
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Sources of a cosmetics oil
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Sources of a cosmetics oil
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King in 1 B.C.
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King in 1 B.C.
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Body-sculpting undergarment
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Body-sculpting undergarment
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Be down
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Be down
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Narrative writing
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Razor brand
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Cartoonist Browne
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Cartoonist Browne
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Breakfast menu heading
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Breakfast menu heading
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Brave words?
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Brave words?
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Mason of a sort
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Mason of a sort
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Griffin who loved game shows
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Virginia is in it: Abbr.
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Virginia is in it: Abbr.
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Cover
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Cover
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Redcoat's ally
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Redcoat's ally
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Do for a V.I.P.?
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Do for a V.I.P.?
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South American tuber
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Creatures with three hearts
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Creatures with three hearts
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Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention?
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Opening remarks at a coffee makers' convention?
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Paying guest
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Paying guest
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"Do ___?"
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"Do ___?"
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Baseball catchers
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Baseball catchers
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Time on la Côte d'Azur
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Time on la Côte d'Azur
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Banking initialism
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Banking initialism
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"... to name just a few": Abbr.
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"... to name just a few": Abbr.
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Not straight
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Not straight
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Seller's terms
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Seller's terms
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Symbol of blackness
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Symbol of blackness
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Coup start
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Coup start
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Clinton's attorney general
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Clinton's attorney general
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Pitcher
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Pitcher
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Give ___ up
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Give ___ up
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Also addresses, as with an e-mail
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Also addresses, as with an e-mail
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Long-necked instrument
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Long-necked instrument
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Opposite of reject
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Opposite of reject
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Payroll dept. ID's
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Payroll dept. ID's
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Light wind?
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Light wind?
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Sacred cup
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Sacred cup
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Christine of "Running on Empty"
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Christine of "Running on Empty"
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French cleric
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French cleric
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___ consequence
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___ consequence
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Check holder: Abbr.
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Check holder: Abbr.
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Monthly charge
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Monthly charge
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Couple in a rowboat
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Couple in a rowboat
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Tournament passes
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Tournament passes
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___ Boy, classic figure in Japanese anime
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___ Boy, classic figure in Japanese anime
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One of Dumas's Musketeers
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One of Dumas's Musketeers
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"___ Inside" (slogan)
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"___ Inside" (slogan)
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Louis Vuitton competitor
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Louis Vuitton competitor
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Rat-___
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Rat-___
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Some Wharton alums
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Some Wharton alums
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Tooth holders
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Tooth holders
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Hawaiian Punch rival
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Hawaiian Punch rival
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Sticky stuff
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Where a dope unloads a ship ?
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Words on a deathbed, maybe
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Words on a deathbed, maybe
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Bass ___
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Popular snack cakes
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Popular snack cakes
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Talked-about twosome
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Talked-about twosome
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Part
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Part
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Tree in bloom in a Van Gogh painting
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Five-dollar bills, slangily
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Photocopier option: Abbr.
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Fraternity members
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Fraternity members
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Highest grade
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Highest grade
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Was not cooped up
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Was not cooped up
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Love
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Love
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Whence the line "To sleep: perchance to dream"
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Whence the line "To sleep: perchance to dream"
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Stopped fasting
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Stopped fasting
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Vented
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Vented
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Minnesota's St. ___ College
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Minnesota's St. ___ College
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Fabrics that shimmer
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Fabrics that shimmer
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Stood
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Stood
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Led Zeppelin's "Whole ___ Love"
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Led Zeppelin's "Whole ___ Love"
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Norms: Abbr.
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Norms: Abbr.
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___ buco
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___ buco
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Bloke
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Bloke
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___ Reader
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___ Reader
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Bygone autocrat
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Bygone autocrat
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Touched
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Touched
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"Didn't I tell you?"
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"Didn't I tell you?"
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Clearance rack abbr.
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Clearance rack abbr.
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Valedictorian's pride, for short
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