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New York Times: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 28, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Cathy Allis Millhauser
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Butcher shop purchase
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Butcher shop purchase
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Some foreign pen pals
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Some foreign pen pals
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Photo paper option
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Photo paper option
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[How dare you!]
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[How dare you!]
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Song sung by Gwen in Broadway's "Chicago"
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Song sung by Gwen in Broadway's "Chicago"
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Radio host/pianist John
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Radio host/pianist John
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Greek market of old
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Greek market of old
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"The Lion King" lioness
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"The Lion King" lioness
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When jerks come out?
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When jerks come out?
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X out
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X out
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Pertinent to the discussion
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Kind of dialysis
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Kind of dialysis
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Novice
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Novice
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"A Doll's House" wife
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"A Doll's House" wife
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Wishes undone
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Wishes undone
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Some people or food at parties
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Some people or food at parties
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Nonkosher sandwiches
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Nonkosher sandwiches
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String around a cake box?
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String around a cake box?
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City near Tel Aviv
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City near Tel Aviv
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Moistens again
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Moistens again
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Once-in-a-lifetime exchange, maybe
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Once-in-a-lifetime exchange, maybe
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Texas county, river or forest that's a girl's first name
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Texas county, river or forest that's a girl's first name
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Vinegar: Prefix
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Vinegar: Prefix
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AOL alternative
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AOL alternative
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Bridge
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Bridge
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Men or women who pinch?
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Men or women who pinch?
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"New Look" designer of 1947
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"New Look" designer of 1947
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Charity's urging
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Charity's urging
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Orbital point
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Orbital point
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Dope
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Dope
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Appeal to
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Appeal to
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Penseur's thought
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Penseur's thought
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Speck
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Speck
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Prefix with -crat
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Hair stuff
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Mushroom stalks
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Mushroom stalks
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Dress-up costume piece
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Dress-up costume piece
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Month in a Faulkner title
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Month in a Faulkner title
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One of Woody's stock at Woodstock
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One of Woody's stock at Woodstock
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Nerd's essence?
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Nerd's essence?
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Unlikely to run
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Unlikely to run
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Legal eagles' org.
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Legal eagles' org.
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Come up
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Come up
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Capital of South Australia
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Capital of South Australia
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French Polynesia constituents
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French Polynesia constituents
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Lauds
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Lauds
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Thrice, in prescriptions
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Thrice, in prescriptions
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Roast the other side of the marshmallow?
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Roast the other side of the marshmallow?
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Novelist's need
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Novelist's need
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W.W. II gun
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W.W. II gun
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"Let's just leave ___ that"
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"Let's just leave ___ that"
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Teri Garr's "Young Frankenstein" role
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Teri Garr's "Young Frankenstein" role
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Certain celebrant
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Certain celebrant
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Legislative assemblies
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Legislative assemblies
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"Praise the Lord!"
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"Praise the Lord!"
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A leveret is a young one
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A leveret is a young one
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Discouraging comment to a cloner?
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Discouraging comment to a cloner?
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___ Center, home of the New Jersey Nets
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___ Center, home of the New Jersey Nets
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Pertaining to hair
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"Almighty" title role for Steve Carell
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Caustic
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Caustic
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Eye part
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Eye part
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Desirable places
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Desirable places
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Kind of difference, oxymoronically
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"Land ___!"
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"Land ___!"
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Monitor type, for short
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Jolly laugh
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Yak pack
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Yak pack
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Big East Conference team, for short
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Big East Conference team, for short
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Attach, as a patch
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Invitation information specification
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Invitation information specification
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Gathering points
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Gathering points
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Suffix with book
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Suffix with book
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Like some eggs or cloth
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Like some eggs or cloth
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They're attractive, but not necessarily to each other
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They're attractive, but not necessarily to each other
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Shocked
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Shocked
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Awl, for one
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Awl, for one
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Play about Capote
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Play about Capote
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Salary
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Salary
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Bamboozles
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Bamboozles
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Gyro meat
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Gyro meat
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"Others" in a Latin phrase
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"Others" in a Latin phrase
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Crown
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Crown
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Apple pocketfuls
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Apple pocketfuls
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Transmitter starter?
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Transmitter starter?
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Fencing swords
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Fencing swords
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The Flintstones' pet
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The Flintstones' pet
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Uncouth youth
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Uncouth youth
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Poland's Walesa
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Poland's Walesa
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Moth, perhaps?
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Moth, perhaps?
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Altercation
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Altercation
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Trig ratio
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Trig ratio
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Sun Tzu's "The Art of ___"
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Sun Tzu's "The Art of ___"
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Fabric that really breathes?
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Fabric that really breathes?
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Low tie
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Low tie
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Strawberry of note
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Strawberry of note
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Off-campus local
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Off-campus local
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City near Milan
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City near Milan
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Outback buddy
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Outback buddy
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Shooting sport
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Shooting sport
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Second-century year
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Second-century year
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St. Louis's ___ Bridge
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St. Louis's ___ Bridge
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Nagpur noble
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Nagpur noble
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Fern germ
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Fern germ
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These, to Juan
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These, to Juan
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Rusty on the diamond
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Rusty on the diamond
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Utah's lily
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Utah's lily
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Pitcher of a perfect game, 9/9/65
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Pitcher of a perfect game, 9/9/65
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"Vigilant ___ to steal cream": Falstaff
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"Vigilant ___ to steal cream": Falstaff
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Walked with a purpose
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Walked with a purpose
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Wahine's dance
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Wahine's dance
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Shooting game
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Shooting game
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Addams family cousin
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Addams family cousin
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Spaghetti ___
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Spaghetti ___
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Hops kiln
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Analogy phrase
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Analogy phrase
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Battery part
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Battery part
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A large number
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A large number
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JPEG or text
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JPEG or text
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Score just before victory, maybe
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Score just before victory, maybe
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Fall mo.
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Fall mo.
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Weeping
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Weeping
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Rimes with the 1996 hit "Blue"
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Rimes with the 1996 hit "Blue"
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Subjects of many legal battles
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Subjects of many legal battles
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Goad
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Goad
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Garage container
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Garage container
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Native American home
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Native American home
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Waiting at the bank, say
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Waiting at the bank, say
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Beginnings
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Beginnings
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Localities
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Localities
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Dr. with advice in O magazine
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Level
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Level
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Monopoly game token
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Monopoly game token
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Whine
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Whine
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Place to play b-ball
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Give orders like a drill sergeant
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"Night" author Wiesel
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"Night" author Wiesel
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Fact finisher
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Fact finisher
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Hydroelectric org.
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Hydroelectric org.
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Mormons, initially
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