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New York Times: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 26, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel C. Bryant
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Titles are often put in it: Abbr.
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Titles are often put in it: Abbr.
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Scarlett O'Hara, e.g.
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Scarlett O'Hara, e.g.
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Like Arnold Schoenberg's music
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Like Arnold Schoenberg's music
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1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___
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1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___
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Singer Winans
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Singer Winans
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Certain bulb
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Certain bulb
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Smooth and shiny
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Smooth and shiny
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Actress Thurman
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Actress Thurman
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Switch in an orchestra section?
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"Take the filly in the fifth," e.g.
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"Take the filly in the fifth," e.g.
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Pressing need?
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Pressing need?
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Union member since 1896
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Union member since 1896
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Wise men
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Wise men
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Emmy category
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Emmy category
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You can make one for yourself
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You can make one for yourself
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North Carolina university
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North Carolina university
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Negative north of England
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Negative north of England
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Pilgrim?
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Pilgrim?
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86-Across's alma mater: Abbr.
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86-Across's alma mater: Abbr.
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Got cozy together
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Got cozy together
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Beau ___
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Beau ___
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Scare off
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Scare off
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Stumble ___
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Stumble ___
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Kipling's "Follow Me ___"
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Kipling's "Follow Me ___"
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Came about
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Came about
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Something near many a checkout line
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Something near many a checkout line
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Neolithic outlaws?
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Neolithic outlaws?
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Bank offering, for short
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Bank offering, for short
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Beckett's "Endgame: ___ in One Act"
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Beckett's "Endgame: ___ in One Act"
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Crazy Legs Hirsch of the early N.F.L.
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Crazy Legs Hirsch of the early N.F.L.
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Parented
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Parented
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How dastards speak
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How dastards speak
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Rabbit's home, maybe
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Rabbit's home, maybe
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Major-league manager Tony
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Major-league manager Tony
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Be Circe-like
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Be Circe-like
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Alfred E. Neuman visages
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Alfred E. Neuman visages
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Cut
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Cut
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Sch. group
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Sch. group
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Invisible lost dogs?
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Invisible lost dogs?
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Sheet music abbr.
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Sheet music abbr.
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Do some tune-up work on
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Do some tune-up work on
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First Shia imam
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First Shia imam
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Gen. Robt. ___
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Gen. Robt. ___
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Swag
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Swag
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Photo files, in computer lingo
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Photo files, in computer lingo
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Signifying
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Signifying
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Internet initialism
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Internet initialism
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Gets fat?
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Gets fat?
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Org. for 86-Across
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Org. for 86-Across
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Composer Dohnányi
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Composer Dohnányi
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Blackthorn
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Blackthorn
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Author Zora ___ Hurston
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Author Zora ___ Hurston
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African nation founder Jomo ___
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African nation founder Jomo ___
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Inside pitch?
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Inside pitch?
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Traditional symbol of friendship
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Traditional symbol of friendship
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Devon river
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Devon river
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Go-go club?
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Go-go club?
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Turn down
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Turn down
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Hero pilot
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Hero pilot
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Result of some sandbagging
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Result of some sandbagging
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Whistler's whistle, maybe
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Whistler's whistle, maybe
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Trough site
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Trough site
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Key of Bach's best-known Mass
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Key of Bach's best-known Mass
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J.F.K.'s "Why England ___"
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J.F.K.'s "Why England ___"
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They ring in a ring
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Clinches
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Clinches
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Bible reading
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Let win
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Let win
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Franz who composed "You Are My Heart's Delight"
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Franz who composed "You Are My Heart's Delight"
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French approval
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French approval
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Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
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Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.
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Stead
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Stead
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Spoils
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Spoils
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___ terrible
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___ terrible
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Bermuda hrs.
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Bermuda hrs.
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Swab
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Swab
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Milo's title partner in a 1989 film
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Milo's title partner in a 1989 film
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El ___
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El ___
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One opening up a can of worms?
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One opening up a can of worms?
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Everyday disinfectant
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Everyday disinfectant
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Add new connections between floors?
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Add new connections between floors?
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Whitaker played him in a 2006 film
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Whitaker played him in a 2006 film
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Nukes
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Nukes
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Menotti role for a boy soprano
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Menotti role for a boy soprano
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Actress Belafonte
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Actress Belafonte
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Pout
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Pout
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Curly conker
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Curly conker
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"The Naked and the Dead" star, 1958
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"The Naked and the Dead" star, 1958
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All the rage
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All the rage
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Longtime D.C. delegate to Congress ___ Holmes Norton
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Longtime D.C. delegate to Congress ___ Holmes Norton
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PX users
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PX users
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Spider-Man's ___ May
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Spider-Man's ___ May
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"Delish!"
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"Delish!"
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Graf ___
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Graf ___
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Loaded with fat
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Loaded with fat
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"The Time Machine" people
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"The Time Machine" people
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Distances in Canada
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Distances in Canada
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Force in the ocean
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Force in the ocean
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Costume designer Danilo ___
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Costume designer Danilo ___
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Another name for 28-Across
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Another name for 28-Across
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Soda fountain supply
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Soda fountain supply
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Gourmet
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Gourmet
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Gene variant
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Gene variant
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Word origin: Abbr.
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Word origin: Abbr.
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Crepes
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Crepes
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Kid's comeback
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Kid's comeback
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Meadows of comedy
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Meadows of comedy
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Certain Himalayan
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Certain Himalayan
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Anatomical cavity
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Anatomical cavity
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Dieter?
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Dieter?
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Needing a lift?
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Needing a lift?
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Reveal to, as a secret
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Reveal to, as a secret
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Grouse
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Grouse
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Serf
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Serf
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W.W. II Axis leader
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Leman and others
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American suffragist honored with a 1995 stamp
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Desires
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Desires
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Genesis creator
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Genesis creator
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Cowboy actor Calhoun
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Cowboy actor Calhoun
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Jug capacity: Abbr.
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Jug capacity: Abbr.
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A deadly sin
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A deadly sin
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Saturn S.U.V.
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Saturn S.U.V.
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Les ___-Unis
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Les ___-Unis
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Cry upon an arrest
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Cry upon an arrest
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Is honest (with)
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Is honest (with)
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Old Indian V.I.P.
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Old Indian V.I.P.
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Numbers game
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Numbers game
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Some sneakers
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Some sneakers
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Way out
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Way out
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___ Polo of "Meet the Fockers"
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___ Polo of "Meet the Fockers"
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Galway Bay's ___ Islands
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Galway Bay's ___ Islands
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Explorer Tasman of Tasmania fame
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Messenger of Noah
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Messenger of Noah
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"Rule, Britannia" composer
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"Rule, Britannia" composer
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Sleep indicators
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Sleep indicators
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"Baudolino" author
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"Baudolino" author
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Thrice, in Rx's
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Thrice, in Rx's
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"You betcha"
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"You betcha"
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Collector's goal
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