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New York Times: Sunday, December 7, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 7, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jim Page
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Nailed
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___ diagram
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Is in the Vatican
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Stubborn response
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Contact sport with a purification ritual
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Jobs offering of 1998
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Start of the seventh century
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Paws
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Paws
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*Distinguishes
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*Distinguishes
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Languished
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Little fingers
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Little fingers
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Brightest star in Auriga, from the Latin for "little she-goat"
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Brightest star in Auriga, from the Latin for "little she-goat"
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Plant with two seed leaves
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Literary wrap-up
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Literary wrap-up
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*Does a hostler's work
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*Does a hostler's work
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Bar product
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Bar product
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Make a choice
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Sharp rebuke
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"Taking Heat" memoirist Fleischer
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"Taking Heat" memoirist Fleischer
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Played out
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Played out
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San ___, locale just north of Tijuana, Mexico
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San ___, locale just north of Tijuana, Mexico
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"The Story-Teller" storyteller
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"The Story-Teller" storyteller
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*Participates in a bear market
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Word of dissent
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English actor Sir ___ Jacobi
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English actor Sir ___ Jacobi
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Suffix with disk
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Burn cause
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Burn cause
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Card's insignia
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Card's insignia
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Formal
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Formal
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Like many root vegetables for the winter
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Like many root vegetables for the winter
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Home of the Wright Brothers Natl. Memorial
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Home of the Wright Brothers Natl. Memorial
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It may be illegal to hang one
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It may be illegal to hang one
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Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues
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Start of an announcement ... or a hint to what's hidden in the answers to the six starred clues
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Empty (of)
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Landscaper's locale
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Free of mistakes
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Free of mistakes
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Dutch artist Theo
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Dutch artist Theo
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TV pooch with a temper
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Alley-___ pass
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Ancestor of a banjo
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President-___
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President-___
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Cross shape
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Cross shape
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*Plays at a pond, in a way
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*Plays at a pond, in a way
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Speak carelessly
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Ellen of "Grey's Anatomy"
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Ellen of "Grey's Anatomy"
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"Dune" director David
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"Dune" director David
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Emerson's "jealous mistress"
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Emerson's "jealous mistress"
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When said three times, a 1970 film
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When said three times, a 1970 film
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"___ Mutual Friend"
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"___ Mutual Friend"
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Seasonal time, in store signs
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Seasonal time, in store signs
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Provokes
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Provokes
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*Engages in some mutual gossip
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Loser of a footrace with Hippomenes
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"Christopher Robin went down with ___": Milne
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"Christopher Robin went down with ___": Milne
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Queens neighborhood near La Guardia
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Queens neighborhood near La Guardia
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Subjects of many bets
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Subjects of many bets
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Clique
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Clique
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*Commits knitting boo-boos
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Actress Annabella of "The Sopranos"
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Actress Annabella of "The Sopranos"
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Brit's oath
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Brit's oath
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Conceited
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Conceited
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Sticker?
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Sticker?
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Most grinchlike
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Most grinchlike
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Merino mother
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Merino mother
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Worrisome engine sound
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"___, how love can trifle with itself!": Shak.
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"___, how love can trifle with itself!": Shak.
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The Beatles' "___ Why"
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Correct
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Correct
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Olympics no-no
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Scoreboard side
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Scoreboard side
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911 respondent
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911 respondent
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Busters?
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Busters?
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Sweet 16 org.
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How to put a coin in a coin slot
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How to put a coin in a coin slot
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Lugs
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Lugs
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"A Visit From St. Nicholas," e.g.
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"A Visit From St. Nicholas," e.g.
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"___ a living"
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"___ a living"
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Entertains, as a child at bedtime
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Entertains, as a child at bedtime
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Accept a bad defeat, in slang
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Accept a bad defeat, in slang
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Chicken dish
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Chicken dish
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Medium of OPEC transactions
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Medium of OPEC transactions
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Some landlocked bodies of water
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Some landlocked bodies of water
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Vacation time in Valois
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Silvery salmon
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Silvery salmon
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___ facto
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___ facto
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Lacking limbs
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Lacking limbs
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Give off
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Give off
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Moving easily
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Moving easily
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Like Bart Simpson's hair
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Cabinet head: Abbr.
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Cabinet head: Abbr.
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Summer drinks
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Summer drinks
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Like some dirt paths
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Like some dirt paths
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"___ old for this!"
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"___ old for this!"
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Residential sign
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Residential sign
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"He-e-ere's Johnny!," e.g.
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"He-e-ere's Johnny!," e.g.
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Equatorial land
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Equatorial land
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Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War"
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Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War"
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Load bearer?
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Load bearer?
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Caved in
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Caved in
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Proofreader's mark
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Proofreader's mark
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Québec traffic sign
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Québec traffic sign
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Barbara of "Mission: Impossible"
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Barbara of "Mission: Impossible"
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Co. name ender
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Co. name ender
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Midpoint: Abbr.
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Midpoint: Abbr.
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Bygone TV inits.
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Bygone TV inits.
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Examine covetously
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Examine covetously
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Brisk
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Brisk
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Guthrie with a guitar
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Guthrie with a guitar
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Sweater's place
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Sweater's place
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Make a record of
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Make a record of
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Try
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Try
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Isn't serious
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Isn't serious
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Stipend
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Stipend
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Pain along the course of a nerve
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Pain along the course of a nerve
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Junkyard junk
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Strict disciplinarian
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Bribes
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Bribes
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Ballyhoo
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Ballyhoo
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Seconds, say
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Seconds, say
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Temper tantrum
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Removing, as paint
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Removing, as paint
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Everything
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Everything
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Frauds
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Frauds
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Plane seating specification
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Plane seating specification
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Right away
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Right away
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Retreats
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Retreats
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Make it home safely
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Make it home safely
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Fingerprint feature
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Fingerprint feature
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Very, in music
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Very, in music
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Nothing
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Nothing
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"Lady T" singer ___ Marie
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"Lady T" singer ___ Marie
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Lunkheads
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Lunkheads
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Answer, shortly
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Doctrine
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Doctrine
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Overly rehearsed
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___ soldier
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