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New York Times: Sunday, December 28, 2008
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 28, 2008 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Berry
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Harry's pal at Hogwarts
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Harry's pal at Hogwarts
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Hit 2004 film with many sequels
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Hit 2004 film with many sequels
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What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent
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What this puzzle's eight concentric rings (uncircled and circled) represent
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Wooden peg
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Wooden peg
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Pressed for time
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Pressed for time
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1968 N.B.A. All-Star Dick
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1968 N.B.A. All-Star Dick
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___ Adler of Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia"
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___ Adler of Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia"
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Georgia's Fort ___, site of an 1862 surrender
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Georgia's Fort ___, site of an 1862 surrender
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Malevolent look
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Malevolent look
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Rubber gasket
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Rubber gasket
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Gratis
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Gratis
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Lincoln Town Car, for one
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Lincoln Town Car, for one
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Patriots' Day mo.
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Patriots' Day mo.
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Big ox
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Big ox
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Prefix with political
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Prefix with political
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___ dance
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___ dance
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Six-Day War combatants
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Six-Day War combatants
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Entrance
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Entrance
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Actress ___ Dawn Chong
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Actress ___ Dawn Chong
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"Nascar Now" channel
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"Nascar Now" channel
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Medevac worker
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Medevac worker
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Way to go
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Way to go
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Dog biscuits and such
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Dog biscuits and such
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Formulator of the Three Principles of the People
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Formulator of the Three Principles of the People
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Gopher-wood construction
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Gopher-wood construction
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Submarine egress
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Submarine egress
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Ruination
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Ruination
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Infra's opposite
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Infra's opposite
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King famous for frightening people
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King famous for frightening people
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Like some campaign ads
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Like some campaign ads
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Pomeranian's bark
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Pomeranian's bark
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Sic ___ (bibliographical term)
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Sic ___ (bibliographical term)
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Elementary particle
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Elementary particle
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Actress/model Connie
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Actress/model Connie
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On land
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On land
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Appropriate center for this puzzle
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Appropriate center for this puzzle
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Frozen food company
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Frozen food company
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Exterior decorator?
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Exterior decorator?
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Beautify
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Beautify
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Let one's anger show
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Let one's anger show
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E-mail address ender
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E-mail address ender
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Treasure sought in "Titanic"
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Treasure sought in "Titanic"
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Heavy metal band?
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Heavy metal band?
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Stuck in the mud
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Stuck in the mud
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Storm
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Storm
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No longer working
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No longer working
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Cuff feature
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Cuff feature
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Satisfies, as baser instincts
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Satisfies, as baser instincts
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Husband, in Hidalgo
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Husband, in Hidalgo
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"___ 911!" (comedy series)
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"___ 911!" (comedy series)
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Fed. purchasing org.
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Fed. purchasing org.
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Long-range weapon, briefly
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Long-range weapon, briefly
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According to
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According to
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The Auld Sod
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The Auld Sod
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Childhood skin affliction
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Childhood skin affliction
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Goes around
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Goes around
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Where a pin may be made
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Where a pin may be made
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Greenwich Village campus, for short
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Greenwich Village campus, for short
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Poorly
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Poorly
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Volkswagen model
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Volkswagen model
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BBC panel show regular Phill
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BBC panel show regular Phill
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Brand of basketball
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Brand of basketball
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Something it's not always wise to share
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Something it's not always wise to share
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Generally
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Generally
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Grace ___ ("Jane Eyre" character)
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Grace ___ ("Jane Eyre" character)
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1960 Bobby Rydell hit
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1960 Bobby Rydell hit
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Electricians
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Electricians
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Ready to play, you might say
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Ready to play, you might say
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One of these can be found reading counterclockwise somewhere in each concentric ring
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One of these can be found reading counterclockwise somewhere in each concentric ring
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Behave
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Behave
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Go down
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Go down
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Philbin's "Live" co-host
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Philbin's "Live" co-host
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Responsibility
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Responsibility
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Simba's mate in "The Lion King"
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Simba's mate in "The Lion King"
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The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little ___"
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The Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little ___"
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Make impossible demands
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Make impossible demands
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Little bit
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Little bit
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Scale-busting
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Scale-busting
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"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer
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"Gaspard de la Nuit" composer
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Tack room items
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Tack room items
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Veneer patterns
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Veneer patterns
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First-time driver, often
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First-time driver, often
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Porker's pen
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Porker's pen
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Museum displays
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Museum displays
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Yossarian's tentmate in "Catch-22"
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Yossarian's tentmate in "Catch-22"
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"Mack the Knife" songwriter
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"Mack the Knife" songwriter
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Lassitude
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Lassitude
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Pantyhose brand
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Pantyhose brand
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Worn out
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Worn out
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Bigelow beverages
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Bigelow beverages
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Rodent, to a raptor
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Rodent, to a raptor
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Red food dye source
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Red food dye source
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All together
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All together
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Roman rebuke
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Roman rebuke
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Comprehend
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Comprehend
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Trunk in your trunk
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Trunk in your trunk
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Plays
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Plays
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Ireland's ___ Islands
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Ireland's ___ Islands
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Exam for H.S. jrs.
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Exam for H.S. jrs.
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Retin-A treats it
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Retin-A treats it
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Region near Mount Olympus
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Region near Mount Olympus
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"In a pig's eye!"
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"In a pig's eye!"
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Controversial 1987 exposé by ex-MI5 agent Peter Wright
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Controversial 1987 exposé by ex-MI5 agent Peter Wright
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Cartman's first name on "South Park"
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Cartman's first name on "South Park"
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Bay Area county
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Bay Area county
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Oatcakes popular in Scotland
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Oatcakes popular in Scotland
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Discreet attention-getter
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Discreet attention-getter
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Exclamation in "The Farmer in the Dell"
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Exclamation in "The Farmer in the Dell"
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Semisoft cheese from Holland
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Semisoft cheese from Holland
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Tunes that might make you want to get out on the floor?
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Tunes that might make you want to get out on the floor?
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Romeo's reckless friend
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Romeo's reckless friend
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Legal claim on property
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Legal claim on property
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Writer Ferber
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Writer Ferber
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Hull scrapers
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Hull scrapers
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Desk-borrowing worker
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Desk-borrowing worker
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Top 10 hit for Sarah McLachlan
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Top 10 hit for Sarah McLachlan
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Harvest
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Harvest
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Nicholas Gage memoir
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Nicholas Gage memoir
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Possessor?
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Possessor?
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Ray a k a the Hamburger King
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Ray a k a the Hamburger King
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Poet's inspiration
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Poet's inspiration
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Sharpness
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Sharpness
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Preordained
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Preordained
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Bursts open
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Bursts open
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Pedestrian safety feature
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Pedestrian safety feature
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What Mr. Spock suppressed
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What Mr. Spock suppressed
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Leave one's post, possibly
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Leave one's post, possibly
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Lee with the 1960 #1 hit "I'm Sorry"
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Lee with the 1960 #1 hit "I'm Sorry"
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Bungling
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Bungling
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"Skip to ___"
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"Skip to ___"
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Hoax
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Hoax
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___ stick (trick-or-treater's accessory)
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___ stick (trick-or-treater's accessory)
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Make up (for)
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Make up (for)
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Painter of a Zola portrait
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Painter of a Zola portrait
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In different places
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In different places
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Jack's partner in rhyme
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Jack's partner in rhyme
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Cloak-wearing "Star Wars" race
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Rolaids rival
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Rolaids rival
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Big-screen beekeeper
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Big-screen beekeeper
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Propelled
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Propelled
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___ Miss
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___ Miss
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Domino dot
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