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New York Times: Sunday, January 11, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 11, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David J. Kahn
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Box in many dens
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Insignificant
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Insignificant
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Rap
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Rap
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Second-largest city of Rhode Island
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Second-largest city of Rhode Island
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"___ Majesty's Secret Service"
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"___ Majesty's Secret Service"
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"This round's ___"
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"This round's ___"
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Set, as a gem
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Set, as a gem
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Art shop offering
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Art shop offering
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Flier to Omsk
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Flier to Omsk
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Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all"
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Song with the lyric "We salute him, one and all"
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Most coll. applicants
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Most coll. applicants
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Thrown for ___
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Thrown for ___
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Suitable for service
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Suitable for service
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Wyoming Senator Mike
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Wyoming Senator Mike
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More petite
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More petite
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Exhaustive
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Exhaustive
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By means of
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By means of
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Drop a brick
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Drop a brick
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Green's songwriting partner in old musicals
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Green's songwriting partner in old musicals
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Reddish-brown horses
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Reddish-brown horses
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With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent
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With 90-Across, what the 28 circled squares in this puzzle represent
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See 45-Down
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See 45-Down
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Compass heading
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Compass heading
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"The Great Ziegfeld" co-star, 1936
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"The Great Ziegfeld" co-star, 1936
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Organic compounds
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Organic compounds
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Patriotic displays
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Patriotic displays
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Record holder?
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Record holder?
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Alice's cat in "Alice in Wonderland"
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Alice's cat in "Alice in Wonderland"
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Jazz Age figure
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Jazz Age figure
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Kid's rejoinder
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Kid's rejoinder
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White House family of the 1840s
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White House family of the 1840s
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First U.S. chief justice
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First U.S. chief justice
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Butterfly's title
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Butterfly's title
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Rock salt
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Rock salt
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Like many campgrounds at night
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Like many campgrounds at night
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Source of late election returns, with "the"
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Source of late election returns, with "the"
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Seat of Ward County, N.D.
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Seat of Ward County, N.D.
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White House tour highlight
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White House tour highlight
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Daly TV role
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Daly TV role
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Pilot, e.g.
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Pilot, e.g.
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Oslo Accords grp.
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Oslo Accords grp.
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Zaragoza's river
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Zaragoza's river
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See 46-Across
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James Joyce short story
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James Joyce short story
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"Running on Empty" actress
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"Running on Empty" actress
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Nobel physicist Tamm
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Nobel physicist Tamm
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Youngster
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Youngster
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"d" preceder
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"d" preceder
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Debater's ploy
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Debater's ploy
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Over-the-shoulder wrap
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Over-the-shoulder wrap
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Kitchen tool with a tube
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Kitchen tool with a tube
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Favored, with "on"
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Favored, with "on"
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Old German rocket
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Old German rocket
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Political insider
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Political insider
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N.F.L. coach with the most career wins
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N.F.L. coach with the most career wins
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Plumbing, e.g.
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Plumbing, e.g.
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Some college donors
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Some college donors
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"The Simpsons" character whose last name has 18 letters
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"The Simpsons" character whose last name has 18 letters
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Lying, in a way
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Lying, in a way
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"Family Ties" mom
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"Family Ties" mom
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Behind
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Behind
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Citizenship Day mo.
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Citizenship Day mo.
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Citi Field team, starting in 2009
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Citi Field team, starting in 2009
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A goner
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A goner
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Possible answer to "Where are you?"
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Chapter's partner
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First word of Montana's motto
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Pre-election workers
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Pre-election workers
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Set adrift
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Set adrift
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Some Security Council vetoes
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Some Security Council vetoes
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Snicker sound
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Member of an empire that ended in the 16th century
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Member of an empire that ended in the 16th century
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Dr. ___
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Dr. ___
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Hang one's ___ (trust in)
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Hang one's ___ (trust in)
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"Sesame Street" tune, with "The"
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"Sesame Street" tune, with "The"
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Fountain in New Orleans
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Fountain in New Orleans
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Corduroy ridge
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Corduroy ridge
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Quaker Oats product
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Quaker Oats product
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Outside's opposite
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Outside's opposite
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At the home of: Fr.
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At the home of: Fr.
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Diplomat Annan
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Diplomat Annan
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Laissez-___
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Laissez-___
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Devastation
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Devastation
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Pits
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Pits
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Former big name in browsers
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Former big name in browsers
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Popular film Web site, briefly
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Spanish monarch
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Spanish monarch
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Schubert's "Symphony No. 8 ___ Minor"
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Schubert's "Symphony No. 8 ___ Minor"
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Put out
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Put out
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Workplace for Reps. and Dems.
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Workplace for Reps. and Dems.
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Decline
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Decline
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Like heaven's vault, in a Shelley poem
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Like heaven's vault, in a Shelley poem
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Song syllables
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Song syllables
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With 52-Across, what angels pray for
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With 52-Across, what angels pray for
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Mine part
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Mine part
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Opportune
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Opportune
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Like some chambers
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Like some chambers
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Sport
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Sport
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Possible location for a back door
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Possible location for a back door
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Etymologist's interest
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Etymologist's interest
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"Talk of the Nation" airer
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"Talk of the Nation" airer
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Carnal subject
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Carnal subject
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Certain engine
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Certain engine
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Reagan-___
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Reagan-___
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"___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria)
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"___ babbino caro" (Puccini aria)
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Islamic spirit
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Islamic spirit
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"___ be in England": Browning
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"___ be in England": Browning
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Lab noise?
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Lab noise?
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Some exiles
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Some exiles
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Out
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Out
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Introduction to economics?
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Introduction to economics?
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Used as a dining surface
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Used as a dining surface
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Energized
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Energized
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Tells it like it isn't
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Tells it like it isn't
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Arctic sight
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Arctic sight
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Country singer Black
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Country singer Black
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Inauguration recital
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Yearn (for)
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Yearn (for)
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Newly sprouted trees
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Newly sprouted trees
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Impatient sort
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Impatient sort
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Numbers?
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Numbers?
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Frankie with a falsetto
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Frankie with a falsetto
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Parts of forearms
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Parts of forearms
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Where a torpedo may be made
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Where a torpedo may be made
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Turner of note
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Turner of note
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By way of: Abbr.
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By way of: Abbr.
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Cheer
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Cheer
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"OMG!," quaintly
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"OMG!," quaintly
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The Wizard of ___ Park
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The Wizard of ___ Park
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Io's guardian, in Greek myth
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Io's guardian, in Greek myth
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Not wait for the parents' blessing, say
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Not wait for the parents' blessing, say
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Bit of I.C.U. equipment
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Bit of I.C.U. equipment
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Barn young 'un
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Barn young 'un
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PBS policy
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PBS policy
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Elbowroom
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Elbowroom
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Ear part
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Ear part
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Give back
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Give back
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West Virginia resource
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West Virginia resource
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___ touch
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___ touch
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Kicker's aid
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Kicker's aid
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Old Dodge
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Old Dodge
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Suffix with Caesar
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Suffix with Caesar
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Quick rule?
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Quick rule?
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Something often cured
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Something often cured
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