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New York Times: Sunday, February 1, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 1, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Victor Fleming,
Matt Ginsberg
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To-do
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To-do
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Symptoms for a car mechanic
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Some
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Some
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Big shots?
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Big shots?
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Decorated in ceramic, say
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Decorated in ceramic, say
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1980s hit-makers with a geographical name
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1980s hit-makers with a geographical name
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Hispanic "Sesame Street" character
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Hispanic "Sesame Street" character
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Cousin of an aster
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Holden's little brother in "The Catcher in the Rye"
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Holden's little brother in "The Catcher in the Rye"
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Fire
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Fire
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Liquefied
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Liquefied
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Agreeing (with)
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Fully constituted, as a session of Congress
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Fully constituted, as a session of Congress
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Cool
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Cool
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*Airline for Lucille?
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*Airline for Lucille?
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Envoy
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Envoy
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Locales for some paintings
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Locales for some paintings
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Name repeated in Woody Allen's "___ and ___"
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Name repeated in Woody Allen's "___ and ___"
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Epoch
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Epoch
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*Corned beef stains?
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*Corned beef stains?
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Competitor of Chambers, for short
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Competitor of Chambers, for short
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"54-40 or fight" candidate
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"54-40 or fight" candidate
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Alternative to cable
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Home of the War in the Pacific National Historic Park
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Home of the War in the Pacific National Historic Park
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___ dixit
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___ dixit
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Unwrap impatiently
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Subject for Hume
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Subject for Hume
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The Globe and others
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The Globe and others
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Feudal superior
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Feudal superior
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*Caution when boiling a 60-Down?
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*Caution when boiling a 60-Down?
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Dwindle
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Dwindle
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Like movies and hotels
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Like movies and hotels
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___ the Great, leader of 1462-1505
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___ the Great, leader of 1462-1505
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Inattention
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Inattention
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Have ___ with
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Have ___ with
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Two tablets, say
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Two tablets, say
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Punch
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Punch
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"Bleah!"
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"Bleah!"
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Not quite right
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Not quite right
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Swear words?
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Swear words?
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Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues
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Setting for the answers to the 10 starred clues
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Natural do
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Natural do
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Go for the bronze?
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Go for the bronze?
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Tick (off)
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Tick (off)
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Present opener?
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Present opener?
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Godfather's voice, maybe
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Godfather's voice, maybe
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Come from ___
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Come from ___
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Tycoons, slangily
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Tycoons, slangily
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Mech. ___
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Mech. ___
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Hollywood figure
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Hollywood figure
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Some golf fund-raisers
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Some golf fund-raisers
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*Chaperon's job?
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*Chaperon's job?
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Proto-seed
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Proto-seed
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Might
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Might
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They put on shows
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They put on shows
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"I think we should say no"
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"I think we should say no"
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Score before winning a game, maybe
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Score before winning a game, maybe
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5 for B or 6 for C
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5 for B or 6 for C
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Something to contribute to, for short
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Something to contribute to, for short
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European tongue
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European tongue
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It may be tapped
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It may be tapped
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*Tersely edited epilogues?
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*Tersely edited epilogues?
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Roman power
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Roman power
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Avon and others
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Avon and others
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Agronomists' samples
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Agronomists' samples
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Museum supporters
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*Where everyone wears beige?
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*Where everyone wears beige?
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Kind of sequencing
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Kind of sequencing
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"Great Expectations" girl
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"Great Expectations" girl
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"No go"
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"No go"
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Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhäuser"
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Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhäuser"
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___ the boards (acted)
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___ the boards (acted)
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Word sung twice before "to you and you and you"
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Word sung twice before "to you and you and you"
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Dish name
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Dish name
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It borders France
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It borders France
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"Holy cow!"
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"Holy cow!"
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1983 Streisand role
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1983 Streisand role
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"Kenilworth" author
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"Kenilworth" author
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Packing a punch
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Packing a punch
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Flout
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Flout
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Pause
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Pause
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Bound, in a way
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Bound, in a way
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Boat steerers
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Boat steerers
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*Rolling past a stop sign?
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*Rolling past a stop sign?
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Spain's Isabel I, e.g.
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Spain's Isabel I, e.g.
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Vague, as a recollection
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Vague, as a recollection
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Milk
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Milk
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Hall-of-Fame forward
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Hall-of-Fame forward
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Mouth watering?
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Mouth watering?
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Branch
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Branch
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Half-wit
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Half-wit
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What a crescent symbolizes
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What a crescent symbolizes
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Lord, e.g.
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Lord, e.g.
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Verdi masterpiece
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Verdi masterpiece
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Lovers
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Lovers
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Daily meals
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Daily meals
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*Added comment?
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*Added comment?
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First pope called "the Great"
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First pope called "the Great"
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___ and Wear (English county)
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___ and Wear (English county)
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Sibyl
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Sibyl
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Its stroke is "as a lover's pinch, which hurts, and is desired," per Cleopatra
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Its stroke is "as a lover's pinch, which hurts, and is desired," per Cleopatra
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"An American Life" autobiographer
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"An American Life" autobiographer
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___ se
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___ se
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"You ___" (1982 Eddie Rabbitt hit)
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"You ___" (1982 Eddie Rabbitt hit)
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Castigate
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Castigate
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Mogul negotiator
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Mogul negotiator
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Takei's "Star Trek" role
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Takei's "Star Trek" role
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Month or year
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Month or year
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European car
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European car
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Kind of block
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Had down pat
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Ruckuses
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Ruckuses
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White-tailed bird
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White-tailed bird
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Having gumption
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Having gumption
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Shooting star, maybe
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Shooting star, maybe
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Relieved (of)
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Relieved (of)
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Old "Up, up and away" sloganeer
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Old "Up, up and away" sloganeer
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Cab's ancestor
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Cab's ancestor
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See 62-Across
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See 62-Across
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Quality
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Quality
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Country singer Jackson
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Country singer Jackson
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"Did I ___!"
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"Did I ___!"
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Sum up
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Sum up
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They close at night
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They close at night
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1993 triple-platinum Frank Sinatra album
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1993 triple-platinum Frank Sinatra album
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The U.A.E. is in it
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The U.A.E. is in it
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Totally dominate
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Totally dominate
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Lawyer's need
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Lawyer's need
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*"That dress makes you look fat," e.g.?
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*"That dress makes you look fat," e.g.?
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F, monetarily
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F, monetarily
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F, musically
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F, musically
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Anther's place
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Anther's place
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Pushed (around)
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Pushed (around)
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Spur
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Spur
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Talks through a film
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Talks through a film
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Golden ___
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Golden ___
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*Onset of a lie?
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*Onset of a lie?
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Just right
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Just right
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Scarlett's true love
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Scarlett's true love
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Ultimate
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Ultimate
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It may come after you
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It may come after you
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Barber's emblem
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Barber's emblem
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KOA campground user
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KOA campground user
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Loopholes
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Loopholes
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Pique
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Pique
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Flavius's fire
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Flavius's fire
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Eero Saarinen, by birth
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Eero Saarinen, by birth
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Diminishes bit by bit
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Diminishes bit by bit
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Boot option
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Boot option
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Member of the mallow family
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Member of the mallow family
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How U.S. senators are elected
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How U.S. senators are elected
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Small creeks
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Small creeks
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Onslaught
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Onslaught
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Site of many an outdoor wedding
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Site of many an outdoor wedding
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"My ___!"
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"My ___!"
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Suggested
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Suggested
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Asian appetizer
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Asian appetizer
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"Have some!"
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"Have some!"
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London Parliament series painter
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London Parliament series painter
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Noise at night
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Noise at night
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Meal in Nisan
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Meal in Nisan
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Barely defeats
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Barely defeats
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Board member
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Board member
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A law ___ itself
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Moran of "Happy Days"
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Moran of "Happy Days"
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Mini-whirlpool
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Mini-whirlpool
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Pre-coll. exam
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Blockhead
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