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New York Times: Sunday, March 8, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 8, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Zack Kushner
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Former eBay chief Whitman
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Steal from, as in Grand Theft Auto
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Steal from, as in Grand Theft Auto
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Too big for one's britches, say
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Too big for one's britches, say
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Shutter piece
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Shutter piece
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Auto financing abbr.
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Auto financing abbr.
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Home of Easter Island
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Home of Easter Island
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Bilge need
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Bilge need
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"___ Dawn I Die" (James Cagney flick)
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"___ Dawn I Die" (James Cagney flick)
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Rachael Ray activity eliciting oohs and aahs?
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Rachael Ray activity eliciting oohs and aahs?
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___'acte
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___'acte
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Freshwater source
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Freshwater source
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Habituate
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Habituate
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Vedder of Pearl Jam
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Vedder of Pearl Jam
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Pantywaist
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Pantywaist
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Harebrained
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Harebrained
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"Three men in ___"
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"Three men in ___"
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Viaduct features
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Viaduct features
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Appears
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Appears
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Prepared for heavy on/off traffic?
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Prepared for heavy on/off traffic?
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Heart chart: Abbr.
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Heart chart: Abbr.
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Spacesuit worry
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Spacesuit worry
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Schubert piece
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Advice to actor Perry when delivering a baby?
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Advice to actor Perry when delivering a baby?
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Extremely softly, in music
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French possessive
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French possessive
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Wee
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Wee
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Imitative
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Imitative
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___ Croft, title role for Angelina Jolie
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___ Croft, title role for Angelina Jolie
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It's dangerous to be on this
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It's dangerous to be on this
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Org. involved with ESPN
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Org. involved with ESPN
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Puffball contents
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Puffball contents
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Pioneering 1940s computer
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Cleopatra's last request?
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Cleopatra's last request?
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Fashion photographer Herb
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Fashion photographer Herb
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Void
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Void
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Brother's attire
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Brother's attire
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Adulate
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Adulate
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Bullpen stats
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Sir, in Swahili
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Sir, in Swahili
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Rope fibers
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Rope fibers
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___ Lingus
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___ Lingus
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High-speed inits.
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High-speed inits.
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Travel is voted most popular?
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Travel is voted most popular?
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Concert site
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Concert site
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Athlete who won the 1978 International Peace Award
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Athlete who won the 1978 International Peace Award
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Brother or aunt: Abbr.
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Brother or aunt: Abbr.
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Result of a good basement waterproofing years ago?
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Result of a good basement waterproofing years ago?
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"Yeah, ___"
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"Yeah, ___"
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Transfixed
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Transfixed
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Canned
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Canned
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Bygone "birds"
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Bygone "birds"
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Swerve
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Swerve
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Like a pig in a pen
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Like a pig in a pen
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False front
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False front
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Literally, "little turnips"
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Literally, "little turnips"
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Cinderella's destination
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Cinderella's destination
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Unassailable beefs?
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Unassailable beefs?
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Volkswagen competitor
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Volkswagen competitor
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Prefix with inflammatory
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Prefix with inflammatory
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Upset
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Upset
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Fathom
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Fathom
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Composer Rorem and others
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Word before or after tea
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Word before or after tea
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Ones concealing their aims
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Ones concealing their aims
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Poetic preposition
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Talkative ones
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Talkative ones
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La Belle ___
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Bellyache
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Bellyache
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Bangs, e.g.
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Bangs, e.g.
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Pimply
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Pimply
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Get a better grip on
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Get a better grip on
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Big part of a crocodile
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Big part of a crocodile
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Singer DiFranco
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Singer DiFranco
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Refer to
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Refer to
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Gus who wrote the words to "Makin' Whoopee"
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Gus who wrote the words to "Makin' Whoopee"
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What the 300 defended
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What the 300 defended
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Field trip destination
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Field trip destination
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Person at home
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Person at home
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Modern navig. tool
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Modern navig. tool
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Bean container
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Bean container
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Coachman's carriage
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Coachman's carriage
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Provisional
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Provisional
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Separate wheat from chaff
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Separate wheat from chaff
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It's written in the stars
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It's written in the stars
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Gum-producing plant
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Gum-producing plant
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First name in cosmetics
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First name in cosmetics
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Informal bed
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Informal bed
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Seating sections
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Seating sections
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Nearly excellent
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Nearly excellent
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"I don't get no respect," to Rodney Dangerfield
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"I don't get no respect," to Rodney Dangerfield
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Full of frills
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Full of frills
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Number of flavors in Neapolitan ice cream?
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Number of flavors in Neapolitan ice cream?
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Some turban wearers
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Some turban wearers
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Thousands, in slang
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Thousands, in slang
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Brought (in)
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Brought (in)
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Fishermen with nets
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Fishermen with nets
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Summery
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Summery
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Greek salad ingredient
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Greek salad ingredient
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Designer Rabanne
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Designer Rabanne
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Tangle (with)
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Tangle (with)
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Irish folk musician O'Flynn
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Irish folk musician O'Flynn
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Missing something
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Missing something
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Ballpark snack
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Ballpark snack
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QBs, at times
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QBs, at times
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Choice cut
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Choice cut
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China neighbor
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China neighbor
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CBS's "The ___ Today"
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CBS's "The ___ Today"
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Fare well
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Fare well
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Eyeball
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Eyeball
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Beer ___
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Beer ___
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Hit hard
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Hit hard
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"In the Valley of ___" (2007 film)
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"In the Valley of ___" (2007 film)
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Where Christ stopped in a Carlo Levi novel
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Where Christ stopped in a Carlo Levi novel
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Robert of "The Sopranos"
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Robert of "The Sopranos"
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Mother in Bedrock
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Mother in Bedrock
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Ill-fated German admiral
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Ill-fated German admiral
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The Hebrides, e.g.
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The Hebrides, e.g.
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Flight divisions
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Flight divisions
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Like some communities
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Like some communities
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Missions, in brief
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Missions, in brief
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"Twelfth Night" woman
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"Twelfth Night" woman
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The Father of Science Fiction
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The Father of Science Fiction
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Capital on the Atlantic
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Capital on the Atlantic
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Canned
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Canned
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Caught red-handed
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Caught red-handed
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Sings hallelujah to
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Sings hallelujah to
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Nervous one?
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Nervous one?
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Comics pooch
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Comics pooch
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Endeavored
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Endeavored
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Any of boxer Foreman's five sons
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Any of boxer Foreman's five sons
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Volunteer, perhaps
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Volunteer, perhaps
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Melancholy
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Melancholy
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Less wobbly, say
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Less wobbly, say
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Brief makers: Abbr.
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Turn in many a children's board game
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Turn in many a children's board game
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TV hookups
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TV hookups
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Kind of graph
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Kind of graph
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Card game from Mattel
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Card game from Mattel
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Sch. in Troy, N.Y.
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Sch. in Troy, N.Y.
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Alley ___
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