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New York Times: Sunday, March 22, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 22, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joon Pahk,
Matt Matera
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Eye affliction
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Eye affliction
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Wearing a long dress and a collar buttoned to the top, maybe
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Wearing a long dress and a collar buttoned to the top, maybe
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Was
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Was
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Raise hell
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Raise hell
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Évian and others
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Évian and others
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Harried
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Harried
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Manuscript marks noting possible errors
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Manuscript marks noting possible errors
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Go on and on
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Go on and on
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Corps veterans
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Corps veterans
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Painful prod
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Painful prod
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Engagement gift
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Engagement gift
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Turned on the waterworks
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Turned on the waterworks
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In Sicily it's about 10,920 ft. high
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In Sicily it's about 10,920 ft. high
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After-Christmas sale shoppers, e.g.
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After-Christmas sale shoppers, e.g.
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Papier-___
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Papier-___
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Shows in a theater
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Shows in a theater
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___ Nurmi, the Flying Finn
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___ Nurmi, the Flying Finn
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Penne ___ vodka
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Penne ___ vodka
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Traveler's alternative to 90-Down
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Traveler's alternative to 90-Down
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Conflict of 1973
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Conflict of 1973
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Bygone party attire
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Bygone party attire
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Part of a family
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Part of a family
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Munic. official
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Munic. official
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Showcase Showdown prize, perhaps
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Showcase Showdown prize, perhaps
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Stripe
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Stripe
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Down
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Down
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Help desk sign
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Help desk sign
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See 84-Down
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See 84-Down
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Star of 1950s TV's "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin"
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Star of 1950s TV's "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin"
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Fancy salad ingredients
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Fancy salad ingredients
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Easily beat all the competition
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Easily beat all the competition
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Petty
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Petty
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Man with cups and pieces
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Man with cups and pieces
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River separating continents
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River separating continents
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Singular praise?
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Singular praise?
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Speakeasy supply
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Speakeasy supply
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H.S. class
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H.S. class
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Montréal-___ International Airport
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Montréal-___ International Airport
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Fair-haired
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Fair-haired
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Subject of a nursery rhyme that has only eight different words
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Subject of a nursery rhyme that has only eight different words
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English poet laureate Henry
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English poet laureate Henry
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Singular
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Singular
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Energy source
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Energy source
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Having only the forepart visible, as a beast in heraldry
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Having only the forepart visible, as a beast in heraldry
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___ nerve (funny bone tingler)
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___ nerve (funny bone tingler)
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Untouchable, say
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Untouchable, say
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"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a ___; what else does a man need to be happy?": Albert Einstein
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"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a ___; what else does a man need to be happy?": Albert Einstein
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Historian's Muse
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Historian's Muse
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Big name in real estate
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Big name in real estate
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Classic name in chain restaurants
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Classic name in chain restaurants
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Like, with "to"
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Like, with "to"
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Spinning
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Spinning
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Untagged, in tag
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Untagged, in tag
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Michelangelo's David, e.g.
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Michelangelo's David, e.g.
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Princess of literature
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Princess of literature
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"Alas ..."
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"Alas ..."
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"On the Beach" author
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"On the Beach" author
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Showed disdain, in a way
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Showed disdain, in a way
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Gray side
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Gray side
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Origin
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Origin
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Get ready to take off
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Get ready to take off
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Desert in the Southwest
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This is a test
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This is a test
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It may be fine or fine art
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It may be fine or fine art
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Typeface imitative of handwriting
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Typeface imitative of handwriting
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Words of explanation
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Words of explanation
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Quark/antiquark pairs
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"Full House" actress Loughlin
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"Full House" actress Loughlin
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"Su-u-ure"
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"Su-u-ure"
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Sacred Hindu text
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Sacred Hindu text
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K-12
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K-12
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Christian of the cloth?
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Christian of the cloth?
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Killer ___
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Killer ___
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One with prier engagements?
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One with prier engagements?
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Leaves
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Leaves
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Sch. near the Rio Grande
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Sch. near the Rio Grande
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Cheeky
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Cheeky
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Where 51-Down was martyred
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Where 51-Down was martyred
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Pro ___
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Pro ___
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Like some petticoats
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Like some petticoats
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Symphony, e.g.
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Symphony, e.g.
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"Zoom-zoom" sloganeer
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"Zoom-zoom" sloganeer
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Eponymous Dr. Alzheimer
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Eponymous Dr. Alzheimer
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Dull, hollow sound
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Dull, hollow sound
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Often-anonymous intimidation technique
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Often-anonymous intimidation technique
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Author Asquith of children's books
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Author Asquith of children's books
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Hirohito's title: Abbr.
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Hirohito's title: Abbr.
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Scratches (out)
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Scratches (out)
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Designer Miller
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Designer Miller
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Flowering shrub
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Flowering shrub
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"x" in an equation
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"x" in an equation
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"At-ten-SHUN!," e.g.
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"At-ten-SHUN!," e.g.
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Protrude
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Protrude
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"Bah!"
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"Bah!"
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24 of them = 100%: Abbr.
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24 of them = 100%: Abbr.
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"Quo vadis?" speaker
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"Quo vadis?" speaker
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Rear of a galley
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Rear of a galley
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Rogen of "Knocked Up"
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Rogen of "Knocked Up"
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___ Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead
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___ Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead
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Brave activity
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Brave activity
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Alibi ___ (Ring Lardner character)
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Alibi ___ (Ring Lardner character)
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Balkan native
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Balkan native
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Based on ___ story
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Based on ___ story
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"___ Care of Business" (1974 hit)
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"___ Care of Business" (1974 hit)
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Pianist José
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Pianist José
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Los Angeles's ___-Sinai Medical Center
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Los Angeles's ___-Sinai Medical Center
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Basic cooking instruction
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Basic cooking instruction
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They're often scheduled at noon
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They're often scheduled at noon
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"... then again, I could be wrong"
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"... then again, I could be wrong"
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Made more attractive?
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Made more attractive?
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Thomas Hardy's ___ Heath
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Thomas Hardy's ___ Heath
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Home of St. Catherine
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Home of St. Catherine
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Rear-___
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Rear-___
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Sometimes-satin items of apparel
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Sometimes-satin items of apparel
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With 62-Across, comic's challenge
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With 62-Across, comic's challenge
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Certain m.p.g. rating: Abbr.
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Certain m.p.g. rating: Abbr.
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French beverage
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French beverage
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Home of Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
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Home of Mondrian's "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
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Part of an academic address
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Part of an academic address
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Traveler's alternative to 47-Across
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Traveler's alternative to 47-Across
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Young woman, old-style
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Young woman, old-style
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Green-eyed monster
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Green-eyed monster
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Nashville 11
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Nashville 11
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"___ the Sons" (Gay Talese best seller)
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"___ the Sons" (Gay Talese best seller)
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Big A.T.M. maker
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Big A.T.M. maker
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Accept responsibility
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Accept responsibility
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___ double life
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___ double life
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Fjord, for example
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Fjord, for example
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Ones working on columns, for short
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Ones working on columns, for short
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Old Italian bread
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Old Italian bread
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Fünf minus vier
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Fünf minus vier
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Sodium hydroxide, chemically
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Sodium hydroxide, chemically
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Peace Nobelist from South Africa
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Peace Nobelist from South Africa
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Second, e.g.
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Second, e.g.
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Mechanical
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Mechanical
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"Son of Frankenstein" role
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"Son of Frankenstein" role
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Squishy stuff
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Squishy stuff
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Feeling no pain
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Feeling no pain
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Juan's "those"
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Juan's "those"
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Ron of "Tarzan"
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Ron of "Tarzan"
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