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New York Times: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 24, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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Smart
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Smart
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Attention getters
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Attention getters
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Scot's exclamation
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Scot's exclamation
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The fish in John McPhee's "The Founding Fish"
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The fish in John McPhee's "The Founding Fish"
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"I ___ sorry!"
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"I ___ sorry!"
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"Same here"
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"Same here"
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By way of
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By way of
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"Here ___!"
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"Here ___!"
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*2007 Ken Follett novel
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*2007 Ken Follett novel
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North of Virginia
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North of Virginia
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*Bond film that's a real gem?
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*Bond film that's a real gem?
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Relishes
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Relishes
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Kisser, so to speak
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Kisser, so to speak
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Affluent
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Affluent
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Literary ___
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Literary ___
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Bench presser's muscle, briefly
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Bench presser's muscle, briefly
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Newsman Peter and others
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Newsman Peter and others
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Where "thy will" will be done, partly
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Where "thy will" will be done, partly
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Big ray
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Big ray
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Down Under critter
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Buddhist school
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Buddhist school
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Cookie store
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Cookie store
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England's first Stuart king
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England's first Stuart king
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Craven
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Craven
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Teeming
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Teeming
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"That's disgusting!"
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"That's disgusting!"
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"___ said!"
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"___ said!"
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Wall St. deal
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Wall St. deal
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Legal org.
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Legal org.
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Own (up)
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Own (up)
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Turner autobiography
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Turner autobiography
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"Victory!"
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"Victory!"
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Overhead light?
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Overhead light?
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Descartes portraitist
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Carriage driver's need
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Carriage driver's need
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Kiln for hops
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Kiln for hops
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Knesset
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Knesset
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Roman ___
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Roman ___
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24 hrs. ago
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24 hrs. ago
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Whatever
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Whatever
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Mile High Center designer
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Jazzy Laine
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Jazzy Laine
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Plus
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Plus
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Real
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Real
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In and of ___
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In and of ___
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They often come in threes
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They often come in threes
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Clubber Lang portrayer in "Rocky III"
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Clubber Lang portrayer in "Rocky III"
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Term opener?
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Greek consonants
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A.T.M. button
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A.T.M. button
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Grace, basically
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Grace, basically
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Fivesomes
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Fivesomes
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___ number
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Gonitis locale
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Gonitis locale
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Set off
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Set off
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Classic Cremona family
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Classic Cremona family
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"Perhaps ..."
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"Perhaps ..."
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*Alexander Pope phrase appropriate to the start of a sports season
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*Alexander Pope phrase appropriate to the start of a sports season
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Be alive
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Be alive
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*1974 Carl Carlton hit
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*1974 Carl Carlton hit
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"Exodus" actor
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"Exodus" actor
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An original Star Alliance airline
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Victorian home features
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"Behold!," to Pilate
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"Behold!," to Pilate
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Brain tests, for short
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Brain tests, for short
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Volatile stuff
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Volatile stuff
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Arthur ___, inventor of the crossword puzzle
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Chocolate choice
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Cornfield sound
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Med. care option
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Country whose national anthem's title means "The Hope": Abbr.
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Brewski
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Brewski
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Take ___ view of
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Baking need
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Baking need
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Like some food
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Like some food
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They can swing
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They can swing
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The March King
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The March King
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Has thirds or fourths, say
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Cannes subject
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Lived it up
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Lived it up
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Computer switch
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Computer switch
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Turkish sweets
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Turkish sweets
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Sylvia Plath's last book of poetry
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Sylvia Plath's last book of poetry
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Caterpillar rival
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Caterpillar rival
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"___ framed!"
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"___ framed!"
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Most in need of help
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Most in need of help
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Handyman's letters
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Handyman's letters
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Price point?
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Price point?
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Met regular, e.g.
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Met regular, e.g.
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"My Fair Lady" lady
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"My Fair Lady" lady
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Good "Dancing With the Stars" scores
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See note
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See note
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Corral
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Corral
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Wettest
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Wettest
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Razor brand
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Razor brand
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Energy
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Energy
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OS X users
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OS X users
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Film buff's channel
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Film buff's channel
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Certain pop
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Certain pop
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James or Jackson
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James or Jackson
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*Song by Tejano singer Selena
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*Song by Tejano singer Selena
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Cousin of a stork
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Cousin of a stork
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"Cut it out!"
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"Cut it out!"
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Peek-___
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Peek-___
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Noticeably old, as paper
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Noticeably old, as paper
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Platoon, e.g.
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Makeup target
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Makeup target
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Nursery sights
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Nursery sights
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Actress Skye
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Actress Skye
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Southwest tribe
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Southwest tribe
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"Win ___ of ..." (contest come-on)
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"Win ___ of ..." (contest come-on)
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C to C#, e.g.
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Cut off all intake
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River of Flanders
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River of Flanders
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Tiny scurriers
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Tiny scurriers
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Won't let go of
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Won't let go of
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"Ain't ___ Sweet"
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"Ain't ___ Sweet"
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Temper
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Temper
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Trig ratios
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Trig ratios
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Lips
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Lips
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Biblical interpretations
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Biblical interpretations
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Most ready for commitment?
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Most ready for commitment?
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Six years before the Battle of Hastings
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Six years before the Battle of Hastings
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Common thing to count in
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Common thing to count in
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Thick-___
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Thick-___
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Slipcover trim
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Slipcover trim
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Stop
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Stop
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Conforms (with)
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Conforms (with)
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Composer's creation
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"Chicago" song
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"Chicago" song
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Boss: Abbr.
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Boss: Abbr.
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Do ___ burn
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Do ___ burn
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About to cry
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About to cry
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Quaint stopovers
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[Awful!]
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[Awful!]
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Tolstoy's "The Death of ___ Ilyich"
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Tolstoy's "The Death of ___ Ilyich"
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Vex
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Vex
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South American tuber
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Clicker target
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Animator's shriek
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