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New York Times: Sunday, June 7, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, June 7, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Jeremy Newton
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As weird as they come
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As weird as they come
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Where an M.I.A. might be
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Where an M.I.A. might be
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Parts of Fiji
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Parts of Fiji
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"Beats me"
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"Beats me"
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Biological rings
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Biological rings
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1950 University of Havana grad
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1950 University of Havana grad
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Tightly stacked, as ice trays
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Tightly stacked, as ice trays
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Con artist
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Con artist
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"Alrighty"
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"Alrighty"
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Like Tylenol PM: Abbr.
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Like Tylenol PM: Abbr.
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It might be dropped
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It might be dropped
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Foot, to a zoologist
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Foot, to a zoologist
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Crypt alternatives
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Crypt alternatives
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Suffix with floor or roof
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Teacher's question at the start of show-and-tell
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Teacher's question at the start of show-and-tell
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Anticipate heading home
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Anticipate heading home
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Endings for Shakespeare
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Endings for Shakespeare
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___ Reuters, media giant
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___ Reuters, media giant
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New York tribe
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New York tribe
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Some early paintings
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Some early paintings
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Prefix with ribonucleic
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Prefix with ribonucleic
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They're learning the ropes
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They're learning the ropes
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Bless
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Bless
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Color Me ___, 1990s R&B group
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Color Me ___, 1990s R&B group
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"Friday the 13th" prop
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"Friday the 13th" prop
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Inning stretcher, maybe
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Inning stretcher, maybe
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Sequel to "Typee"
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Sequel to "Typee"
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Audibly upset, as a bull
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Audibly upset, as a bull
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Norms: Abbr.
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Norms: Abbr.
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Long-snouted swimmer
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Long-snouted swimmer
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Oil bigwig?
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Oil bigwig?
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Thing absorbed by the ozone layer, for short
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Thing absorbed by the ozone layer, for short
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Doesn't care either way
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Doesn't care either way
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Way to go on dates
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Way to go on dates
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Pet store category
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Pet store category
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Not big, in a small way
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Not big, in a small way
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Diminish
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Diminish
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Leaning, in a way
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Leaning, in a way
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All-inclusive
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All-inclusive
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Bruce Wayne and Batman, e.g.
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Bruce Wayne and Batman, e.g.
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Place for matches at home
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Place for matches at home
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"Calm down"
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"Calm down"
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Drilling devices
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Drilling devices
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Massage technique
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Massage technique
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Pole in sailing
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Pole in sailing
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Che Guevara's real first name
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Che Guevara's real first name
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Big Apple daily, in brief
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Big Apple daily, in brief
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Verbally assaults
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Verbally assaults
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At once
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At once
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Some summer feasts in the U.S.
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Some summer feasts in the U.S.
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Where to sign a credit card, e.g.
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Where to sign a credit card, e.g.
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A bather may want one
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A bather may want one
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Blind part
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Blind part
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Grand ___ (wine designation)
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Grand ___ (wine designation)
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Per diem worker
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Per diem worker
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UPS option, briefly
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UPS option, briefly
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Hopped up, in a way
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Hopped up, in a way
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Rashly
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Rashly
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"Men in Black" figures
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"Men in Black" figures
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Negative influence
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Negative influence
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Gets fixed
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Gets fixed
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Texas/Louisiana border river
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Texas/Louisiana border river
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You take it lying down
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You take it lying down
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Views wide-eyed
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Views wide-eyed
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It's bound to be used in a service
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Available for viewing
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"A merry heart ___ good like a medicine": Proverbs
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"A merry heart ___ good like a medicine": Proverbs
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Boogie, Bee Gees-style
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Boogie, Bee Gees-style
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D.C. summer clock setting
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D.C. summer clock setting
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Witnessed
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Witnessed
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"Brilliant, ain't I?!"
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"Brilliant, ain't I?!"
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Bygone Toyotas
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Bygone Toyotas
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Frodo foe
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Gave missiles to
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Gave missiles to
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Finish last on "Jeopardy!"
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Finish last on "Jeopardy!"
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Donation receptacle
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Donation receptacle
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Oda ___ Brown (Oscar-winning role)
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Oda ___ Brown (Oscar-winning role)
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Look over
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Look over
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Clicked pic
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Clicked pic
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It opened in Manhattan in 1924
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It opened in Manhattan in 1924
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W.W. II craft for getting troops ashore
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W.W. II craft for getting troops ashore
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Set of moral rules
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Set of moral rules
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Rock singer Reznor
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Rock singer Reznor
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Billboard listings
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Billboard listings
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Corp. leadership
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Corp. leadership
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Isabella II, por ejemplo
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Isabella II, por ejemplo
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Oktoberfest souvenirs
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Oktoberfest souvenirs
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Currently
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Currently
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___ minute
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___ minute
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"Foundation" trilogy writer
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"Foundation" trilogy writer
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Old El Paso competitor
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Old El Paso competitor
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E.R. folk
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E.R. folk
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They get tired
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They get tired
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Biol. subject
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Biol. subject
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Empty
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Empty
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It freshens the air
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It freshens the air
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Baker v. ___, landmark 1962 Supreme Court case
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Baker v. ___, landmark 1962 Supreme Court case
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Spanish for "are"
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Spanish for "are"
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Big name in vodka
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Big name in vodka
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Practice requirement?
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Practice requirement?
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As the center of attention
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As the center of attention
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Summer camp locale
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Summer camp locale
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Other: Abbr.
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Other: Abbr.
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Direction from Hannover to Berlin
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Direction from Hannover to Berlin
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Roman who declared "Carthage must be destroyed"
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Roman who declared "Carthage must be destroyed"
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Taking care of business
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Taking care of business
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TV advertising staple
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TV advertising staple
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Lush
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Lush
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Unclogs
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Unclogs
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Quarters, informally
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Quarters, informally
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Home of Rainbow Bridge National Monument
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Home of Rainbow Bridge National Monument
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Suspense novelist ___ Hoag
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Suspense novelist ___ Hoag
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Empties, with "out"
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Empties, with "out"
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Fathers
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Fathers
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A long time
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A long time
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Suit basis
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Suit basis
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Canadian station name
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Canadian station name
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Sell for
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Sell for
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Take ___ at (attempt)
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Take ___ at (attempt)
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Trick the defensive line, maybe
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Trick the defensive line, maybe
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Kind of board
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Kind of board
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Double-deckers in the sky, maybe
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Double-deckers in the sky, maybe
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Overseas seasoning
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Overseas seasoning
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Energize
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Energize
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"Anything ___?"
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"Anything ___?"
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Silencing
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Silencing
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Brightness detector
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Brightness detector
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Features of some 'Vettes
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Features of some 'Vettes
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Former enemy capital
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Former enemy capital
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Sundance entry, often
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Sundance entry, often
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Hardly commendable
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Hardly commendable
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Trap during winter, maybe
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Trap during winter, maybe
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Title girl in a Ritchie Valens hit
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Title girl in a Ritchie Valens hit
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Flop in a lot
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Flop in a lot
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Actress Olin
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Actress Olin
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Reduce to a pulp
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Org. in the 1946 film "Cloak and Dagger"
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Org. in the 1946 film "Cloak and Dagger"
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Class-based society?: Abbr.
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Class-based society?: Abbr.
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La-la lead-in
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La-la lead-in
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Creator of the chess champion Deep Blue
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Creator of the chess champion Deep Blue
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