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New York Times: Sunday, July 26, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, July 26, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kevin G. Der
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Do well in the Olympics
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Do well in the Olympics
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Choose to take part
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Choose to take part
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Modern storage sites
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Modern storage sites
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Sky Chief company
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Sky Chief company
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Satisfactory
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Satisfactory
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Low soccer score
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Low soccer score
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Place in trust
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Place in trust
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Stabilizing track
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Stabilizing track
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Weaver's supply
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Weaver's supply
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Word with mail or letter
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Word with mail or letter
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Actor Edward James ___
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Actor Edward James ___
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2001 headline maker
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2001 headline maker
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It's worth its weight in gold
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It's worth its weight in gold
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PC linkup
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Tweaks
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Tweaks
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Michael of "Juno" and "Superbad"
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Michael of "Juno" and "Superbad"
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"Ixnay"
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"Ixnay"
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Bygone leaders
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Bygone leaders
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Fathers
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Fathers
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Norse pantheon
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Norse pantheon
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Another name for 72-Across
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Another name for 72-Across
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Center
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Center
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A Marx brother
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A Marx brother
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Thither
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Thither
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Longtime Susan Lucci role
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Longtime Susan Lucci role
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___-Caps (candy)
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___-Caps (candy)
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Tulsa sch.
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Tulsa sch.
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Largest moon of Saturn
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Largest moon of Saturn
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Subject of a tipster's tip
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Subject of a tipster's tip
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Joe Montana or Jerry Rice, informally
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Joe Montana or Jerry Rice, informally
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Windsor's home: Abbr.
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Windsor's home: Abbr.
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Additions to a musical staff
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Additions to a musical staff
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___ but when
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___ but when
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Blissful
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Blissful
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Crackerjack
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Crackerjack
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Expressed a welcome
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Expressed a welcome
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Org. with spring playoffs
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Dried seaweed popular in Japanese cuisine
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Dried seaweed popular in Japanese cuisine
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Part of Canis Major
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Part of Canis Major
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Boot camp affirmative
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Boot camp affirmative
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Fanatic
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Fanatic
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Be more than a dream
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Be more than a dream
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Lite
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Lite
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Clip, e.g.
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Clip, e.g.
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Bring up, perhaps
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Bring up, perhaps
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Suffix with magnet
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7'6" Ming
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7'6" Ming
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Green-eyed
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Green-eyed
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___ in Charlie
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___ in Charlie
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Wall-E's love in "Wall-E"
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Wall-E's love in "Wall-E"
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One side of an exchange
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One side of an exchange
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It may be bid
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It may be bid
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Big band instrument
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Big band instrument
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It comes in volumes: Abbr.
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It comes in volumes: Abbr.
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Cartoon pooch
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Cartoon pooch
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Slugger's stat
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Slugger's stat
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Tandoor flatbreads
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Tandoor flatbreads
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Popular
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Popular
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Prefix with sphere
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Prefix with sphere
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Galley figure
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Galley figure
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Bones may be found in it
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Bones may be found in it
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Cousin of a clog
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Cousin of a clog
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Oscar winner Patricia and others
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Oscar winner Patricia and others
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It's found near the tongue
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It's found near the tongue
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Achilles and Hector
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Achilles and Hector
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Clothes rack abbr.
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Clothes rack abbr.
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Gridiron scores: Abbr.
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Gridiron scores: Abbr.
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Scientologist ___ Hubbard
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Scientologist ___ Hubbard
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Crown covering
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Crown covering
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"Did you start without me?"
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"Did you start without me?"
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Rachmaninoff's "___-tableaux"
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Rachmaninoff's "___-tableaux"
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Island where Sundanese and Madurese are spoken
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Island where Sundanese and Madurese are spoken
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Take too much of, briefly
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Take too much of, briefly
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Windbag's output
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Windbag's output
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Golfer Aoki
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Golfer Aoki
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Certain infection
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Certain infection
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Operatic heroine wooed by Beckmesser
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1963 animated film with the song "Higitus Figitus," with "The"
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___ Gold, character on "Entourage"
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___ Gold, character on "Entourage"
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Stanford's Big Game rival
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Stanford's Big Game rival
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1998 animated film featuring the voice of Pierce Brosnan
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1998 animated film featuring the voice of Pierce Brosnan
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Hollywood, with "the"
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Hollywood, with "the"
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Notwithstanding that, for short
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Notwithstanding that, for short
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___ jure (legal term)
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___ jure (legal term)
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"The Canterbury Tales" traveler
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"The Canterbury Tales" traveler
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Gun for hire
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Gun for hire
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Loser at Gettysburg
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Loser at Gettysburg
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Heir, perhaps
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Heir, perhaps
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Org. in Clancy's "Red Storm Rising"
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Org. in Clancy's "Red Storm Rising"
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Gives birth to a kid
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Gives birth to a kid
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Bit of cheer
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Bit of cheer
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Road twist
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Road twist
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Down
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Work together
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Work together
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1981 film in which Helen Mirren plays a sorceress
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Onetime MTV animated title character and others
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Onetime MTV animated title character and others
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With 12-Down, 1889 Twain novel
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With 12-Down, 1889 Twain novel
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Weathercast figure
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Weathercast figure
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Slothful
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Slothful
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Underwater families
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Underwater families
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Japanese market: Abbr.
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Japanese market: Abbr.
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Memo header
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Memo header
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Subtlety
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Subtlety
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Things first on the way up?
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Things first on the way up?
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See 4-Down
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See 4-Down
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Perceived to be
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Perceived to be
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With 76-Down, 1953 Ava Gardner film ... as depicted elsewhere in this puzzle?
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With 76-Down, 1953 Ava Gardner film ... as depicted elsewhere in this puzzle?
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___-Japanese
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___-Japanese
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Gumshoe
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Gumshoe
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Relative of a grapefruit
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Relative of a grapefruit
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Does some heavy lifting
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Does some heavy lifting
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Red alert?
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Red alert?
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Bilbao bloom
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Bilbao bloom
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W.W. II vessel
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W.W. II vessel
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Kind of inspection
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Kind of inspection
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___ Gordimer, Literature Nobelist
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___ Gordimer, Literature Nobelist
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Aid in finding a station
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Magical glow
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Magical glow
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River that flows past more than 40 castles
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Bishop's group
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Bishop's group
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1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit
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1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit
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Davy Jones's locker
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Davy Jones's locker
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Years in old Rome
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Drilling grp.
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Drilling grp.
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One of Iago's victims
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One of Iago's victims
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Words of commitment
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Words of commitment
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Five-carbon sugar
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Five-carbon sugar
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Culture areas?
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Culture areas?
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Passover month
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Passover month
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Arrive by air
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Arrive by air
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"Winnie ___ Pu"
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"Winnie ___ Pu"
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Pot-___ (French stew)
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Pot-___ (French stew)
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Overhang
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Overhang
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Conductor Lockhart and others
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Conductor Lockhart and others
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Rustic transport
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Rustic transport
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2001 Anjelica Huston miniseries, with "The"
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2001 Anjelica Huston miniseries, with "The"
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Some steaks
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Some steaks
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Hot desert winds
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Hot desert winds
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See 14-Down
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See 14-Down
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Magic trick's climax
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Magic trick's climax
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Supreme Egyptian deity
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Supreme Egyptian deity
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Soap box?
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Soap box?
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One of Santa's reindeer
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One of Santa's reindeer
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Drilling grp.
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Drilling grp.
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Chairman Arafat
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Chairman Arafat
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___ Rand, developer of Objectivism
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___ Rand, developer of Objectivism
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Lou's "La Bamba" co-star
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Lou's "La Bamba" co-star
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Rocker Lofgren
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Rocker Lofgren
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Temple structure?
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Temple structure?
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Quick
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Quick
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Result of going out?
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Result of going out?
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1971 Peace Nobelist from Germany
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1971 Peace Nobelist from Germany
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AARP concern
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AARP concern
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"Parlez-___ français?"
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"Parlez-___ français?"
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Delays
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Delays
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Heroine in Verdi's "Il Trovatore"
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Heroine in Verdi's "Il Trovatore"
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Gives the heave-ho
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Gives the heave-ho
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Arizona native
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Arizona native
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Not pick up
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Not pick up
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Highest worship in Catholicism
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Highest worship in Catholicism
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Antisub weapon
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Antisub weapon
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Cliff homes: Var.
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Cliff homes: Var.
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Takes by force
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Takes by force
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___ number on
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___ number on
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About
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About
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What an inflectional ending is added to
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What an inflectional ending is added to
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Certain netizen
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Certain netizen
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Area meas.
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Area meas.
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Up in the air
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Up in the air
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Canal sites
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Canal sites
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Emulate some of Goya's work
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