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New York Times: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 9, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Blindauer & Andrea Carla Michaels
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Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him
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Explorer who has a monetary unit named after him
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Nasal tones
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Nasal tones
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"Huddled" group inscribed on the Statue of Liberty
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"Huddled" group inscribed on the Statue of Liberty
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Chip in
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Chip in
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20
Notre Dame cry
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Notre Dame cry
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Like an ass
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Like an ass
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Dirt-dishing lass who's been cut off?
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Dirt-dishing lass who's been cut off?
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Summery
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Summery
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"Livin' la Vida ___"
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"Livin' la Vida ___"
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Danish coin
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Danish coin
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Star of football, to most of the world
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Star of football, to most of the world
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Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr.
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Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr.
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Seasoned rice dishes
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Seasoned rice dishes
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Wayne ___ (Gotham City abode)
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Wayne ___ (Gotham City abode)
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Entertainer Béla
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Entertainer Béla
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"Right away, boss!"
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"Right away, boss!"
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Cheese choice
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Cheese choice
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Dad is familiar with top Broadway star?
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Dad is familiar with top Broadway star?
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Block buster?
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Block buster?
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52
Peeples of "Fame"
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Peeples of "Fame"
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Played again
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Played again
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Constellation near Scorpius
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Constellation near Scorpius
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More raspy
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More raspy
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"Finnegans Wake" wife
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"Finnegans Wake" wife
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Epic poem in dactylic hexameter
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Epic poem in dactylic hexameter
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Lhasa ___ (dog)
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Lhasa ___ (dog)
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63
Fourth of September?
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Fourth of September?
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N.Y.C. subway syst.
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N.Y.C. subway syst.
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See 114-Down
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See 114-Down
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Actor Joel's crime scene analysis?
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Actor Joel's crime scene analysis?
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Printing on many a name tag
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Printing on many a name tag
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Ballpark figs.
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Ballpark figs.
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75
Japanese band
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Japanese band
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Some depictions on a pyramid wall
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Some depictions on a pyramid wall
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It may be blind
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It may be blind
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Bygone stadium
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Bygone stadium
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Brand that's universally liked?
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Brand that's universally liked?
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Used a tuffet
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Used a tuffet
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Backyard briquettes
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Backyard briquettes
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Hack
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Hack
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Red head, once?
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One-quarter of a mourning lacrosse team?
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One-quarter of a mourning lacrosse team?
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Emma of "The Avengers"
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Emma of "The Avengers"
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Dennis, to Mr. Wilson
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Dennis, to Mr. Wilson
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Comparatively right-minded
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Comparatively right-minded
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Ancient Jordanian city with rock carvings
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Ancient Jordanian city with rock carvings
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Landlord
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Landlord
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O.E.D. filler
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O.E.D. filler
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Jedi Council leader
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Jedi Council leader
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"___ ELO" (1976 album)
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"___ ELO" (1976 album)
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Blow the whistle
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Blow the whistle
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Fervent
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Fervent
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Hollywood hanky-panky?
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Hollywood hanky-panky?
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Bad way to be caught
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Bad way to be caught
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Bone receptacle
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Bone receptacle
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Lament
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Lament
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Tomoyuki ___, creator of Godzilla
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Tomoyuki ___, creator of Godzilla
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Just followed Nancy Reagan's advice?
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Just followed Nancy Reagan's advice?
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Some blackboard writing
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Some blackboard writing
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Tote
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Tote
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"Wheel of Fortune" purchase
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"Wheel of Fortune" purchase
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Some U.S.N.A. grads
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Some U.S.N.A. grads
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Beg
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Beg
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Some votes in Québec
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Some votes in Québec
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Calendar data: Abbr.
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Calendar data: Abbr.
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When tripled, a W.W. II movie
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When tripled, a W.W. II movie
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Self-control
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Self-control
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"Entourage" agent Gold
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"Entourage" agent Gold
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"Seduction of the Minotaur" author
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"Seduction of the Minotaur" author
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Prime meridian std.
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Prime meridian std.
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Continental ___
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Continental ___
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Grand Marquis, e.g., for short
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Grand Marquis, e.g., for short
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Superhero with an octopus named Topo
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Superhero with an octopus named Topo
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"How's it goin', man?"
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"How's it goin', man?"
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Quash
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Quash
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First of 12 abroad
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First of 12 abroad
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Dinner that includes a reading
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Dinner that includes a reading
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Cry uncle
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Cry uncle
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"Skedaddle!"
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"Skedaddle!"
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Beverage brewed from petals
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Beverage brewed from petals
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Kaput
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Kaput
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Dash
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Dash
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Mikhail Baryshnikov, by birth
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Mikhail Baryshnikov, by birth
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Clouseau title: Abbr.
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Clouseau title: Abbr.
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Common setting in an Indiana Jones movie
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Common setting in an Indiana Jones movie
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Corroded
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Corroded
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Pro-___
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Pro-___
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Game played at the Mirage
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Game played at the Mirage
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"Encore!"
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"Encore!"
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Accomplished
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Accomplished
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It's thrown from a horse
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It's thrown from a horse
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Carpenter of note
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Carpenter of note
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I.R.S. ID
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I.R.S. ID
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Bob or weave
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Bob or weave
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Said "Friends, Romans, countrymen ..."
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Said "Friends, Romans, countrymen ..."
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Waterproof boots
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Waterproof boots
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Noted rule maker
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Noted rule maker
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Briny
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Briny
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Set of hospital rms.
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Set of hospital rms.
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Fries order at McDonald's, maybe
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Fries order at McDonald's, maybe
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Shocked and awed
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Shocked and awed
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Poli sci student's major, maybe
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Poli sci student's major, maybe
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Do business with
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Do business with
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Real-time e-notes
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Real-time e-notes
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Word with milk or sauce
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Word with milk or sauce
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Colorado State, athletically
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Colorado State, athletically
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Future presenters of the past
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Future presenters of the past
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In favor of
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In favor of
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Summers
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Summers
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___ Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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___ Kundera, author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
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Bulb in the kitchen
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Bulb in the kitchen
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"LOL!"
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"LOL!"
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Do-gooder
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Do-gooder
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One of the Baldwins
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One of the Baldwins
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Goes back
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Goes back
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B train?
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B train?
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___ concern
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___ concern
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Hombre's hand
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Hombre's hand
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Passed with flying colors
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Passed with flying colors
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Southern staple
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Southern staple
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Financing fig.
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Financing fig.
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One who loves pick-ups?
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One who loves pick-ups?
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Something you love to play with
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Something you love to play with
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What oviparous creatures do
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What oviparous creatures do
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Surmise
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Surmise
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"Marcus Welby, M.D." actress Verdugo
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"Marcus Welby, M.D." actress Verdugo
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Old TV western starring Rory Calhoun, with "The"
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Old TV western starring Rory Calhoun, with "The"
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Character of a community
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Character of a community
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___ Leppard
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___ Leppard
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What traffic and dogs do
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What traffic and dogs do
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Greek theaters
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Greek theaters
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"Wedding Bell Blues" singer Laura
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"Wedding Bell Blues" singer Laura
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Snick's partner
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Snick's partner
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With 65-Across, like some orders
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With 65-Across, like some orders
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That, in Oaxaca
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That, in Oaxaca
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Hit TV show set in Las Vegas
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Hit TV show set in Las Vegas
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Pill alternative, for short
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Pill alternative, for short
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118
Stumblers' sounds
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Stumblers' sounds
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One of 13 popes
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One of 13 popes
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Stop on a track: Abbr.
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Stop on a track: Abbr.
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