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New York Times: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 18, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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*"Before the Mirror"
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*"Before the Mirror"
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Turned off
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Turned off
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BĂȘte ___
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BĂȘte ___
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Westernmost avenue in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Westernmost avenue in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Rewards of a political machine
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Rewards of a political machine
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Schindler of "Schindler's List"
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Schindler of "Schindler's List"
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With 29-Across, holder of the works named in the nine starred clues, celebrating its 50th anniversary on 10/21/09
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With 29-Across, holder of the works named in the nine starred clues, celebrating its 50th anniversary on 10/21/09
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One at risk of excommunication
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One at risk of excommunication
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California wind
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California wind
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Ready-go go-between
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Ready-go go-between
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See 23-Across
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Philharmonic sect.
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Philharmonic sect.
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45 players
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45 players
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2000s TV family
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2000s TV family
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Many a school fund-raiser
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Many a school fund-raiser
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"What's going ___ there?"
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"What's going ___ there?"
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One who works on a grand scale?
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One who works on a grand scale?
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Game in which players subtract from a starting score of 501
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Game in which players subtract from a starting score of 501
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"Big" number in college athletics
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"Big" number in college athletics
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Station
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Station
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Year Columbus died
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Year Columbus died
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Letter-shaped construction pieces
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Letter-shaped construction pieces
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New Deal inits.
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New Deal inits.
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"___ party time!"
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"___ party time!"
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Legal org.
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Legal org.
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Horse and buggy
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Horse and buggy
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Needing a massage, say
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Needing a massage, say
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Be hung over, e.g.
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Be hung over, e.g.
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Small island
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Small island
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Enchant
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Enchant
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Miff
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Miff
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1970s TV production co.
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1970s TV production co.
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Symbols like @
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Symbols like @
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*"Green Violinist"
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*"Green Violinist"
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Gazes at
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Gazes at
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Like a bond you can buy with security?
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Like a bond you can buy with security?
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Savor, in a way
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Savor, in a way
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"Frasier" role
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"Frasier" role
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Short swim
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Short swim
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V.P. during the Cuban missile crisis
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V.P. during the Cuban missile crisis
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In order (to)
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In order (to)
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Lo-___
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Lo-___
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"Today" rival, for short
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"Today" rival, for short
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Canadian-born hockey great
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Canadian-born hockey great
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"Eldorado" grp.
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"Eldorado" grp.
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Perfectly timed
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Perfectly timed
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Like some YouTube videos
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Like some YouTube videos
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House call?
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House call?
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Landlocked European
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Landlocked European
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Vintage Tonka toy
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Vintage Tonka toy
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Water swirl
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Water swirl
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In need of blusher, say
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*"Composition 8"
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*"Composition 8"
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Old credit-tracking corp.
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Old credit-tracking corp.
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Clytemnestra, to Agamemnon
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Clytemnestra, to Agamemnon
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Light planes
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Light planes
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*"Peasant With Hoe"
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*"Peasant With Hoe"
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Subject of the Joni Mitchell song "Amelia"
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Subject of the Joni Mitchell song "Amelia"
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Jazz standard whose title is repeatedly sung after "Honey ..."
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Jazz standard whose title is repeatedly sung after "Honey ..."
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"May I ___ question?"
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"May I ___ question?"
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"Rebel Without a Cause" actress
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"Rebel Without a Cause" actress
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Operatic prince
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Operatic prince
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Grand
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Grand
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Controversial form that 43-Down used for 23-/29-Across
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Controversial form that 43-Down used for 23-/29-Across
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Like some traffic
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Lummoxes
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Lummoxes
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One who gets a lot of return business?
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One who gets a lot of return business?
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Verb with "vous"
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Lepidopterist's study
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Lepidopterist's study
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Pain in the neck
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Pain in the neck
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Poetic contraction
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Enters leisurely
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Enters leisurely
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Gov't investments
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Gov't investments
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Part of some Bibles: Abbr.
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Part of some Bibles: Abbr.
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Flight
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Flight
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Midori on ice
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Midori on ice
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North end?
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North end?
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"... ___ should I"
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"... ___ should I"
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Director Lee
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Director Lee
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Cross shape
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Cross shape
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Shell food?
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Shell food?
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*"Seated Woman, Wiping Her Left Side"
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*"Seated Woman, Wiping Her Left Side"
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Like 43-Down's design for 23-/29-Across
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Like 43-Down's design for 23-/29-Across
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Org. setting workplace rules
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Org. setting workplace rules
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Swedish company with a catalog
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Swedish company with a catalog
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Drops from the sky
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Drops from the sky
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Gospel singer Franklin
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Gospel singer Franklin
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Flambé, say
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Flambé, say
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___'acte
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___'acte
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Castle security system
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Castle security system
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Bygone channel
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Bygone channel
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"No seats left"
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"No seats left"
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Use (up), as time
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Use (up), as time
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One for the money?
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One for the money?
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*"Tableau 2"
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*"Tableau 2"
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Good lookers
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Good lookers
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Fated
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Fated
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With 43-Down, what 23-/29-Across was
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With 43-Down, what 23-/29-Across was
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Player of one of the women in Robert Altman's "3 Women"
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Player of one of the women in Robert Altman's "3 Women"
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Site of Spain's Alamillo Bridge
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Site of Spain's Alamillo Bridge
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Jewelry firm since 1842
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Jewelry firm since 1842
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See 38-Down
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U.S.P.S. deliveries
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U.S.P.S. deliveries
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Latin 101 verb
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Latin 101 verb
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Drinks of liquor
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Drinks of liquor
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Sixth-brightest star in the sky
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Sixth-brightest star in the sky
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*"Mandolin and Guitar"
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*"Mandolin and Guitar"
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Start of a common run
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Start of a common run
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Joy of "The View"
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Joy of "The View"
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Showing surprise
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Showing surprise
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Words from Charlie Brown
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Words from Charlie Brown
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Dog-___
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Dog-___
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Many a perfume
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Many a perfume
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Epps of "House"
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Epps of "House"
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Shrub that may cause a severe allergic reaction
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Shrub that may cause a severe allergic reaction
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Leaden, in London
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Leaden, in London
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Angela Merkel's one
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Angela Merkel's one
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Place for a stamp
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Place for a stamp
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Sorts
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Sorts
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School popular in the 1920s
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School popular in the 1920s
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Autumn ESPN highlights
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Autumn ESPN highlights
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Sue Grafton's "___ for Ricochet"
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Sue Grafton's "___ for Ricochet"
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Common middle name for a girl
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Scholarly
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Scholarly
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Code-cracking grp.
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Code-cracking grp.
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"Time out!" signal
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"Time out!" signal
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Old defense grp.
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Old defense grp.
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Turkish bigwig
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Turkish bigwig
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*"The Antipope"
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*"The Antipope"
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Early spring feast
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Early spring feast
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Just love
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Just love
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Life preserver, e.g.
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Life preserver, e.g.
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Spanish tidbit
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Spanish tidbit
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Skinny
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Skinny
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B.O. purchases
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B.O. purchases
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*"Head and Shell"
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*"Head and Shell"
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Roman household god
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Roman household god
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Paris's ___ Saint-Louis
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Paris's ___ Saint-Louis
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Medium strength?
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Medium strength?
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"Huh?"
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"Huh?"
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Viking ship item
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