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New York Times: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 25, 2009 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
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"My People" writer
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Its motto is "Under God, the people rule": Abbr.
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Its motto is "Under God, the people rule": Abbr.
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___ Errol, main character in "Little Lord Fauntleroy"
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___ Errol, main character in "Little Lord Fauntleroy"
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Violent behavior due to excessive use of banned athletic substances
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Violent behavior due to excessive use of banned athletic substances
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Humana competitor
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Humana competitor
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Time's 1986 Woman of the Year
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Time's 1986 Woman of the Year
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Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09
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Start of a wish by 112-Across on 9/21/09
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Big name in tires
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Big name in tires
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___ bark beetle (pest)
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___ bark beetle (pest)
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Nita of silents
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Nita of silents
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Wish, part 2
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Wish, part 2
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___ of the Guard
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___ of the Guard
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Actress Merrill
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Actress Merrill
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Like the best wallets?
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Like the best wallets?
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Working hours
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Working hours
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Lucy's guy
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Lucy's guy
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Big wheels
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Big wheels
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Wish, part 3
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Wish, part 3
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[Yuck ... that's awful!]
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[Yuck ... that's awful!]
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Parliament output?
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Parliament output?
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Toward the quiet side
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It seemingly never ends
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It seemingly never ends
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Page, e.g.
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Page, e.g.
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Malia's sister in the White House
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Malia's sister in the White House
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Wish, part 4
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Wish, part 4
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Table scrap
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Table scrap
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Oxford, e.g.
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Oxford, e.g.
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Paragons
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Paragons
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Garage container
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Garage container
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Wish, part 5
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Wish, part 5
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___ the Laborer, patron saint of farmers
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___ the Laborer, patron saint of farmers
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Hell's Angels, e.g.
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Hell's Angels, e.g.
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Aside from that
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Aside from that
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Prince ___ Khan, third husband of Rita Hayworth
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Prince ___ Khan, third husband of Rita Hayworth
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Wish, part 6
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Transition
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Transition
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Words of agreement
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Words of agreement
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Musical sense
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Musical sense
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Not in operation
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Not in operation
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Christmas hours in N.Y.C.
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Christmas hours in N.Y.C.
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Law, in Lima
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Law, in Lima
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Magazine for which 112-Across writes
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Magazine for which 112-Across writes
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Refuse
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Refuse
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What can one do?
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What can one do?
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Actor who said "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
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Actor who said "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse"
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Tropical grassland
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Tropical grassland
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Astronomer's sighting
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Astronomer's sighting
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Minotaur feet
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Minotaur feet
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NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer
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NBC football analyst/reporter and longtime writer
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Flavor
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Flavor
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Sudan neighbor: Abbr.
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Sudan neighbor: Abbr.
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Kind of penguin
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Kind of penguin
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End of the wish
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End of the wish
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More massive
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More massive
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Magical symbol
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Magical symbol
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Take for a spin
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Take for a spin
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Infiltrates, say
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Infiltrates, say
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Ballet jump
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Soda bottle size
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Soda bottle size
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Dick who was once House majority leader
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Danny who directed "Slumdog Millionaire"
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Windbags
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Windbags
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Whirl
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Whirl
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Long, long time
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___ Harbour (Miami suburb)
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___ Harbour (Miami suburb)
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Sayin' no to
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"99 Luftballons" pop group
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"99 Luftballons" pop group
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Got hitched
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Got hitched
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Noah Webster, for one
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Noah Webster, for one
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"I already ___"
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"I already ___"
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Pullover, e.g.
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Pullover, e.g.
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Middle-school Girl Scout
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Middle-school Girl Scout
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Draws a parallel between
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Draws a parallel between
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Boneheads
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Boneheads
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Streamlets
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Streamlets
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Kind of tray
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Kind of tray
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Hack it
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Hack it
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Starting from
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Starting from
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Obama's honorary deg. from Notre Dame
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Obama's honorary deg. from Notre Dame
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Creator of Oz
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Creator of Oz
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Dashboard stat
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Dashboard stat
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"L'heure d'___" (2008 Juliette Binoche film)
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"L'heure d'___" (2008 Juliette Binoche film)
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Historic ship whose real name was Santa Clara
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Historic ship whose real name was Santa Clara
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Cockeyed
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Cockeyed
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Nickname of the Spice Girls' Sporty Spice
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Nickname of the Spice Girls' Sporty Spice
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Porcelain containers, maybe
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Porcelain containers, maybe
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Poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen'"
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Poem with the lines "Nobody'll dare / Say to me, / 'Eat in the kitchen'"
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"___ in ice"
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"___ in ice"
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Hush-hush org.
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Hush-hush org.
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Michelle of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
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Michelle of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
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Memo intro
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Memo intro
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Contraption
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Contraption
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Freud disciple Alfred
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Freud disciple Alfred
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Canada ___
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Canada ___
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Chemical coloring
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Chemical coloring
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Famous deerstalker wearer
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Famous deerstalker wearer
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Shady spot
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Shady spot
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"___ thought"
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"___ thought"
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John Elway, for the Broncos
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John Elway, for the Broncos
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Printer resolution meas.
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Printer resolution meas.
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Piazza dei Miracoli town
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Piazza dei Miracoli town
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Monthly expenditures: Abbr.
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Monthly expenditures: Abbr.
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Battery, e.g.
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Like most music
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Like most music
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It has ray flowers
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It has ray flowers
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"Sheesh!"
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"Sheesh!"
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Losing tic-tac-toe combo
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Losing tic-tac-toe combo
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Bridge expert Culbertson
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Bridge expert Culbertson
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Member of the Brew Crew, e.g.
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Dirty
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Dirty
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Land, eventually
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Land, eventually
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"___ all!" ("Fini!")
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Hot topic in insurance
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___ Schneider, villainess in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
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___ Schneider, villainess in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
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"Stop your moping!"
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"Stop your moping!"
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Capitalize on
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Capitalize on
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Flight board fig.
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Flight board fig.
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Impress permanently
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Impress permanently
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More hairy
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More hairy
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Some Warped Tour attendees
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Some Warped Tour attendees
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Big name in hotels
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Lame excuse for missing homework
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Lame excuse for missing homework
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Endearing
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Endearing
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2016 Olympics locale
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2016 Olympics locale
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It's got mayo
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It's got mayo
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Thin
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Thin
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Alternative to a wagon
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Alternative to a wagon
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Secret event of '45
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Secret event of '45
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Harvesters, e.g.
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Harvesters, e.g.
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"Much ___ About Nothing" ("The Simpsons" episode)
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"Much ___ About Nothing" ("The Simpsons" episode)
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Practice piece
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Practice piece
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Like some stockings
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Like some stockings
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Asphalt, e.g.
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Run of letters
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Run of letters
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Germany's ___ von Bismarck
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Germany's ___ von Bismarck
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Nothing, in Nantes
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Nothing, in Nantes
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Subject of many lies
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Subject of many lies
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K'ung Fu-___ (Confucius)
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K'ung Fu-___ (Confucius)
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The Gateway to the West: Abbr.
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The Gateway to the West: Abbr.
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Prefix with valent
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