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New York Times: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 17, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Cathy Allis
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Blubber
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Blubber
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Updates electrically
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Updates electrically
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Liturgical reference
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Liturgical reference
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Ivanhoe's lady
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Ivanhoe's lady
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Spiritedly, in scores
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Spiritedly, in scores
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Santiago is its patron saint
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Santiago is its patron saint
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Slip hider
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Slip hider
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Dr. Westheimer telling it like it is?
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Dr. Westheimer telling it like it is?
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Grammar class exercise
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Grammar class exercise
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Chief Ouray's tribe
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Chief Ouray's tribe
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Fourth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl
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Fourth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl
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Angel, e.g., for short
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Angel, e.g., for short
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Something an office worker might file
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Something an office worker might file
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All you need to brew a lot of coffee?
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All you need to brew a lot of coffee?
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Huge opponents
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Huge opponents
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Aging vessels?
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Aging vessels?
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Whence the phrase "sour grapes"
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Whence the phrase "sour grapes"
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Healthful husks
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Healthful husks
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Educ. group
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Educ. group
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Kind of talk
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Kind of talk
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Male symbol components
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Male symbol components
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What you might bow your head to get
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What you might bow your head to get
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Result of a plumbing disaster in the apartment above?
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Result of a plumbing disaster in the apartment above?
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Pitcher plant victim
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Viscera
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Viscera
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Playmate of Piglet
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Playmate of Piglet
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___ Gillis of 1960s TV
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___ Gillis of 1960s TV
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Spade, e.g., for short
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Spade, e.g., for short
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Rapper's retinue
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Rapper's retinue
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Father of Ariadne
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Father of Ariadne
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Abbr. after many a capt.'s name
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Abbr. after many a capt.'s name
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Essence
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Essence
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Tome that makes a pub owner feel nostalgic?
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Tome that makes a pub owner feel nostalgic?
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"Hard ___!"
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"Hard ___!"
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Pol Paul
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Pol Paul
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Cel
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Cel
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Great trait
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Great trait
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Eighth or ninth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl
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Eighth or ninth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl
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Law school course
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Law school course
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1977 Sex Pistols song ... or their first record label
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1977 Sex Pistols song ... or their first record label
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Longtime Buick model
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Longtime Buick model
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Scottish seaport
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Where to find a best-selling CD?
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Where to find a best-selling CD?
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"Ghost Whisperer" skill
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"Ghost Whisperer" skill
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Bleach brand
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Bleach brand
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Cabbage batch?
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Cabbage batch?
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Julio to julio
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Julio to julio
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Sacrament, e.g.
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Sacrament, e.g.
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Tea leaves alternative
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Tea leaves alternative
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Help, wrongly
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Help, wrongly
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"The Office" city
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"The Office" city
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Something kids might very well tune out?
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Something kids might very well tune out?
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Orange-roofed establishment, in brief
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Inter ___
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Inter ___
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Author Deighton
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Author Deighton
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Married mujer: Abbr.
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Married mujer: Abbr.
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Scoldings
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Scoldings
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Advice to Tin Man costume designers?
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"Good Guys Wear Black" star, 1979
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"Good Guys Wear Black" star, 1979
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Strapped
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Strapped
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Topsy-turvy
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Topsy-turvy
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Hickman who played 58-Across
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Subject of a Scottish mystery, informally
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Subject of a Scottish mystery, informally
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Good outcome
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Good outcome
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Carpenter ___
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Recording period
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Recording period
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"Anna Christie" playwright
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"Anna Christie" playwright
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Web site for Charlotte
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Web site for Charlotte
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Paper that dishes dirt
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Paper that dishes dirt
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"Knock it off!"
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"Knock it off!"
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Lumber dimensions
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Lumber dimensions
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"No more, thanks"
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"No more, thanks"
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Shout at a bowl
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Shout at a bowl
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W.W. II command area
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W.W. II command area
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Voiced, in phonetics
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Voiced, in phonetics
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Quark/antiquark particle
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Quark/antiquark particle
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Suffix with cruciverbal
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Suffix with cruciverbal
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Exterminator, often
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Exterminator, often
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Handel oratorio king
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Handel oratorio king
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Starting stake
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Starting stake
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Bert who was a Leo, aptly
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Bert who was a Leo, aptly
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Name on the street
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Name on the street
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Algerian port
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Algerian port
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Debugger's mission?
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Debugger's mission?
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Stars can have big ones
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Stars can have big ones
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Free
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Free
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Romance lang.
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Romance lang.
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Eye layer
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Eye layer
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Galloping
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Galloping
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Living ___
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Living ___
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Touch, e.g.
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Touch, e.g.
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Damage to a paperback edition?
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Damage to a paperback edition?
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Nocturnal fledgling
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Nocturnal fledgling
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College course, briefly
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College course, briefly
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Radar image
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Radar image
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City near old silver mines
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City near old silver mines
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Scan for slips
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Scan for slips
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"West Side Story" girl
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"West Side Story" girl
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___ of Souls, Na'vi temple in "Avatar"
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___ of Souls, Na'vi temple in "Avatar"
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Composer Satie
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Composer Satie
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Like a ___ bricks
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Like a ___ bricks
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Language from which "sky" and "egg" are derived
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Language from which "sky" and "egg" are derived
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Skeptical rejoinder
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Arthur with a racket
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Arthur with a racket
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Shevat or Sivan
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Shevat or Sivan
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Poetry contests
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Poetry contests
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Exterminator's target
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Exterminator's target
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___ Zoo
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___ Zoo
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___ cloud (solar system outlier)
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___ cloud (solar system outlier)
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Cross out
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Cross out
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Opposite of stout
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Opposite of stout
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"Is that ___?"
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"Is that ___?"
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Eric Clapton love song
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Eric Clapton love song
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Once, formerly
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Once, formerly
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Variety
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Variety
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Its crown is in your head
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Its crown is in your head
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Waste line
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Waste line
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Cocktail party serving
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Cocktail party serving
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College course, briefly
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College course, briefly
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Karma
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Karma
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___ avis
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___ avis
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Pivots
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Pivots
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Attic scurrier
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Attic scurrier
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Galoots
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Galoots
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Ethnic group including Zulus
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Ethnic group including Zulus
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Walked boldly
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Walked boldly
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Port sights
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Port sights
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Nonplussed
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Nonplussed
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Duck
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Duck
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"This I Promise You" band, 2000
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"This I Promise You" band, 2000
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Ken of "thirtysomething"
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Ken of "thirtysomething"
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Good situation for a server
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Good situation for a server
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Unattended
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Unattended
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Imarets, e.g.
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Imarets, e.g.
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"___ partridge in ..."
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"___ partridge in ..."
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V.I.-to-Trinidad dir.
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King, in Portuguese
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King, in Portuguese
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Toon for which Hank Azaria won a 1998 Emmy
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Toon for which Hank Azaria won a 1998 Emmy
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Japanese I.T. giant
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Mag. team
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Mag. team
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