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New York Times: Sunday, January 24, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 24, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
David Kwong,
Kevan Choset
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Letter-shaped woodworking vise
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Letter-shaped woodworking vise
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Times, e.g.
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Times, e.g.
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Inuit word for "house"
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Inuit word for "house"
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Butchers' offerings
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Butchers' offerings
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Former New Jersey governor James
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Former New Jersey governor James
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"Typee" sequel
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"Typee" sequel
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Junket
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Junket
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Out
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Out
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Rolling in the grass?
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Rolling in the grass?
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Party leadership?
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Party leadership?
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Comic strip "___ and Janis"
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Comic strip "___ and Janis"
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Parting locale
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Parting locale
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"Still ..."
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"Still ..."
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Only person to win Emmys for acting, writing and directing
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Only person to win Emmys for acting, writing and directing
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1992 Robin Williams movie
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1992 Robin Williams movie
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National Geographic inserts
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Mall attraction
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Mall attraction
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Cookie holders
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Cookie holders
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Medium power?
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Medium power?
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Verandas
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Verandas
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Hypotheticals
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Hypotheticals
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"___ luego!"
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"___ luego!"
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Intersection of the x and y axes
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Intersection of the x and y axes
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Biologist Stephen Jay ___
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Biologist Stephen Jay ___
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Buddhist sect
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Buddhist sect
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"Who ___?"
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"Who ___?"
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Kind of artery
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Kind of artery
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Cross swords?
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Cross swords?
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Oct. ordeal for jrs.
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Oct. ordeal for jrs.
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Zeniths
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Zeniths
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Lamp locales
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Lamp locales
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The Father of Mexican Independence
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The Father of Mexican Independence
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It may rain in these
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It may rain in these
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Where a tab goes
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Where a tab goes
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Botanical balm
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Botanical balm
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"Rule, Britannia" composer
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"Rule, Britannia" composer
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"The Oblong Box" author
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"The Oblong Box" author
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Heroin, slangily
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Heroin, slangily
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TV Guide info
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TV Guide info
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Stubbornness
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Stubbornness
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Quick on the uptake
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Hinged fasteners
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Hinged fasteners
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Publication founded in 1952 featuring artwork that does the same thing as this puzzle
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Publication founded in 1952 featuring artwork that does the same thing as this puzzle
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Suisse peaks
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Suisse peaks
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___Kosh B'Gosh
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___Kosh B'Gosh
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Bittersweet performance
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Bittersweet performance
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Run longer than expected
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Run longer than expected
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Dance move
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Dance move
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Neither Rep. nor Dem.
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Neither Rep. nor Dem.
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Headed for overtime
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PlayStation alternative
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PlayStation alternative
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Monopoly token
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Monopoly token
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Nudge
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Nudge
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Visibly very embarrassed
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Visibly very embarrassed
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Like tennis serves
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Like tennis serves
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Shells out
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Shells out
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Mystique
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Mystique
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Dumas's Monte Cristo, e.g.
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Dumas's Monte Cristo, e.g.
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Propelled, in a way
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Propelled, in a way
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Flight
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Flight
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Musical score abbr.
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Musical score abbr.
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Lacking skill in
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Lacking skill in
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Become depleted
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Become depleted
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Hanukkah serving
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Hanukkah serving
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Camera type, briefly
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Camera type, briefly
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1950 Asimov classic
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1950 Asimov classic
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Whup
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Whup
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"Joyeux" time
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"Joyeux" time
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Trillion: Prefix
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Trillion: Prefix
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Latin 101 word
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Latin 101 word
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Bingo call
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Bingo call
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1997 Peter Fonda role
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1997 Peter Fonda role
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Electrician's need
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Electrician's need
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Roman's country
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Roman's country
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Five-star review
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Place for breaking things?
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Place for breaking things?
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Classy publication?
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Classy publication?
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First name in soul
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First name in soul
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Morales of "La Bamba"
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Morales of "La Bamba"
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Adequate, old-style
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Adequate, old-style
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Gold Glover Suzuki
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Gold Glover Suzuki
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Narrow waterway
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Narrow waterway
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Rink fake-out
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Rink fake-out
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A century in Washington: Abbr.
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A century in Washington: Abbr.
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"Roger ___ Book of Film"
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"Roger ___ Book of Film"
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B, essentially
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Mild cigar
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Mild cigar
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Humble
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Humble
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Some early New Yorker cartoons
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Some early New Yorker cartoons
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1997 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones blockbuster, for short
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1997 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones blockbuster, for short
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Have-not
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Have-not
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With 14-Down, what to do on the dotted lines to reveal six hidden things that have something in common with this puzzle
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With 14-Down, what to do on the dotted lines to reveal six hidden things that have something in common with this puzzle
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Elision
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Elision
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All alternative
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All alternative
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One-piece vestments
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One-piece vestments
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What "ipso" means
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What "ipso" means
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Orange spots
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Orange spots
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Woe for Fido
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Woe for Fido
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See 7-Down
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See 7-Down
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Claws
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Claws
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World Service airer
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World Service airer
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Labor Dept. watchdog
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Labor Dept. watchdog
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Football Hall-of-Fame coach Greasy
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Football Hall-of-Fame coach Greasy
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Writers Bagnold and Blyton
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Writers Bagnold and Blyton
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Rein, e.g.
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Rein, e.g.
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Gradually remove
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Gradually remove
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Like some elephants and all tigers
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Like some elephants and all tigers
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Come to the rescue
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Come to the rescue
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Kind of infection
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Kind of infection
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"I Shot Andy Warhol" star Taylor
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"I Shot Andy Warhol" star Taylor
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The like
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The like
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Pierre's girlfriends
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Pierre's girlfriends
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Planets, e.g.
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Planets, e.g.
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Casting requirement
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Casting requirement
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Prefix with Chinese
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Valve in some fireplaces
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Valve in some fireplaces
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Han's hon
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Han's hon
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Veer quickly
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Veer quickly
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Polar feature
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Polar feature
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Corey of "Stand By Me"
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Corey of "Stand By Me"
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Bamboo lover
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Bamboo lover
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Vulgar person
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Vulgar person
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"Just ___!"
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"Just ___!"
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Tour de France stage
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Tour de France stage
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Some Army NCO's
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Some Army NCO's
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Patriotic women's org.
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Patriotic women's org.
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Trawler
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Trawler
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LAX data: Abbr.
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LAX data: Abbr.
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Bob Marley classic
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Bob Marley classic
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Edition: Abbr.
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Edition: Abbr.
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Ham on stage
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Ham on stage
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Coquette
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Coquette
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China's Sun ___-sen
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China's Sun ___-sen
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R.N. locales
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R.N. locales
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Put ___ to (end)
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Put ___ to (end)
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Tel Aviv coin
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Tel Aviv coin
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"America" singer in "West Side Story"
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"America" singer in "West Side Story"
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Eda who wrote "When Your Child Drives You Crazy"
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Eda who wrote "When Your Child Drives You Crazy"
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Mental acuity
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Mental acuity
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Fire
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Fire
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Correctional
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Correctional
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Prefix with -gon
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Prefix with -gon
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Brain-busting
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Brain-busting
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Lulu
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Lulu
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Small vortex
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Small vortex
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Jingle writer, maybe
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Jingle writer, maybe
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Where to find Lux.
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Where to find Lux.
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___ al-Fayed, companion of Princess Diana
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___ al-Fayed, companion of Princess Diana
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Lopsided victory
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Lopsided victory
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Part of an Ironman competition
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Part of an Ironman competition
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Mowgli's friend in "The Jungle Book"
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Mowgli's friend in "The Jungle Book"
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Cold response?
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Cold response?
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Gershwin musical of 1928
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Gershwin musical of 1928
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Monopoly token
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Monopoly token
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Engage in a certain college prank
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Engage in a certain college prank
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Nielsen of "The Naked Gun"
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Nielsen of "The Naked Gun"
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Star of "Charles in Charge"
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Star of "Charles in Charge"
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Skipjack and yellowfin
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Skipjack and yellowfin
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Like good guards
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Like good guards
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More fresh
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More fresh
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Church recesses
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Church recesses
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Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a duel
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Astronomer who lost part of his nose in a duel
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Animal with four toes on its front feet and three toes on its back feet
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Animal with four toes on its front feet and three toes on its back feet
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Six-time U.S. Open champ
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Six-time U.S. Open champ
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___ Circus (ancient Roman arena)
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___ Circus (ancient Roman arena)
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This, in Madrid
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Start of Massachusetts' motto
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Start of Massachusetts' motto
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This might make you red in the face
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This might make you red in the face
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X
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X
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Toxic chemical, for short
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