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New York Times: Sunday, February 7, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 7, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Berry
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Despicable
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Despicable
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World capital once called Philadelphia
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World capital once called Philadelphia
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Computer book inserts, often
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Computer book inserts, often
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Funny fellow
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Funny fellow
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"Antiart" art
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"Antiart" art
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Gold, to Goya
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Gold, to Goya
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1980s-'90s New York governor
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1980s-'90s New York governor
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Actress Thompson
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Actress Thompson
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Observe
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Observe
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Medical sch. topic
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Medical sch. topic
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"The football fan is fingering the buttons on the remote ... he pushes the ___ and the game is on!"
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"The football fan is fingering the buttons on the remote ... he pushes the ___ and the game is on!"
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Halfway house
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Halfway house
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"He's prepared a ___ of popcorn for himself ..."
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"He's prepared a ___ of popcorn for himself ..."
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Crunch-time helper
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Crunch-time helper
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"... and he's got Budweiser and Michelob on tap - excellent ___!"
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"... and he's got Budweiser and Michelob on tap - excellent ___!"
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Form popular among the Romantics
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Form popular among the Romantics
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No. on a food label
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No. on a food label
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Bergen dummy
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Bergen dummy
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Go off course
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Go off course
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Thoroughly wets
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Thoroughly wets
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Perfumery bottles
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Perfumery bottles
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Eastern exercise
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Eastern exercise
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Up to, in brief
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Up to, in brief
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"Now he remembers setting $10 aside for pizza - he searches his jacket and finds it ___"
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"Now he remembers setting $10 aside for pizza - he searches his jacket and finds it ___"
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"But he forgot to place the order - we may be looking at a ___ here, folks"
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"But he forgot to place the order - we may be looking at a ___ here, folks"
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Like birds of prey
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Like birds of prey
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N.F.L.'er Manning
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N.F.L.'er Manning
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Mountain West Conference team
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Mountain West Conference team
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Nastase of tennis
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Nastase of tennis
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Lost power
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Lost power
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A number of
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A number of
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Hiker?
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Hiker?
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Pirate treasure
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Pirate treasure
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"He phones the pizzeria and tells them he wants full cheese and mushroom ___"
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"He phones the pizzeria and tells them he wants full cheese and mushroom ___"
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Castaway's call
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Castaway's call
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Not up
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Not up
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Green man?
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Green man?
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Male meower
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Male meower
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"The pizzeria's out of mushrooms, though, so he'll need to make a ___"
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"The pizzeria's out of mushrooms, though, so he'll need to make a ___"
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Film producer Apatow
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Film producer Apatow
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Veep Agnew
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Veep Agnew
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Big holding in Risk
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Big holding in Risk
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Mildness
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Mildness
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Like cartoon "Melodies"
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Like cartoon "Melodies"
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Essayist Didion
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Essayist Didion
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Lacks, briefly
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Lacks, briefly
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Vaulted recess
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Vaulted recess
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"O.K., he's ordered the pizza - but now his wife is moving around in front of the TV, making ___!"
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"O.K., he's ordered the pizza - but now his wife is moving around in front of the TV, making ___!"
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IntelliStation maker
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IntelliStation maker
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Pertinent, in Latin
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Pertinent, in Latin
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1978 World Series M.V.P. Dent
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1978 World Series M.V.P. Dent
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Bronx cocktail ingredient
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Bronx cocktail ingredient
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"He's looking for an opening, but she's doing a tremendous job of ___!"
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"He's looking for an opening, but she's doing a tremendous job of ___!"
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Impure
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Impure
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Soft-soap
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Soft-soap
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"A Shot in the Dark" star, 1964
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"A Shot in the Dark" star, 1964
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Muddled situation
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Muddled situation
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Fashion's Wang
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Fashion's Wang
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Sufficient, once
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Sufficient, once
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Battery size
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Battery size
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Wheeled table
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Wheeled table
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"Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!"
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"Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!"
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"The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___"
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"The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___"
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Wee bit
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Wee bit
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Novel ending
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Novel ending
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Amphetamine, slangily
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Amphetamine, slangily
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Heroic poet of Gaelic legend
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Heroic poet of Gaelic legend
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Ceiling
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Ceiling
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Masked warrior
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Masked warrior
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Org. that accredits law schools
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Org. that accredits law schools
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Suffix with special
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Suffix with special
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"Now he's got the pizza - but the TV's showing nothing but snow! He quickly gives it an ___ ..."
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"Now he's got the pizza - but the TV's showing nothing but snow! He quickly gives it an ___ ..."
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Periods of time
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Periods of time
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"... and it works - the ___ is good!"
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"... and it works - the ___ is good!"
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Corn site
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Corn site
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"His posterior goes all the way back into the easy chair - ___!"
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"His posterior goes all the way back into the easy chair - ___!"
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"It Had to Be You" lyricist
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"It Had to Be You" lyricist
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Sister of Charles
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Sister of Charles
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Actor Vigoda
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Actor Vigoda
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'52 campaign name
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'52 campaign name
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Gettysburg general
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Gettysburg general
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Keep in
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Keep in
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Even
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Even
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Bloodshot
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Bloodshot
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Unintentional poker table signals
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Unintentional poker table signals
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P.M. or pres.
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P.M. or pres.
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Tosses high
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Tosses high
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Show the ropes
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Show the ropes
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Ratty
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Ratty
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Play a part
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Play a part
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Newsman Roger
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Newsman Roger
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Shrubby wasteland
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Shrubby wasteland
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Direct-sales giant
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Direct-sales giant
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Light, say
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Light, say
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Movie snippet
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Movie snippet
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Leary of TV's "Rescue Me"
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Leary of TV's "Rescue Me"
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Permissible
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Permissible
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Spoiled
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Spoiled
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"Aladdin" monkey
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"Aladdin" monkey
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Lie peacefully
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Lie peacefully
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Gone platinum?
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Gone platinum?
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Lotion amount
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Lotion amount
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Inuit jacket
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Inuit jacket
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Waste time
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Waste time
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After much delay
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After much delay
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Most agile
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Most agile
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They're drawn in western scenes
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They're drawn in western scenes
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Nettlesome person
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Nettlesome person
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Easy-Bake Oven introducer
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Easy-Bake Oven introducer
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700, once
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700, once
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High degree
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High degree
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Slicker, in a way
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Slicker, in a way
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Pomade
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Pomade
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Scarcely
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Scarcely
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Brand name acquired by Toro
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Brand name acquired by Toro
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Vexation
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Vexation
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French director Besson
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Crater's edge
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Crater's edge
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Carrying a lot
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Carrying a lot
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Snobbishness
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Snobbishness
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Laying down the lawn
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Laying down the lawn
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Sine and cosine
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Sine and cosine
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Old public squares
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Old public squares
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They may be on the verge of a breakdown
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They may be on the verge of a breakdown
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Id follower
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Id follower
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Make one
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Make one
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Core military group
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Core military group
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Bear's partner in investing
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Bear's partner in investing
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Frequent partner of Fonteyn
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Frequent partner of Fonteyn
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Colonial "masters"
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Colonial "masters"
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Aidful
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Aidful
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"Pepto" go-with
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"Pepto" go-with
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Francisco, e.g.
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Francisco, e.g.
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Remove a fastener from
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Remove a fastener from
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Spasmodic
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Spasmodic
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Some loungewear
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Some loungewear
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"'Tis" memoirist
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"'Tis" memoirist
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Fruit peel
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Fruit peel
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Vacation
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Vacation
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Kind of drug
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Kind of drug
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Ivanovic of tennis
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Ivanovic of tennis
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Another name for the Furies
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Another name for the Furies
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Jet
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Jet
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Quilty of "Lolita"
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Quilty of "Lolita"
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Motrin rival
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Motrin rival
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Old Ottoman title
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Old Ottoman title
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One way to serve eel
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One way to serve eel
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Bialy, e.g.
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Bialy, e.g.
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Having a big mouth?
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Having a big mouth?
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She that is shorn
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She that is shorn
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Battle-scarred
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Battle-scarred
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Arctic explorer John
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Arctic explorer John
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Cable inits.
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Cable inits.
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Fireside recitation
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Fireside recitation
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Ruckus
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Ruckus
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Up and down
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Up and down
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Optimistic
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Optimistic
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Iraq War helicopter
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Iraq War helicopter
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Salad pasta
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Salad pasta
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Harsh decree
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Harsh decree
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Daughter of Tantalus
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Daughter of Tantalus
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Part of L.E.D.
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Part of L.E.D.
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Actor Ed
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Actor Ed
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"Now!"
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"Now!"
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Exploit
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Exploit
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Get the best of
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Get the best of
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Food energy unit: Abbr.
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Food energy unit: Abbr.
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Talking tree of Middle-earth
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Letterless phone button
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Letterless phone button
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Greetings
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