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New York Times: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 21, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Eric Berlin
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Trusted one
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Dairy Queen order
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Dairy Queen order
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W.W. II threats
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W.W. II threats
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F.D.R.'s mother
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F.D.R.'s mother
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Eggs
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Eggs
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Its national anthem is "La Dessalinienne"
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Its national anthem is "La Dessalinienne"
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Unbiased
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Unbiased
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Untouched
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Untouched
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Anatomical pouch / Run on TV / Consume / Feel sick / Oral history
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Anatomical pouch / Run on TV / Consume / Feel sick / Oral history
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"Big Love" setting
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"Big Love" setting
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Appropriately named monthly of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The"
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Appropriately named monthly of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The"
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Former Mississippi senator
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Former Mississippi senator
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Mamet play revived on Broadway in 2009
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Mamet play revived on Broadway in 2009
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Periodic table fig.
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Periodic table fig.
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"Whew!"
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"Whew!"
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Washington and ___ University
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Washington and ___ University
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Robert Ripley's specialty
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Robert Ripley's specialty
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Joins the team
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Joins the team
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Cry after discovering the furniture's been chewed, maybe
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Cry after discovering the furniture's been chewed, maybe
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Roman goddess of agriculture
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Roman goddess of agriculture
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Christmas season / Greet a villain / Speak aloud / Query / Monthly payment
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Christmas season / Greet a villain / Speak aloud / Query / Monthly payment
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A fist might represent A or S in it: Abbr.
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A fist might represent A or S in it: Abbr.
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Early: Prefix
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Early: Prefix
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Asian observance
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Asian observance
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___ kwon do
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___ kwon do
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"___ and Prosperity" (Eisenhower slogan)
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"___ and Prosperity" (Eisenhower slogan)
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Forum wear
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Forum wear
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Union, of a sort
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Union, of a sort
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Open
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Open
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Barrel of laughs
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Barrel of laughs
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Indian tea
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Indian tea
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Mideast inits.
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Mideast inits.
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Least smart / Kitchen worker / Towel word / ___ Fein
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Least smart / Kitchen worker / Towel word / ___ Fein
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French article
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French article
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Scottish refusals
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Scottish refusals
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Crate part
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Crate part
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Music genre that often includes an accordion
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Music genre that often includes an accordion
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Frisk
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Frisk
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Peloponnesian power
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Peloponnesian power
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Corporate department
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Corporate department
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Japanese tie
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Japanese tie
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U.S.S.R. member: Abbr.
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U.S.S.R. member: Abbr.
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Blue Cross competitor
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Blue Cross competitor
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Traffic warning
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Traffic warning
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Trash / Victories / "Get it?" / Do some math / Runs smoothly
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Trash / Victories / "Get it?" / Do some math / Runs smoothly
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"___ directed"
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"___ directed"
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Strand
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Strand
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Egg foo yung and others
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Egg foo yung and others
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Obama economic adviser Summers
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Obama economic adviser Summers
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Never, in Berlin
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Never, in Berlin
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McSorley's Old ___ House, New York landmark since 1854
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McSorley's Old ___ House, New York landmark since 1854
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North Carolina county
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North Carolina county
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World Series manager of 1981 and '88
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World Series manager of 1981 and '88
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Grayish
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Grayish
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Fraternity hopeful
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Fraternity hopeful
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Blue Bonnet, e.g.
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Blue Bonnet, e.g.
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Most shaggy / Hotel offering / Actress Goldie
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Most shaggy / Hotel offering / Actress Goldie
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Watered down
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Watered down
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Pickup capacity, sometimes
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Pickup capacity, sometimes
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Accumulated, as debts
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Accumulated, as debts
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Mens ___ (guilty mind)
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Mens ___ (guilty mind)
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"My ___" (Clinton autobiography)
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"My ___" (Clinton autobiography)
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"You ___ kidding!"
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"You ___ kidding!"
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Accumulate
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Accumulate
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"Washington Week" airer
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"Washington Week" airer
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Pretend to be
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Pretend to be
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Forward, in 7-Down
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Forward, in 7-Down
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Ice skate part
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Ice skate part
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Thin wedge
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Thin wedge
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What's represented by x2 = 4py
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What's represented by x2 = 4py
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"I cannot tell a ___"
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"I cannot tell a ___"
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See 2-Down
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See 2-Down
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A Jackson
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A Jackson
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What you'll get if you read aloud 23-, 44-, 67-, 86- or 113-Across
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What you'll get if you read aloud 23-, 44-, 67-, 86- or 113-Across
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Neighbor of Braz.
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Neighbor of Braz.
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___ Accords of 1993
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___ Accords of 1993
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"My bad," for one
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"My bad," for one
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Ready for bed
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Ready for bed
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Three-time Masters champ
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Three-time Masters champ
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Amble
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Amble
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"Shall We Dance" dancer
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"Shall We Dance" dancer
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Inlet
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Inlet
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Memento of an old flame?
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Memento of an old flame?
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"There is no greater ___ than bearing an untold story inside you": Maya Angelou
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"There is no greater ___ than bearing an untold story inside you": Maya Angelou
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Brother of Prometheus
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Brother of Prometheus
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Where 67-Across's face appears
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Where 67-Across's face appears
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Law school newcomers
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Law school newcomers
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Son - or father - of Henry
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Son - or father - of Henry
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Contraction before "now"
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Contraction before "now"
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Former part of the British Airways fleet, for short
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Former part of the British Airways fleet, for short
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Topnotch
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Topnotch
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Science of duplicating nature
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Science of duplicating nature
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It may be made into a meal
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It may be made into a meal
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Buck up
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Buck up
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Rampaging, after "on"
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Rampaging, after "on"
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Hannibal Lecter, e.g.
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Hannibal Lecter, e.g.
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Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy"
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Satyajit Ray's "The ___ Trilogy"
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Satirize
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Satirize
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Blank space
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Blank space
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Cupid's teammate
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Cupid's teammate
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Cry accompanying a head slap
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Cry accompanying a head slap
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Sharpened
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Sharpened
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Holder of the alphabet
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Holder of the alphabet
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Shortcuts for ships
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Shortcuts for ships
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Setter sitter?
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Setter sitter?
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Skywalker's friend
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Skywalker's friend
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1963 Audrey Hepburn thriller
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1963 Audrey Hepburn thriller
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Admitted to the foyer
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Admitted to the foyer
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Ga. neighbor
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Ga. neighbor
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Cracker seed
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Cracker seed
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Bear, in Baja
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Bear, in Baja
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Emulates a rhabdomantist
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Emulates a rhabdomantist
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Entanglement
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Entanglement
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Playwright Fugard
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Playwright Fugard
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Org. for Jimmy Carter, once
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Org. for Jimmy Carter, once
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Many
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Many
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Birth mo. for Coolidge, Ford and G. W. Bush
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Birth mo. for Coolidge, Ford and G. W. Bush
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Cable channel
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Cable channel
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Fresh start, metaphorically
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Fresh start, metaphorically
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Bar activity
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Bar activity
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More run-down
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More run-down
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Yanks and others
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Yanks and others
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Playable character in Guitar Hero III
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Playable character in Guitar Hero III
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Equivalent to F
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Equivalent to F
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Surfer's place
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Surfer's place
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Regarded to be
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Regarded to be
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Not in any way
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Not in any way
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Stretch, in a way
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Stretch, in a way
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The "A" of James A. Garfield
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The "A" of James A. Garfield
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Prado displays
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Prado displays
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Grooming brand
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Grooming brand
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Ones near bases
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Ones near bases
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Friend of Pooh
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Friend of Pooh
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Kona keepsake
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Kona keepsake
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Charged bit
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Charged bit
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___ high
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