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New York Times: Sunday, May 16, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 16, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Matt Ginsberg
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*Winning dad in a race
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*Winning dad in a race
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*Like Enron
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*Like Enron
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Joe of "NCIS"
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Joe of "NCIS"
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"All systems ___!"
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"All systems ___!"
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Only person to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades
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Only person to be named Driver of the Year in three different decades
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*Whispers heard during an in-class test
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*Whispers heard during an in-class test
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Dashboard choice
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Dashboard choice
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___ Sea, north of Alaska
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___ Sea, north of Alaska
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Ajax's opponent
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Grandmother of Spain's Juan Carlos
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Grandmother of Spain's Juan Carlos
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When Paris is burning?
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When Paris is burning?
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"South Park" boy
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"South Park" boy
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Comparatively dull female
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Wine drinks
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Wine drinks
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"___ Miz"
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"___ Miz"
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Snorkeling spot
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Snorkeling spot
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Camera inits.
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Camera inits.
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Kvetch
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Kvetch
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Minus
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Minus
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Aunt, in Andaluc'a
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Aunt, in Andaluc'a
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"What if this present were the world's last night?" poet
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"What if this present were the world's last night?" poet
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LeBron James, beginning in '03
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LeBron James, beginning in '03
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*Serving tray left next to the frying pan
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*Serving tray left next to the frying pan
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___ Snorkel
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108-Across, e.g.
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___ Johnson, a k a the Rock
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___ Johnson, a k a the Rock
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Aladdin's kleptomaniac sidekick
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Aladdin's kleptomaniac sidekick
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Foam turbulently
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Foam turbulently
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Edison, notably
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Edison, notably
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Junkers
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Junkers
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Brisk pace
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*Revival meeting
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*Revival meeting
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Tennis's Capriati
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Tennis's Capriati
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Latin being
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Latin being
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Aboriginal food source
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Aboriginal food source
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"My dear man"
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"My dear man"
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___ Friday's
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___ Friday's
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Medieval chest
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Medieval chest
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Extent
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Extent
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*"You're not THAT sorry!"
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*"You're not THAT sorry!"
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Old Pontiacs
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Zebra's home
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Zebra's home
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"This'll cost you"
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"This'll cost you"
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*One who apprentices woodworkers
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*One who apprentices woodworkers
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Get (to it)
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Get (to it)
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Excepting
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Excepting
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Squeeze (out)
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Squeeze (out)
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Einstein's birthplace
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Einstein's birthplace
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Discourages
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Discourages
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Month after avril
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Month after avril
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*Bozo, for one
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*Bozo, for one
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The Indians, on a scoreboard
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The Indians, on a scoreboard
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Say grace, say
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Speed
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Speed
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3,281 ft.
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Pointed implement
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Pointed implement
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The nth degree?
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The nth degree?
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Solvents often found in antiknock additives
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Solvents often found in antiknock additives
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Like the down and out
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Like the down and out
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*Singer Britney succeeds at the high jump
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*Singer Britney succeeds at the high jump
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PC key
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PC key
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Altar words
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Altar words
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DC ___
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DC ___
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Caused to be depressed?
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Kind of column
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Kind of column
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Xylophone sounds
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Xylophone sounds
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Becomes more inclined
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Becomes more inclined
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TV pitchman David
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TV pitchman David
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*Just one or two pups, say
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*Just one or two pups, say
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Flies across sub-Saharan Africa?
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Hornets' homes
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Hornets' homes
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Drops back, as in a horse race
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Circus site
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Circus site
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*Edberg enjoying a sports match
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___ booster
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1989 Michael Moore documentary
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1989 Michael Moore documentary
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Like Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1
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The Missouri R. runs through it
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The Missouri R. runs through it
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Carpenter's standard
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Carpenter's standard
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Hugh M. ___ First Amendment Award
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Hugh M. ___ First Amendment Award
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Stiff collars
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Stiff collars
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*Knock again
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*Knock again
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Morse code sound
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Paper bundle
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Paper bundle
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*Nectarine grove
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*Nectarine grove
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Confirms
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Confirms
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Strip sight
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Strip sight
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Only defenseman to have won the N.H.L. scoring title
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Only defenseman to have won the N.H.L. scoring title
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Crosswise, at sea
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Crosswise, at sea
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Dairy section
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Dairy section
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*Stupid show from a cable TV giant
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*Stupid show from a cable TV giant
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Pain, so to speak
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Pain, so to speak
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OB/___ (medical specialist)
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Telephone answerer: Abbr.
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Start of some sequel titles
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Start of some sequel titles
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Have special privileges
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Have special privileges
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Talked incessantly
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Talked incessantly
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Brother of Rebekah
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Brother of Rebekah
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Einsteins they aren't
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Einsteins they aren't
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"Laugh-In" announcer Gary
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*Orthodontist, at times
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*Orthodontist, at times
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Neural network
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Neural network
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Greed, for one
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Inner personalities, in psychology
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Inner personalities, in psychology
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Slips
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Slips
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Photographer Richard
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Photographer Richard
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Muslim spirit
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Muslim spirit
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Register
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Register
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Leading in a race
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Leading in a race
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Strikingly, as in dress
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Strikingly, as in dress
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Some afternoon fare
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Some afternoon fare
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Teed off
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Teed off
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*Oven, at times
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*Oven, at times
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What you may need to do to get a hand
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What you may need to do to get a hand
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Broken in, say
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Shade of white
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Shade of white
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Lock site
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Lock site
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*Small-claims court
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*Small-claims court
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1981 Mel Gibson film
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1981 Mel Gibson film
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Exam constraint
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Exam constraint
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Tries to impress, as in conversation
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Tries to impress, as in conversation
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*Lorry in a ditch
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*Lorry in a ditch
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Make unconscious
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Make unconscious
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Legislature
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Legislature
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Put one's foot down
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Put one's foot down
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Change the locks?
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Change the locks?
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Alpine domicile
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Alpine domicile
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Things between shoulders
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Things between shoulders
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*Vlasic employee
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*Vlasic employee
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Volcano that devastated Martinique in 1902
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Diamond complements
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Diamond complements
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Decree
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Decree
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Punches
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Punches
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Salon job
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*Where Robert Burns and kin are buried
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*Where Robert Burns and kin are buried
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Popeye's ___' Pea
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Popeye's ___' Pea
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One answering to a 45-Across: Abbr.
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One answering to a 45-Across: Abbr.
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Presidential inits.
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Presidential inits.
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Coast Guard rank: Abbr.
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Pitchblende, for one
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