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New York Times: Sunday, September 12, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 12, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Paula Gamache
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Obstinate type
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Obstinate type
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Electronic music pioneer Robert
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Electronic music pioneer Robert
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Boost
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Boost
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Straw hat
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Straw hat
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Cry after poor service?
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Cry after poor service?
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River with the Reichenbach Falls
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River with the Reichenbach Falls
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Some commercial signs
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Some commercial signs
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Remove ropes from
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Remove ropes from
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Bad news on Wall Street
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Bad news on Wall Street
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What Fels-Naptha banished, in old ads
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What Fels-Naptha banished, in old ads
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Where N.B.A. coach Rick Pitino played college ball
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Where N.B.A. coach Rick Pitino played college ball
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Relating to songbirds
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Relating to songbirds
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Boost
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Boost
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French ice cream flavorer
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French ice cream flavorer
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"So nice!"
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"So nice!"
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Excited call to a crew
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Three squares
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Three squares
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Classic camera maker
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Classic camera maker
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How to address a brother
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How to address a brother
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Large group in a 23-Across
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Large group in a 23-Across
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Heavenly body that humans will never set foot on
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Heavenly body that humans will never set foot on
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Alderaan royal
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Alderaan royal
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Jet boat brand
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Jet boat brand
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Alternatively, in Internet lingo
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Alternatively, in Internet lingo
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When said three times, a W.W. II cry
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When said three times, a W.W. II cry
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Followers
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Followers
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Like some doughnuts and windows
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Like some doughnuts and windows
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Unit of star measurement
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Unit of star measurement
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Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," e.g.
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Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," e.g.
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Deli nosh
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Deli nosh
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High-fiber, low-fat cereal ingredient
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High-fiber, low-fat cereal ingredient
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Mandela's presidential successor
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Mandela's presidential successor
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Hazards for marine life
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Hazards for marine life
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Blow it
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Blow it
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Arc de Triomphe and Nelson's Column
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Arc de Triomphe and Nelson's Column
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Bet in craps
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Bet in craps
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Strong
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Strong
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Part of MHz
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Part of MHz
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Company that introduced NutraSweet
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Company that introduced NutraSweet
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Botanical bristle
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Botanical bristle
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Tough rubber?
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Tough rubber?
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Relax
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Relax
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Angelo or Antonio
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Angelo or Antonio
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Connect with
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Connect with
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Neutral space
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Neutral space
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Diminish
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Diminish
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Mezzanotte is one
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Mezzanotte is one
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Crime scene evidence
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Crime scene evidence
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Merely routine
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Merely routine
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Levels
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Levels
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Works in the music business
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Works in the music business
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April, May and June
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April, May and June
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Blah-blah-blah
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Blah-blah-blah
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Subject of the 2008 biography "Somebody"
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Subject of the 2008 biography "Somebody"
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Bête ___
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Bête ___
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"Super!"
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"Super!"
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Object of many a court order
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Object of many a court order
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Some flowering shrubs
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Some flowering shrubs
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Overthrow, e.g.
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Overthrow, e.g.
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Hair goops
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Like a three-card monte player
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Contents of a sleeve
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Contents of a sleeve
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Request for face time
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Request for face time
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David Bowie single with the lyric "If we can sparkle he may land tonight"
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David Bowie single with the lyric "If we can sparkle he may land tonight"
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Reed sites
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Reed sites
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Flavor associated with Chardonnay
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Flavor associated with Chardonnay
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Treat in a blue wrapper
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Contends for valedictorian, say
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Contends for valedictorian, say
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See 9-Down
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See 9-Down
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James known for playing an 8-Down
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James known for playing an 8-Down
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"Let's hear it!"
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"Let's hear it!"
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It does a bang-up job
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It does a bang-up job
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Singer K. T. ___
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Singer K. T. ___
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Relative of Rover
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Relative of Rover
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Doing really well
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Doing really well
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Assert without proof
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Assert without proof
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Butler's place
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Butler's place
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Those, to Tomás
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Those, to Tomás
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"Seven Seas of ___" (early Queen hit)
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"Seven Seas of ___" (early Queen hit)
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Galaxy sci.
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Galaxy sci.
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Squelch
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Squelch
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"___, I'm sure"
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"___, I'm sure"
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Disgorges
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Disgorges
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About equal to
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About equal to
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"___ Gold"
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"___ Gold"
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Kyushu volcano
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Kyushu volcano
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"Do I dare to ___ peach?"
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"Do I dare to ___ peach?"
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"Rinkitink ___" (L. Frank Baum book)
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"Rinkitink ___" (L. Frank Baum book)
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Smear with wax, old-style
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Smear with wax, old-style
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Slightly
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Slightly
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Hooch holder at a ballgame
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Hooch holder at a ballgame
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Intel mission
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Intel mission
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Provençal sauce
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Provençal sauce
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Take ___ for the worse
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Take ___ for the worse
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Japanese noodle
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Japanese noodle
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Throat stuff
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Throat stuff
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Frightens
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Frightens
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Swiftian brute
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Swiftian brute
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Unhip sort
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Unhip sort
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Farm newborns
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Farm newborns
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"L'Après-midi d'un faune" poet Stéphane ___
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"L'Après-midi d'un faune" poet Stéphane ___
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Lift innovator
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Lift innovator
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"ER" network
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"ER" network
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___ orange
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___ orange
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Crude qty.
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Crude qty.
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Mournful songs
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Mournful songs
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___ Kinte of "Roots"
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___ Kinte of "Roots"
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"Um ... well ... it's like ..."
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"Um ... well ... it's like ..."
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"___ la Douce"
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"___ la Douce"
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Fabrications
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Fabrications
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He taught Mowgli the law of the jungle
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He taught Mowgli the law of the jungle
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Depletes
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Depletes
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Slightest amount
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Slightest amount
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Emporio ___
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Emporio ___
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Actress Sommer
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Actress Sommer
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Sports competition
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Sports competition
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Dividing fairly, say
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Dividing fairly, say
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South of France
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South of France
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Check person
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Check person
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Brand for hay fever sufferers
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Brand for hay fever sufferers
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Watts who hosted a 1990s talk show
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Watts who hosted a 1990s talk show
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Implants
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Implants
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Behind bars
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Behind bars
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Quick swims
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Quick swims
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Mathematician Paul
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Mathematician Paul
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Smugness
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Smugness
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It joins the Rhône at Lyon
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It joins the Rhône at Lyon
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Places for some newborns
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Places for some newborns
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"Perry Mason" scene
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"Perry Mason" scene
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Tear-jerking
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Tear-jerking
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Chem. pollutants
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Chem. pollutants
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In short supply
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In short supply
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Pearl Buck heroine
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George Manville ___, English adventure writer
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George Manville ___, English adventure writer
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"Comin' ___ the Rye"
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"Comin' ___ the Rye"
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Chick's tail?
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Chick's tail?
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Neither's partner
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Neither's partner
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Permitted
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