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New York Times: Sunday, October 10, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 10, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Merrell
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"Applesauce!"
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"Applesauce!"
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The pulp in pulp fiction
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The pulp in pulp fiction
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"That ticked me off!"
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"That ticked me off!"
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Bob and pageboy
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Bob and pageboy
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1987 #1 Heart song that starts "I hear the ticking of the clock"
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1987 #1 Heart song that starts "I hear the ticking of the clock"
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Sauce made with garlic and olive oil
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Sauce made with garlic and olive oil
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Adrenaline producer
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Adrenaline producer
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Dog show org.
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Dog show org.
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YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK ...
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YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK ...
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Call of support
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Call of support
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Some run to get in it
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Some run to get in it
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"Batman" fight scene sound
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"Batman" fight scene sound
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Blender brand
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Blender brand
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Hold 'em bullet
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MERGING TRAFFIC ...
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MERGING TRAFFIC ...
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Flies that don't go far from home
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Flies that don't go far from home
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Removed fold marks
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Removed fold marks
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Places to pray
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Places to pray
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Know-it-___ (cocky types)
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Know-it-___ (cocky types)
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Cuzco native
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Cuzco native
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Range rover
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Range rover
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STOP ...
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STOP ...
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Some '50s Fords
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Some '50s Fords
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Suffix with hatch
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Special ___
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Special ___
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Reply from a polite young'un
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Reply from a polite young'un
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It's often pointed in gymnastics
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It's often pointed in gymnastics
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Ermine, e.g.
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Ermine, e.g.
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CONGESTION NEXT 10 MILES ...
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CONGESTION NEXT 10 MILES ...
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Wearers of jeweled turbans
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Wearers of jeweled turbans
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Neurotransmitter associated with sleep
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Neurotransmitter associated with sleep
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NO THRU TRAFFIC ...
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NO THRU TRAFFIC ...
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However, briefly
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However, briefly
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Genetic material
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Genetic material
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Open mike night format, perhaps
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Open mike night format, perhaps
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From ___ Z
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From ___ Z
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Wizened woman
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Wizened woman
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Winged celestial being
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Winged celestial being
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STAY IN LANE ...
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STAY IN LANE ...
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Kind of translation
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Kind of translation
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Setting for the biggest movie of 1939
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Setting for the biggest movie of 1939
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Sailing
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Sailing
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Number system with only 0's and 1's
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Number system with only 0's and 1's
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Cheesesteak capital
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Cheesesteak capital
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Earthlings
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Earthlings
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NO STOPPING OR STANDING ...
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NO STOPPING OR STANDING ...
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Ultimate degree
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Ultimate degree
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Like some legal proceedings
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Like some legal proceedings
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Has an angle
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Has an angle
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Syrian president
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Syrian president
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Comprehend
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SPEED LIMIT 65 M.P.H. ...
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SPEED LIMIT 65 M.P.H. ...
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Guffaw syllable
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Guffaw syllable
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"None for me, thanks"
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"None for me, thanks"
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Field Marshal Rommel
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Field Marshal Rommel
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Feeling when called to the principal's office
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Feeling when called to the principal's office
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Literary monogram
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Literary monogram
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Cockeyed
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Cockeyed
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Requiring an umbrella
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Requiring an umbrella
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Brings in
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Unchallenging reading material
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___-mo
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___-mo
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Roughhousing
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Roughhousing
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Egyptian symbol of life
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Egyptian symbol of life
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Online program
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Online program
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City in a "Can-Can" song
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City in a "Can-Can" song
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Common inhalant
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Common inhalant
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Creator of the detective C. Auguste Dupin
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Creator of the detective C. Auguste Dupin
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Architectural addition
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Architectural addition
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Oriole who played in a record 2,632 straight games
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Oriole who played in a record 2,632 straight games
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Small crustacean
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Small crustacean
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Low-level position
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Low-level position
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Queen of double entendres
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Queen of double entendres
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Cannonball's path
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Cannonball's path
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Took an alternate route
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Took an alternate route
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The Wright brothers' Ohio home
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The Wright brothers' Ohio home
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Michael of "Caddyshack"
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Michael of "Caddyshack"
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Gobbles (down)
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Gobbles (down)
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Mortgage figs.
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Mortgage figs.
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Part of 24-Down
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Part of 24-Down
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Awakens
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Awakens
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Swiftly
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Swiftly
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Kind of commentator
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Kind of commentator
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Pub order
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Pub order
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Don Marquis's six-legged poet
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Don Marquis's six-legged poet
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Lion or tiger or bear
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Lion or tiger or bear
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Tony Hillerman detective Jim
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Tony Hillerman detective Jim
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___ Intrepid
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___ Intrepid
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Connections
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Connections
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Investment unit
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Investment unit
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Roadies work on them
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Roadies work on them
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First name in TV talk
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First name in TV talk
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Spanish bear
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Spanish bear
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Actress Thurman
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Actress Thurman
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Gallivants
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Gallivants
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School for Prince Harry
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School for Prince Harry
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Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati"
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Anderson of "WKRP in Cincinnati"
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Spotted
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Spotted
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Harm
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Harm
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Troll dolls or Silly Bandz
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Troll dolls or Silly Bandz
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Gambino boss after Castellano
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Gambino boss after Castellano
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Group values
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Group values
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Place with feeding times
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Place with feeding times
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Supermarket V.I.P.'s: Abbr.
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Supermarket V.I.P.'s: Abbr.
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Best-of-the-best
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Best-of-the-best
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Frozen dew
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Frozen dew
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Betty, Bobbie and Billie followers on "Petticoat Junction"
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Betty, Bobbie and Billie followers on "Petticoat Junction"
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Bandleader Shaw
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Bandleader Shaw
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Woodlands male
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Woodlands male
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"The Situation Room" airer
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"The Situation Room" airer
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Japanese vegetable
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Japanese vegetable
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Slowpoke
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Slowpoke
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"The Power of Positive Thinking" author
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"The Power of Positive Thinking" author
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"I get it now"
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"I get it now"
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Like some matching pairs
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Like some matching pairs
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Representative
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Representative
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Grind together
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Grind together
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Anacin alternative
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Anacin alternative
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Famed Russian battleship
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Famed Russian battleship
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"That's just ___ feel"
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"That's just ___ feel"
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"___ Little Tenderness"
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"___ Little Tenderness"
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Houston after whom the Texas city is named
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Houston after whom the Texas city is named
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Toilet tissue superlative
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Toilet tissue superlative
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Worry for a farmer
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Worry for a farmer
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Leader whom Virgil called "the virtuous"
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Leader whom Virgil called "the virtuous"
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Jean-Paul who wrote "Words are loaded pistols"
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Jean-Paul who wrote "Words are loaded pistols"
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Particular form of government
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Particular form of government
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Jabba the ___, "Star Wars" villain
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Jabba the ___, "Star Wars" villain
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Bond offerer, e.g.
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Bond offerer, e.g.
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It may wind up at the side of the house
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It may wind up at the side of the house
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All the pluses
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All the pluses
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"Criminy!"
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"Criminy!"
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Sideshow worker
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Sideshow worker
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Taj Mahal site
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Taj Mahal site
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Bird in New South Wales
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Bird in New South Wales
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New Deal inits.
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New Deal inits.
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Breathalyzer determination, for short
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Breathalyzer determination, for short
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One, for Fritz
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One, for Fritz
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It's often picked up at the beach
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It's often picked up at the beach
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QB's stat.
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