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New York Times: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 5, 2010 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Ben Pall
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Hearty drinks
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Hearty drinks
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Midwest city named for an Indian tribe
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Midwest city named for an Indian tribe
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More sentimental
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More sentimental
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Major diamond exporter
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Major diamond exporter
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Closing to some letters
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Closing to some letters
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Trapped
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Trapped
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It makes the hair stand on end
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It makes the hair stand on end
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First step of instructions for what to do with this finished puzzle
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First step of instructions for what to do with this finished puzzle
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N.Y.C.'s ___ of the Americas
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N.Y.C.'s ___ of the Americas
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Goal of a screen test
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Many an extra on "Star Trek": Abbr.
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Many an extra on "Star Trek": Abbr.
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Vacation conveniences, for short
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Vitamin C source
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Vitamin C source
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Raise a big stink?
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Raise a big stink?
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Kids
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Kids
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"___ Us," 1995 Joan Osborne hit
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"___ Us," 1995 Joan Osborne hit
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Path of enlightenment
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Path of enlightenment
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European leader?
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European leader?
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Black
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Black
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Flavor
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Flavor
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Part of PIN: Abbr.
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Part of PIN: Abbr.
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Make up
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Make up
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"Where does it ___?"
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"Where does it ___?"
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Is
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Is
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'60s-'70s 114-Across locale
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Web browser provider
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Web browser provider
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___ fide
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___ fide
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Part of every month
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Part of every month
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Reveals
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Reveals
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Instructions, part 2
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Instructions, part 2
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Prohibition's start
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Prohibition's start
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___ Little, "The Wire" gangster
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___ Little, "The Wire" gangster
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Old Philadelphia stadium, informally, with "the"
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Old Philadelphia stadium, informally, with "the"
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Earthen pot
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Earthen pot
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Bygone Starfire, e.g., informally
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Bygone Starfire, e.g., informally
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___ Rebellion of 1857-59
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___ Rebellion of 1857-59
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Evicts
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Evicts
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Org. in 2005's Oscar-winning "Crash"
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Org. in 2005's Oscar-winning "Crash"
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Hightail it
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Hightail it
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Alternative to plata
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Cellar item
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Cellar item
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Bedouin
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Bedouin
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Instructions, part 3
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Instructions, part 3
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Demagnetize, say
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Demagnetize, say
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St. in a children's rhyme
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St. in a children's rhyme
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Coupling
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Coupling
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Previously
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Previously
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Half of many a business partnership
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Half of many a business partnership
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Ticks off
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Ticks off
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Plug's place
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Plug's place
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It's between green and black
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It's between green and black
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Viceroy, e.g.
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Viceroy, e.g.
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Snap
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Snap
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Aware of
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Aware of
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Nile biters
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"We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson
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"We shun it ___ it comes": Emily Dickinson
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"Beat it!"
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"Beat it!"
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Little bit
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Little bit
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Moolah
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Moolah
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Except for
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Except for
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Certain tankful
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Certain tankful
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___ alai
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___ alai
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Some funerary ware
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Some funerary ware
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See 48-Across
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See 48-Across
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Last step of the instructions
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Last step of the instructions
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Tie up
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Tie up
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Cell phone plan units
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Cell phone plan units
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"Pick me! Pick me!"
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"Pick me! Pick me!"
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Long fights
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Long fights
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Least puzzling
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Least puzzling
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Pedestal toppers
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Pedestal toppers
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Barrels along
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Barrels along
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Doha native
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Doha native
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Lopsided
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Lopsided
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Said "yea"
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Said "yea"
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The Beatles' "___ No One"
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The Beatles' "___ No One"
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Edsel
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Edsel
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1984 Olympics site
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1984 Olympics site
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The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf.
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The Cowboys of the Big 12 Conf.
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Portions
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Portions
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Connecticut town named for an English river
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Connecticut town named for an English river
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Coop group
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Coop group
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Wall St. worker
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Wall St. worker
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Second place
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Second place
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"___ it goes"
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"___ it goes"
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Bud
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Bud
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Dr. ___
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Dr. ___
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Charges, in a way
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Charges, in a way
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Honda model
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Honda model
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Begrudges
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Begrudges
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Follows through with
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Follows through with
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Ripley's last words?
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Ripley's last words?
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Insurgent group
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Insurgent group
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Pond fish
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Pond fish
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Acme product in Road Runner cartoons
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Acme product in Road Runner cartoons
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Long-running hit TV show based in Chicago
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Long-running hit TV show based in Chicago
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___-upper
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___-upper
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Farrier
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Farrier
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Polly of literature, e.g.
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Polly of literature, e.g.
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Fade, maybe
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Fade, maybe
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Condé ___
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Condé ___
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Revises
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Revises
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Doze
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Doze
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Artemis' twin
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Artemis' twin
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Pea observer
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Pea observer
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Time for a party, in brief
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Time for a party, in brief
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Rapper with the 1988 platinum album "Power"
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Plummet
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Plummet
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Board
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Board
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Latin lover's word
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Latin lover's word
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Elicit
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Elicit
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Alpaca relatives
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Alpaca relatives
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Home of minor-league baseball's Diablos
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Home of minor-league baseball's Diablos
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Depress
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Depress
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Undersides
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Undersides
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Greek god whose name is one letter off from 118-Down
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Greek god whose name is one letter off from 118-Down
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Soak up rays
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Soak up rays
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Second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan
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Second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan
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"No problemo"
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"No problemo"
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"On tap" sign, sometimes
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"On tap" sign, sometimes
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Affirms
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Affirms
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Depressing darkness
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Depressing darkness
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Scuttlebutt
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Scuttlebutt
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Device for winter sidewalks
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Device for winter sidewalks
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Virtue
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Virtue
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Take for granted
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Take for granted
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Superstate in Orwell's "1984"
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Superstate in Orwell's "1984"
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Good rolls in craps
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Good rolls in craps
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One-named singer/actress
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One-named singer/actress
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"___-la-la!"
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"___-la-la!"
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Stampede
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Stampede
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[That's awful!]
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[That's awful!]
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The rite person?
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The rite person?
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Waste
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Waste
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Finished second
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Finished second
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Gray hair producer, they say
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Gray hair producer, they say
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Superman's closetful?
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Superman's closetful?
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Vista
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Vista
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Pin holder
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Pin holder
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King in II Kings
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King in II Kings
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Brouhahas
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Brouhahas
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Trim
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Trim
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Packed away
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Packed away
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Head, in slang
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Head, in slang
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Greek goddess whose name is one letter off from 69-Down
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Virginia's ___ Highway
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