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New York Times: Sunday, January 9, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 9, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Patrick Berry
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Thanksgiving staple
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Thanksgiving staple
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"Big ___," 1995 Notorious B.I.G. hit
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Some special deals
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Some special deals
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Entanglement
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Entanglement
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Beer buyers' needs
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Beer buyers' needs
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Low profile maintainer
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Low profile maintainer
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Purifies
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Purifies
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Exclusively
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Exclusively
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Manic desire to make sweaters when the weekend starts?
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Manic desire to make sweaters when the weekend starts?
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Certain corp. takeover
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Certain corp. takeover
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Musical virtuosity
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Musical virtuosity
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Uncharitable
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Uncharitable
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One side of a shutout
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One side of a shutout
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Put away
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Put away
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"I shouldn't have done that"
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"I shouldn't have done that"
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Contents of the Visine Gazette?
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Contents of the Visine Gazette?
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Empty words
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Empty words
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Spot for a stream
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Spot for a stream
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Half brother of Athena
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Half brother of Athena
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Naval need of old
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Naval need of old
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Like the narrowest of wins
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Like the narrowest of wins
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Mends
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Mends
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Hardly surprising
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Hardly surprising
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Parts of many cheerleading uniforms?
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Parts of many cheerleading uniforms?
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Where brown and white meet
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Where brown and white meet
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Music category
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Music category
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Bit of chicken feed
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Bit of chicken feed
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Plumbing, e.g.
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Plumbing, e.g.
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Sticky sticks
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Sticky sticks
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Disastrous
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Disastrous
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Chock-a-block
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Chock-a-block
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Author in the 1950s "angry young men" movement
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Author in the 1950s "angry young men" movement
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"True Blood" network
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"True Blood" network
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Addison's "___ to Creation"
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Addison's "___ to Creation"
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Cleanup crew's goal?
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Cleanup crew's goal?
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Badge material
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Badge material
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Caterer's vessel
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Caterer's vessel
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Part of a code
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Part of a code
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Photography problem
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Photography problem
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"Ghosts of the ___" (James Cameron documentary about the Titanic)
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"Ghosts of the ___" (James Cameron documentary about the Titanic)
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Whither Cain fled
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Whither Cain fled
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Furnishes
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Furnishes
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Musician Brian
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Musician Brian
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___ Rosada (Argentine presidential manor)
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___ Rosada (Argentine presidential manor)
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Dandy things?
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Dandy things?
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Punchophobic?
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Punchophobic?
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Layers
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Layers
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Asks for help, in a way
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Asks for help, in a way
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Getting help, in a way
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Getting help, in a way
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London's Old ___
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London's Old ___
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Unwelcome stocking stuffer
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Unwelcome stocking stuffer
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Like some highlighter colors
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Like some highlighter colors
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2006 Verizon acquisition
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2006 Verizon acquisition
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Company whose motto is "Our pilots are moderately intelligent"?
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Company whose motto is "Our pilots are moderately intelligent"?
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Black
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Black
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Repetition
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Repetition
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"Giant" in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
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"Giant" in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
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Layer
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Layer
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All-too-public tiff
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All-too-public tiff
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Org. that supports water fluoridation
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Org. that supports water fluoridation
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"That thar was an appropriate thing to say!"?
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"That thar was an appropriate thing to say!"?
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Many a hand sanitizer
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Many a hand sanitizer
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Undeniable success
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Undeniable success
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Major-league manager Joe
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Major-league manager Joe
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Urban rollers
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Urban rollers
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Message in a bottle
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Message in a bottle
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Bringing forth young, as sheep
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Bringing forth young, as sheep
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Springe
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Springe
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Batiking need
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Sinatra portrayer on "S.N.L."
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Sinatra portrayer on "S.N.L."
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Residents of Canyon County
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Residents of Canyon County
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Legal impediment
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Legal impediment
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Three, four and five, usually
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Three, four and five, usually
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Outdated
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Outdated
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___ mater (cranial membrane)
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___ mater (cranial membrane)
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Checks, e.g.
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Checks, e.g.
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Not straight
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Not straight
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Singer Lopez
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Singer Lopez
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Like some snow
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Like some snow
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Vacationing
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Vacationing
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Voldemort's portrayer in the Harry Potter films
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Voldemort's portrayer in the Harry Potter films
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Begrudges
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Begrudges
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Reacts to a shock
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Reacts to a shock
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Div. of a former union
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Div. of a former union
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Cronkite when at the top of the ratings?
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Cronkite when at the top of the ratings?
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The radius extends from it
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The radius extends from it
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Explodes
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Explodes
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Boom markets
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Boom markets
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"On second thought, forget it"
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"On second thought, forget it"
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Tie-up
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Tie-up
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Root of diplomacy
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Root of diplomacy
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Musical featuring "The Way He Makes Me Feel"
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Musical featuring "The Way He Makes Me Feel"
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Like crab apples
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Like crab apples
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John Steinbeck's middle name
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John Steinbeck's middle name
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Top-grossing concert act of 1989, '94 and '05, with "the"
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Top-grossing concert act of 1989, '94 and '05, with "the"
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"The Government Inspector" playwright
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"The Government Inspector" playwright
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Home of Galileo Galilei Airport
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Home of Galileo Galilei Airport
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___ box (computer screen pop-up)
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___ box (computer screen pop-up)
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Big guns
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Big guns
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Most hopeless moment
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Most hopeless moment
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Jackal-headed god
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Jackal-headed god
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Nonstarters?
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Nonstarters?
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Reagan-era surgeon general
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Reagan-era surgeon general
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Unexciting
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Unexciting
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Insurance quote
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Insurance quote
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Water sources
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Water sources
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Dexterous
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Dexterous
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Easily damaged major organs?
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Easily damaged major organs?
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Tore
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Tore
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"___ Story," 1989 best seller
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"___ Story," 1989 best seller
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Ethan Frome's sickly wife
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Ethan Frome's sickly wife
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Wayhouses
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Wayhouses
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Half-human counselor on "Star Trek: T.N.G."
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Half-human counselor on "Star Trek: T.N.G."
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Program problem
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Program problem
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Drained of blood
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Drained of blood
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Help (out)
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Help (out)
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___ Hughes, 2002 Olympic skating gold medalist
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___ Hughes, 2002 Olympic skating gold medalist
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Brooklyn's ___ Island
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Brooklyn's ___ Island
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"Hair" hairstyles
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"Hair" hairstyles
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer with the autobiography "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever"
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer with the autobiography "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever"
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1940s White House dog
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Political caller's request
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Political caller's request
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Covered with trees
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Covered with trees
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"For another thing ..."
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"For another thing ..."
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They deliver
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They deliver
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Savoir-faire
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Savoir-faire
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Industry built around shooting stars?
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Talks big
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Talks big
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Barrel racing venue
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Barrel racing venue
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Chevy S.U.V.
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Chevy S.U.V.
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Winter windshield problem
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Winter windshield problem
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Cheap booze
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Cheap booze
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Light figures?
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Light figures?
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Sphere or system starter
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Sphere or system starter
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"Little ___' Pea" (1936 cartoon)
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"Little ___' Pea" (1936 cartoon)
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Your alternative
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Your alternative
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Mumbai Mr.
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Mumbai Mr.
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Beer and skittles
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Beer and skittles
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Big D.C. lobby
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Big D.C. lobby
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Dog's sound
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Dog's sound
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