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New York Times: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 23, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Chris A. McGlothlin
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Yo, she was Adrian
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Yo, she was Adrian
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*Insulation measure
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*Insulation measure
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*Weapon first tested in '52
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*Weapon first tested in '52
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*Gasket type
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*Gasket type
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Bedridden, say
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Bedridden, say
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Debilitates
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Debilitates
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They're found in año after año
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They're found in año after año
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Oscar snubber of 1972
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Oscar snubber of 1972
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Frequently pierced place
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Frequently pierced place
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*The Boss's backers
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*The Boss's backers
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It may go off the road, briefly
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It may go off the road, briefly
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*Setting for "Saving Private Ryan"
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*Setting for "Saving Private Ryan"
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Taxco table
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Taxco table
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Winds
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Winds
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Nanki-___ of "The Mikado"
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Nanki-___ of "The Mikado"
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*Touch, e.g.
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*Touch, e.g.
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*Ace ___ Stories (old detective pulp magazine)
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*Ace ___ Stories (old detective pulp magazine)
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Swindle, slangily
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Swindle, slangily
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One of the Blues Brothers
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One of the Blues Brothers
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N N N
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N N N
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N N N
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N N N
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Stocks up
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Stocks up
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Slant
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Slant
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Shelled
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Shelled
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*Typography symbol
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*Typography symbol
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Pilot's milieu
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Pilot's milieu
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Darn
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Darn
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Workplace for a cabin boy
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Workplace for a cabin boy
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Payment type
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Payment type
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Hot times on the Riviera
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Hot times on the Riviera
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12-Across and the like
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12-Across and the like
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Tag sale tag
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Tag sale tag
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Opposite of guerra
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Opposite of guerra
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___ Mode, female character in "The Incredibles"
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___ Mode, female character in "The Incredibles"
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___ Kadiddlehopper, Red Skelton character
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___ Kadiddlehopper, Red Skelton character
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*It may be under a hood
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*It may be under a hood
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The third one is a shocker
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The third one is a shocker
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Barks
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Barks
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Numerical prefix
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Numerical prefix
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One carrying a toon?
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One carrying a toon?
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The year 640
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The year 640
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"Give it ___!"
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"Give it ___!"
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Honoree's place
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Honoree's place
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Toyota S.U.V.
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Toyota S.U.V.
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Small
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Small
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.___
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*4x platinum album of 2001
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*4x platinum album of 2001
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Maurice of Nixon's cabinet
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Maurice of Nixon's cabinet
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King protector
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King protector
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Bottle in the kitchen or bath
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Bottle in the kitchen or bath
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Whence the word "safari"
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Whence the word "safari"
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Coach Parseghian
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Coach Parseghian
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Going ___
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Going ___
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Numbers by a door?
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Numbers by a door?
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*'Vette option
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*'Vette option
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Actress Sofer
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Actress Sofer
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Light bulb over one's tête?
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Light bulb over one's tête?
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"Awesome!"
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"Awesome!"
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Shelter org.
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Shelter org.
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Skewer
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Skewer
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*Beam with a bend
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*Beam with a bend
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Skeletal opening?
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Skeletal opening?
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*Women just don't get it
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*Women just don't get it
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Former Pakistani P.M. Bhutto
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Former Pakistani P.M. Bhutto
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Spanish pastry
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Spanish pastry
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Last-second bidder on eBay
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Last-second bidder on eBay
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Marathoner's need
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Marathoner's need
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Mountain homes
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Mountain homes
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*House coverer
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*House coverer
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Like a turkey's wattle
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Like a turkey's wattle
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*One of Sean Combs's aliases
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*One of Sean Combs's aliases
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Steak ___
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Steak ___
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Tribal heads?
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Tribal heads?
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"___, fair sun, and kill the envious moon": Romeo
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"___, fair sun, and kill the envious moon": Romeo
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Melodious speaking tones
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Melodious speaking tones
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Cross-dressing
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Cross-dressing
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Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958
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Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958
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Bar mitzvah party
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Bar mitzvah party
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Spreading fast on YouTube
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Spreading fast on YouTube
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Country singer Jackson and others
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Country singer Jackson and others
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Jenny ___ a k a the Swedish Nightingale
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Jenny ___ a k a the Swedish Nightingale
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Grand Forks sch.
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Grand Forks sch.
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___ trip
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___ trip
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Pointer
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Pointer
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*"Plan 9 From Outer Space," e.g.
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*"Plan 9 From Outer Space," e.g.
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Saturn's spouse
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Saturn's spouse
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Flatten, in a way
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Flatten, in a way
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Pointers
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Pointers
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Inlet
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Inlet
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Like some winks
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Like some winks
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Trig ratio
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Trig ratio
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Bunches
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Bunches
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*Tops
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*Tops
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Exercise one is prone to do
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Exercise one is prone to do
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Places where some R.N.'s work
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Places where some R.N.'s work
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Took the part of
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Took the part of
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Deli array
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Deli array
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Sting's instrument
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Sting's instrument
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Repeated cry in Buster Poindexter's "Hot Hot Hot"
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Repeated cry in Buster Poindexter's "Hot Hot Hot"
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___ point
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___ point
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*Group with the 2000 #1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me"
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*Group with the 2000 #1 hit "It's Gonna Be Me"
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*Thing that won't go off without a hitch?
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*Thing that won't go off without a hitch?
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Hit
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Hit
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Mingles (with)
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Mingles (with)
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They may have keys
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They may have keys
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Scranton-to-Philadelphia dir.
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Scranton-to-Philadelphia dir.
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Like some amusement parks
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Like some amusement parks
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Shakespeare's "food of love"
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Shakespeare's "food of love"
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*"As Seen on TV" company
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*"As Seen on TV" company
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Vegas opening?
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Vegas opening?
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1909 Physics Nobelist for work in wireless telegraphy
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1909 Physics Nobelist for work in wireless telegraphy
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Some drum parts
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Some drum parts
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*3-D graph line
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*3-D graph line
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The Queen of Soul, familiarly
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The Queen of Soul, familiarly
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Colorado ski area
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Colorado ski area
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Dockworker's org.
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Dockworker's org.
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*It helps one get the picture
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*It helps one get the picture
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*Midsize Jaguar
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*Midsize Jaguar
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Coax
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Coax
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Harry Shearer's program on public radio
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Harry Shearer's program on public radio
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Kind of income
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Beelike
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Beelike
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Call letters?
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Call letters?
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*Little swab
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*Little swab
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Govt. flu-fighting org.
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Govt. flu-fighting org.
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Mouths
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Mouths
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___ Trench (earth's deepest depression)
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___ Trench (earth's deepest depression)
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Bluegills
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Bluegills
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Obama nickname
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Obama nickname
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*I.R.S. form
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*I.R.S. form
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From ___ Z (how this puzzle goes?)
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From ___ Z (how this puzzle goes?)
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Oil company acronym
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Grasping
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Grasping
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Town in Umbria
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Town in Umbria
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Nose-burning
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Nose-burning
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Bit
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Bit
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Lackluster
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Lackluster
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Old man
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Old man
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"Um ... er ..."
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"Um ... er ..."
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Lead/tin alloy
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Lead/tin alloy
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Dumbbell abbr.
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Dumbbell abbr.
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Call, e.g.
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Call, e.g.
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*Revealing photo
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*Revealing photo
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Doctor Zhivago
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Doctor Zhivago
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How many oldies get rereleased
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How many oldies get rereleased
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Not go straight
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Not go straight
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Limit
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Limit
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"If only ___ listened ..."
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"If only ___ listened ..."
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