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New York Times: Sunday, March 27, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 27, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kevin G. Der
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Ornate
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Spreads
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Old pol. entity
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Like some skiing
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Dark patch on a distant sun
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Niña accompanier
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Roams
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Roams
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Century in Amer. politics
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Century in Amer. politics
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Pony
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Pony
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Yenta's habit
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Yenta's habit
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River to the North Sea
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Bally enthusiasts
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Off-white pottery
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Off-white pottery
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Sharp-tongued
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Land in a stream
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Thin as ___
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Temper
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Temper
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Galumph
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Galumph
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They may get people talking
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They may get people talking
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Jazz style
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Jazz style
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General Assembly figure, for short
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General Assembly figure, for short
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Mine, to Marie
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Mine, to Marie
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Sun Devils' sch.
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Sun Devils' sch.
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Underlying
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Underlying
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Dutch brews
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Dutch brews
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Ticket presenter
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Shred
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Shred
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Period of the Cenozoic Era
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Period of the Cenozoic Era
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Meditate (on)
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Like much of New Orleans's French Quarter
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Like much of New Orleans's French Quarter
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Beaver's home
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Beaver's home
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Shankar piece
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___ acid
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___ acid
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Hoedown seating
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Pooh's pal
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Pooh's pal
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What you used to be?
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Bickering
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Bickering
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"I like your thinking"
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"I like your thinking"
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"Cat ___," 1965 film
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"Cat ___," 1965 film
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Red-haired film princess
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Olds sedan
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Shot source
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Exchange fig.
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Citrusy cocktail mixer
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Citrusy cocktail mixer
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Focus of a class action?
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Novelist Hoag
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Cancún, e.g.
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Cancún, e.g.
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Flap
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Flap
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Drink with tempura, maybe
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Drink with tempura, maybe
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"Howards End" role
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Centipede maker
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Centipede maker
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Singular
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Singular
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Balancing acts?
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Balancing acts?
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Kaplan course, briefly
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Kaplan course, briefly
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Waited longer than
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Waited longer than
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Drillmaster's call
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Called
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Called
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Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarships
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Rhodes of the Rhodes scholarships
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M.P.G. watcher
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"make.believe" sloganeer
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"make.believe" sloganeer
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___ guisada, Tex-Mex stew
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Kind of gun
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Continue
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Continue
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Twin Cities sch.
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Twin Cities sch.
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Waikiki wear
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Yellow pool items
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That, in Toledo
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Sophocles title hero
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Station line
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Station line
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___ del Carmen, Mexico
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___ del Carmen, Mexico
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Told stories
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Told stories
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Norwegian king called "the 77-Down"
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Clear
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Clear
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Station identification
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Station identification
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Tie up
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Tie up
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Pixar robot with a female voice
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London daily
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London daily
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Rot
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Rot
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Letter in 145-Across
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Cheat
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Cheat
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Cheers
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Cheers
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Luggage
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Luggage
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Asian capital name starter
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P.R. people
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___ no
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___ no
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Some N.F.L.'ers
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Some N.F.L.'ers
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Runaway
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Runaway
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Make ready for a winter storm, as a highway
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Make ready for a winter storm, as a highway
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Ed heard in "Up"
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Bit of free time
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Bit of free time
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Onesie wearer
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Onesie wearer
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Enter
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Enter
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Game piece
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Game piece
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"Go" square in Monopoly, e.g.
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"Go" square in Monopoly, e.g.
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Cinderella's wear, at home
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Cinderella's wear, at home
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Darling
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Darling
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Hawaiian pizza topping
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Hawaiian pizza topping
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Minstrel songs
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Minstrel songs
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Month before juin
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Month before juin
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Swift's "A Tale of ___"
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Swift's "A Tale of ___"
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Soap opera creator Phillips
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Soap opera creator Phillips
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"___ Mio"
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"___ Mio"
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Ambulance, slangily
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Ambulance, slangily
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One in a maze
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One in a maze
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Schemed together
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Schemed together
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For ___ (cheaply)
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For ___ (cheaply)
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Alexander, to Aristotle
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Alexander, to Aristotle
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Sardegna, e.g.
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Sardegna, e.g.
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Asia's ___ Sea
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Asia's ___ Sea
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What writer's block may block
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What writer's block may block
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5-4 ruling, e.g.
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Assembly area
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Assembly area
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Spanish food brand
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Spanish food brand
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Old PC part
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Old PC part
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O.K., in Osaka
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O.K., in Osaka
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Ones with the Christmas spirit?
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Ones with the Christmas spirit?
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Mariner of note
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Mariner of note
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Steel or bronze
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Card catalog abbr.
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Tracker's aid
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Tracker's aid
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Child-sized mitt
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Child-sized mitt
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Promise to pay
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Promise to pay
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Large cask
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Large cask
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The Crimson Tide, for short
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The Crimson Tide, for short
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Bass lover?
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Bass lover?
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Irish Rose's beau
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Irish Rose's beau
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See 136-Across
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"___ had it!"
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"___ had it!"
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Nine
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Nine
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Skater Midori
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Skater Midori
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Exsiccates
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Exsiccates
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Campsite sight
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Slowing, in mus.
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French possessive
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French possessive
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Highlands daggers
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Highlands daggers
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Water color
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Water color
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"Survivor" homes
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"Survivor" homes
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More than pale
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More than pale
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Hosiery color
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Hosiery color
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How some shares are sold
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How some shares are sold
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Suited to a person's strengths
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Suited to a person's strengths
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Edible mushroom
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Edible mushroom
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Charge
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Charge
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Fork
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Fork
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Said "No fair!"
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Said "No fair!"
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They have rates and ratings
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They have rates and ratings
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Jay who jests
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Jay who jests
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Tongue-lash
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Tongue-lash
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Engage in a 1920s fad
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Engage in a 1920s fad
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One way to turn
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One way to turn
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Cornhusker St.
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Cornhusker St.
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Draws out
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Draws out
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Clowns' toys
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Clowns' toys
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Still in the game
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Still in the game
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Spent
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Spent
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Merry-go-round music
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Merry-go-round music
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Sly type?
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Sly type?
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W. or Bam
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W. or Bam
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Actress Skye
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Actress Skye
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Nettles
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Nettles
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Sound at a spa
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Neth. neighbor
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