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New York Times: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, May 8, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel A. Finan
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Rides
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Rides
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Nickname for Joseph Haydn
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Nickname for Joseph Haydn
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Part of a girl scout's uniform
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Part of a girl scout's uniform
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Home for 22-Across
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Home for 22-Across
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Needle case
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Needle case
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Tender areas
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Tender areas
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Fix, as a hem
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Fix, as a hem
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Pitcher Hideki ___
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Pitcher Hideki ___
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Capris?
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Capris?
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Dweller along the Tigris
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Dweller along the Tigris
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Ending with sea
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Ending with sea
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See 66-Across
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Kind of intake
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Kind of intake
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Domes to let in London?
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Domes to let in London?
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Southern city known as the Horse Capital of the World
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Southern city known as the Horse Capital of the World
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It may bring a tear to your eye
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It may bring a tear to your eye
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Squeezes (out)
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Squeezes (out)
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Verizon forerunner
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Verizon forerunner
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Pre-2004 purchase from G.M.?
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Pre-2004 purchase from G.M.?
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"___ Only Had a Brain"
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"___ Only Had a Brain"
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Cruise stops: Abbr.
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Cruise stops: Abbr.
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Convention conclusion?
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Convention conclusion?
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"Spaceballs" and the like
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"Spaceballs" and the like
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Sour notes?
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Sour notes?
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"___ Poetica"
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"___ Poetica"
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Accustom
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Accustom
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Toy rocket company since 1958
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Toy rocket company since 1958
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Verdi aria "___ tu"
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Verdi aria "___ tu"
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Fractions of acres?
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Fractions of acres?
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Boston Tea Party issue
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Boston Tea Party issue
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He wrote "None but the brave deserves the fair"
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He wrote "None but the brave deserves the fair"
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Towers in the high country?
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Towers in the high country?
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"Flashdance" actor Michael
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"Flashdance" actor Michael
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"King ___," song premiered on 27-Across on 4/22/78
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"King ___," song premiered on 27-Across on 4/22/78
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Month before Tishri
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Month before Tishri
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"___ Do Is Dream of You"
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"___ Do Is Dream of You"
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Shabby wares sold at an expo?
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Shabby wares sold at an expo?
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Featured singer on Eminem's "Stan"
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Featured singer on Eminem's "Stan"
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Shipwreck site
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Shipwreck site
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Org. whose functions follow forms?
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Org. whose functions follow forms?
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"___ evil ..."
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"___ evil ..."
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Lead singer of the fictional Pussycats
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Famous answer giver
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Famous answer giver
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HBO's ___ G
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HBO's ___ G
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What socialists campaign for?
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What socialists campaign for?
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Pokey
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Pokey
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Unkempt types
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Unkempt types
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First player listed in "Total Baseball"
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First player listed in "Total Baseball"
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Shakespearean assents
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B and O, for presidents #43 and #44?
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B and O, for presidents #43 and #44?
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Battlefield sorting system
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Battlefield sorting system
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Spanish pot
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Spanish pot
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Crucifix letters
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Crucifix letters
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Batter's need
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Batter's need
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Career criminals?
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Career criminals?
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Eastern wrap
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Eastern wrap
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Actor Robert who played the villain in "Licence to Kill"
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Actor Robert who played the villain in "Licence to Kill"
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Rick who sang "Never Gonna Give You Up"
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Rick who sang "Never Gonna Give You Up"
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Overly air-conditioned room, facetiously
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Overly air-conditioned room, facetiously
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Material for a biographer with a recorder?
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Material for a biographer with a recorder?
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Monkeys
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Monkeys
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Disco ___
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Disco ___
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___ Gay
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___ Gay
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Church gift
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Church gift
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Best-looking rear ends?
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Best-looking rear ends?
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___-dink
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___-dink
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Key key
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Key key
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Sub-sub-players
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Sub-sub-players
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Blind piece
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Blind piece
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Some encls.
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Some encls.
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"Great Scott!"
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"Great Scott!"
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Pianist Myra
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Pianist Myra
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Numbers game
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Numbers game
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Hold on a mat
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Chop-chop
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N.R.A. concern
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N.R.A. concern
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Mr., in Milano
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Mr., in Milano
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March Madness activity
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Lane marking
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Lane marking
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Millennia-old Jordanian city that's a World Heritage Site
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Millennia-old Jordanian city that's a World Heritage Site
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St. Clare's home
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St. Clare's home
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Asian title
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Asian title
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Walsh with 2004 and 2008 gold medals in beach volleyball
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Walsh with 2004 and 2008 gold medals in beach volleyball
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Golf's Aoki
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Golf's Aoki
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D.J.'s considerations
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D.J.'s considerations
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Like stars at night
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Like stars at night
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Secs
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Secs
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Asia's ___ Sea
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Asia's ___ Sea
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Ideal
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Ideal
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Covered for, maybe
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Covered for, maybe
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Baby bottles
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Baby bottles
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Doo-wop syllable
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Doo-wop syllable
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Masked people wield them
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Masked people wield them
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___ latte
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___ latte
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Courses people look forward to?
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Courses people look forward to?
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Part of L.A.
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Part of L.A.
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Radial alternative
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Radial alternative
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Through
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Through
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"O my prophetic ___!": Hamlet
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"O my prophetic ___!": Hamlet
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Genus of holly
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Genus of holly
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One in a harness
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One in a harness
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Palm features
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Palm features
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___ circumstances
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___ circumstances
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Actress Hagen
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Actress Hagen
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Suffix with audit
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Suffix with audit
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Union locale
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Union locale
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Barbecued bit
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More clichéd
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More clichéd
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Ambitious track bet
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Ambitious track bet
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___ sponte (legal term)
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___ sponte (legal term)
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Fizzler
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Fizzler
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Actress Cuthbert of "24"
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Actress Cuthbert of "24"
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Reason for a TV-MA rating
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Reason for a TV-MA rating
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Sense of humor
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Sense of humor
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How some practical jokes go
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How some practical jokes go
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Windblown soil
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Windblown soil
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Like House elections
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Like House elections
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Animal shelter?
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Animal shelter?
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Pomade alternative
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___ a time
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___ a time
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International bully
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International bully
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Actress ___ Ling of "The Crow"
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Actress ___ Ling of "The Crow"
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Et ___
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Et ___
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"Long," in Hawaii
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"Long," in Hawaii
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Lead-in to -meter
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Lead-in to -meter
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Jet's noise
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Jet's noise
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Giving it 110%, so to speak
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Giving it 110%, so to speak
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Certain N.C.O.'s
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Certain N.C.O.'s
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Targets of martial law
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Targets of martial law
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Modern locale of ancient Illyria
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Loafers, e.g.
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Loafers, e.g.
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One asked to R.S.V.P.
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One asked to R.S.V.P.
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Heart meas.
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Heart meas.
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Snag
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Snag
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Fútbol cheer
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Fútbol cheer
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Oklahoma city
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Oklahoma city
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In order that one might
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In order that one might
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Pivotal times
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Pivotal times
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Incinerated
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Incinerated
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Express shock or happiness, say
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Express shock or happiness, say
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"Great Scott!"
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"Great Scott!"
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Sommer in Southern California
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Sommer in Southern California
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Jazzy James or Jones
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Jazzy James or Jones
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"___ le roi!"
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"___ le roi!"
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Athos, Porthos or Aramis
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Athos, Porthos or Aramis
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Signs of ineloquence
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Utterance of a finger wagger
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Utterance of a finger wagger
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