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New York Times: Sunday, August 7, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, August 7, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tony Orbach,
Janie Smulyan
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Airplane amenities
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"The Dublin Trilogy" dramatist
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Kind of attraction
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Kind of attraction
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Windward
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Windward
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Fashion frill
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Add-on meaning "galore"
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Add-on meaning "galore"
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Start-press order for a New York daily?
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Start-press order for a New York daily?
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Shaded shelter
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Shaded shelter
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Sleuth Lupin
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Sleuth Lupin
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Suffix with form
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Dresden's river
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Dresden's river
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St. Pete-to-Savannah dir.
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St. Pete-to-Savannah dir.
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Flaps
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Flaps
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Make out
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Make out
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Big name in potatoes
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Explorer's writing
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Flippered animal that runs a maid service?
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Flippered animal that runs a maid service?
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Legal assistants
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Legal assistants
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Mart start
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Mart start
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Sparks
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Sparks
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Request for candy from a kid at camp?
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Request for candy from a kid at camp?
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Nutritional abbr.
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Nutritional abbr.
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Like the yin side: Abbr.
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Like the yin side: Abbr.
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Author Sinclair
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Author Sinclair
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Start
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Start
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Dewlapped creature
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When to call, in some ads
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When to call, in some ads
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"Rocky III" co-star
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"Rocky III" co-star
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Gnarly
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Gnarly
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Ohio university
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Ohio university
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Congratulatory phrase at a "Peanuts" bar mitzvah?
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Congratulatory phrase at a "Peanuts" bar mitzvah?
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"Sounds like ___!"
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"Sounds like ___!"
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Western Indian
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Western Indian
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High lines
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High lines
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Romeo's predecessor?
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Romeo's predecessor?
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Keir of "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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Keir of "2001: A Space Odyssey"
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End of a Greek run
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End of a Greek run
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Ones gathered for a reading, maybe
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Ones gathered for a reading, maybe
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___ result
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___ result
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One of the Bobbsey twins
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One of the Bobbsey twins
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Jaded comment from a constantly updated person?
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Jaded comment from a constantly updated person?
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1981 German-language hit film
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1981 German-language hit film
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Part of some itineraries?
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Part of some itineraries?
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Leisurely time to arrive at the office
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Leisurely time to arrive at the office
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1970s, to a schmaltzy wedding band?
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1970s, to a schmaltzy wedding band?
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See 106-Across
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Musée d'Orsay artist
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Musée d'Orsay artist
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Things determined by 104-Across
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Things determined by 104-Across
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Everybody, to Erich
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Everybody, to Erich
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"___ me" (phone comment)
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"___ me" (phone comment)
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Match part
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Match part
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Geneviève, for one: Abbr.
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Geneviève, for one: Abbr.
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Denmark's ___ Islands
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Denmark's ___ Islands
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"Scooby-Doo" girl
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"Scooby-Doo" girl
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Amnesiac's vague recollection of having a hobby?
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Amnesiac's vague recollection of having a hobby?
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Construct
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Construct
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Environment
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Environment
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TV character who worked for Steinbrenner
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TV character who worked for Steinbrenner
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Six-pack holder?
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Six-pack holder?
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Certain newspaper advertisement
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Certain newspaper advertisement
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Washed
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Washed
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Substitute for forgotten words in a song
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Pour thing?
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Pour thing?
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Stops panicking
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Valued
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Valued
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Prefix with -centric
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Prefix with -centric
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"I can't believe it!"
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"I can't believe it!"
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Holiday celebrated with bánh chung cakes
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Asian title that's an anagram of an English one
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Unsettling last words
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Unsettling last words
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Two-time Oscar nominee Joan
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Two-time Oscar nominee Joan
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Home to about 15% of the world's population: Abbr.
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Home to about 15% of the world's population: Abbr.
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W. Coast air hub
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W. Coast air hub
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Fashion magazine
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Fashion magazine
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"2, 4, 6, 8 - Who do we appreciate?," e.g.
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"2, 4, 6, 8 - Who do we appreciate?," e.g.
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___ egg
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___ egg
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Back
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Back
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College-area local
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College-area local
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What a chair should cover?
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What a chair should cover?
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Cosmetics brand with the classic slogan "Because I'm worth it"
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Cosmetics brand with the classic slogan "Because I'm worth it"
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Swiss mix
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Swiss mix
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Often-trimmed tree
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Often-trimmed tree
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Designed for two
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Designed for two
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Takes in
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Takes in
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"___ out!"
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"___ out!"
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Serpentine shape
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Serpentine shape
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"Beatles '65" and others
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"Beatles '65" and others
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Hanauma Bay locale
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Hanauma Bay locale
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Antipollution mascot Woodsy ___
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AOL's Web site, e.g.
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AOL's Web site, e.g.
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Birth control option, briefly
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Birth control option, briefly
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Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple
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Lacking a surrounding colonnade, as a temple
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Ljubljana resident
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Ljubljana resident
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Ready to be called
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Ready to be called
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French meat
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French meat
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Active
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Active
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Casino offering
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Casino offering
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Poetic "plenty"
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Poetic "plenty"
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Singer Aimee
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Singer Aimee
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Muffs
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Muffs
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What a pajama party often is
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What a pajama party often is
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It's NW of Georgia
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It's NW of Georgia
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Sch. that plays Texas A&M
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Sch. that plays Texas A&M
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Memory: Prefix
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Memory: Prefix
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Calendario unit
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Calendario unit
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When tripled, et cetera
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Musical number
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Musical number
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"The Producers" character who sings "When You Got It, Flaunt It"
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"The Producers" character who sings "When You Got It, Flaunt It"
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Mucho
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Mucho
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Actor Rickman
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Actor Rickman
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K-12
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K-12
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"Broken Arrow" co-star Michael
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"Broken Arrow" co-star Michael
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Type in
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Type in
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Portrayal
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Portrayal
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Zeus' disguise when fathering Helen of Troy
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Blood-typing system
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Modern party planning aids
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Modern party planning aids
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Sports column
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Sports column
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Go south, as sales
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Go south, as sales
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Scot's "wee"
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Scot's "wee"
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In excelsis ___
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In excelsis ___
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Japanese "thanks"
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Japanese "thanks"
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Frequent, in verse
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Frequent, in verse
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Stand on short feet
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Stand on short feet
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Straight
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Straight
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Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues"
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Eve who wrote "The Vagina Monologues"
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___ egg
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___ egg
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Beat it
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Beat it
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Best in crash-test ratings
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Best in crash-test ratings
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Order to a barista
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Order to a barista
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"Zigeunerliebe" composer
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"Zigeunerliebe" composer
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"La Bohème" soprano
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"La Bohème" soprano
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Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4: Abbr.
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Key of Brahms's Symphony No. 4: Abbr.
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Eleven, to Héloïse
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Eleven, to Héloïse
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Edwardian expletive
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Edwardian expletive
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Ones putting on a show, for short
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Ones putting on a show, for short
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They: Fr.
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They: Fr.
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German rejection
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German rejection
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Cause of some repetitive behavior, in brief
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Cause of some repetitive behavior, in brief
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A Stooge
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A Stooge
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