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New York Times: Sunday, September 18, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 18, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Josh Knapp
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Group working on a plot
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Group working on a plot
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Seurat painted in one
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"Look what ___!"
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"Look what ___!"
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One of Santa's team
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One of Santa's team
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Old Olds
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Old Olds
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Biblical shepherd
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Biblical shepherd
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Alma mater of football great Roger Staubach
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Alma mater of football great Roger Staubach
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Opt for the window instead of the aisle?
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Opt for the window instead of the aisle?
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Don't ...!
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Ottoman relative
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Ottoman relative
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Lover of Bianca in "Othello"
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Lover of Bianca in "Othello"
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See 3-Down
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See 3-Down
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Plea to the unwelcome
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Plea to the unwelcome
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Loo
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Loo
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Bug-eyed primates
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Bug-eyed primates
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"Dream on"
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"Dream on"
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Priestly robe
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Priestly robe
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Don't ...!
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Us, e.g.
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Us, e.g.
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Attack like a bear
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First person in Germany?
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First person in Germany?
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Stir up
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Stir up
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"___ is life ..."
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"___ is life ..."
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Like some wrestlers' bodies
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Like some wrestlers' bodies
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"___ for Cookie" ("Sesame Street" song)
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"___ for Cookie" ("Sesame Street" song)
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It's not good when it's flat
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It's not good when it's flat
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Word processing command
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Word processing command
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Don't ...!
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Skirt chaser
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Skirt chaser
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Good news for a worker
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Good news for a worker
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It's passed down through the ages
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It's passed down through the ages
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Like some old-fashioned studies
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Like some old-fashioned studies
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Homeric cry?
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Homeric cry?
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Apothecary weight
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Apothecary weight
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More, in scores
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More, in scores
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Bass in a barbershop quartet, e.g.
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Old Tokyo
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Old Tokyo
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Do-it-yourselfer
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Do-it-yourselfer
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Filing aid
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Filing aid
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Open
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Open
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Established facts
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Established facts
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Don't ...!
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Person with a code name, maybe
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Person with a code name, maybe
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Puts words in the mouth of?
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A trucker may have one: Abbr.
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A trucker may have one: Abbr.
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Hurricane of 2011
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Hurricane of 2011
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Advanced sandcastle feature
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Advanced sandcastle feature
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Target of some pH tests
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Target of some pH tests
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Org. for some guards
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Org. for some guards
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Famous Georgian born in 1879
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Famous Georgian born in 1879
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Camera operator's org.
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Camera operator's org.
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Don't ...!
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30, for 1/5 and 1/6, e.g.: Abbr.
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30, for 1/5 and 1/6, e.g.: Abbr.
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Start without permission?
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Start without permission?
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Possible result of a defensive error in soccer
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Rogers on a ship
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Rogers on a ship
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Sharpens
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Sharpens
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E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
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E-mail from a Nigerian prince, usually
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Now or never
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Now or never
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Indulge
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Indulge
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Don't ...!
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Don't ...!
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Distanced
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Distanced
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Biblical twin
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Biblical twin
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Filmmaker van Gogh
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Filmmaker van Gogh
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One of the Allman Brothers
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One of the Allman Brothers
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Harry Potter's girlfriend
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Harry Potter's girlfriend
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Trick out, as a car
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Trick out, as a car
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In view
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In view
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Palais du Luxembourg body
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Palais du Luxembourg body
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Trade's partner
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___-American
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___-American
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One may be seen on a 28-Across's nose
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One may be seen on a 28-Across's nose
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Indo-European
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Indo-European
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Stats on weather reports
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Stats on weather reports
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Sunbathing sites
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Sunbathing sites
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Can't stand
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Can't stand
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"Automatic for the People" group
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"Automatic for the People" group
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iPod type
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iPod type
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Liquid, say
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Liquid, say
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"Matilda" author
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"Matilda" author
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"___ had it!"
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"___ had it!"
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Poor character analysis?
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Poor character analysis?
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Building material for Solomon's Temple
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Building material for Solomon's Temple
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Shade of green
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Shade of green
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Don't ...!
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Don't ...!
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UV index monitor, for short
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UV index monitor, for short
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Total hottie
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Total hottie
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Shipwreck spot, maybe
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Shipwreck spot, maybe
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Ones with crowns
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Ones with crowns
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End of a series: Abbr.
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Biblical twin
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Biblical twin
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Basic skateboarding trick
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Basic skateboarding trick
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"If only!"
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"If only!"
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It has a crystal inside
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It has a crystal inside
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Brand for people with milk sugar intolerance
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Brand for people with milk sugar intolerance
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Got started
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Got started
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Figure of speech
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Figure of speech
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Not the ritziest area of town
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Not the ritziest area of town
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Small dam
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Small dam
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"Ditto"
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"Ditto"
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France's equivalent to an Oscar
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France's equivalent to an Oscar
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Two who smooch, say
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Two who smooch, say
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Mawkish
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Mawkish
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Gilbert Stuart works
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Gilbert Stuart works
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Hacking tool
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Hacking tool
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Spanish newspaper whose name means "The Country"
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Spanish newspaper whose name means "The Country"
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Bring up
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Bring up
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Done in
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Done in
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Packer of old
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Packer of old
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He was named viceroy of Portuguese India in 1524
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He was named viceroy of Portuguese India in 1524
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"Heavens!"
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"Heavens!"
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Don't ...!
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Don't ...!
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Look down
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Look down
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A big flap may be made about this
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A big flap may be made about this
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Possible change in Russia
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Possible change in Russia
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Banks on a runway
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Banks on a runway
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Briton's rejoinder
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Briton's rejoinder
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Long-armed simian, for short
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Long-armed simian, for short
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Element in a guessing contest
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Element in a guessing contest
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Chilling, say
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Chilling, say
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Concern when coming up, with "the"
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Concern when coming up, with "the"
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Archetypal abandonment site
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Archetypal abandonment site
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Corporate type
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Corporate type
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Inexperienced with
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Inexperienced with
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Witticisms
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Witticisms
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AnÃbal Cavaco ___, Portuguese president beginning in 2006
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AnÃbal Cavaco ___, Portuguese president beginning in 2006
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Kind of keyboard
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Kind of keyboard
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Model used for study or testing
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Model used for study or testing
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Without flaw
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Without flaw
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Large ___ Collider (CERN particle accelerator)
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Large ___ Collider (CERN particle accelerator)
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Bramble feature
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Bramble feature
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Lock horns (with)
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Lock horns (with)
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Dis
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Some linemen
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Some linemen
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Definitely not a hottie
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Definitely not a hottie
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Reuters alternative
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Reuters alternative
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"Just ___ suspected!"
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"Just ___ suspected!"
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"What ___ said"
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"What ___ said"
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Uracil's place
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Uracil's place
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Volleyball action
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