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New York Times: Sunday, September 25, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, September 25, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Paul Hunsberger
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Bryn ___ College
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Bryn ___ College
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Often-parched gully
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Goal of phishing
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Goal of phishing
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Where the Baha'i faith originated
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Where the Baha'i faith originated
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It entered circulation in 2002
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It entered circulation in 2002
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"My heavens!"
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"My heavens!"
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1997 best seller subtitled "Her True Story"
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1997 best seller subtitled "Her True Story"
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Lifted
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Lifted
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Result of being badly beaned?
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Result of being badly beaned?
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Scraping kitchen gadget with nothing in it?
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Scraping kitchen gadget with nothing in it?
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Big name in root beer
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Big name in root beer
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Drill attachment with teeth
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Drill attachment with teeth
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Offered a shoulder to cry on, say
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Cry after a series of numbers
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___ Meir Tower, Israel's first skyscraper
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___ Meir Tower, Israel's first skyscraper
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CBS's "The ___ Today"
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CBS's "The ___ Today"
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"Author! Author!" star, 1982
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"Author! Author!" star, 1982
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Broadly speaking
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Broadly speaking
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Leonine movie star of old
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Leonine movie star of old
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Pale yellow-shelled sea creature?
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Pale yellow-shelled sea creature?
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Differ
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Differ
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Contraction before boy or girl
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Contraction before boy or girl
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October haul
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October haul
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Year the Paris Métro opened
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Year the Paris Métro opened
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Front-wheel alignment
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Front-wheel alignment
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Vlasic pickles mascot
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Vlasic pickles mascot
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That babies come from a 53-Across, e.g.
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That babies come from a 53-Across, e.g.
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Gather
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Gather
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English weight
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English weight
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Return address info
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Return address info
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View the effects of a big lunch in court?
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View the effects of a big lunch in court?
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Promise of a sort
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Promise of a sort
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Person with a headset, maybe
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Person with a headset, maybe
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A bit slow
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A bit slow
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Fluorescent candy?
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Fluorescent candy?
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Materialize
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Materialize
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Register, to a Brit
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Register, to a Brit
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It's an imposition
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It's an imposition
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Show shock, in a way
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Show shock, in a way
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Land of King George Tupou V
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Land of King George Tupou V
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Memorable mission
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Memorable mission
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___ in ink
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___ in ink
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Jewelry setting
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Jewelry setting
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Alternative to Ole or Edvard
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"R" card in Uno, in effect
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"R" card in Uno, in effect
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"Cheers" spinoff mania?
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"Cheers" spinoff mania?
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Stanch
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Stanch
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Eases the misgivings of
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Eases the misgivings of
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Star-struck entourage
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Star-struck entourage
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Funny Poehler
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Funny Poehler
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Allies have one
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Allies have one
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Post-solstice celebration
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Kind of tape
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Kind of tape
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Arrives
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Arrives
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Crew
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Crew
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Hapless Roman ruler?
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Hapless Roman ruler?
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Taser for children?
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Taser for children?
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Campfire treat
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Campfire treat
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Hit ___ note
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Hit ___ note
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Tiny-scissors holder
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Tiny-scissors holder
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Cone former
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Cone former
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Desire, with "the"
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Desire, with "the"
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"Buddenbrooks" novelist
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"Buddenbrooks" novelist
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Trickle
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Trickle
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They can be prying or crying
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They can be prying or crying
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Very, informally
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Charismatic effect
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St. Paul's architect
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St. Paul's architect
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Downed power lines, e.g.
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Downed power lines, e.g.
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Bonded
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Bonded
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Turkish V.I.P.
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Turkish V.I.P.
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Häagen-___
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Häagen-___
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Things to think about
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Things to think about
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Almost matching
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Almost matching
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Polyphemus, to Odysseus
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Polyphemus, to Odysseus
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Kind of colony
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Kind of colony
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Giant who made "The Catch," 1954
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Giant who made "The Catch," 1954
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"No worries"
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"No worries"
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Mil. educators
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Mil. educators
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Sheltered
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Sheltered
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Quiz bowl lover, say
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Quiz bowl lover, say
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Corrupts
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Corrupts
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Mirror image
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Mirror image
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Over again
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Over again
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Daydreams, with "out"
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Daydreams, with "out"
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"Why not!"
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"Why not!"
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Black Watch soldier's garb
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Black Watch soldier's garb
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Vast, old-style
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Vast, old-style
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Scavenging Southern food fish
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Scavenging Southern food fish
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Stockpile
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Stockpile
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Foamy mugful
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Foamy mugful
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Climbing aid
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Climbing aid
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Falls into line
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Falls into line
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Clear
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Clear
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"The only rule is that there ___ rules"
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"The only rule is that there ___ rules"
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Pittsburgh-based food giant
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Pittsburgh-based food giant
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Soprano Fleming
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Soprano Fleming
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Glut
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Glut
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Take a whack at
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Take a whack at
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My, in Bretagne
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My, in Bretagne
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Garrulous Garrison
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Garrulous Garrison
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Entrees sometimes prepared in crockpots
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Entrees sometimes prepared in crockpots
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Charles, e.g.
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Charles, e.g.
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Tipping point?
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Tipping point?
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Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book "Ghost Wars"
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Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book "Ghost Wars"
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Hags, e.g.
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Hags, e.g.
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Picks up
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Picks up
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Possible lagoon entrance
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Possible lagoon entrance
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Serious
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Serious
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Unemployed persons with full-time jobs
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Unemployed persons with full-time jobs
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California's ___ Castle
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California's ___ Castle
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O.T.B. conveniences
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O.T.B. conveniences
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Slender fish
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Slender fish
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1983 Woody Allen film
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1983 Woody Allen film
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Less fortunate
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Less fortunate
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China's Zhou ___
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China's Zhou ___
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Visually transfixed
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Visually transfixed
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Reviewers' comments on book jackets, typically
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Reviewers' comments on book jackets, typically
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Distrustful
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Distrustful
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God, with "the"
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God, with "the"
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Cut-off pants?
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Cut-off pants?
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Not consent
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Not consent
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Like some chickens
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Like some chickens
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Mea ___
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Mea ___
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Cheer for
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Cheer for
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Swamp
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Swamp
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"My heavens!"
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"My heavens!"
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Mosquito protection
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Mosquito protection
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Cartridge filler
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Cartridge filler
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"Great" red feature of Jupiter
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"Great" red feature of Jupiter
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Fat unit
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Fat unit
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The ___ Owl, "L.A. Confidential" coffee shop
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The ___ Owl, "L.A. Confidential" coffee shop
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Fix
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Fix
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Golf great Ballesteros
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Timeline segments
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When repeated, name in old Hollywood
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When repeated, name in old Hollywood
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Outstanding
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Outstanding
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Goose egg
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