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New York Times: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 23, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Joe DiPietro
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Onetime propaganda source
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Portmanteau
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Portmanteau
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Obstruct
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Obstruct
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Brings in
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Brings in
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Funny Johnson
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Funny Johnson
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See 6-Down
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See 6-Down
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Queen City of the Rockies
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Queen City of the Rockies
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Prefix with light or sound
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Holiday purchase, informally
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Holiday purchase, informally
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Tone setters for conductors
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Tone setters for conductors
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Item in a certain e-mail folder
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Item in a certain e-mail folder
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A couple of Spaniards?
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E-mail alternatives
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E-mail alternatives
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Source of the Amazon
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Source of the Amazon
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South Carolina's state bird
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South Carolina's state bird
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Neurotic Martin Short character
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Not discounted
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Not discounted
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Give up
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Give up
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Start of a 1957 hit song
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Start of a 1957 hit song
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Press and fold, say
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Press and fold, say
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Pecking order?
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Pecking order?
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Oxidized
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Oxidized
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Agree (with)
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Agree (with)
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Cousin who's "altogether ooky"
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Cousin who's "altogether ooky"
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Vague early afternoon time
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Vague early afternoon time
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Like certain investments
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Like certain investments
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Soaked
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Soaked
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To the point, to lawyers
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To the point, to lawyers
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Times ___
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Times ___
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Succeed
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Succeed
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Bridge expert Culbertson
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Bridge expert Culbertson
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Go back and forth
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Go back and forth
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Some are cohesive
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Some are cohesive
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Territory
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Territory
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1985 film based on "King Lear"
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1985 film based on "King Lear"
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How some games finish
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How some games finish
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How some cars screech
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How some cars screech
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Plant known as "seer's sage" because of its hallucinatory effect
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Plant known as "seer's sage" because of its hallucinatory effect
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Loser
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Loser
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Skinny
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Skinny
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Screenwriter Ephron
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Screenwriter Ephron
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Somme place
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Somme place
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Prefix with magnetic
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Old fishing tool
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Old fishing tool
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An instant
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An instant
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Blowup, of a sort
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Blowup, of a sort
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"... but possibly untrue"
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"... but possibly untrue"
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Peeper protector
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Peeper protector
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Wield
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Wield
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Uncorking noise
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Uncorking noise
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His debut album was "Rhyme Pays"
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His debut album was "Rhyme Pays"
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Grating
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Grating
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W. Hemisphere grp.
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W. Hemisphere grp.
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Queen's land
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Queen's land
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Like average folks, in Britain
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Like average folks, in Britain
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Enthralled
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Enthralled
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___ Park, classic Coney Island amusement locale
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___ Park, classic Coney Island amusement locale
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V formation?
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V formation?
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Shop chopper
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Shop chopper
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Bounce (off)
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Bounce (off)
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Mil. officers
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Mil. officers
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Avg. level
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Avg. level
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Change quickly
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Change quickly
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Incredibly nice
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Incredibly nice
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Matter in statistical mechanics
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Matter in statistical mechanics
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Bulldog
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Bulldog
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Dispatch boats
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Dispatch boats
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118
Neighbor of Oman: Abbr.
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Neighbor of Oman: Abbr.
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"Pride and Prejudice" actress Jennifer
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"Pride and Prejudice" actress Jennifer
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9-Down holder
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9-Down holder
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Pickup line?
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Pickup line?
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One of the Chaplins
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One of the Chaplins
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Underworld route
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Underworld route
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Transference of property to pay assessments
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Asian republic
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Asian republic
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Gets up for the debate?
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Gets up for the debate?
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Certain poetic output
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Certain poetic output
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Reveal
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Reveal
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With 19-Across, far back
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With 19-Across, far back
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Beats it and won't explain why?
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Beats it and won't explain why?
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Proof that a "Jersey Shore" character has an incontinence problem?
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Proof that a "Jersey Shore" character has an incontinence problem?
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Heady stuff
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Heady stuff
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Entire "Reservoir Dogs" cast, e.g.
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Entire "Reservoir Dogs" cast, e.g.
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Athlete's attire, informally
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Athlete's attire, informally
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Pampers maker, informally
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Arrests an entire crime syndicate?
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Arrests an entire crime syndicate?
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Inits. in '70s and '80s rock
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Inits. in '70s and '80s rock
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Slayer of his brother Bleda
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Slayer of his brother Bleda
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Like some majors
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Like some majors
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Impudent
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Impudent
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Longtime ESPN football analyst Merril ___
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Longtime ESPN football analyst Merril ___
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Protected images, for short
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Protected images, for short
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Russian novelist Maxim
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Russian novelist Maxim
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Fancified, say
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Fancified, say
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Singer Gorme
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Singer Gorme
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Eschews Mensa material when going to parties?
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Eschews Mensa material when going to parties?
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"Drag ___ Hell" (2009 movie)
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"Drag ___ Hell" (2009 movie)
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"Star Wars" character ___-Gon Jinn
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"Star Wars" character ___-Gon Jinn
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SALT party
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SALT party
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Dashboard choice
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Dashboard choice
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Contents of Lenin's Tomb, e.g.?
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Contents of Lenin's Tomb, e.g.?
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Settle in
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Settle in
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Aquatic nymph
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Aquatic nymph
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A.
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The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A.
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Merits at least a 20% tip?
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Merits at least a 20% tip?
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"Airplane!" woman
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"Airplane!" woman
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King or queen
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King or queen
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Hard Italian cheese
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Hard Italian cheese
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Slower to pick up
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Slower to pick up
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Phone button trio
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Phone button trio
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___ Minor
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___ Minor
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Break down
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Break down
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A bar may offer it
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A bar may offer it
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One-dimensional: Abbr.
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One-dimensional: Abbr.
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Flat flooring
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Flat flooring
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Minute
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Minute
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Scout's mission
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Scout's mission
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Assertive comeback
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Assertive comeback
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118-Across is in it
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118-Across is in it
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Super Bowl IV M.V.P. Dawson
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Super Bowl IV M.V.P. Dawson
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Scoring stat for N.B.A.'ers
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Scoring stat for N.B.A.'ers
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Wallop
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Wallop
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Motorola phone line
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Motorola phone line
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Departure from the norm
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Departure from the norm
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Untraditional, as some marriages
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Untraditional, as some marriages
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Charges
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Charges
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Give a hard time
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Give a hard time
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Soup kitchen implements
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Soup kitchen implements
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They're shown by X's, O's and arrows
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They're shown by X's, O's and arrows
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Luggage attachment
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Luggage attachment
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Some annual bills
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Some annual bills
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Major org. representing entertainers and athletes
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Major org. representing entertainers and athletes
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Anita of jazz
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Anita of jazz
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Desideratum
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Desideratum
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___ Fit
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___ Fit
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Brooklyn's Flatbush, e.g.: Abbr.
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Brooklyn's Flatbush, e.g.: Abbr.
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Go unused
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Go unused
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Symbol for electric flux
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Symbol for electric flux
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