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New York Times: Sunday, October 30, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, October 30, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Andrea Carla Michaels & Patrick Blindauer
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"Right back at cha!"
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"Right back at cha!"
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Unclear
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Unclear
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15
Sandcastle engineering equipment
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Sandcastle engineering equipment
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Took one step too many, maybe
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Took one step too many, maybe
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21
She was beheaded by Perseus
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She was beheaded by Perseus
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"Dallas" Miss
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"Dallas" Miss
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One of St. Peter's heavenly duties?
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One of St. Peter's heavenly duties?
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"The Untouchables" villain
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"The Untouchables" villain
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"How's it ___?"
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"How's it ___?"
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Ship part
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Ship part
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Roast slightly
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Roast slightly
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Mujeres con esposos
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Mujeres con esposos
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Place for un béret
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Place for un béret
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Conquer
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Conquer
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Kitty, in Segovia
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Kitty, in Segovia
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Singer Cassidy
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Singer Cassidy
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One side of a quad, maybe
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One side of a quad, maybe
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"Snakes on a Plane," e.g.?
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"Snakes on a Plane," e.g.?
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Brand of tea
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Brand of tea
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Term on a tide table
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Term on a tide table
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Subject of a Magritte painting
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Subject of a Magritte painting
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Doc workers' org.?
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Doc workers' org.?
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What a lazy mover prefers to carry?
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What a lazy mover prefers to carry?
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Projections on some globes: Abbr.
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Projections on some globes: Abbr.
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Your, in Tours
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Your, in Tours
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Blues instrument
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Blues instrument
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Harsh cry
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Harsh cry
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Cheap and flimsy, as metal
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Cheap and flimsy, as metal
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Big bump
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Big bump
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Poet Mark
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Poet Mark
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"___ Fan Tutte"
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"___ Fan Tutte"
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Bob, for one
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Bob, for one
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Workout class on a pleasure cruise?
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Workout class on a pleasure cruise?
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William Morris workers
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William Morris workers
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Cousin of an ampule
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Cousin of an ampule
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Things rings lack
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Things rings lack
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Egg foo ___
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Egg foo ___
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Makeshift Frisbee
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Makeshift Frisbee
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Film special effects, briefly
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Rangers' venue, for short
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Rangers' venue, for short
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Ax
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Ax
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Number of X's in this puzzle's answer
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Number of X's in this puzzle's answer
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88
Unbelievable court infraction?
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Unbelievable court infraction?
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Game with 108 cards
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Game with 108 cards
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Mouselike animal
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Mouselike animal
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Fictional Jane
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Fictional Jane
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Biblical dancer
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Biblical dancer
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Cabby's nonstop patter?
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Cabby's nonstop patter?
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Key with four sharps: Abbr.
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Key with four sharps: Abbr.
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Curt
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Curt
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"Family Guy" wife
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"Family Guy" wife
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Melodic passages
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Melodic passages
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Provide a gun for, maybe
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"Shakespeare in Love" star
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"Shakespeare in Love" star
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Anthem contraction
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Crystal on the dinner table?
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Crystal on the dinner table?
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Bloke
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Bloke
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Dickens's Drood
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Dickens's Drood
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Guests at a Hatfield/McCoy marriage ceremony?
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Guests at a Hatfield/McCoy marriage ceremony?
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Playground retort
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Playground retort
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Classic Freudian diagnosis
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Classic Freudian diagnosis
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Stinger
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Stinger
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Stonewallers?
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Stonewallers?
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Looks down on
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Looks down on
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Single partygoer
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Classical Italian typeface
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Christmas party
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Christmas party
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Occurring someday
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Occurring someday
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Daughter of Loki
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Daughter of Loki
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Horror film locale: Abbr.
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Horror film locale: Abbr.
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Garnered
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Garnered
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"The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel
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"The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel
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Letters of surprise, in text messages
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Letters of surprise, in text messages
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Classmates, e.g.
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Classmates, e.g.
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Lets in
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Lets in
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City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War
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City that was the site of three battles in the Seven Years' War
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Org. with a sub division
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Org. with a sub division
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Has a beef?
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Has a beef?
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Mark Twain and George Sand, e.g.
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Mark Twain and George Sand, e.g.
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1960s-'70s San Francisco mayor
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1960s-'70s San Francisco mayor
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Opera whose second act is called "The Gypsy"
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Opera whose second act is called "The Gypsy"
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Singer Ford
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Singer Ford
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Cinco follower
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Cinco follower
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Limb perch
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Limb perch
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"Raiders of the Lost Ark" locale
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"Raiders of the Lost Ark" locale
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College in Beverly, Mass.
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College in Beverly, Mass.
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Fine fiddle
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Fine fiddle
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Rat-a-tat
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Rat-a-tat
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Orly birds, once
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Orly birds, once
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"You're so funny," sarcastically
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"You're so funny," sarcastically
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"Family Ties" son
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"Family Ties" son
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It's west of 12-Down: Abbr.
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It's west of 12-Down: Abbr.
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"You put the ___ in the coconut ..."
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"You put the ___ in the coconut ..."
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Marcos of the Philippines
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Marcos of the Philippines
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"Morning Train" singer, 1981
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"Morning Train" singer, 1981
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Ancient May birthstones
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Ancient May birthstones
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Thing that may break people up
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Thing that may break people up
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Rtes.
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Rtes.
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Polar hazard
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Polar hazard
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Money-related: Abbr.
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Money-related: Abbr.
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Automaker since 1974
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Automaker since 1974
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Triangular sails
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Triangular sails
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"Shoot!"
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"Shoot!"
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1997 winner of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open
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1997 winner of Wimbledon and the U.S. Open
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Step down, in a way
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Step down, in a way
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Union concession
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Union concession
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Creature whose tail makes up half its body's length
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Creature whose tail makes up half its body's length
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World heavyweight champion who was once an Olympic boxing gold medalist
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World heavyweight champion who was once an Olympic boxing gold medalist
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Egg: Prefix
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Egg: Prefix
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Feudal estate
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Feudal estate
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"Et voilà!"
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"Et voilà!"
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Geom. figure
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Geom. figure
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___ sci
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___ sci
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Peeper problems
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Peeper problems
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Doing injury to
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Doing injury to
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Othello, for one
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Othello, for one
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Basic arithmetic
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Basic arithmetic
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Lottery winner's feeling
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Lottery winner's feeling
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Easy eats
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Easy eats
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Poorer
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Poorer
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Word with level or devil
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Word with level or devil
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Arrow maker
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Arrow maker
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Mendes of "Hitch"
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Mendes of "Hitch"
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Charge, in a way
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Charge, in a way
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Chips away at
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Chips away at
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Given false facts
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Given false facts
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Co-star of Kate and Farrah, in 1970s TV
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Co-star of Kate and Farrah, in 1970s TV
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Belted one
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Belted one
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Ho-hum
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Ho-hum
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Celebration
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Celebration
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Theory
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Theory
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Did laps
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Did laps
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Cries in Cologne
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Cries in Cologne
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One of a pair of towel markings
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One of a pair of towel markings
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17-Down piece
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17-Down piece
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Challenge for jrs.
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Challenge for jrs.
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Ballpark fig.
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Ballpark fig.
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Turndowns
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Turndowns
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Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr.
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Jeanne d'Arc, for one: Abbr.
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