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New York Times: Sunday, December 4, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 4, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Kelsey Blakley
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Secretaries, e.g.
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Secretaries, e.g.
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Modern record holder?
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Modern record holder?
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Bucks
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Bucks
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Take ___ (doze)
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Take ___ (doze)
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Dow Jones industrial with the N.Y.S.E. symbol "AA"
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Dow Jones industrial with the N.Y.S.E. symbol "AA"
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Cataract site
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Cataract site
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"The Ten Commandments" role
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"The Ten Commandments" role
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___ contendere (court plea)
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___ contendere (court plea)
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Anaïs Nin, e.g.?
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Anaïs Nin, e.g.?
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Seizure at Sing Sing?
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Seizure at Sing Sing?
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Title girl in a 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit
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Title girl in a 1979 Fleetwood Mac hit
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Reverse
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Reverse
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Cause for a kid's grounding
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Heavenly: Prefix
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Heavenly: Prefix
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Tech marvel of the 1940s
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Tech marvel of the 1940s
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"Adam-12" call, briefly
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"Adam-12" call, briefly
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Pioneering
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Pioneering
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Rice may be served in it
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Rice may be served in it
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Heavenly voice of conscience?
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Heavenly voice of conscience?
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Figure in Raphael's "School of Athens"
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Figure in Raphael's "School of Athens"
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Going to hell
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Going to hell
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Verbally attack, with "at"
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Old switch attachment?
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Old switch attachment?
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Wrong
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Wrong
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Due
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Due
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House of ___ (European dynasty)
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House of ___ (European dynasty)
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Sailors' spars
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Sailors' spars
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Specialty of a couples therapist?
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Specialty of a couples therapist?
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"___ see it my way" (Beatles lyric)
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"___ see it my way" (Beatles lyric)
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Razzed
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Razzed
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Adams and Falco
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Adams and Falco
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Israel's Dayan
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Israel's Dayan
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Dear
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Dear
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Capital and largest city of Ghana
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Capital and largest city of Ghana
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Gathering of spies
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Gathering of spies
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Fjord, e.g.
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Fjord, e.g.
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Very good, in slang
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Very good, in slang
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Courtroom jacket?
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Courtroom jacket?
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Work in a chamber, say
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Work in a chamber, say
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Scrutinizer
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Scrutinizer
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Prone to acne, say
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Prone to acne, say
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Food item prized in French cuisine
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Food item prized in French cuisine
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De Matteo of "Desperate Housewives"
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De Matteo of "Desperate Housewives"
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Put right
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Put right
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"Yeah, r-i-i-ight!"
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"Yeah, r-i-i-ight!"
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Hypnotist Franz
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Hypnotist Franz
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Circus performer in makeup?
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Circus performer in makeup?
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Fashion inits.
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Fashion inits.
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Starts, as a big meal
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Starts, as a big meal
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Business partner, often
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Business partner, often
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Reciprocal function in trig
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Reciprocal function in trig
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Very sore
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Very sore
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Island hopper?
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Island hopper?
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No voter
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No voter
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Herr's her
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Herr's her
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Storyteller for Satan?
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Storyteller for Satan?
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Improvement of a Standardbred's gait?
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Improvement of a Standardbred's gait?
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"The ___ lama, he's a priest": Nash
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"The ___ lama, he's a priest": Nash
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Biology lab stain
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Biology lab stain
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Dense
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Dense
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Rend
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Rend
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Moolah
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Moolah
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Prefix with history
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Prefix with history
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Gorilla skilled in sign language
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Gorilla skilled in sign language
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Kicks back
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Many Little League coaches
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"Popular Fallacies" writer
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One starting a stampede, maybe?
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One starting a stampede, maybe?
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Much-read collection of verses
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Much-read collection of verses
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Suppose
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Suppose
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Rub with ointment, as in a religious ceremony
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Rub with ointment, as in a religious ceremony
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Skewbald
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Skewbald
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Bread spread
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Bread spread
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Burrow, for some
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Burrow, for some
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Qualified
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Qualified
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"___ and the Real Girl" (2007 movie)
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"___ and the Real Girl" (2007 movie)
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Up
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Up
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Criminal patterns, briefly
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Criminal patterns, briefly
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Hostess ___ Balls
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Hostess ___ Balls
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Up in arms
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Up in arms
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"WarGames" grp.
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"WarGames" grp.
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"The George & ___ Show" (old talk series)
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"The George & ___ Show" (old talk series)
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Submarine
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Submarine
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Dilemma
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Dilemma
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Sets to zero
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Sets to zero
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Name sung over and over in a Monty Python skit
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Name sung over and over in a Monty Python skit
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The last Pope Julius
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Década divisions
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Década divisions
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Decorative tip on a lace
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Decorative tip on a lace
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___-thon (literary event)
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___-thon (literary event)
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English channel, familiarly, with "the"
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English channel, familiarly, with "the"
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Mark's replacement
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Mark's replacement
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Counterpart of advertising
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Counterpart of advertising
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Antarctica's ___ Ice Shelf
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Antarctica's ___ Ice Shelf
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Votary
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Votary
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Became discouraged
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Became discouraged
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NyQuil targets
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NyQuil targets
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"Hamlet" courtier
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"Hamlet" courtier
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Downright
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Downright
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Nickname for Theresa
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Nickname for Theresa
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"Leather," in baseball
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"Leather," in baseball
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Generous leeway
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Generous leeway
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Onetime Procter & Gamble shampoo
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Onetime Procter & Gamble shampoo
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Churl
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Churl
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Be contiguous to
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Be contiguous to
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Pages (through)
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Pages (through)
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Kind of force
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Kind of force
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Corner joint
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Corner joint
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How some sandwiches are made
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How some sandwiches are made
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Wallowing sites
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Wallowing sites
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Cause of a breakdown
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Cause of a breakdown
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___ of Venice
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___ of Venice
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Movie genre
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Movie genre
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Element used for shielding nuclear reactors
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Element used for shielding nuclear reactors
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Rank below capt.
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Rank below capt.
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Möbius strip, e.g.
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Möbius strip, e.g.
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Troops' harvest?
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Troops' harvest?
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Athletic supporters?
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Athletic supporters?
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Title below marquis
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Title below marquis
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Big name in faucets
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Big name in faucets
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Balcony window
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Balcony window
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"What's it gonna be?"
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"What's it gonna be?"
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Whip
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Whip
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Some "Men in Black" characters, for short
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Some "Men in Black" characters, for short
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Card game akin to Authors
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Card game akin to Authors
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Time for the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet"
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Time for the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet"
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Managed
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Managed
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"The Faerie Queene" character
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"The Faerie Queene" character
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It may punctuate a court order
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It may punctuate a court order
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Fence straddler
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Fence straddler
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Annual advertising award
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Annual advertising award
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It may come in buckets
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It may come in buckets
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First name at Woodstock
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First name at Woodstock
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Barnes & Noble electronic reader
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Barnes & Noble electronic reader
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Stuck in ___
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Stuck in ___
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Tag callers?
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Tag callers?
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"Get it?"
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"Get it?"
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Bunch
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Bunch
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Reproachful cluck
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Reproachful cluck
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Mess up
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Mess up
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