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New York Times: Sunday, December 25, 2011
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, December 25, 2011 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
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Arthur Honegger's "A Christmas ___"
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Arthur Honegger's "A Christmas ___"
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Staring intently
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Staring intently
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"Scrooged" actor Robert
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"Scrooged" actor Robert
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Add a musical track to, e.g.
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Destroyed
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Destroyed
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Noted bride of 1969
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Noted bride of 1969
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Model for an art class, say
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Model for an art class, say
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"Stop stalling!"
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"Stop stalling!"
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Approach like an eagle
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Approach like an eagle
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Baptism, e.g.
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Baptism, e.g.
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Kid's block
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Kid's block
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Cozy footwear
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Cozy footwear
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"I could ___ horse!"
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"I could ___ horse!"
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Japanese stringed instrument
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Japanese stringed instrument
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Journalist Joseph
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Journalist Joseph
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Clearly happy
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Clearly happy
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Goes for the gold?
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Goes for the gold?
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Spice organizers
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Spice organizers
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Lose intensity
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Lose intensity
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Fencing position
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Fencing position
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Crunchy snack bit
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Crunchy snack bit
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Storage units
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Storage units
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Piccadilly movers
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Piccadilly movers
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Roman "olive"
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Roman "olive"
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"Make ___!"
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"Make ___!"
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"Unto us ___ is given"
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"Unto us ___ is given"
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Salt flats locale
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Salt flats locale
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Carnivore's love
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Carnivore's love
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Components
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Components
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Getaway planner?
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Getaway planner?
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Newfangled
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Newfangled
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Actress Andie
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Actress Andie
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Like some lines
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Like some lines
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Pola of the silents
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Pola of the silents
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Decoration on a 91-/100-Across
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Decoration on a 91-/100-Across
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Mistreat
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Mistreat
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Predispositions
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Predispositions
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Score after deuce
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Score after deuce
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"Hairspray" role
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"Hairspray" role
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Young business partner?
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Young business partner?
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Bay Area airport, in shorthand
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Bay Area airport, in shorthand
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With 100-Across, image revealed by connecting the circled letters alphabetically
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With 100-Across, image revealed by connecting the circled letters alphabetically
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Mozart's birthplace: Abbr.
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Mozart's birthplace: Abbr.
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"Miracle on 34th Street," e.g.
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"Miracle on 34th Street," e.g.
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Medium skill
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Medium skill
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See 91-Across
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See 91-Across
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Cold war fighter
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Cold war fighter
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2001 film in which 91-/100-Across is a character
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2001 film in which 91-/100-Across is a character
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Horsed around?
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Horsed around?
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Shake up
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Shake up
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Special ___
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Special ___
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Chess champ Mikhail
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Chess champ Mikhail
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"Honey in the Horn" trumpeter
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"Honey in the Horn" trumpeter
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"___ framed!"
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"___ framed!"
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Some toy batteries
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Some toy batteries
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Beta preceder
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Tone quality, in music
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Tone quality, in music
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Stuck
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Stuck
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Wall St. deal
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Wall St. deal
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Singer Mitchell
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Singer Mitchell
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Bronx and Central Park attractions
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Bronx and Central Park attractions
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___ good turn
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___ good turn
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Prepare, as eggnog
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Prepare, as eggnog
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Partridge's preferred tree
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Partridge's preferred tree
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Navigational aid
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Navigational aid
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Fictional planet in "Flash Gordon"
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Fictional planet in "Flash Gordon"
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"Incidentally ..."
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"Incidentally ..."
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Drive-thru sandwich order
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Drive-thru sandwich order
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Crudités platter centerpiece
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Crudités platter centerpiece
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Delicious
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Delicious
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Org. in Tom Clancy novels
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Org. in Tom Clancy novels
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Maternity ward figures
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Maternity ward figures
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Coffee order
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Coffee order
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Stipulations
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Stipulations
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Pacino and Bundy
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Pacino and Bundy
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Eponymic town of Cambridgeshire
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Eponymic town of Cambridgeshire
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Mediterranean capital
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Mediterranean capital
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Skip across the water's surface
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Skip across the water's surface
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Certain pass: Abbr.
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Certain pass: Abbr.
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Radio abbr.
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Radio abbr.
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Guinness suffix
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Guinness suffix
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1-Down's warning
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1-Down's warning
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Mandatory coll. course
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Mandatory coll. course
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Capt.'s guess
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Hooded menace
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Hooded menace
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Benefit
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Benefit
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"Drat!"
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"Drat!"
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91-/100-Across, often
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91-/100-Across, often
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Nabokov novel
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Nabokov novel
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Rock's Jethro ___
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Rock's Jethro ___
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Proficient
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Proficient
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Year in San Juan
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Year in San Juan
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"The Little Mermaid" fellow
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"The Little Mermaid" fellow
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Cafeteria variety
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Cafeteria variety
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Mineral in healing crystals
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Mineral in healing crystals
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Rocker Brian
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Rocker Brian
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Video game island
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Video game island
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W.W. II battleship
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W.W. II battleship
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Ref's decision
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Ref's decision
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Aid for making a 91-/100-Across
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Aid for making a 91-/100-Across
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Cyclist's offer
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Cyclist's offer
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Merge
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Merge
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Vintage records
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Vintage records
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Fan's fixation
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Fan's fixation
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Popeye's ___' Pea
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Popeye's ___' Pea
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Fun-house sounds
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Fun-house sounds
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Elves, to Santa: Abbr.
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Elves, to Santa: Abbr.
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___-12
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___-12
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Part of many a science course
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Part of many a science course
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"___ Misérables"
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"___ Misérables"
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'70s TV production co.
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'70s TV production co.
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Mao contemporary
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Mao contemporary
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"Santa Baby" singer
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"Santa Baby" singer
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Camaro ___-Z
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Camaro ___-Z
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Paradise
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Paradise
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Bulbous plant part
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Butter alternative
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Butter alternative
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Actor Foxx
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Actor Foxx
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Bickering
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Bickering
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High praise
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High praise
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Storage unit
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Storage unit
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Friend ___ friend
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Friend ___ friend
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Deaf talk: Abbr.
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Deaf talk: Abbr.
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You are: Sp.
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You are: Sp.
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Serving well?
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Serving well?
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Public health agcy.
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Public health agcy.
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French pronoun
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French pronoun
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Have
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Have
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Composer Max
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Composer Max
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Sit still?
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Sit still?
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Calf-length dresses
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Calf-length dresses
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Hawaiian porch
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Hawaiian porch
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Stormed
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Stormed
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Star of "Gunsmoke"?
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Star of "Gunsmoke"?
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Cellar, in classifieds
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Cellar, in classifieds
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Get an ___ effort
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Get an ___ effort
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De ___ (anew)
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De ___ (anew)
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How Santa's reindeer are harnessed
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How Santa's reindeer are harnessed
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Slights, say
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Slights, say
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Buster?
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Buster?
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Winter bird feeder food
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Winter bird feeder food
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Terse reproofs
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Terse reproofs
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Radiate
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Radiate
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Mob turncoat
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Mob turncoat
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___ B'rith
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___ B'rith
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Cousin ___
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Cousin ___
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Californie, e.g.
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Californie, e.g.
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Tunisian seaport
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Males
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Males
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16th-century monarch credited with presenting 91-/100-Acrosses to guests
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16th-century monarch credited with presenting 91-/100-Acrosses to guests
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Sr.'s test
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Sr.'s test
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Light head?
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Light head?
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"The 91-/100-Across," for one
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"The 91-/100-Across," for one
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"John Adams" airer
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"John Adams" airer
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Plopped down on Santa's lap, e.g.
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Slumber party togs
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Slumber party togs
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Relaxer for Santa
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Relaxer for Santa
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Recovering after injury, say
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Recovering after injury, say
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Swab
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Swab
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White lie
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White lie
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Small boat danger
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Small boat danger
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Some pudginess
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Some pudginess
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Arm extension?
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Arm extension?
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Sale item abbr.
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Sale item abbr.
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Fails to
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Fails to
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Carry-___
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Carry-___
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Spies, e.g.
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Spies, e.g.
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Chem. class measures
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Capital of Belarus
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Capital of Belarus
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Boss's notes
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Bouquets
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Bouquets
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Iraq's Aziz
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Iraq's Aziz
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Roman 950
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Roman 950
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Table d'___
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Table d'___
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Nile deity
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Nile deity
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Baby boxer, e.g.
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Baby boxer, e.g.
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Bopper
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Bopper
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Maven
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Maven
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Brit's oath
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Brit's oath
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Masseur employer
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