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New York Times: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, January 15, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Finn Vigeland
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DNA testing might reopen one
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DNA testing might reopen one
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Uses a 13-Across on
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"Star Trek" weapon
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"Star Trek" weapon
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Person who's a zero?
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Person who's a zero?
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What will the French think of next?
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Troop group
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Troop group
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Dream setting
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Dream setting
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After-dinner choices
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After-dinner choices
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PC key
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PC key
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Some online communications, for short
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Some online communications, for short
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QB Tebow
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QB Tebow
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Thérèse de Lisieux, for one
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Thérèse de Lisieux, for one
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:D, e.g.
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:D, e.g.
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Battle-ax
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Battle-ax
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Grp. that coordinates E.T.A. and E.T.D.
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Grp. that coordinates E.T.A. and E.T.D.
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Letter-shaped girder
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Letter-shaped girder
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Basis of a lawsuit
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"By ___!"
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"By ___!"
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Slip-on
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Slip-on
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Places for rings, maybe
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Places for rings, maybe
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Humble response to praise
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Organ repair sites, briefly
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Organ repair sites, briefly
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Polished
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Polished
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___ B. Driftwood ("A Night at the Opera" role)
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___ B. Driftwood ("A Night at the Opera" role)
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Org. that may assess violence levels
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PBS flagship station
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PBS flagship station
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Part of a pinochle round
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Former U.N. secretary general Kofi ___
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Former U.N. secretary general Kofi ___
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Get ready to drive
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Get ready to drive
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x, y and z
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x, y and z
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Scot's "not"
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Scot's "not"
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Ousted from the ring, for short
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TV station, e.g.
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TV station, e.g.
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Cicely or tarragon
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Weather comment represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters
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Major artery through San Antonio
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Major artery through San Antonio
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Plant tissue
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Plant tissue
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Hunted
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Hunted
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TV tavern keeper
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TV tavern keeper
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Bud
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Bud
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Feel (for)
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Feel (for)
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The Mediterranean has a warm one
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Shade of a swan's bill in a Keats poem
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Shade of a swan's bill in a Keats poem
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Kindergarten stuff
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Kindergarten stuff
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Gravitate
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Gravitate
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Not cheating
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Not cheating
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Many wonks
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Many wonks
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Scat syllable
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Scat syllable
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One of the Everly Brothers
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One of the Everly Brothers
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Fate
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Fate
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Fictional Simon
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Fictional Simon
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Esteem
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Esteem
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Rolling ___ (rich)
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Rolling ___ (rich)
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Kaput
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Kaput
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Overseas Mr.
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Overseas Mr.
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Austrian physician who lent his name to an English word ending in "-ize"
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Propose
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Propose
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"True Colors" singer, 1986
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"True Colors" singer, 1986
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Roam
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Roam
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Letters on some N.Y.C. luggage
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Letters on some N.Y.C. luggage
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Actress Tyler
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Actress Tyler
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Subject of a Vatican investigation
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Artificial plot device
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Artificial plot device
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"The Conqueror," e.g.
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"The Conqueror," e.g.
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"___ it" ("Understood")
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"___ it" ("Understood")
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Some bills have them
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Some bills have them
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Dolls
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Dolls
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Brit's teapot cover
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Like some boards
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Like some boards
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Chewed stimulant
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Precious girl's name?
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In the event that
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2000 title role for Richard Gere
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2000 title role for Richard Gere
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LL Cool J's "Going Back to ___"
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LL Cool J's "Going Back to ___"
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"Lemme ___!"
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"Lemme ___!"
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"That is quite clear"
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"That is quite clear"
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Directional suffix
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"Shut your trap!"
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"Shut your trap!"
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Nudists
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Nudists
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Nascar Hall of Fame architect
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Part of a security system
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Part of a security system
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It's lowered to hear music
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It's lowered to hear music
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Taft's partner in a 1947 act
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Taft's partner in a 1947 act
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Light reflection ratio
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Light reflection ratio
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R.S.V.P. facilitator: Abbr.
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R.S.V.P. facilitator: Abbr.
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Tolkien creature
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Tolkien creature
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Pharmacies fill them, in brief
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Pharmacies fill them, in brief
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Fourth letter after 49-Down
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Fourth letter after 49-Down
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Leaf pores
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Leaf pores
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You probably raise your arm for this
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You probably raise your arm for this
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It's north of the South
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It's north of the South
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Stock page listings: Abbr.
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Big Apple team
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Big Apple team
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Side (with)
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Side (with)
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Heroic deeds
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Heroic deeds
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___ Hall (site on many a campus)
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___ Hall (site on many a campus)
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Attacked
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Attacked
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Shows that can be racier than their network counterparts
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Nest maker
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Nest maker
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Cheating
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Cheating
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Angry Birds, e.g.
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Angry Birds, e.g.
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Manipulate to one's advantage
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Manipulate to one's advantage
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Fourth letter before 21-Down
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Track ___
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Track ___
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Prison unit
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Prison unit
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Security Council veto
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Security Council veto
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Mine transport
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Mine transport
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___ kwon do
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___ kwon do
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Put away
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Put away
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Big name in frozen desserts
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Big name in frozen desserts
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72-Across and others: Abbr.
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"Cagney & Lacey" org.
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"Cagney & Lacey" org.
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Bazooka, e.g.
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Bazooka, e.g.
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Yokel
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Yokel
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Martial arts master
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Martial arts master
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Lady
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Lady
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Villa, e.g.
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Villa, e.g.
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Portuguese king
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Portuguese king
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Tart drink
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Tart drink
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Doc's reading
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Doc's reading
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Battle wear
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Battle wear
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Bond
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Bond
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Tediously didactic
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Tediously didactic
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North Korean leader or his father
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North Korean leader or his father
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White Rabbit's cry
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White Rabbit's cry
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Certain skiing competition
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Certain skiing competition
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California beach town with a racetrack
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California beach town with a racetrack
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Vicious
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Vicious
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Doll
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Doll
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Player of golf
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Player of golf
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Climax
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Climax
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The euro replaced it
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The euro replaced it
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Signs
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Signs
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One with a neck and a lip
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One with a neck and a lip
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"I can't get excited about it"
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"I can't get excited about it"
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Bit of investors' news, for short
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Bit of investors' news, for short
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___ Tin Tin
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___ Tin Tin
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I, to Tiberius
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I, to Tiberius
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Struck
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Struck
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Laugh syllable
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