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New York Times: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, February 5, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Charles M. Deber
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Superfluous
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Superfluous
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Posed (for)
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Posed (for)
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Follow persistently
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Tiny blob
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Tiny blob
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Charms
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Charms
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The Beatles' "All ___ Got to Do"
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The Beatles' "All ___ Got to Do"
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Old White House nickname
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Old White House nickname
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Badly beaten up
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Badly beaten up
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45-Down near Baton Rouge?
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45-Down near Baton Rouge?
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124-Across near Dover?
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124-Across near Dover?
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___ contendere
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___ contendere
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Flower girl?
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Flower girl?
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New Jersey town bordering Rahway
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New Jersey town bordering Rahway
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Photo ___
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Photo ___
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Swindle
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Swindle
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Hindu title
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Hindu title
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___ Brava
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___ Brava
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CD-___
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CD-___
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117-Down near Salem?
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117-Down near Salem?
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When sung three times, part of a Beatles refrain
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When sung three times, part of a Beatles refrain
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Bellyache
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Bellyache
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Seine summers
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Seine summers
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First name?
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First name?
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Starch-yielding palm
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Old TV knob
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Old TV knob
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How Shakespeare's Rosalind dresses
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Sign by a theater ticket booth
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Smithereens
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1-Across near Hartford?
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1-Across near Hartford?
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Blouse, e.g.
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Blouse, e.g.
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Still broken, say
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Still broken, say
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Confirms
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Confirms
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"Ancient Mariner" verse
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"Ancient Mariner" verse
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Bad-mouthed
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Bad-mouthed
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Bitchin'
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Bitchin'
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Sun spots
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Sun spots
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Inter ___
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Inter ___
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Dante e Boccaccio
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Dante e Boccaccio
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Rack for a rifle
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Rack for a rifle
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Toss-up?
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Toss-up?
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114-Down near Boise?
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114-Down near Boise?
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Santa ___ (desert winds)
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Santa ___ (desert winds)
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Get it wrong
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Get it wrong
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Certain implants
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Certain implants
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Role in "Nicholas and Alexandra"
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Role in "Nicholas and Alexandra"
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TV police drama
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Comics canine
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Comics canine
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11 or 12, but not 13
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11 or 12, but not 13
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Paint choice
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Paint choice
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"___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli
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"___ teaches you when to be silent": Disraeli
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76-Down near Springfield?
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76-Down near Springfield?
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Mugful, maybe
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Mugful, maybe
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Actor Quinn
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Actor Quinn
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Before, in verse
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Before, in verse
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Pioneer in quadraphonic music
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Caustic soda
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Caustic soda
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Against
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Against
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Badge earner
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Badge earner
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This and that: Abbr.
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This and that: Abbr.
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61-Across near Phoenix?
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61-Across near Phoenix?
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9-Across near Boston?
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9-Across near Boston?
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Critter whose name comes from Nahuatl
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Cookout item
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Cookout item
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Roll of bills
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Roll of bills
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Bring out
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Bring out
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Assails
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Assails
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Staff ___: Abbr.
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Staff ___: Abbr.
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Whirlpool
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Whirlpool
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Exorcism target
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Exorcism target
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Farm mother
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Women's suffrage Amendment
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Women's suffrage Amendment
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Pampering, for short
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Pull (in)
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Pull (in)
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Regarding the price
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Regarding the price
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Jazzy Nina
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Jazzy Nina
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Boston's Mass ___
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Boston's Mass ___
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Lean
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Lean
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Doesn't budge
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"Sure!"
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"Sure!"
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E.U. member
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E.U. member
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"What ___!"
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"What ___!"
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"Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" artist
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"Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" artist
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Expenditures
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Expenditures
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"The Time Machine" people
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"The Time Machine" people
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"___ your toes!"
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"___ your toes!"
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B'nai B'rith grp.
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B'nai B'rith grp.
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Romeo or Juliet
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Romeo or Juliet
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French cup
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French cup
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Many a museum display
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Many a museum display
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It might be blue, green or brown
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It might be blue, green or brown
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Assn.
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Assn.
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Like a sty denizen
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Like a sty denizen
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6-Across near Indianapolis?
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6-Across near Indianapolis?
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Some conifers
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Some conifers
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Do over, as a lawn
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Do over, as a lawn
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Abbr. before a colon
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Prefix with -pod
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119-Across near Albany?
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119-Across near Albany?
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Prefix with business
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Prefix with business
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Basketball rim
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Basketball rim
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Open
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Open
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Housemother, e.g.
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Housemother, e.g.
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Passed easily
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Passed easily
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Weak
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Weak
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Armstrong and Sedaka
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Armstrong and Sedaka
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Pal
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Pal
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Light touch
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Light touch
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Certain online request
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Certain online request
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Not quite right
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Not quite right
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Arrive at too quickly, in a way
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Arrive at too quickly, in a way
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"Hakuna ___"
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"Hakuna ___"
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In one's cups
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In one's cups
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Brewskis
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Brewskis
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How a fool acts
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How a fool acts
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Spots
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Spots
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Bird wing
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Bird wing
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Knot
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Knot
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Spring time
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Spring time
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Large-toothed whale
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Large-toothed whale
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Paraded by
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Paraded by
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"Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet"
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"Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet"
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Number 2, e.g.
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Still to be sampled
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Still to be sampled
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Shock
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Shock
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Sub
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Sub
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Site of a Greek tragedy
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Site of a Greek tragedy
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Big name in jeans
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Big name in jeans
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Respectable
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Respectable
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Naval force
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Naval force
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"___ the Sheriff"
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"___ the Sheriff"
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Tidies up a bit
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Tidies up a bit
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Number two
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Number two
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"Tu ___ mi amor"
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"Tu ___ mi amor"
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Cozy
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Cozy
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Drags
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Drags
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Give up
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Give up
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Weave's partner
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Weave's partner
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Maternity ward workers, for short
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Maternity ward workers, for short
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Hip-hop
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Hip-hop
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Deut.'s preceder
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Deut.'s preceder
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Environmental prefix
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Perfect rating
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