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New York Times: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, March 18, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Mike Nothnagel,
Byron Walden
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Spanish girls
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Spanish girls
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Label for unmentionables?
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Burro, e.g.
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Burro, e.g.
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Lower
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Lower
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Like some collisions
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Like some collisions
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"For real!"
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"For real!"
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Hero of an old Scottish ballad
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Hero of an old Scottish ballad
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When the pressure's on
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When the pressure's on
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Avails oneself of
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Avails oneself of
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Face-offs
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Face-offs
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Bottom line?
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Bottom line?
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Yoo follower
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Yoo follower
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Heart
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Heart
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Godzilla, e.g.
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Godzilla, e.g.
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Epitome of simplicity
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One of the "Desperate Housewives"
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One of the "Desperate Housewives"
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Formal/informal reply to "Who's there?"
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Formal/informal reply to "Who's there?"
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Daredevil Knievel
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Daredevil Knievel
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Lampoons
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Lampoons
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Big media event
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Big media event
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Hike the price of, perhaps
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Hike the price of, perhaps
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Cultivate, in a way
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Cultivate, in a way
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Four front?
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Four front?
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Snoops (around)
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Snoops (around)
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Widely popular shows, say
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Widely popular shows, say
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Bunting is part of it
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Bunting is part of it
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Old French coin
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Beknighted souls?
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Roy of country music
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Roy of country music
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Draft pick?
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An affront
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An affront
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Sources of pollen grains
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Sources of pollen grains
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Letter-shaped opening in some pistons
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Letter-shaped opening in some pistons
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Diaper wearer
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Diaper wearer
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Some morning fund-raisers
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Some morning fund-raisers
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"The Closer" airer
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"The Closer" airer
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"___ me!"
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"___ me!"
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Last place you'll see a bachelor
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Last place you'll see a bachelor
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Jumbo combatants
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Jumbo combatants
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Meyerbeer output
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Meyerbeer output
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Suffered a financial setback, slangily
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Suffered a financial setback, slangily
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Irk
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Irk
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Gen ___
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Gen ___
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Late rallies
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Late rallies
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It involves a trip to the underworld
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It involves a trip to the underworld
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Stares slack-jawed
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Stares slack-jawed
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Stuck
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Stuck
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Al dente, say
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Al dente, say
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It's not liquid
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It's not liquid
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It's not liquid
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It's not liquid
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Blue material
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Blue material
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Dander
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Dander
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Car safety feature
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Car safety feature
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Data storage device
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Data storage device
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Was manic
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Was manic
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Pulls down
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Pulls down
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Decalogue possessive
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Decalogue possessive
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Boxer Ali
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Boxer Ali
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Mexican cooking ingredients called "flores de calabaza" in Spanish
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Mexican cooking ingredients called "flores de calabaza" in Spanish
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Barely gets
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Barely gets
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___ rat
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___ rat
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Echelon
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Echelon
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Arles affirmatives
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Murder, ___
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Murder, ___
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Special delivery
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Special delivery
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Half brother of Athena
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Half brother of Athena
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1950 film in which Frank Bigelow investigates his own murder
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1950 film in which Frank Bigelow investigates his own murder
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Hawaiian souvenir?
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Hawaiian souvenir?
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Kofi of the U.N.
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Kofi of the U.N.
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Driver's aid
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Driver's aid
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Diamond substitute
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Diamond substitute
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First estate
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First estate
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Put into motion
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Put into motion
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Rah-rah
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Rah-rah
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Crossed the tarmac
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Crossed the tarmac
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Occasions to try out riffs
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Occasions to try out riffs
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Peeping Tom's home
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Peeping Tom's home
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Raga instruments
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Raga instruments
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OK setting in the summer
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OK setting in the summer
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Go (to)
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Go (to)
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Protected against
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Protected against
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Clambake dish
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Clambake dish
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Skewed
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Skewed
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Picks up
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Picks up
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Impress clearly
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Impress clearly
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Sewing machine parts
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Sewing machine parts
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Orts
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Orts
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Poetic period
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Poetic period
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High-___
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High-___
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Letter after delta
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Letter after delta
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Tangent, e.g.
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Tangent, e.g.
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French weapon
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French weapon
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Feels for
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Feels for
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Entertains
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Entertains
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Diploma, e.g.: Abbr.
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Diploma, e.g.: Abbr.
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Neighbor of Mo.
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Neighbor of Mo.
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Manchester's St. ___ Church
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Manchester's St. ___ Church
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"Nobody else is coming"
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"Nobody else is coming"
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Choir voice
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Choir voice
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E.T.S. offering
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E.T.S. offering
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Former Ford offering, for short
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Former Ford offering, for short
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Runs through
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Runs through
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Doesn't get taught a lesson?
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Doesn't get taught a lesson?
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Aberdeen hillside
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Aberdeen hillside
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Dirt
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Dirt
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Storytelling Studs
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Storytelling Studs
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New York lake
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New York lake
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Freezes over
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Freezes over
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They might be held at a sewage plant
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They might be held at a sewage plant
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Members of a Connecticut tribe
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Members of a Connecticut tribe
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Aisle or window, e.g.: Abbr.
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Part of a medical bill
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Part of a medical bill
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Pharmaceutical company that developed Metamucil and Dramamine
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Pharmaceutical company that developed Metamucil and Dramamine
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Clump of grass
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Clump of grass
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Toy piano sound
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Toy piano sound
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Remedy for acid reflux
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Remedy for acid reflux
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Seasonal helper
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Seasonal helper
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Petitions
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Petitions
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Request
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Request
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Unmoving machine parts
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Unmoving machine parts
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Cross
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Cross
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88-Across, for one
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88-Across, for one
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Part of a.m.
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Part of a.m.
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Scottish inventor and road builder John Loudon ___
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Scottish inventor and road builder John Loudon ___
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Hooked (up)
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Hooked (up)
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J.F.K., e.g.
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J.F.K., e.g.
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Very serious, as an accident
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Very serious, as an accident
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Habitual teeth grinding
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Habitual teeth grinding
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Aligned
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Aligned
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Change, as keyboard keys
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Change, as keyboard keys
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Dos + tres
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Dos + tres
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Newsworthy 1950s trial, informally
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Newsworthy 1950s trial, informally
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Item of winter sports equipment
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Item of winter sports equipment
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Climb, as a rope
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Climb, as a rope
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Road designer, e.g.: Abbr.
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Road designer, e.g.: Abbr.
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Italian turnover
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Italian turnover
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Confine
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Confine
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Water in the Oise
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Water in the Oise
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Attendee
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Attendee
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Primarily
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Primarily
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Syrian's neighbor
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Syrian's neighbor
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"Side by Side by Sondheim," e.g.
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"Side by Side by Sondheim," e.g.
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Poetry contests
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Poetry contests
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Area near Little Italy
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Area near Little Italy
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Bank offerings, in brief
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Bank offerings, in brief
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Change in Mexico
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Change in Mexico
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It can help you get inside someone's head
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It can help you get inside someone's head
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Followed
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Followed
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Jamaican coffee liqueur
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Jamaican coffee liqueur
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Bonnie and Clyde contemporary
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Bonnie and Clyde contemporary
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Item at a bakery
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Item at a bakery
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Corn unit
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Corn unit
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Hamlet confidant
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Hamlet confidant
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Many Bics
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Many Bics
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Medical suffix
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Medical suffix
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Put in someone's care
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Put in someone's care
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Political writings
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Political writings
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Zhou ___
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Zhou ___
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Collect
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Collect
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Cartoon character voiced by Mel Blanc
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Airing
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Airing
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Yearn (for)
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Yearn (for)
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Unhip
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Unhip
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Rule that ended in 1947
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Rule that ended in 1947
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South American tuber
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South American tuber
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Bills are in it: Abbr.
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Italian actress Eleonora
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Bencher's target
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Bencher's target
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Barbarian
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Barbarian
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Gridiron figs.
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