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New York Times: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, April 8, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Daniel A. Finan
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Split the tab
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Left
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Left
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McEnroe rival
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McEnroe rival
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Under development?
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Under development?
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Put on microfiche, maybe
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Put on microfiche, maybe
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Golfer with an "army"
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Golfer with an "army"
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1997 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones flick
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1997 Will Smith/Tommy Lee Jones flick
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Van Gogh or Monet vista
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Van Gogh or Monet vista
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"Frosty" air?
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"Frosty" air?
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Knicks star Anthony, to fans
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Knicks star Anthony, to fans
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Hikers' wear
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Hikers' wear
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General refusal?
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General refusal?
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Attention getter
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Attention getter
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Bishop's locale
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Bishop's locale
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Preventive measure, proverbially
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Preventive measure, proverbially
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Yesteryear
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Yesteryear
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Huge, to Hugo
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Huge, to Hugo
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Prima donnas' features
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Prima donnas' features
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Skip over water, as stones
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Some game
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Some game
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Headstone phrase
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Headstone phrase
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Camaro ___-Z
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Camaro ___-Z
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Fraction of a min.
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Phony: Prefix
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Phony: Prefix
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Commercial suffix with Power
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Baskin-Robbins unit
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Baskin-Robbins unit
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Smooths
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Smooths
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Athlete wearing a calligraphic "D" logo
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Athlete wearing a calligraphic "D" logo
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Lurid 1979 film about John Dillinger's girlfriend, with "The"
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Lurid 1979 film about John Dillinger's girlfriend, with "The"
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Went downhill fast
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Went downhill fast
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Misses part of a movie, maybe
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Misses part of a movie, maybe
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Contortionist's bendy part
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Contortionist's bendy part
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Letter seen twice in Philadelphia
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Letter seen twice in Philadelphia
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Stray sounds?
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Stray sounds?
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Blocks (up)
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Blocks (up)
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Masculine principle
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Masculine principle
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"To be on the safe side ..."
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"To be on the safe side ..."
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Bank take-back
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Bank take-back
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Seasonal potation
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Seasonal potation
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Hook hand
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Hook hand
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Stone-pushing Winter Olympian
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Stone-pushing Winter Olympian
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Japanese native
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Japanese native
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Golf ace
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Golf ace
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Rogers's partner
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Rogers's partner
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Swiss cheese concoction
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Swiss cheese concoction
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___ driver
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___ driver
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The Royal Game of India
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The Royal Game of India
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Russia's ___ Mountains
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Russia's ___ Mountains
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"There is ___!"
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"There is ___!"
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Refuges
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Refuges
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One who looks friendly but isn't
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One who looks friendly but isn't
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31-Across, for one
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31-Across, for one
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Like some bad language
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Hammy, say
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Hammy, say
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Compos mentis
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Spouse's acquiescence
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Spouse's acquiescence
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Perched
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Perched
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Designer Versace
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Designer Versace
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Hoofing it
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Hoofing it
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Coercion
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Coercion
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Multipurpose
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Multipurpose
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Private investigator, in slang
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Do a semester's worth of studying in one night, say
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Breakfast items often eaten with spoons
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Breakfast items often eaten with spoons
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"Amscray!"
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"Amscray!"
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Total
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Total
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"Bad Moon Rising" band, for short
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"Bad Moon Rising" band, for short
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Yellowfin tuna
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Yellowfin tuna
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OFF! target
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OFF! target
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Ex-senator Bayh
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Ex-senator Bayh
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Reply to "Gracias"
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Reply to "Gracias"
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Security crises
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Security crises
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Where skaters skate
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Where skaters skate
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Where skaters skate
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Where skaters skate
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V components
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V components
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Org.
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Org.
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Big name in the diamond business?
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Big name in the diamond business?
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Set (against)
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Set (against)
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It's often slanted
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It's often slanted
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What [wink wink] may signify
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___ about (approximately)
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___ about (approximately)
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Dungeons & Dragons figure
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Dungeons & Dragons figure
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"Dianetics" author ___ Hubbard
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"Dianetics" author ___ Hubbard
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"Want me to draw you ___?"
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"Want me to draw you ___?"
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Bedews
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Bedews
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Certain angel
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Certain angel
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___ school
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___ school
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Canonized mlle.
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Canonized mlle.
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45, e.g.
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45, e.g.
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Western U.S. gas brand
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Western U.S. gas brand
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Locale for many a lounge chair
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Locale for many a lounge chair
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Lounge lizard's look
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Lounge lizard's look
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Sasquatch's kin
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Sasquatch's kin
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Torpedo
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Torpedo
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Does some yard work
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Does some yard work
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Pan handler
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Pan handler
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Virginia athlete, informally
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Virginia athlete, informally
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Get ready
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Get ready
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What a texter of ":-(" might be
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What a texter of ":-(" might be
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"Xanadu" group, for short
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"Xanadu" group, for short
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"Oh yeah? ___ who?!"
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"Oh yeah? ___ who?!"
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Glimpse
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Glimpse
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Retainers, e.g.
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Retainers, e.g.
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N.B.A. forward Lamar ___
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N.B.A. forward Lamar ___
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"Game of Thrones" protagonist ___ Stark
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"Game of Thrones" protagonist ___ Stark
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Father of a grand duke
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Father of a grand duke
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Word on a cornerstone
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Word on a cornerstone
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Person with a safe job?
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Person with a safe job?
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Sleepers
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Sleepers
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Run nicely
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Run nicely
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Home of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
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Home of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
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Leave thunderstruck
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Leave thunderstruck
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Tyrannosaurus rex, archetypally
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Tyrannosaurus rex, archetypally
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Prepare, as cotton candy
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Prepare, as cotton candy
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"Wake up and smell the coffee!"
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"Wake up and smell the coffee!"
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Not kosher
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Not kosher
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Cockney greeting
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Cockney greeting
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Head turner
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Head turner
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Cross to bear
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Cross to bear
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Dieter
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Dieter
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Deutsch marks?
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Deutsch marks?
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Percussion instrument with a pedal
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Percussion instrument with a pedal
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Afore
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Afore
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Wiggle room
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Wiggle room
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"Why not?!"
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"Why not?!"
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Quits, slangily
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Quits, slangily
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Not stay the same
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Not stay the same
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Went back to brunette, say
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Went back to brunette, say
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Make ___ at
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Make ___ at
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An Obama girl
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An Obama girl
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Check for fit
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Check for fit
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Drink with a lizard logo
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Slips in pots
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Slips in pots
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Bar car?
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Bar car?
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Onetime aid in psychotherapy
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Onetime aid in psychotherapy
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"Bah!"
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"Bah!"
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Gardner of "The Barefoot Contessa"
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Gardner of "The Barefoot Contessa"
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Tic-tac-toe winner
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