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New York Times: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Below is the full solution for the Sunday, April 29, 2012 New York Times crossword puzzle.
Editor:
Will Shortz
Author:
Tracy Gray
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It has eyes that can't see
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Flips
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Flips
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Student of morality
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Student of morality
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Philippine money
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Philippine money
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Pacific strings
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Pacific strings
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Fine word for libraries?
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Fine word for libraries?
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With 26-Across, like grandchildren
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With 26-Across, like grandchildren
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Beach bottles
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Beach bottles
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See 23-Across
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Deck out
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Deck out
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Bad record part, for short
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Bad record part, for short
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"For shame!"
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"For shame!"
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Ancient parting place
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Ancient parting place
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With 44-Across, execute, in a way
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With 44-Across, execute, in a way
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Keen observer
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Keen observer
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Prefix with cycle
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Pond fish
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Pond fish
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___-d'Or, Québec
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___-d'Or, Québec
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See 33-Across
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With 50-Across, euphoric
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Ankle bone
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Ankle bone
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See 45-Across
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Product with the old ad catchphrase "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!"
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Product with the old ad catchphrase "Mother, please, I'd rather do it myself!"
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Faith that celebrates both Jesus and Muhammad
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Faith that celebrates both Jesus and Muhammad
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Superlatively strong
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Superlatively strong
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Initially
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Initially
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Scaredy-cat, maybe
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Scaredy-cat, maybe
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Sacred music composer ___ Pärt
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Sacred music composer ___ Pärt
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Trig inverse
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Trig inverse
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County subdivision: Abbr.
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County subdivision: Abbr.
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With 77-Across, high-end retail chain
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With 77-Across, high-end retail chain
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Neighbor of Bulg.
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Neighbor of Bulg.
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Botanical beards
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Botanical beards
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See 71-Across
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Grove
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Grove
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Political party that won 39 electoral votes in 1948
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Political party that won 39 electoral votes in 1948
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"Apparently"
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"Apparently"
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Panache
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Panache
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They're fit for kings and queens
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They're fit for kings and queens
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Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo"
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Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo"
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What's left behind
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What's left behind
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With 103-Across, 1999 Shyamalan thriller
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Part of AARP: Abbr.
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Part of AARP: Abbr.
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Fury
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Fury
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___ Records (old music label)
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___ Records (old music label)
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See 94-Across
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What's left
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With 112-Across, compromise
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With 112-Across, compromise
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Later
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Later
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Abbr. on many food labels
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Abbr. on many food labels
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Ancient Balkan region
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Ancient Balkan region
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Stinko
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Stinko
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Like some interpretations
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With 127-Across, classical work that's the source of the European Union's anthem
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With 127-Across, classical work that's the source of the European Union's anthem
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Dancer Duncan
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Dancer Duncan
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Military depots
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Military depots
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See 122-Across
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They have scales
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They have scales
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Gave, as a hot potato
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Gave, as a hot potato
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Peter, e.g.
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Bind
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Phnom ___
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Possible candidate for rehab
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Old Italian magistrate
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Word with top or pop
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Fine, in old slang
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Fine, in old slang
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"1984" superpower
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"1984" superpower
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Blue-gray
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Blue-gray
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Be fooled
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Be fooled
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Et ___ (and others)
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Et ___ (and others)
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"Star Trek: T.N.G." role
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"Star Trek: T.N.G." role
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Emmy winner
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"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" Emmy winner
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The West was part of it
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The West was part of it
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Promises
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Promises
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Become fixed
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Become fixed
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The Rams of the N.C.A.A.
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The Rams of the N.C.A.A.
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"Ditto!"
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"Ditto!"
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George Bush's chief of staff John
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George Bush's chief of staff John
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Person doing a practice run
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Person doing a practice run
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Poetic "always"
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Poetic "always"
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Biblical suffix
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Dr. ___
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Dr. ___
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___-garde
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___-garde
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Neighbors of C notes
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Neighbors of C notes
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What letting off steam might result in
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What letting off steam might result in
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Operating without ___
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Operating without ___
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Zigzagged
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Zigzagged
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Trouser parts
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Trouser parts
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___ mission
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___ mission
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New faces on bases
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New faces on bases
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Brewer's vessel
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Brewer's vessel
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Gherman ___, cosmonaut who was the second human to orbit the earth
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Gherman ___, cosmonaut who was the second human to orbit the earth
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Jobs for dentists
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Jobs for dentists
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Venae ___
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Venae ___
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Musical with the song "Easy to Be Hard"
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Musical with the song "Easy to Be Hard"
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The Piazzale Michelangelo affords a view of it
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The Piazzale Michelangelo affords a view of it
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Detail
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Detail
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R&B singer Hayes
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R&B singer Hayes
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Glacial formation
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Glacial formation
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Part of A.B.S.: Abbr.
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Part of A.B.S.: Abbr.
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World capital once occupied by France
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World capital once occupied by France
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Fly off the handle
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Fly off the handle
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Flavor akin to fennel
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Flavor akin to fennel
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Quickly accelerate
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Quickly accelerate
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Iotas
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Iotas
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Order in the court
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Order in the court
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Sprite
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Sprite
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___ same mind
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___ same mind
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Prefix with resort
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Muted
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Muted
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Fisher with a grig
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Fisher with a grig
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Agitated, after "in"
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Agitated, after "in"
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Beijing-to-Shanghai dir.
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One from Germany
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One from Germany
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Nature's pillow?
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Nature's pillow?
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Put back
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Put back
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And everything else, for short
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Death personified, in ancient Greece
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Death personified, in ancient Greece
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Colonial service
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Colonial service
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Colored parts
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Colored parts
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Bonelike
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Bonelike
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"Henry & June" role
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"Henry & June" role
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Outside: Prefix
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Outside: Prefix
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2009 Hilary Swank biopic
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2009 Hilary Swank biopic
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Gender offender
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Gender offender
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Like a nasal membrane
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Like a nasal membrane
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Rescued damsel's cry
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Rescued damsel's cry
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Others, in Oaxaca
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Others, in Oaxaca
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Up
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Up
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Cousin of rust
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Cousin of rust
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Korean money
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Sleep stages
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Sleep stages
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"Freedom ___ free"
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"Freedom ___ free"
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___ Lowry, children's writer
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___ Lowry, children's writer
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City in Sicily
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City in Sicily
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Silhouette on many a yellow sign
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Silhouette on many a yellow sign
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Child-care author LeShan
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Child-care author LeShan
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Cat scanner?
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Cat scanner?
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"___ Beso"
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